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#BSF Magazine #Budapest Spring Festival #Cinderella #Erkel Theatre #Iolantha #Máté Csabai #Müpa #Prokofiev #Tchaikovsky #Valery Gergiev

He Comes, He Sees, He Conquers

Valery Gergiev arrives to this year’s Budapest Spring Festival with two productions – Iolantha and Cinderella -, giving three performances.

#Alba Regia Symphony Orchestra #BSF Magazine #Budapest Spring Festival #Dániel Mona #Dezső Ránki #Gergely Dubóczky #János Bojti #János Kovács #Khovanschchina #Maurice Ravel #Müpa #Mussorgsky #Pesti Vigadó

The Sherlock Holmes of Russian Opera

“The creation and later life of Khovanshchina surpasses even detective novels when it comes to mystery and adventure…” János Bojti and Mussorgsky.

#Crackling Fire #Mulled Wine #Satan #short story #Susan Anwin

Crackling fire, mulled wine, Satan ~ A short story by Susan Anwin

Everything is possible when the fog descends. Dobogókő is also stunning in the spring; really, I’m hard pressed to choose my favourite season there.

#short story #Soul for Sale #Susan Anwin

Soul for Sale ~ A short story by Susan Anwin

The survivor moved on. He didn’t know how long he had been wandering, as the sky was the same nondescript gray, with no evidence of sunrise or sunset.

#baritone #Barnabás Kelemen #Béla Bartók Concert Hall #brass #Gilbert Varga #gold #gold standard #Ludwig Mittelhammer #Mayu Kishima #Müpa #Pannon Filharmonikusok #Péter Frankl #PFZ #piano #Szabolcs Zempléni #Tibor Bogányi #violin

Glittering like gold – five personalities, five special-themed concerts

We can expect a diverse programme, but the incredible quality links all five individual concerts together. Gold Standard series of the Pannon Philharmonics.

#Drifter #short story #Susan Anwin

Drifter ~ A short story by Susan Anwin

“She turned and saw the pince-nez lying abandoned on the concrete. The man was nowhere to be seen.”

#A38 ship #ballet #baroque #Bauhaus #Bebel Gilberto #Borbála Dobozy #Budapest Airport #Budapest Spring Festival #Cinderella #classical music #Csaba Káel #Czech #Czech Republic #David Lynch #electropop #Emanuel Gat #Enikő Nagy #Ferenc Liszt #Ferenc Snétberger #Festetics Palace #Fülöp Ránki #Gábor Goda #Georg Anton Benda #GoGo Penguin #Hungarian Radio Orchestras #jabot #Jan Dismas Zelenka #János Ács #János Bojti #János Kovács #jazz #Ji #Josef Antonín Štěpán #Joseph Calleja #Judith Hill #Khovanschchina #Kirill Gerstein #Kodály Philharmonics #Kristóf Baráti #LEJ #Liszt #Liszt Academy Symphonic Orchestra #Mariinsky #Michelangelo #Mōrk #Müpa #Museum of Fine Arts Budapest #Mussorgsky #National Dance Theatre #opera #Philharmonia Chor Stuttgart #POKET #press conference #Russia #Russian #Sándor Kányádi #Sztalker Csoport #Tchaikovsky #Teodóra Bán #Tevje #The Gate of Wind #Trafó #Urania #Valery Gergiev

Budapest opens festival season in Europe – 39. Spring Festival launches on 5 April

“We are the Budapest Spring Festival”, says executive director Csaba Káel. Franz Liszt, Russian culture and the 100-year-old Bauhaus in the spotlight.

#András Dési #antisemitism #Austria #documentary #Enikő Nagy #Kurt Waldheim #nazis #Ruth Beckermann #second world war #The Waldheim Waltz

They forgot that Hitler and Eichmann were also Austrians

After Waldheim was elected, big discussions started. Nowadays, nobody would call Austria a victim of the war. The history books changed.

#short story #Susan Anwin #The Last Dawn

The Last Dawn ~ A short story by Susan Anwin

“It was the subtlest form of torture, making sure you’re aware that these are the very last hours of your existence.”

#literature #short story #Susan Anwin

A series of Susan Anwin’s short stories is launching at Art Here Art Now tomorrow

Let us introduce you writer Susan Anwin, whose short stories are going to appear on our website from tomorrow on for six weeks!

#Branford Marsalis #Enikő Nagy #jazz #jazz quartet #Kenny Kirkland #Müpa #Sting

Branford Marsalis: Playing with Sting for four years was a great experience

“Working with singers, you have to understand that you are in a support role. Now that we are a quartet again, we use that experience to support each other.”

#Attila Szabó #Classical Chill Out #classical music #International Spring #Kodály Központ #Pannon Filharmonikusok #PFZ #students #university #University of Pécs

Twenty-two students join professional musicians at the Classical Chill Out concert

Students on stage, students in the audience. A cool experience of classical music, mostly (but not exclusively) for young people…

#Brahms #Ferenc Liszt #Liszt #Ludwig van Beethoven #Péter Dobszay #piano #Ririko Takagi #Szeged Symphony Orchestra #Tomoki Sakata

Tomoki Sakata: I admire Liszt and Hungary is my all-time favorite

Péter Dobszay and the Szeged Symphony Orchestra, Müpa, 24 February 2019, 7:30 pm Thinking about he is only 26 and…

#aria evening #Michelangelo Mazza #Müpa #Olga Peretyatko #opera #opera singer #soprano

It’s not about you in the music, it’s about music in yourself

She answers the phone and I’m astonished how beautiful her voice is. I can imagine her leading a meditation group…

#ani molnár gallery #anniversary #Dániel Karsai #Dariusz Gwizdala #exhibition #Imre Nagy #Katinka Hajas #Luca Sára Rózsa #Molnár Ani Galéria #multitasking #vernissage #Veronika Suschnig

See how six young artists multitask in the Ani Molnár Gallery

This year, the Ani Molnár Gallery is celebrating its 10 year anniversary. The gallery starts the year with a group…

#Ádám Bősze #concert hall #conductor #Gilbert Varga #Pannon Filharmonikusok #Pécs #PFZ #Tibor Bogányi #video interview

Why did Gilbert Varga decide to sign a contract with the Pannon Philharmonic? – video

Gilbert Varga, the British conductor with Hungarian roots, found his way “back home” last February when he performed in Hungary….

#China #Enikő Nagy #Káel Csaba #Karine Babajanyan #Lehár Ferenc #Müpa #opera singer #operetta #Shanghai Opera House #singer #soprano #The Land of Smiles

Even the conductor was outraged because of my blonde wig – interview with Karine Babajanyan

The Land of Smiles, Müpa, 1 February 2019, 7 pm We caught the incredibly nice opera singer, Karine Babajanyan, for…

#belle époque #Claude Debussy #composer #dadaism #Erik Satie #france #Müpa #Pannon Filharmonikusok #PFZ #Rosicrucian #Suzanne Valadon

Here is Erik Satie, maybe the only real hero of the (not so) belle époque

Easy Grace – PFZ, Müpa, Béla Bartók Concert Hall, 25 January 2019, 7:30 pm „We should have a music of our…

#Africa #Agadez #Bombino #guitar #insurrection #Müpa #Niger #nomads #rebellion #refugees #revolution #Ron Wyman #Tuareg

His instrument was banned, his fellow musicians killed – the story of Bombino

In the evening, after dinner and milking sheep, camels and goats, people from every tent came together at a common fire where they drank tea, talked about history, recited poems and sang.

#Ben G Fodor #border #FodorsWall #open space #open space artwork #refugees #Vienna #visual art #wall

Fodor’s Wall is back, now in the beating heart of Vienna’s old town

Two years ago, Fodor’s Border Wall was exhibited in an open space in Vienna. Now it is back again: you can find it in Vienna’s old town district at the junction of Freyung and Herrengasse.

#Advent #Borbála Sapszon #choir #choral music #christmas #Kodály Zoltán Choir School #László Fassang #Márton Tóth #Monika Melcová #Müpa #organ #Rita Domány

The way we play this instrument is like conducting a whole orchester

“I found it fantastic that every organ is different, you can hear completely new sounds, hundreds of years of music is awaken, and there are all these historical organs, still working today, all around the world…”

#folk music #Hebrew #Israel #Jerusalem #jews #Ladino #Müpa #Sephardim #Spanish #world music #Yasmin Levy

She heard Jerusalem’s stones crying out to her to sing

“I am the result of the most beautiful mixture and this mixture is the fountain from which I create.” Yasmin Levy on her father, the Sephardim, Jerusalem and the sacredness of music.

Stars of talent shows who won much more than fame

After years of hard work, practice, success in closer circles, many musicians really deserve national recognition and money. And there are some people who win even more in a talent show… Just like these three musicians.

#Balkan Wars #counter-narrative #Croatia #Croatian film #documentary #dominant narrative #Enikő Nagy #ethnicity #minority #national identity #nationality #Nebojša Slijepčević #Oliver Frljić #Serbia #Srbenka

Seven-year-old Nina cried when she found out she was Serbian and not Croatian

The Croatian movie Srbenka received The Human Rights Film Award of the Verzió 15 International Human Rights Film Festival in Budapest. We interviewed the director Nebojša Slijepčević.

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Drifter ~ A short story by Susan Anwin

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A series of Susan Anwin’s short stories is launching at Art Here Art Now tomorrow

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Tomoki Sakata: I admire Liszt and Hungary is my all-time favorite

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See how six young artists multitask in the Ani Molnár Gallery

Why did Gilbert Varga decide to sign a contract with the Pannon Philharmonic? – video

Even the conductor was outraged because of my blonde wig – interview with Karine Babajanyan

Here is Erik Satie, maybe the only real hero of the (not so) belle époque

His instrument was banned, his fellow musicians killed – the story of Bombino

Fodor’s Wall is back, now in the beating heart of Vienna’s old town

The way we play this instrument is like conducting a whole orchester

She heard Jerusalem’s stones crying out to her to sing

Stars of talent shows who won much more than fame

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Baroque Soap Opera Reloaded

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