The half-decade that has passed since the death of Hungarian poet Szilárd Borbély has been the time of silence for both readers and literature experts. Silence of astonishment and mourning, as part of our clumsy try to express our confrontation with death, and then the world went by, leading us...
According to some theories, the number 75 is an angelic combination, a reference of how something will change for us soon, bringing us to reach a goal and enrich our life. This magical number is connected to the concert on 23th September, 7:30 pm, by the Miskolc Symphonic Orchestra, part...
On 22th September, the Magyar Atom plays in the Müpa. This will be the first concert for all members together, although everyone played here in other formations already. Magyar Atom (‘Hungarian Atom’) is a group formed by former orchestral members of the Hobo Blues Band, and their first concert happened...
Hidden Patterns is the title of the exhibition that shows important projects from the internationally known network researcher Albert-László Barabási. The Hungarian physicist has been researching networks for 25 years, dedicated to find (mostly invisible) connections between things and to discover recurring patterns between nature, society, language and culture. The...
The 29th CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival is going to launch on the 9th of October. At a recent press conference, the organisers released the programme and the details. The 17-day-long series of all art event will include many genres in many different places in the capital city of Hungary....
It has been a hot topic these days how much artists have lost due to the mayhem caused by the coronavirus. Some people avoid the whole topic, others process it by talking about their problems. István Várdai chooses a completely different way though. The cellist who lived a quite active...
“The pure power of music remains” Last year, The Qualitions was the first Hungarian band to play in the US cult radio, KEXP, and then they created a cover album of songs of the legendary Hungarian band KEX. Then the lockdown came. Now they come back to stage on 24th...
The Ani Molnár Gallery is pleased to announce Dániel Bernáth & Balázs Csizik: Geotaxisduo exhibition. Opening: 16 July 2020, Thursday, 5-8 p.m.Curator: Lili Boros, art historianOn view until: 10 October 2020, from Tuesday to Thursday, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.Address: 36 Bródy Sándor street, Budapest, 1088 The common principle of...
In the last three and a half years, I sometimes remembered my first Hungarian interview ever, with Hungarian composer Judit Varga who is based in Vienna. No surprise that the first few minutes of our Zoom discussion are about what has changed since then. That three years could be thirteen...
The band Lóci játszik will give a concert in the Müpa drive-in series on the 18th of July. Lóci játszik started as a one-person, one-guitar band. Frontman Lóránt Csorba, singer and songwriter, became famous in Hungary for the soundtrack of the film For Some Inexplicable Reason. Lóci játszik won a...
Müpa started a drive-in cinema series to provide music programmes to the audience until the autumn reopening. Between the 1st and 25th of July, from Wednesday to Sunday, popular and classical music bands play in the Festival Theatre of the Müpa, which can be followed on a big screen from...
Audience can enjoy Eine kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart or the Four Seasons by Vivaldi from their cars in the new “Drive-in Cinema” organised by Müpa. The first concert happened yesterday and had the title A little summer music, bringing summer vibes with well-known classical pieces. Singers Zsófia Nagy, Eszter Zemlényi,...
There is an American couple who come to the Müpa every year in fabulous clothes. I imagine them putting on their lovely clothes and sitting in front of a screen on 18 June. There might be some groups watching the broadcasts together as well, in someone’s garden, surrounded by picnic...
As we could read in the news, the Hey, June! concert series of the Müpa had to be cancelled due to the current situation. However, there will still be two very exciting weeks with a collection of some great popular music concerts from last years, broadcasted online as part of...
Gábor Gyukics, poet, literary translator, author of books and editor of collections of many genres, and initiatior of Jazz Poetry sessions in Hungary, celebrates his birthday today. Some days ago, he contributed to an online cultural event, UnDeR SZubCulT, where he recited poems in English and Hungarian. We are happy...
In the frame of Hungary L!ve Talks on May 5th at 7.30 pm (GMT + 2) Beata Barda (Trafó House Budapest), Kristin Marting (HERE Arts Center New York) and Christina Liata (Onassis Stegi Athens) will share their thoughts about the current situation and about the long-time effects of the crisis...
Stay home if you can. We have been hearing this all over for over a month now. Wash your hands, wear a mask and gloves if you still have to leave your home. And if you want a theatre or concert experience, you have the internet - I mean, if...
Once upon a time I had a friend from Eastern France, not far from the German border. We met on a Stephen King fansite, the since-defunct darktower.net. You know that feeling, like finding a long lost sister? She had a twin sister, but she would say I was more like...
MÜPA CAN BRING SOME JOY AND COLOURS IN QUARANTINE LIFE Even some months ago we could not have imagined that we will have to stay at home and the online space will be our only way to consume cultural contents, even the greatest concerts and shows. COVID-19, however, changed our...
Müpa Budapest celebrated its 15. birthday this month. Although they had to cancel planned concerts due to the covid-19 situation, you can still celebrate the round anniversary with them. On their website, you can now enjoy 80 HD concert video recordings and 40 literature night audio recordings without registration. We...
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