576 result(s) for hungarian folk music
Documentary Film: György Kurtág 90, Mupa Budapest, 20 February
- 17 Feb 2016 8:06 AM
- community & culture
"Our whole life is nothing more than a singular pilgrimage to rediscover the lost child within us,” György Kurtág once said. The ambivalent fascination, the complete openness and the fiery adoration that one or other figure from music history was able to inspire in the composer suggest that he was successfully reunited with the child in question.
Hungary To Be Guest Of Honour At Taipei Intl Book Fair
- 11 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary will be the guest of honour at this year’s International Book Fair organised in Taipei on Feb. 16-21, the foreign ministry’s state secretary said. The fair is the second largest literary event in Asia and the fourth largest such event in the world that last year featured 700 publishing houses from 70 countries, István Íjgyártó said.
Video: Mangalica Festival Budapest, 12 - 14 February
- 11 Feb 2016 1:00 AM
- food & drink
Entry is free, so if you fancy a taste of a pig that came close to extinction just a few decades ago, pop along to Szabadság Tér for a bite of magnificent mangalica meat - said to be tastier and healthier than regular pork. As you may know, this festival is named after a delicious furry pig that's indigenous to Hungary, this year the event is held again in downtown Budapest, this weekend 12 - 14 ...
Busó Carnival, Mohács, 4 - 9 February 2016
- 4 Feb 2016 11:55 AM
- community & culture
From the Island of Mohács the „devils” still come on boats, according to the legend. Those arriving by boats walk to Kóló Square to join the rest, and then all proceed through the streets, mixing in with the audience along the way.
Xpat Preview: Hungary's Top 7 Cultural Events In 2016
- 4 Feb 2016 11:45 AM
- community & culture
Classic music, folk traditions, contemporary cinema and much more – for sure a great selection of programmes will characterize 2016! We have collected 7 of the most exciting ones below, among them unusual folklore festivals, cool art programmes, and open-air opera events.
Groove & Voice Trio, Mupa Budapest, 5 February
- 1 Feb 2016 8:04 AM
- entertainment
Singer-researcher Irén Lovász has based her record series Healing Voices on the therapeutic power of archaic Hungarian folk songs. This Soundscape concert came into being as a re-conception of the album Inner Voice.
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mupa Budapest, 3 February
- 1 Feb 2016 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Scarcely a year after the work's world première in Prague, János ('Hans') Richter - a friend of Dvořák's and one of the most dedicated proponents of his works - placed the Symphony No. 8 on the Vienna Philharmonic's concert programme.
A Celebration Of Folk Music, Mupa Budapest, 30 January
- 13 Jan 2016 9:00 AM
- entertainment
This will be the ninth year we celebrate Hungarian folk music - and the world music that draws from it as a source - in Müpa's concert hall and foyer, with a gala concert, dance house and afternoon children's programmes all part of it. The great elders and young titans of the genre, the orthodox and the experimental, partisans of both acoustic and electronic styles, and the upholders of ...
Now On: Bartók The Folklorist, Museum Of Music History
- 29 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest Bartók Archives presents rarely shown original documents, compositional and scholarly manuscripts, letters, photos form the Hungarian Bartók Estate and some little known documents from the Kodály Archives, to give a rare insight into this exceptional musical life and work.
Documentary Film: György Kurtág 90, Mupa Budapest, 20 February
- 17 Feb 2016 8:06 AM
- community & culture
"Our whole life is nothing more than a singular pilgrimage to rediscover the lost child within us,” György Kurtág once said. The ambivalent fascination, the complete openness and the fiery adoration that one or other figure from music history was able to inspire in the composer suggest that he was successfully reunited with the child in question.
Hungary To Be Guest Of Honour At Taipei Intl Book Fair
- 11 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary will be the guest of honour at this year’s International Book Fair organised in Taipei on Feb. 16-21, the foreign ministry’s state secretary said. The fair is the second largest literary event in Asia and the fourth largest such event in the world that last year featured 700 publishing houses from 70 countries, István Íjgyártó said.
Video: Mangalica Festival Budapest, 12 - 14 February
- 11 Feb 2016 1:00 AM
- food & drink
Entry is free, so if you fancy a taste of a pig that came close to extinction just a few decades ago, pop along to Szabadság Tér for a bite of magnificent mangalica meat - said to be tastier and healthier than regular pork. As you may know, this festival is named after a delicious furry pig that's indigenous to Hungary, this year the event is held again in downtown Budapest, this weekend 12 - 14 ...
Busó Carnival, Mohács, 4 - 9 February 2016
- 4 Feb 2016 11:55 AM
- community & culture
From the Island of Mohács the „devils” still come on boats, according to the legend. Those arriving by boats walk to Kóló Square to join the rest, and then all proceed through the streets, mixing in with the audience along the way.
Xpat Preview: Hungary's Top 7 Cultural Events In 2016
- 4 Feb 2016 11:45 AM
- community & culture
Classic music, folk traditions, contemporary cinema and much more – for sure a great selection of programmes will characterize 2016! We have collected 7 of the most exciting ones below, among them unusual folklore festivals, cool art programmes, and open-air opera events.
Groove & Voice Trio, Mupa Budapest, 5 February
- 1 Feb 2016 8:04 AM
- entertainment
Singer-researcher Irén Lovász has based her record series Healing Voices on the therapeutic power of archaic Hungarian folk songs. This Soundscape concert came into being as a re-conception of the album Inner Voice.
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mupa Budapest, 3 February
- 1 Feb 2016 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Scarcely a year after the work's world première in Prague, János ('Hans') Richter - a friend of Dvořák's and one of the most dedicated proponents of his works - placed the Symphony No. 8 on the Vienna Philharmonic's concert programme.
A Celebration Of Folk Music, Mupa Budapest, 30 January
- 13 Jan 2016 9:00 AM
- entertainment
This will be the ninth year we celebrate Hungarian folk music - and the world music that draws from it as a source - in Müpa's concert hall and foyer, with a gala concert, dance house and afternoon children's programmes all part of it. The great elders and young titans of the genre, the orthodox and the experimental, partisans of both acoustic and electronic styles, and the upholders of ...
Now On: Bartók The Folklorist, Museum Of Music History
- 29 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest Bartók Archives presents rarely shown original documents, compositional and scholarly manuscripts, letters, photos form the Hungarian Bartók Estate and some little known documents from the Kodály Archives, to give a rare insight into this exceptional musical life and work.