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'Formula 1, DTM, WTCC and Stunt Flying is going downtown for a day.' Budapest is gearing up for the 1st of May’s ‘Nagy Futam’ (Great Race), organised again in the vicinity of the Chain Bridge, where leading pilots and drivers will put on a spectacular show in the air and on the ground.
The mid-1970s, Hungary. Inventor and architect professor Ernő Rubik is working at Department of Interior Design at the Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts in Budapest. These years Rubik is trying to solve the issue of the structural problem of moving the parts independently without the entire mechanism falling apart. Thus he creates a cube in 1974, initially called Magic Cube, not being aware of the creation of a puzzle until trying to restore it after the first shuffling. Possibly no one would have thought, not even Rubik, that the little cube would conquer the world.
Budapest was the kick-off venue for a 2014 European concert series for this international pop icon. The tour follows an ecstatic response to Robbie’s one-off show at London’s Palladium, where he showcased material from his album 'Swings Both Ways'. See below for a crowd clip of his old classic 'Angels' performed live in Budapest last night.
The fountain on Margaret Island will play melodies again. The rebuilt and enlarged fountain was inaugurated last year by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Budapest Mayor István Tarlós. The musical repertoire of the fountain is refreshed and extended as follows:
The Hungarian National Dance Theater's annual festival is always held around the 29th of April, which is the International Day of Dance. Also as usual, this fab festival features a wide mix of dance styles, ballet, contemporary, folk, and more. A range of venues around Budapest welcome local and international dance companies, for a ten day period.
Marooned on a distant island with his daughter Miranda, Prospero has spent twelve years perfecting his magic arts. Now, with the help of the spirit Ariel, he raises a storm at sea, bringing within his grasp the enemies who robbed him of his dukedom. But what vengeance does he propose to take?
Ches Smith and These Arches set to play Trafo.hu - Ches Smith is a master drummer of the new generation, a self-styled improviser who has studied jazz and modern percussion and is open to alternative rock, noise and metal as well. This wealth of styles characterizes his music for These Arches, the band with which he brings four brilliant New York avant-jazz musicians to Trafó: Tim Berne and Tony Malaby on saxophones, Mary Halvorson on guitar and Andrea Parkins on accordion and electronics.
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