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Pannon Philharmonic Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 April
- 21 Apr 2012 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Hordes of music-lovers expected the young Johannes Brahms to produce a symphony, but the composer himself felt half-paralysed by the legacy of his great predecessor Beethoven. After a wait of 22, years he finally produced his Symphony No. 1 in C minor (op. 68), which was universally recognised as a masterpiece. It is said that the melody of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy can be detected in one of the ...
9th International Book Festival Budapest, Millenáris, 19 - 22 April
- 19 Apr 2012 11:45 AM
- community & culture
After last year’s special Guest of Honour presence, when in honour of Hungary’s EU presidency, as the first among international book fairs, we invited the other 26 member states of the European Union besides Hungary, their belles-lettres book publishing and one author from each country, this year the Guest of Honour will not be a single country either, but the cultural region of the Scandinavian ...
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, National Concert Hall, 6 April
- 3 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Hungarian National Philharmonic again presents an unusually put together but compelling concert programme featuring two large-scale works. Neither are well-known examples of the concert repertoire – although Schoenberg’s transcription of Brahms’ piano quartet, with its Hungarian-styled finale, is a genuine treat. The Swiss conductor for the evening, Matthias Bamert, learned composition under ...
Handel: Hercules, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 March
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Even by Handel’s standards for high-speed composition, Hercules was completed in record time. Taking the story of Sophocles’s Women of Trachis and Ovid’s Metamorphoses as his basis, the composer began writing the work on 19 July 1744 and finished on 21 August. In the meantime, he sent teasing letters to Charles Jennens, the librettist of the work (and of the oratorio Belshazzar), urging him to ...
Hungarian National Philharmonic, National Concert Hall Budapest, 12 January
- 10 Jan 2012 8:02 AM
- community & culture
""The guest artist for the evening, Olga Kern, was born into a family of musicians with Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff in its lineage. She has taken part in numerous competitions, finishing winner or receiving a special prize on almost every occasion. After a gap of 32 years, she was the first woman to win a gold medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
'The Walled-up Wife', Hungary's Famous Ballad
- 18 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
"There were these masons, nine or twelve, they say. And they took upon themselves to erect a building - strong and beautiful, like none there was before. And they worked day and night. And night and day they worked, but whatever they constructed during the day collapsed at night, and whatever they built during the night fell to the ground by morning.
Critically Acclaimed Nawal In Concert, Budapest Festival Theatre, 22 October
- 20 Oct 2010 9:30 AM
- community & culture
"The voice of the Comore Islands: this is how guitar and gambusi exponent, singer and composer Nawal is generally known. The Comore Islands lie north of Madagascar and it's one of the poorest countries in the world. In her performances, Nawal brings traditional and modern music together in a modern fusion of the Indo-Arab-Persian music of the Indian Ocean, Bantu polyphony, syncopated rhythms and ...
'Story Boat', Vigadó Square, Last One On 21 August
- 19 Aug 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"Since 2000, the continuously expanding Story Boat is a cultural but at the same time amusing and educational project (for tourists as well), which entertains 4 12 year old children. Its stages host music bands, puppet shows and theatre performances as well.
Radisson Blu In Budapest Joins Earth Hour 2010
- 26 Mar 2010 4:20 AM
- community & culture
"Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. Earth hour was conceived by WWF and The Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, when 2.2 million residents of Sydney ...
Pannon Philharmonic Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 April
- 21 Apr 2012 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Hordes of music-lovers expected the young Johannes Brahms to produce a symphony, but the composer himself felt half-paralysed by the legacy of his great predecessor Beethoven. After a wait of 22, years he finally produced his Symphony No. 1 in C minor (op. 68), which was universally recognised as a masterpiece. It is said that the melody of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy can be detected in one of the ...
9th International Book Festival Budapest, Millenáris, 19 - 22 April
- 19 Apr 2012 11:45 AM
- community & culture
After last year’s special Guest of Honour presence, when in honour of Hungary’s EU presidency, as the first among international book fairs, we invited the other 26 member states of the European Union besides Hungary, their belles-lettres book publishing and one author from each country, this year the Guest of Honour will not be a single country either, but the cultural region of the Scandinavian ...
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, National Concert Hall, 6 April
- 3 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Hungarian National Philharmonic again presents an unusually put together but compelling concert programme featuring two large-scale works. Neither are well-known examples of the concert repertoire – although Schoenberg’s transcription of Brahms’ piano quartet, with its Hungarian-styled finale, is a genuine treat. The Swiss conductor for the evening, Matthias Bamert, learned composition under ...
Handel: Hercules, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 March
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Even by Handel’s standards for high-speed composition, Hercules was completed in record time. Taking the story of Sophocles’s Women of Trachis and Ovid’s Metamorphoses as his basis, the composer began writing the work on 19 July 1744 and finished on 21 August. In the meantime, he sent teasing letters to Charles Jennens, the librettist of the work (and of the oratorio Belshazzar), urging him to ...
Hungarian National Philharmonic, National Concert Hall Budapest, 12 January
- 10 Jan 2012 8:02 AM
- community & culture
""The guest artist for the evening, Olga Kern, was born into a family of musicians with Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff in its lineage. She has taken part in numerous competitions, finishing winner or receiving a special prize on almost every occasion. After a gap of 32 years, she was the first woman to win a gold medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
'The Walled-up Wife', Hungary's Famous Ballad
- 18 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
"There were these masons, nine or twelve, they say. And they took upon themselves to erect a building - strong and beautiful, like none there was before. And they worked day and night. And night and day they worked, but whatever they constructed during the day collapsed at night, and whatever they built during the night fell to the ground by morning.
Critically Acclaimed Nawal In Concert, Budapest Festival Theatre, 22 October
- 20 Oct 2010 9:30 AM
- community & culture
"The voice of the Comore Islands: this is how guitar and gambusi exponent, singer and composer Nawal is generally known. The Comore Islands lie north of Madagascar and it's one of the poorest countries in the world. In her performances, Nawal brings traditional and modern music together in a modern fusion of the Indo-Arab-Persian music of the Indian Ocean, Bantu polyphony, syncopated rhythms and ...
'Story Boat', Vigadó Square, Last One On 21 August
- 19 Aug 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"Since 2000, the continuously expanding Story Boat is a cultural but at the same time amusing and educational project (for tourists as well), which entertains 4 12 year old children. Its stages host music bands, puppet shows and theatre performances as well.
Radisson Blu In Budapest Joins Earth Hour 2010
- 26 Mar 2010 4:20 AM
- community & culture
"Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. Earth hour was conceived by WWF and The Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, when 2.2 million residents of Sydney ...