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Invitation: Budapest Sirens Concert, 15 December
- 12 Dec 2013 9:50 AM
- community & culture
The Sirens’ Holiday - A Winter Concert Presented by Budapest’s International All-Girl a Cappella Group: Budapest Sirens.
Xpat Opinion: A Hungarian Butcher’s Fabulous Art Collection
- 9 Dec 2013 7:00 AM
- community & culture
Today’s theme, art, is not the common fare of this blog. But, fret not, the post will also deal with life in Hungary in the 1960s and 1970s. It will even touch on economics. Specifically, how the closed socialist regime in Hungary distorted the prices of art works and barred twentieth-century Hungarian artists from becoming known outside of the country.
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble Is Touring The US, Has Ambitious Plans
- 3 Dec 2013 12:00 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble is touring the United States; there will be a concert to help elderly musicians who are stewards of traditions; a new full-size program featuring dances from Sub-Carpathia will be compiled; and decision has been made to expand the Museum of Applied Folk Art. We have interviewed László Kelemen, director-general of the Hungarian Heritage House in Budapest.
Organ Stories, National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 Nov
- 6 Nov 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
For the fifth instalment of this highly successful series of concerts that has been running for ever since 2009, Pál Mácsai and László Fassang have discovered some astonishing American organ stories from the first half of the 20th century. Unusual tales, anecdotes and legends connected with pieces of music, instruments, composers and performers are spiced with curiosities from the history of the ...
Now On: Monet, Gaugin, Szinyei Merse, Rippl-Rónai, National Gallery Budapest
- 11 Jul 2013 12:45 PM
- community & culture
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterworks fromthe Collections of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem,the Hungarian National Gallery and the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Invitation: Annual Parish Picnic, Budapest, 15 June
- 13 Jun 2013 10:55 AM
- community & culture
Our annual parish picnic is always a wonderful opportunity to spend time with fellow parishioners and their friends in a relaxed setting. This year will be no different. So, mark your calendars and diaries now for this year’s picnic:
Flooding Delays Margaret Island's Open-Air Theatre Opening In Budapest
- 7 Jun 2013 9:06 AM
- community & culture
In accordance with the Local and National Government ordered flood emergency and the evacuation of Margaret Island due to vis major / acts of God, the “superior forces of nature”, the Open-air Stage regretfully announces the cancellation of the following outdoor stage performances in June: Verdi&Wagner 200 - festive opening concert (14 June), Balkan Fanatik (15 June), Freedom Day (19 June), ...
Hay Festival Budapest Program: 19 - 21 May
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- community & culture
On 19 May, Sunday and on Whitsun Monday, there will also be a wide variety of programmes at Hay Festival Budapest for the culture-loving audience. György Dragomán hosts a wine-tasting event and a free poetic walk. The festival’s guests will be the prominent Australian feminist author Germaine Greer and Jaap Scholten, the Dutch writer living in Budapest, and the British Peter Florence, founder and ...
Hay Festival Budapest: Nicole Strauss & Marcus du Sautoy On Opening Day
- 16 May 2013 10:35 AM
- community & culture
Audience in Hungary have the chance to meet international authors, thinkers, musicians and well-known Hungarian authors, at the local Hay Festival held between 17-21 May. On the opening day Nicole Krauss, one of the most significant American novelists, presents her most recent novel Great House. László Lovász Wolf Prize winner mathematician talks to the renowned academician Marcus du Sautoy. Read ...
Invitation: Budapest Sirens Concert, 15 December
- 12 Dec 2013 9:50 AM
- community & culture
The Sirens’ Holiday - A Winter Concert Presented by Budapest’s International All-Girl a Cappella Group: Budapest Sirens.
Xpat Opinion: A Hungarian Butcher’s Fabulous Art Collection
- 9 Dec 2013 7:00 AM
- community & culture
Today’s theme, art, is not the common fare of this blog. But, fret not, the post will also deal with life in Hungary in the 1960s and 1970s. It will even touch on economics. Specifically, how the closed socialist regime in Hungary distorted the prices of art works and barred twentieth-century Hungarian artists from becoming known outside of the country.
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble Is Touring The US, Has Ambitious Plans
- 3 Dec 2013 12:00 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble is touring the United States; there will be a concert to help elderly musicians who are stewards of traditions; a new full-size program featuring dances from Sub-Carpathia will be compiled; and decision has been made to expand the Museum of Applied Folk Art. We have interviewed László Kelemen, director-general of the Hungarian Heritage House in Budapest.
Organ Stories, National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 Nov
- 6 Nov 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
For the fifth instalment of this highly successful series of concerts that has been running for ever since 2009, Pál Mácsai and László Fassang have discovered some astonishing American organ stories from the first half of the 20th century. Unusual tales, anecdotes and legends connected with pieces of music, instruments, composers and performers are spiced with curiosities from the history of the ...
Now On: Monet, Gaugin, Szinyei Merse, Rippl-Rónai, National Gallery Budapest
- 11 Jul 2013 12:45 PM
- community & culture
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterworks fromthe Collections of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem,the Hungarian National Gallery and the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Invitation: Annual Parish Picnic, Budapest, 15 June
- 13 Jun 2013 10:55 AM
- community & culture
Our annual parish picnic is always a wonderful opportunity to spend time with fellow parishioners and their friends in a relaxed setting. This year will be no different. So, mark your calendars and diaries now for this year’s picnic:
Flooding Delays Margaret Island's Open-Air Theatre Opening In Budapest
- 7 Jun 2013 9:06 AM
- community & culture
In accordance with the Local and National Government ordered flood emergency and the evacuation of Margaret Island due to vis major / acts of God, the “superior forces of nature”, the Open-air Stage regretfully announces the cancellation of the following outdoor stage performances in June: Verdi&Wagner 200 - festive opening concert (14 June), Balkan Fanatik (15 June), Freedom Day (19 June), ...
Hay Festival Budapest Program: 19 - 21 May
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- community & culture
On 19 May, Sunday and on Whitsun Monday, there will also be a wide variety of programmes at Hay Festival Budapest for the culture-loving audience. György Dragomán hosts a wine-tasting event and a free poetic walk. The festival’s guests will be the prominent Australian feminist author Germaine Greer and Jaap Scholten, the Dutch writer living in Budapest, and the British Peter Florence, founder and ...
Hay Festival Budapest: Nicole Strauss & Marcus du Sautoy On Opening Day
- 16 May 2013 10:35 AM
- community & culture
Audience in Hungary have the chance to meet international authors, thinkers, musicians and well-known Hungarian authors, at the local Hay Festival held between 17-21 May. On the opening day Nicole Krauss, one of the most significant American novelists, presents her most recent novel Great House. László Lovász Wolf Prize winner mathematician talks to the renowned academician Marcus du Sautoy. Read ...