101 result(s) for world music expo
The Unbending Trees: Hungarian Pop Makes Good
- 9 Jun 2012 10:55 AM
- entertainment
Though there has been a turn in local tastes for homegrown music, sang in Hungarian, here in Budapest, pubs and clubs still resonate with songs in English, imported from abroad. Rare is occasion when Hungary has the opportunity to export some of its on songs in the form of pop music (classical is another story). But recently the sophisticated Hungarian pop band The Unbending Trees have become ...
Lionel Richie Is Coming To Budapest Sportaréna On 21 November
- 8 May 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
"Lionel Richie proves that you can go home again with his new album, Tuskegee, a collection of 13 of his international hits performed as duets with today’s country music superstars, and it feels even better than he hoped. Tuskegee represents a full-circle moment for the international icon who has returned to his Southern roots to create an album that serves as a highlight of his unforgettable ...
Invitation: Brilliant Corners, Trafó Budapest, 28 -29 April
- 28 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
"Brilliant Corners" is a new piece for 10 dancers to an original score by Emanuel. The work explores the forces, both mechanical and human, which generate the choreographic substance. The ever evolving structures are a direct manifestation of these forces and as such, hold revealing qualities and possible insights.
Invitation: The Prodigy, Budapest Sportaréna, Saturday 28 April
- 23 Apr 2012 9:05 AM
- entertainment
"The claustrophobic confines of a west London attic hideaway. Walls, covered in heavyweight purple curtains seem to bring the dimly lit room’s parameters collapsing in as a huge computer screen’s wallpaper radiates the green glow of long hot summer. Its pastoral image of feudal tranquillity is the room’s only window on the world. Look closer and there’s a twist in this Constable painting. In the ...
Xpat Interview: Hungarian Expat Musician Is Making Ambient-Folk Sounds in Scotland
- 16 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Tamás Kátai is an avant-garde musician from Hungary, well known for his metal project called Thy Catafalque. At the moment, he lives in Edinburgh, UK, but nevertheless continues writing music in his mother tongue. Over the years he has participated in many other bands, such as Gire and Darklight. In 2006, he released a solo album, named Erika Szobája (Erika's Room), which is described as an ...
11 New Acts Announced For Sziget 2012 In Budapest
- 23 Feb 2012 10:45 AM
- entertainment
"And great acts indeed: Korn – metal icons, presenting their newest album; The Vaccines – maybe the coolest indie invention of last year; Magnetic Man – legendary rulers of dubstep; Two Door Cinema Club; Steve Aoki; Axwell; Beatsteaks; dEUS; Ministry; Bebel Gilberto; Caro Emerald… you name it.
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 ...
'8th Budapest Jazz Festival', Budapest, Until 12 September
- 10 Sep 2010 3:00 AM
- entertainment
"In its eighth year BMC's annual jazz festival (previously called MOL Jazz Festival) has rejuvenated itself as Jazzforum Budapest, with the considerable support of the new main sponsor Hello HD.
'Gömböc Painters', Banner Square Budapest, Until 5 July
- 2 Jul 2010 2:00 AM
- entertainment
"The Gömböc is the first known homogenous body with one stable and one unstable, that is, a total of two, equilibrium points. It can be proven that a body with less equilibrium than this cannot exist. However you put down the Gömböc, it always returns to its stable point of equilibrium, which is exclusively on account of its special form. Its inventors Professor Gábor Domokos and Associate ...
The Unbending Trees: Hungarian Pop Makes Good
- 9 Jun 2012 10:55 AM
- entertainment
Though there has been a turn in local tastes for homegrown music, sang in Hungarian, here in Budapest, pubs and clubs still resonate with songs in English, imported from abroad. Rare is occasion when Hungary has the opportunity to export some of its on songs in the form of pop music (classical is another story). But recently the sophisticated Hungarian pop band The Unbending Trees have become ...
Lionel Richie Is Coming To Budapest Sportaréna On 21 November
- 8 May 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
"Lionel Richie proves that you can go home again with his new album, Tuskegee, a collection of 13 of his international hits performed as duets with today’s country music superstars, and it feels even better than he hoped. Tuskegee represents a full-circle moment for the international icon who has returned to his Southern roots to create an album that serves as a highlight of his unforgettable ...
Invitation: Brilliant Corners, Trafó Budapest, 28 -29 April
- 28 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
"Brilliant Corners" is a new piece for 10 dancers to an original score by Emanuel. The work explores the forces, both mechanical and human, which generate the choreographic substance. The ever evolving structures are a direct manifestation of these forces and as such, hold revealing qualities and possible insights.
Invitation: The Prodigy, Budapest Sportaréna, Saturday 28 April
- 23 Apr 2012 9:05 AM
- entertainment
"The claustrophobic confines of a west London attic hideaway. Walls, covered in heavyweight purple curtains seem to bring the dimly lit room’s parameters collapsing in as a huge computer screen’s wallpaper radiates the green glow of long hot summer. Its pastoral image of feudal tranquillity is the room’s only window on the world. Look closer and there’s a twist in this Constable painting. In the ...
Xpat Interview: Hungarian Expat Musician Is Making Ambient-Folk Sounds in Scotland
- 16 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Tamás Kátai is an avant-garde musician from Hungary, well known for his metal project called Thy Catafalque. At the moment, he lives in Edinburgh, UK, but nevertheless continues writing music in his mother tongue. Over the years he has participated in many other bands, such as Gire and Darklight. In 2006, he released a solo album, named Erika Szobája (Erika's Room), which is described as an ...
11 New Acts Announced For Sziget 2012 In Budapest
- 23 Feb 2012 10:45 AM
- entertainment
"And great acts indeed: Korn – metal icons, presenting their newest album; The Vaccines – maybe the coolest indie invention of last year; Magnetic Man – legendary rulers of dubstep; Two Door Cinema Club; Steve Aoki; Axwell; Beatsteaks; dEUS; Ministry; Bebel Gilberto; Caro Emerald… you name it.
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 ...
'8th Budapest Jazz Festival', Budapest, Until 12 September
- 10 Sep 2010 3:00 AM
- entertainment
"In its eighth year BMC's annual jazz festival (previously called MOL Jazz Festival) has rejuvenated itself as Jazzforum Budapest, with the considerable support of the new main sponsor Hello HD.
'Gömböc Painters', Banner Square Budapest, Until 5 July
- 2 Jul 2010 2:00 AM
- entertainment
"The Gömböc is the first known homogenous body with one stable and one unstable, that is, a total of two, equilibrium points. It can be proven that a body with less equilibrium than this cannot exist. However you put down the Gömböc, it always returns to its stable point of equilibrium, which is exclusively on account of its special form. Its inventors Professor Gábor Domokos and Associate ...