From East to iLand: history of a Hungarian progressive rock band

The songs on the new group’s first album The Island are very cohesive: they are flowing naturally into each other.

Ancient, ritual melodies with Mazaher at the Budapest Ritmo

A fascinating aspect of this ancient ritual is that it is predominantly performed by women, with only a handful of men participating.

Rural people were keeping touch with the dead at Easter

There are different variations for the Easter “splashing”, from immersing the person in a lot of water to to some slight sprinkling.

From East to iLand: history of a Hungarian progressive rock band

The songs on the new group’s first album The Island are very cohesive: they are flowing naturally into each other.

Ancient, ritual melodies with Mazaher at the Budapest Ritmo

A fascinating aspect of this ancient ritual is that it is predominantly performed by women, with only a handful of men participating.

Rural people were keeping touch with the dead at Easter

There are different variations for the Easter “splashing”, from immersing the person in a lot of water to to some slight sprinkling.

Saint Omer: Terribly Human Monsters

Saint Omer is an edgy and emotionally turbulent courtroom drama painted with thick brushstrokes of mystery.

The Miraculous Mandarin: immoral at its time, classic today

“The Mandarin will be diabolic music. The listener would be led from the turmoil of a metropolis to the tramp ranch.”

Women Talking ~ a review by Dora Endre

The narration underlines the importance of early formative experience as well as the lingering presence of transgenerational traumas.

Nathan Laube: Every organ tells a different story

Nathan Laube has a deep knowledge of every single key, pedal and register of the most important European and American organs.

A love triangle between brothers – Rameau’s Castor and Pollux

Castor and Pollux are indeed twin brothers, but from two different fathers. Pollux, Zeus’ son, is immortal, but Castor is mortal…

Renaissance poet Bálint Balassi meets an actor and an orchestra

Balassi still belonged to the generation who wrote poems to melodies, so they are a great match to early music.

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