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#Andrés Orozco-Estrada #BSF Magazine #Budapest Spring Festival #Kristóf Csengery #Müpa #Vienna Philharmonic #Yefim Bronfman

A Self-Aware Orchestra

Meet the Vienna Philharmonics – the long-established, illustrious trustee of the most authentic Viennese musical traditions that has been conducted by the greatest conductors of every era…

#BSF Magazine #Budapest Spring Festival #Endre Tóth #István Várdai #Maxim Vengerov #Péter Frankl

Regardless of Age

Language of music is universal; age and nationality are no barrier to musical dialogue.

#BSF Magazine #Budapest Spring Festival #Péter Varga #Roger Norrington

“Vibrato is like a disease. Leopold Mozart, who published his violin method in 1766, wrote that some players use it all the time, and their hand shakes as though they had fever.” BSF Magazine’s interview with Sir Roger Norrington.

#BSF Magazine #Budapest Spring Festival #Gábor Bóka #Natalie Dessay #opera

A Pinch of Decadence

Natalie Dessay has always been a self-aware artist: she took on roles rarely, so that she could give her utmost in them – and that is exactly what she did.

Shoot above the crowd, then before their feet, and then shoot in the crowd

The documentary Occupation 1968 shows the events from a rather unusual perspective: of these five countries rather than of the victim’s.

#Forgive Me #Ida Hegazi Høyer #love story #Norway #psycho thriller #sad end

Hello from the horror side!

The storyteller is „simply” a girl, or more likely a bitter and disillusioned woman, who is remembering her youth years. And there is (naturally?) a man, addressed in this second person singular story…

#Brigitta Kele #BSF Magazine #Budapest Spring Festival #Dóra Melis #Ferenc Liszt #oratorical music #The Legend of St. Elizabeth

From the Heart of Transylvania to the Met

“My father was a poor tailor’s mate with five children. It was no easy task, but finally I got from the ‘Ér [a river in Romania and Hungary] to the ocean’ as the saying goes”. The incredible story of Brigitta Kele.

#BSF Magazine #Budapest Spring Festival #conductor #Emmanuelle Haïm #female conductor #girlpower #Leonóra Mörk #Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla #womanpower

Who Wears the Trousers?

Are they just “cute girls on a podium” who make “musicians think about other things”? No way! Let us introduce you some female conductors who simply rock in everything they do.

#Balázs Weyer #BSF Magazine #Budapest Spring Festival #Easter #Mediterranean coast #Mihály Borbély #PONT festival #traditions #UNESCO #Vujisics Ensemble

Bunnies and More: Easter Celebrations from the Mediterranean to the Carpathian Basin

This year the PONT Festival, which specializes in such “treasure hunting tours in the attic”, concentrates on the coastal regions of the Mediterranean Sea, and aims to present the customs of the Easter celebrations.

#improvization #jazz #Kurt Elling #lyrics #Müpa #Rainer Maria Rilke #The Questions #vocalese

I don’t know… Am I supposed to know? – Kurt Elling on jazz, poetry and existential questions

I saw himself before me as a singer with relaxing baritone, never-ending concert tours, melancholic and meditative songs. But all the time, there was this little question on my mind…

#Argentina #Ecce Homo #José Cura #Magnificat #Modus #Müpa #opera #oratorical music

Behold the man who composes, sings and conducts the same piece of music

He goes down in history as the first artist who sings and conducts simultaneously in one concert or recording.

#ani molnár gallery #Budapest #Budapest Art Week #Budapest Photo Festival #diamonds #Estonia #Marge Monko #Molnár Ani Galéria #solo exhibition #vernissage #Women of the World Raise Your Right Hand

What made diamonds to be seen as a symbol of love?

Touching on the questions of the superficially constructed female values, Marge Monko examines the storytelling powers of commercialism’s impacts.

#Attack to Attack #berlinale #berlinale 2018 #Japan #Katalin Ferber #Kyoichi Yamaoka #mafia #Mitsuo Sato #murder #RIP #San'ya #yakuza

Both directors were killed due to this Japanese documentary

Nowadays these quarters offer the cheapest labour to the construction industry and other dangerous work. These workers have no insurance, no contract, and no any kind of welfare-service. They receive their daily payment in cash.

#Africa #berlinale #berlinale 2018 #Eldorado #Germany #Italy #Katalin Ferber #Markus Imhoof #migrants #migration #refugees #second world war #Switzerland

What’s the difference between refugees of WWII and today?

Why were we able to accept people like Giovanna 7,5 decades ago, and why do we have deep aversion, fear and worries toward the African refugees?

#berlinale #berlinale 2018 #Breivik #Erik Poppe #Katalin Ferber #mass shooting #Norway #U - Juli 22

Seventy-seven dead, more than hundred injured – the world we live in

The attack against the government quarter could have been prevented and the help to save people on Utoya Island was seriously late.

#Amazonas #Brazil #Dona Onete #folk music #Müpa #world music

Ten stunning facts about an extraordinary career – Dona Onete in the spotlight

An incredible lady who mixes the experiences of eight decades with a cultural heritage of several centuries.

#Adam Silvera #book #LGBTQIA+ #More Happy Than Not #novel #ya novel #young adult

Can you find happiness when you are able to revoke memories?

“I want to show a character who is going through really difficult trials but tries to find the beauty in the chaos. It’s always better than giving up.”

#book #Budapest #Bulgarian #ethno jazz #Ivanka Mogilska #novel #Sudden Streets #tango

Ivanka Mogilska on Sudden Streets and music

Now you can read Ivanka Mogilska’s secrets, behind the glistering scenes: where, when, how and with whom did she write Sudden Streets?

#book #Czech #Dějiny světla #František Drtikol #History of Light #Jan Němec #novel #photo #photography

Body as more than a mere object of desire – Jan Němec about František Drtikol

How come that someone who used to rule and utilise the light suddenly experiences enlightenment and lets his previous life goals go? This is what I asked the novel’s writer about…

#book #China #history #mystery #novel #Susan Barker #The Incarnations

Susan Barker on The Palace Women’s Uprising and more

Susan Barker: “I was drawn to write about China because I have an ancestral connection to the country through my grandfather.”

#A God in Every Stone #book #British India #Great Britain #historical fiction #India #Kamila Shamsie #novel #Pakistan

No matter how they decide, they will be traitors

Najeeb and Vivian escape to self-education and Qayyum to the Indian independence movement, all turning against a system ruled by white men… – A review of “A God in Every Stone” by Kamila Shamsie.

#book #Finland #Finnish literature #Neljäntienristeys #novel #Tommi Kinnunen #Zsolt Várkonyi

Society should look forwards, not backwards – interview with Tommi Kinnunen

“One cannot work as a teacher if he doesn’t believe that everyone of the pupils are good and important and they should be given all possibilities to live a good life. Maybe it’s the same with writing: there aren’t good or bad characters.”

#David Hill #Journeys #migrants #migration #refugees

When Hungarians have to flee from the Carpathian Basin

It´s an eternal debate these days who are the “real” refugees. Only those who flee from the war, or also those who live in extreme poverty?

#book #El Paso #Forrest Gump #novel #Winston Groom #Zsolt Várkonyi

The story of El Paso lived in me in a brilliant way – interview with Winston Groom

Winston Groom worked as a journalist, served in Vietnam, and as a writer he won several awards and published more than twenty books – among them, Forrest Gump…

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A Self-Aware Orchestra

Regardless of Age

Antidote to the False Glamour

A Pinch of Decadence

Shoot above the crowd, then before their feet, and then shoot in the crowd

Hello from the horror side!

From the Heart of Transylvania to the Met

Who Wears the Trousers?

Bunnies and More: Easter Celebrations from the Mediterranean to the Carpathian Basin

I don’t know… Am I supposed to know? – Kurt Elling on jazz, poetry and existential questions

Behold the man who composes, sings and conducts the same piece of music

What made diamonds to be seen as a symbol of love?

Both directors were killed due to this Japanese documentary

What’s the difference between refugees of WWII and today?

Seventy-seven dead, more than hundred injured – the world we live in

Ten stunning facts about an extraordinary career – Dona Onete in the spotlight

Can you find happiness when you are able to revoke memories?

Ivanka Mogilska on Sudden Streets and music

Body as more than a mere object of desire – Jan Němec about František Drtikol

Susan Barker on The Palace Women’s Uprising and more

No matter how they decide, they will be traitors

Society should look forwards, not backwards – interview with Tommi Kinnunen

When Hungarians have to flee from the Carpathian Basin

The story of El Paso lived in me in a brilliant way – interview with Winston Groom

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

Films to be broadcast in the Berlinale Classics 2018

Body as more than a mere object of desire – Jan Němec about František Drtikol

The story of El Paso lived in me in a brilliant way – interview with Winston Groom

Baroque Soap Opera Reloaded

Here are the winners of the Stage Awards 2018!

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

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

Govt earmarks HUF 106 m for Subotica synagogue revamp

Best of 2021: Dora Endre’s list of movies I.

Best of 2021: Dora Endre’s list of movies III.

Best of 2021: Dora Endre’s list of movies IV.

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood: The One Who Listens Understands

„You Hurt My Feelings”: No Man Wants a V-Neck Sweater

“Saltburn”: Oliver Twist and the Slutty Fairies