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Titanic Film Festival Starts Today
- 6 Apr 2017 9:02 AM
- entertainment
A total of 34 films from 27 countries will be screened at this year’s 24th Titanic International Film Festival. One of the guests, Tony Palmer, is accompanying his documentary on Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen to Budapest.
Feast Of Hungarian Jazz 2017, Mupa, 6 April
- 5 Apr 2017 9:10 AM
- entertainment
The Feast of Hungarian Jazz is one of the genre’s most prestigious events in Hungary. It is organized by the Hungarian Jazz Federation, a national NGO dedicated to the genre. The event series traditionally takes place in the spring, and has been hosted for years by the Budapest Jazz Club, the heart of the Hungarian jazz scene. Among others, the 2017 performers include the Soso Lakatos Quartet, ...
Budapest International Book Festival: Nobel Laureate Pamuk, April 20-23
- 30 Mar 2017 10:40 AM
- community & culture
Nobel laureate Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk and the Visegrad Four group will be the guests of honour at the 24th International Book Festival in Budapest. Pamuk, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006, will be interviewed during a podium discussion and he will be presented with the Budapest Grand Prix, the association of Hungarian publishers said.
Video: Budapest Spring Festival Starts Today
- 30 Mar 2017 2:04 AM
- community & culture
The 37th Budapest Spring Festival, held this year between 31 March – 23 April, will host a huge programme of events covering all the main arts: classical music, opera, jazz, world music, dance, contemporary circus, theatre and visual arts. The best Hungarian performers and world famous stars are all set to perform, and if you haven't already booked tickets you better act soon as they're selling ...
Pumeza Matshikiza's Debut In The Budapest Spring Festival, 1 April
- 29 Mar 2017 9:30 AM
- community & culture
“She is one of the most exciting opera singers of our era,” and “With her sensitive, lyric voice, magical stage presence and playfulness, she will soon be a bona fide international star!”
2017/18 At Hungarian Opera: 'Around The Ring'
- 29 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera’s 2017/18 season will get off to an unusual start, since the Opera House will not be opening its doors in September. The modernisation means that the season will start at the Erkel Theatre, and while there will be fewer programmes than usual, their diversity will match that of previous years: In this season inspired by Wagner’s Ring cycle, there will be 28 opera and ...
Goran Bregovic: Three Letters From Sarajevo, Mupa, 2 April
- 28 Mar 2017 12:40 PM
- entertainment
In its history, Bosnia has been part of many empires: Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, Austro–Hungarian… each has left its imprint and its religion – Catholic, Orthodox, Islam, Sephardic Jews, expelled from Spain, arrive in the 16th century. Sarajevo becomes the city of four religions, ”Jerusalem of the Balkans”, and a metaphor for a peaceful cohabitation and also the horror of hate.
Kézdy Luca: Deep Diving, Mupa, 29 March
- 28 Mar 2017 7:40 AM
- community & culture
There is a canard that the violin is not a true jazz instrument, that it is much better suited to folk music or the classical repertoire. This mistaken belief, however, would be vigorously disputed by anyone who has heard the playing of Luca Kézdy, the leading violinist of the generation of Hungarian jazz musicians currently in their prime. This is because she knows precisely how brilliantly her ...
Hip Hop Dance Championship & K-Pop Festival, 25 - 26 March
- 23 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Four world-famous hip-hop dancers come to Budapest to be the jury to the largest hip-hop championship in Hungary on 25 March from 10 a.m at Láng Sport Centre. The winner will go the US world championship organised between 4 – 6 August.
Titanic Film Festival Starts Today
- 6 Apr 2017 9:02 AM
- entertainment
A total of 34 films from 27 countries will be screened at this year’s 24th Titanic International Film Festival. One of the guests, Tony Palmer, is accompanying his documentary on Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen to Budapest.
Feast Of Hungarian Jazz 2017, Mupa, 6 April
- 5 Apr 2017 9:10 AM
- entertainment
The Feast of Hungarian Jazz is one of the genre’s most prestigious events in Hungary. It is organized by the Hungarian Jazz Federation, a national NGO dedicated to the genre. The event series traditionally takes place in the spring, and has been hosted for years by the Budapest Jazz Club, the heart of the Hungarian jazz scene. Among others, the 2017 performers include the Soso Lakatos Quartet, ...
Budapest International Book Festival: Nobel Laureate Pamuk, April 20-23
- 30 Mar 2017 10:40 AM
- community & culture
Nobel laureate Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk and the Visegrad Four group will be the guests of honour at the 24th International Book Festival in Budapest. Pamuk, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006, will be interviewed during a podium discussion and he will be presented with the Budapest Grand Prix, the association of Hungarian publishers said.
Video: Budapest Spring Festival Starts Today
- 30 Mar 2017 2:04 AM
- community & culture
The 37th Budapest Spring Festival, held this year between 31 March – 23 April, will host a huge programme of events covering all the main arts: classical music, opera, jazz, world music, dance, contemporary circus, theatre and visual arts. The best Hungarian performers and world famous stars are all set to perform, and if you haven't already booked tickets you better act soon as they're selling ...
Pumeza Matshikiza's Debut In The Budapest Spring Festival, 1 April
- 29 Mar 2017 9:30 AM
- community & culture
“She is one of the most exciting opera singers of our era,” and “With her sensitive, lyric voice, magical stage presence and playfulness, she will soon be a bona fide international star!”
2017/18 At Hungarian Opera: 'Around The Ring'
- 29 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera’s 2017/18 season will get off to an unusual start, since the Opera House will not be opening its doors in September. The modernisation means that the season will start at the Erkel Theatre, and while there will be fewer programmes than usual, their diversity will match that of previous years: In this season inspired by Wagner’s Ring cycle, there will be 28 opera and ...
Goran Bregovic: Three Letters From Sarajevo, Mupa, 2 April
- 28 Mar 2017 12:40 PM
- entertainment
In its history, Bosnia has been part of many empires: Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman, Austro–Hungarian… each has left its imprint and its religion – Catholic, Orthodox, Islam, Sephardic Jews, expelled from Spain, arrive in the 16th century. Sarajevo becomes the city of four religions, ”Jerusalem of the Balkans”, and a metaphor for a peaceful cohabitation and also the horror of hate.
Kézdy Luca: Deep Diving, Mupa, 29 March
- 28 Mar 2017 7:40 AM
- community & culture
There is a canard that the violin is not a true jazz instrument, that it is much better suited to folk music or the classical repertoire. This mistaken belief, however, would be vigorously disputed by anyone who has heard the playing of Luca Kézdy, the leading violinist of the generation of Hungarian jazz musicians currently in their prime. This is because she knows precisely how brilliantly her ...
Hip Hop Dance Championship & K-Pop Festival, 25 - 26 March
- 23 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Four world-famous hip-hop dancers come to Budapest to be the jury to the largest hip-hop championship in Hungary on 25 March from 10 a.m at Láng Sport Centre. The winner will go the US world championship organised between 4 – 6 August.