592 result(s) for world music award
Limp Bizkit & More Big Names Just Joined Sziget Budapest Line-Up
- 16 Apr 2015 9:04 AM
- entertainment
Program announcements never stop when it comes to the Island of Freedom. The multicultural festival that is held in the middle of Budapest on an island, hosting more than 415.000 people for 7 days is a real festival holiday with non-stop parties and to-dos. This time Avicii, Limp Bizkit, Holywood Undead, The Gaslight Anthem and more acts have joined the line-up. Discounted 'Advance Round 1' ...
Hungarian Conductor Ivan Fischer Receives Award For Lifetime Achievement
- 9 Apr 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Following in the footsteps of Placido Domingo, Gustavo Dudamel and Quincy Jones, this year Ivan Fischer has been granted the Abu Dhabi Festival Award for his lifetime contribution to the arts. Iván Fischer, Music Director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, has been presented with the 2015 Abu Dhabi Festival Award, which is bestowed each year on artists who have made an exceptional contribution ...
How Could A Hungarian Red Wine Win Accolade In Paris?
- 9 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- food & drink
I've always fought against high-alcohol, high tannin, and hard to drink wines. A wine shouldn't have to punch you in the nose, says Tamás Dúzsi, who's won the trophy for best red at the 21st Vinalies Internationales in Paris, an all-time first for a Hungarian wine.
Films In Competition On Titanic International Film Festival
- 31 Mar 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Titanic International Film Festival runs between 10-18 April in five different venues in Budapest. Since 2005 Titanic operates as a Competition Festival: this year 8 films are in competition for the Breaking Waves Award representing 10 nations. Two of the competition films are feature debuts and each of them are extraordinary women stories speaking about contemporary social tensions, motherhood, ...
Pal Frenak Company: Tricks &Tracks 2, Trafó Budapest, 20 February
- 19 Feb 2015 8:02 AM
- entertainment
The 15 year-old Pal Frenak Company presented its performance entitled Tricks & Tracks in 1999. The basic concept of this legendary and groundbreaking production still has not lost its timeliness. In the spring of 2014 past will meet present. The company draws new lines and signs on the blank surface, while past is not forgotten, but rethought.
Spain (US), Margaret Island, A38 Ship Budapest, 25 February
- 18 Feb 2015 8:04 AM
- entertainment
Spain are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1993, led by singer/bassist Josh Haden. Their syncretic music contains elements of country, blues, folk, jazz, and slowcore. In a career spanning more than two decades, Spain has released five studio albums, a live album, and a best-of collection.
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Palace Of Arts, 18 February
- 16 Feb 2015 1:00 AM
- community & culture
Two romantic pieces- Schumann ’ Symphony No. 4 and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5 - and a brilliantly witty piano concerto consist of the National Philharmonic Orchestra’s programme on February 18. Alexei Volodin, winner of the Géza Anda Piano Competition is a representative of the great Russian pianist tradition and in this capacity he will be performing the Prokofiev piano concerto for left hand. ...
Balaton Sound Festival In Hungary: First 15 For 2015
- 20 Jan 2015 8:04 AM
- entertainment
2015 is off to a strong start for fans of Balaton Sound. The organizing team just happily announced a promising line-up of event DJs, including Hardwell, Nicky Romero, Afrojack, DVBBS, Showtek and many more, already confirmed for the 4 days long beach party. In 2014 the event attracted a full house of 145 000 fans and 2015 could see just the same.
Folk Music - Can Hungarian Music Be The Next New Wave?
- 5 Dec 2014 7:00 AM
- entertainment
Fonó recently made it into 12th place among the world's top publishers of world music. So, maybe it's a bit too early qualify the recording market as DOA. There's a good chance that Hungarian folk music, dressed up just a bit differently, might become as hot on the world market as Africa or the Balkans were a few years ago.
Limp Bizkit & More Big Names Just Joined Sziget Budapest Line-Up
- 16 Apr 2015 9:04 AM
- entertainment
Program announcements never stop when it comes to the Island of Freedom. The multicultural festival that is held in the middle of Budapest on an island, hosting more than 415.000 people for 7 days is a real festival holiday with non-stop parties and to-dos. This time Avicii, Limp Bizkit, Holywood Undead, The Gaslight Anthem and more acts have joined the line-up. Discounted 'Advance Round 1' ...
Hungarian Conductor Ivan Fischer Receives Award For Lifetime Achievement
- 9 Apr 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Following in the footsteps of Placido Domingo, Gustavo Dudamel and Quincy Jones, this year Ivan Fischer has been granted the Abu Dhabi Festival Award for his lifetime contribution to the arts. Iván Fischer, Music Director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, has been presented with the 2015 Abu Dhabi Festival Award, which is bestowed each year on artists who have made an exceptional contribution ...
How Could A Hungarian Red Wine Win Accolade In Paris?
- 9 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- food & drink
I've always fought against high-alcohol, high tannin, and hard to drink wines. A wine shouldn't have to punch you in the nose, says Tamás Dúzsi, who's won the trophy for best red at the 21st Vinalies Internationales in Paris, an all-time first for a Hungarian wine.
Films In Competition On Titanic International Film Festival
- 31 Mar 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Titanic International Film Festival runs between 10-18 April in five different venues in Budapest. Since 2005 Titanic operates as a Competition Festival: this year 8 films are in competition for the Breaking Waves Award representing 10 nations. Two of the competition films are feature debuts and each of them are extraordinary women stories speaking about contemporary social tensions, motherhood, ...
Pal Frenak Company: Tricks &Tracks 2, Trafó Budapest, 20 February
- 19 Feb 2015 8:02 AM
- entertainment
The 15 year-old Pal Frenak Company presented its performance entitled Tricks & Tracks in 1999. The basic concept of this legendary and groundbreaking production still has not lost its timeliness. In the spring of 2014 past will meet present. The company draws new lines and signs on the blank surface, while past is not forgotten, but rethought.
Spain (US), Margaret Island, A38 Ship Budapest, 25 February
- 18 Feb 2015 8:04 AM
- entertainment
Spain are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1993, led by singer/bassist Josh Haden. Their syncretic music contains elements of country, blues, folk, jazz, and slowcore. In a career spanning more than two decades, Spain has released five studio albums, a live album, and a best-of collection.
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Palace Of Arts, 18 February
- 16 Feb 2015 1:00 AM
- community & culture
Two romantic pieces- Schumann ’ Symphony No. 4 and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5 - and a brilliantly witty piano concerto consist of the National Philharmonic Orchestra’s programme on February 18. Alexei Volodin, winner of the Géza Anda Piano Competition is a representative of the great Russian pianist tradition and in this capacity he will be performing the Prokofiev piano concerto for left hand. ...
Balaton Sound Festival In Hungary: First 15 For 2015
- 20 Jan 2015 8:04 AM
- entertainment
2015 is off to a strong start for fans of Balaton Sound. The organizing team just happily announced a promising line-up of event DJs, including Hardwell, Nicky Romero, Afrojack, DVBBS, Showtek and many more, already confirmed for the 4 days long beach party. In 2014 the event attracted a full house of 145 000 fans and 2015 could see just the same.
Folk Music - Can Hungarian Music Be The Next New Wave?
- 5 Dec 2014 7:00 AM
- entertainment
Fonó recently made it into 12th place among the world's top publishers of world music. So, maybe it's a bit too early qualify the recording market as DOA. There's a good chance that Hungarian folk music, dressed up just a bit differently, might become as hot on the world market as Africa or the Balkans were a few years ago.