Long Time No See!, Trafó, 13 May 2019, 8 pmOfficial selection of Festival d’Avignon and Aerowaves 2019Nominated for Rudolf Lábán Prize 2019 I wrote her in English as I only knew that she is a Finnish dancer. To my great surprise, she answered in Hungarian, and we even started to...
David Hill Who wants to still get involved in a debate about refugees in Hungary? The international project Journeys and the Trafo House do. Instead of usual topics like "are all migrants terrorists" or "were they sent here by George Soros or another rich Jew", the...
Art Here Art Now is a hungarian art magazine: literature, film, theatre, music, visual arts, architecture, reviews, photography, blog, poetry, news from the world of arts. Art Here Art Now is the online forum of contemporary culture. An issue with contemporary culture is that we do not know much about...
(Fiction about 2021) It's all just a matter of perspective. Who do we like more? There is a series of pictures that showing that it was not Hamilton, who collided with Verstappen on the British Grand Prix, but that Verstappen wanted to “accidentally” smash Hamilton on the wall. He nearly...
"Corsage" is a glorious departure from the staid period dramas that have come to dominate the genre. It is a fictionalized take on Empress Elisabeth of Austria’s (aka Sissi’s) last year filled with anachronistic hints, modern pop songs, exit signs, motorized tractors and other exciting inconsistencies. Writer-director Marie Kreutzer turns...
On Sunday evening, the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall at Müpa Budapest will be filled with the incomparable, familiar yet constantly surprising sound of the cimbalom. The legendary teacher of the Academy of Music will present seven young cimbalom players in an evening entitled Kálmán Balogh and the Cimbalom Players...
It has become quite a usual thing for Hungarian classical music lovers to be able to choose from a wide range of concerts to celebrate the upcoming festive season. But even in this wide selection, it is rare to find a programme that offers a wider range of works to...
I think many people don't like Halloween because they don't understand what it's really about. It's not just about scaring each other for the fun of it, but more about making fun of our greatest fears, passing and death, on the eve of All Saints Day, and thereby being set...
We have had a sad anniversary on 2 October: it has been more than one year now since Béla Szakcsi Lakatos passed away. A man whose life work is literally impenetrable and incomprehensible, who continuously shaped and reformed Hungarian musical life, and who is considered an eternal inspiration by thousands...
Gergő Borlai, renowned and popular drummer both in the Hungarian and international scene, is organising a third concert called 'Divided' already. What is the story behind this series, who was and will be on stage with him, and why will this experience be truly unique? We talked to the Artisjus-awarded...
Irén Lovász has worked on her four-part record series Healing Voices for seventeen years. After Sacred Voice, Inner Voice and Female Voice, the final piece, Healing Voice, arrived this year, completing the collection. I talked to the Kossuth Prize-winning singer about the album release concert on 8 October, but of...
Performances to go down in music history, featuring legendary ensembles as well as contemporary productions: Here is the full programme of the third Liszt Fest to evoke the composer’s spirit Franz Liszt not only reshaped the history of music in the 19th century, but his influence is still clearly felt...
It was once the centre of the world for Europeans – or is it still? This year, one of the most exciting capitals, Rome, will be linked to Budapest as part of the Bridging Europe programme. And through the Eternal City, also the whole of Italy, thanks to the fantastic...
The story of an investigation: the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble's grand premiere at Müpa Budapest, The Faithless Wife, works with the gloominess of ballads but in a contemporary way. One of the most treasured pieces in old Hungarian ballad repertoire, Barcsai's Lover is the starting point for a full-length crime...
Inventive, creative and „engineering” filmmaker Christopher Nolan (Inception) brings us J. Robert Oppenheimer’s jaw dropping story in IMAX. One of the most important figures of the last century, Oppenheimer is in the center stage of Nolan’s ambitious new film. Oppenheimer was in charge of the Los Alamos Laboratory operated by...
"It's good to write like this, not sitting in a study but at the beach, in sunlight and wind. This is how Homer wrote, and Virgil too" - Sándor Márai wrote in 1948, during his first year of his Italian emigration. Italy became one of the most important places in...
Once upon a time there was an Italian girl who loved jazz, had a wonderful voice, and dreamed of learning from the best jazz musicians - so she moved to the United States. Since her immigration in 1998, Roberta Gambarini built a successful career and is seen as one of...
Throughout their sixty-year history, Studio 11 have played a decisive role in the development of Hungarian popular music. Its members have always been highly skilled musicians and outstanding soloists, renowned performers of the Hungarian and international jazz scene. The result of decades of artistic activity can be heard and heard...
Ska, which originated in the Jamaican music movement of the 1960s, was originally based on brass and was a blend of jazz, rhythm and blues and Caribbean musical influences. Over the years, it has evolved and taken on characteristics of many other musical styles, such as rocksteady, reggae, punk rock...
The Ligeti 100 continues to rumble on, with centenary concerts in Hungary and around the world, and the audience shows more and more enthusiasm for the futuristic and modern masterpieces of one of Hungary's most famous composers. We recently wrote about a concert by Péter Eötvös and Klangforum Wien, and...
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