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13 Feb

Wolf Prize in Music – Sir Paul McCartney  shares Hungarian conductor Ádám Fischer – 2018.

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The Wolf Prize in Music – Sir Paul McCartney sharing with  Hungarian conductor

Ádám Fischer

On Monday the Wolf foundation announced its winners for 2018, with laureates also in the fields of chemistry, agriculture, mathematics and physics.

Israel’s prestigious Wolf Prize is honoring Sir Paul McCartney this year as well as scientists from the U.S., Japan and Britain, among other countries.

Conductor Ádám Fischer shares the Israeli Wolf Prize for music together with Beatle legend Sir Paul McCartney. The Wolf Foundation said that Sir McCartney “is one of the greatest songwriters of all time.” … (An organizer said the foundation had notified McCartney’s representatives. Yet it was not immediately known if the former Beatle will appear in Israel for the award ceremony in May.)

The Hungarian ÁdámFischer conductor is being recognized by the prize committee for his music called him “an inspirational conductor and eloquent defender of human rights.”

The Wolf Foundation, the nonprofit organization that presents the awards, recognized Fischer for his work as conductor of the Vienna State Opera, the Düsseldorf Symphony, the Danish National Chamber Orchestra, the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra and many others, as well as for his political activism. Fischer is a member of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee.

Fischer is the second Hungarian musician to receive the prize after avant-garde composer György Ligeti. More than 30 awardees of the prize have gone on to receive the Nobel Prize.

The Wolf Foundation was established in 1975 with a $10 million endowment from the Wolf family. While it is a private, non-profit NGO, its activities are overseen by the State Comptroller of Israel, and the culture minister acts as chairman of its council.

The Wolf Prize has been given out annually since 1978 to laureates in the fields of agriculture, chemistry, mathematics, medicine, physics and arts.

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13 Feb

Flashnews – “Canadian Night” for Skating Fans – Budapest

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City Park Ice Rink – District, XIV., 5. Olof Palme Promenade – Budapest

The City Park Ice Rink is pleased to organise a “Canadian Night” on Thursday, February, 15. 2018 from  5.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. in partnership with the Embassy of Canada to Hungary.

Join Ambassador Isabelle Poupart and her team for two hours of skating to the sound of Canadian artists – Bryan Adams – Celine Dion – Leonard Cohen -Drake, to name just a few.

Regular entrance fees will apply, but all those who wear a distinctive Canadian symbol on their clothes … Canadian flag, maple leaf, NHL hockey jersey, etc… will get a voucher for a hot drink (coffee, tea or hot chocolate).

Looking back on more than a century-old City Park means relaxation and fun for everyone. The Ice Rink, is beating up hearts of residents and visitors to choose from a variety of cultural programs throughout the year in Budapest.

Please note that just in case of inclement weather, this event will be cancelled and the Canadian Embassy will give it another try in 2019 to the Canadian Night – Ice Rink in Budapest.

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11 Feb

The Reunification of the Two Koreas – Katona József Theater – Budapest

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Coming up  performances during the month of April with English subtitles

Katona József Theater – Budapest

 District, V., 6. Petőfi Sándor Street

Tuesday, April, 17. 2018. 

Katona József is one of the major art theaters in Hungary, staging classic Hungarian and international drama, as well as a selection of contemporary plays. The theater gives great importance to foreigners living in Budapest/Hungary by presenting Hungarian actors performance.

JOËL POMMERAT: THE REUNIFICATION OF THE TWO KOREAS  – length of the performance 2Hs

The Reunification of the Two Koreas is not about politics. It is neither about Korea nor Hungary. It can be applied to everything and everybody, as it presents both tragic and comic situations; a French newspaper called it “the tart kaleidoscope of human relations”. “The Reunification of the Two Koreas is a series of unrelated snapshots. These ironic-humorous fragments of stories are most similar to a number of short stories written on the same subject.” – says the author on his play.

Joël Pommerat is one of the most interesting creators of today’s French theater; he is an author, director and artistic director at the same time. He only directs his own plays, his working method is based on cooperative experimenting and improvisation. On his fortieth birthday he has started an unusual project: he promised the actors of his company to write a new play for them each year through the next forty years. The project has been going on since 2004. Pommerat and his company have worked and is still working in Peter Brook’s theater, Théatre des Bouffes du Nord, the Odéon of Paris and the National Theater of Brussels as well. The Reunification of the Two Koreas premiered in the Odéon, in 2013.

Cast: Alexandra Borbély, Tamás Keresztes, Andrea Fullajtár, János Kulka, Eszter Ónodi, Ervin Nagy, Judit Rezes, András Ötvös, Ági Szirtes, László Sáry. Translated by Dorottya Timkovics, Set-design – Balázs Cziegler, Costumes – Anni Füzér, Dance – Johanna Bodor, Dramaturg – Tamara Török, Assistant – Judit Gerlóczi, Director – Gábor Máté

Tickets available from  Thursday, February, 15.  on the spot and/or through web page (mind you only Hungarian written page!)  http://katonajozsefszinhaz.hu/jegyek

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9 Feb

Rafael Yossef Herman Exhibition – Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art – Budapest

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February, 16. – April, 1. 2018.

Open: 7 days a week except Monday 10a.m.- 8 p.m.
Temporary exhibitions (1st and 2nd floors)

Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art – District, IX. 1. Komor Marcell Street -Budapest

Guided tours in English language.

The exhibition presents recent works by Rafael Yossef Herman known for creating his work with the hidden existence of the night’s darkness.

By observing this large-scale photographic installation, the Israel-born artist’s representation of the nocturnal world may look like daylight to the viewer. Encapsulating or imaginary realities Herman examines the limits of surrealism and timeless reality. In a sense he is researching virtually.

Virtual realities, games, simulations that are so influential to the present let us seek into areas unknown to the human eye. The night landscapes shot by Herman do not exist for our eyes. These strange lights of the night normally can only be perceived by technology.

Compared to the experience of the real daylight, we perceive odd shadows, moonlight features, color spectrum and shimmering details that differ from sunlight. Rafael Y. Herman strives to create a new reality out of the mystery of the night. He highlights the fact that although the night landscape is close to us, its reality does not exist for the observer. These sites never existed for the human eye, just snapshots, insights into another reality. Curator: Attila Nemes.

“Rafael Y. Herman was born in 1974 in Be’er Sheva, Israel. The winner of the Prague Photosphere Award in 2015, Herman began studying classical music at the age of six, becoming a percussionist in Philharmonic orchestras, ensembles and rock bands. Following a long stay in New York City, he studied at the School of Economics and Management at the University of Tel Aviv. Graduating in 2000, he moved to Latin America, taking a long research trip in seven countries: photographing Cuban musicians, the Carnival of Bahia and the Zapatistas in Mexico, working with Amnesty International in Paraguay, then studying painting in Mexico City and Chile and becoming part of an artists’ commune. This visual apprenticeship combines vision, metropolitan experience and encounters with uncontaminated nature. In 2003, Herman moved to Milan, showing the project “Bereshit- Genesis” at Palazzo Reale, a project created with a method of his own devising: nocturnal photography without electronic aids or digital manipulation, revealing what cannot normally be seen by the naked eye. This exhibition launched Herman into the international art scene. His works are in prominent public and private collections, including the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Salsali Private Museum of Dubai and MAXXI national museum, Italy. Herman’s recent solo exhibition in the magnificent Testaccio pavilion of MACRO museum in Rome claimed great international attention and marked the largest exhibition of the artist prior to the Ludwig Museum solo Exhibition in Budapest. Rafael Y. Herman is an invited artist of Ville de Paris at La Cité Internationale des Arts and currently works and lives in Paris.”

The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue.

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8 Feb

Art Vinyl as Affordable Art – Celebrate Valentine’s Day.

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The Art Vinyl Kissing Window – The Hari Hotel London

This is the latest Art Vinyl ‘seasonal’ window installation running throughout February.

Play & Display this Valentine’s Day

Being on the spot in London, can  provide the perfect selfie backdrop to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

The installation features 24 stunning kissing record covers but pretty sure there’s plenty more out there in your own record collections.

Art Vinyl was founded in London, England in 2005. Art Vinyl is the original way to display your favourite vinyl records. Perfect for music or art enthusiasts and those with an eye for stylish interior design. The first real champions of Art & Design for vinyl records. Art Vinyl also curate exhibitions celebrating the best in sleeve design.

The Art Vinyl exhibition was introduced in Budapest at the MONO Art and  Design Gallery in 2016. (see:https://rollinginbudapest.com/2016/02/05/10th-art-vinyl-exhibition-budapest-2016/

The unique Play & Display Flip Frame gives the chance to stylishly display favorite vinyl albums or 12″ singles and their contents on your wall. With this record frame’s unique design, can also change over the display within seconds, without having to remove the frame from the wall. The Flip Frame has a unique quick release system; simply press the catch at the top and they hinge open.

As a fan of Art Vinyl may expect  to enjoy their Play & Display products for a lifetime as they can change the display over time, as they change or they discover more vinyl art.

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7 Feb

Special Musical Performance – Italian-Brazilian-Hungarian Concert

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Thursday, February, 15. 2018. Hall

Italian Cultural Institute
District, VIII. 8. Bródy Sándor Street – Budapest

 

Jointly established a performance with the Symphony Orchester of Szombathely by the Embassy of Brazil and the Italian Cultural Institute.
At the concert Italian and Brazilian guest artists will be on stage.
The concert is attended by only 18 years old classical guitar talent Carlotta Dalia.
The young artist at the age of 14 was already a student at the Siena Music Academy
musical individuality. From the Brazil side are contributed by the Ferenc Liszt – Academy of Music
Pianist Thiago Bertoldi and the Symphony Orchester of Szombathely
–  conductor – M˚ Miguel Campos Neto. The classical violinist has also gained  diploma as
of conductor. Studied in the United States, currently in his homeland, as a conductor at the Belém Symphony Orchester.
At the concert: Antônio Carlos Gomes, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Joaquín Rodrigo and Mario
Works of Castelnuovo-Tedesco  on stage.

Mandatory Reservation: iicbudapest@esteri.it Only members of the Italian Cultural Institute with a valid membership card (+1 person) can participate in the concert

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6 Feb

Hungarian Folk Embassy present the Era’s Folk Songs – Uránia National Film Theater – Budapest

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There is no art without poetry, folk poetry, and vice versa.

This is the main message of the Hungarian Folk Embassy. Folk Songs  to the Era – János Arany …staying alive on the lips of the folks. This is the first album. On February,13. the band will celebrate their five years jubilee and will present the audience their new record at the Uránia – National Film Theater  – Budapest jubilee.  Ms. Márta Sebestyén –  patron who is also involved with the concert along with Péter Blaskó and József Rácz, performers of the National Theater Association.

It is no coincidence that even the deepest and most complex themes of János Arany’s poetry are the same purity and formal simplicity as the folk song. This is due to the fact that not only did they draw from them – in some places, accurately marking the source melody – but many of their poems folklorists, fertility affecting peasant poetry. Arany’s as poet pictures appear until the end of the 20th century on the lips of the peasantry again and again, proving that the message of the Golden Lion is always contemporary.

It is also performed with other poems: “mellett: Mátyás anyja, Rákócziné, Rab gólya, A betyár, Rásüt az
esthajnal” …Folk Songs to the Era …

Contributors: Milán Hetényi – singing, András Soós – the first violin,  Mihály Rosonczy-Kovács – second violin, Tamás Orsós – alto, Luca Hegedűs – cimbalom, versus,  Zoltán Hanusz – double bass.

Also: Márta Sebestyén – vocals, Péter Blaskó – poem, prose, József Rácz – poem.

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5 Feb

SIRHA –  HUNGEXPO Budapest Fair Center – 2018.

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 HUNGEXPO Budapest Fair Center.

February, 7 – 9. 2018.

From Wednesday to Friday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

District, X. 10 Albertirsai Road – Budapest

SIRHA Budapest’s ambition is to feature a comprehensive offering for the professionals of the food, baking and confectionery, hotel, hospitality and packaging industry and gastronomy.

Quoting: Zoltán Hamvas – president of SIRHA Budapest – president of the Hungarian Bocuse d’Or Academy – co-president of the Hungarian Hotel & Restaurant Association … „For the experts of the region working in the food and catering industry, the SIRHA Budapest trade fair is an unmissable event where the professional audience meets the best and latest features of the sector. Covering gastronomy, the hotel sector, catering, food retail, the bakery and pastry industry and many other related services, SIRHA Budapest is an event which unites all branches of food industry services and gastronomy, providing an opportunity for the representatives of the various sectors to share their experiences with each other and make deals. Beyond the products on offer, the colourful range of events play a key role in this, from professional lectures and demonstrations to the competitions of chefs working in mass catering, confectioners and baristas. I must admit that I’m somewhat biased from all the events, the Bocuse d’Or competition is the dearest for me since the latest SIRHA Budapest hosted that wonderful event where the Hungarian team took first place as the best of Europe at the award ceremony, making it to the top of the podium. This year’s SIRHA Budapest will host the selection of the next Hungarian team. I wish them similar success, along with all the other visitors and exhibitors of the event!”

For visitors to keep in mind, the SIRHA Budapest – Pavillion A and G is strictly reserved for professionals. Proof of business may be requested at the entrance.

BOCUSE D’OR HUNGARIAN SELECTION – February, 8 – pavilon „A”

The Bocuse d’Or Hungarian Selection will take place on the second day of the exhibition. The gastronomic show provides opportunity to the professionals to meet the best chefs of the country. On the prestigious competition the best six chefs of the pre-selection will be competing each other. Competitors will be preparing a vegetarian and a meat dishes with a sauce and two garnishes each. The dishes will be presented in 10+4 portions. The mandatory vegetarian materials are risotto rice, quail and Gorgonzola. Also a vegetable and a spice is required for this dish, that will be drawn by the Hungarian Bocuse d’Or Academy. Obligatory materials of the meat dish are veal tenderloin, veal knuckle and the marrow. The winner of the competition will have the opportunity to represent Hungary at the European Selection in Piémonte-Turino, after the amazing success of Tamás SZÉLL at the last competition! Ingredients prepared in the competition are provided by the METRO Commercial Ltd. Competitors:Richárd ELEK, Ádám GARAI, Zsolt HARASZTI, Ádám POHNER, István VERES, István VOLENTER.

At the pavilion „A” unique opportunity to meet the elite in national and international gastronomy. The programs are packed with trade conferences, exhibitions and contests with worldwide famous chefs.

Sirha Budapest is  also one of the most important meeting point of the trade in the CEE region, where during three days, beside the exhibitors’ introduction, several institutions are organizing conference at the exhibition.

In the meantime: Tickets are available for SIRHA Budapest through online and on the spot as well. The purchased ticket is valid for a single entry/one person. On-line ticket purchasing (until February, 7.) 4750HUF (+250HUF service fee).   At the Hungexpo ticket booth the fee is for 5000HUF.

More detailed information of where, what’s happening and timing can be read: www.hungexpo.hu

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4 Feb

Meeting of Icon Old Boxers – Budapest

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An evening at the Kertész Brewery – District VII., 24-28 Kertész Street – Budapest when and where the „Old” boxing buddies … amateur and professional athletes, champions, coaches, and domestic boxers the creams for decades had met.

György Gedó, retired Hungarian light-flyweight boxer competed in the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics. Gedó won the gold medal in the light-flyweight division at the 1972 Munich Games; he won the gold medal match with a 5-0 decision. Gedó then competed in the 1976 and 1980 Olympics in the same weight class, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals both times. He was the European light-flyweight champion in 1969 and 1971.

Zsolt Erdei – alias: Bird – Hungarian former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2014. He held the WBO and lineal light-heavyweight titles from 2004 to 2009. Erdei won the Lineal and WBO light heavyweight titles from Julio César González by unanimous decision, and successfully defended the titles eleven times and the WBC cruiserweight title from 2009 to 2010. After announcing his retirement in January 2010 and thus relinquishing his claim as Lineal light heavyweight champion, Erdei decided to have more matches in 2011 in the USA and fought Samson Onyango and Byron Mitchell as his first opponents there. The Mitchell fight which was set up by Lou DiBella ended with Erdei knocking Mitchell out in the 6th round (TKO). Erdei is the first boxer from Hungary to have won a world title in two weight divisions. As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 2000 Olympics. Most of Erdei’s matches during his professional career were promoted by Universum boxing.

István Kovács  nicknamed Ko-Ko  and/or sometimes called „The Cobra” – Hungarian retired world champion boxer. As an amateur he won the bantamweight gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and was a world champion at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships in flyweight and at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in featherweight. As a professional he was a world champion, holding the WBO featherweight belt in 2001.

About 120 former and current boxers and specialists participated at the event, including Zsolt Erdei, President of the Hungarian Association of Boxing Associations, István Kovács – Ko-Ko, Olympic and World Champion, György Gedo gold medal champion in the light-flyweight division at the 1972 Munich Games, Norbert Növényi, Károly Csekő, Pál Totka, Gyula Alvics, Vilmos Jakab, György Mizsei, Ferenc Schubert, István Szikora, József Szakos… and many others.

At the event several rewards were received and a Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Jenő Svasz coach.

Background source/titles: Wikipedia

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3 Feb

11th Marathon Day – Bernstein and American Music – MÜPA – Budapest

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This week-end have had not already decided where, what, how to spend your your late morning hours and/or evening time!?!

MÜPA – 1095 District IX., 1. Komor Marcell Street

 

Below can choose from a variety of options just for the day … one day, eleven concerts, 500 minutes of pure music and an atmosphere like no other. Held in co-operation with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, and one of the most popular and anticipated annual events of Müpa Budapest, the Marathon 2018., puts on display the works of a given composer each season, their pieces played by the most intriguing musicians of the Hungarian music scene. Held at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall and the Festival Theater, the recitals start late morning and last until late in the evening each day.

Past instalments of the Marathon featured Tchaikovsky, Bach, Beethoven, Bartók, Mozart, Schubert, Dvořák and Stravinsky while last year, in 2016, we broke with tradition, showcasing two composers in Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann. This year, in 2017, the limelight was on Brahms. In 2018, the eleventh Marathon will focus on the Grand Master of the American Dream: Leonard Bernstein. And once again, we will go against tradition by showcasing the very best of 20th century American music.

On the day of the Marathon, Müpa Budapest will host eleven 45-minute long mini concerts. The chamber pieces will be performed in the Festival Theater, and the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall will be the venue for the orchestral pieces. Students of the Liszt Academy of Music will be performing at the Glass Hall throughout the day; attendance at these latter Glass Hall concerts is free of charge. In addition, those coming to the Marathon for more than music will be shown projection shows at the Müpa Budapest Auditorium and an exhibition in the foyer.

The ticket price for the mini concerts is 990HUF. Buy tickets for three mini concerts and attend a fourth for free of charge! This way you can listen to all 11 concerts for a total price of only 8,910HUF instead of the full price of 10,890HUF.

In order to take advantage of the Marathon discount online, add the tickets for all the performances you wish to see to your cart. In your cart, you can check – depending on the number of concerts selected – to which performance(s) you are receiving your tickets as a gift, i.e. at a price of ZeroHUF

Please note that the tickets you receive for free upon the use of the discount must also be added to your cart.

The ticket prices already coming at a discount, the discount percentages awarded for the Silver, Gold and Platinum levels of the Müpa+ Loyalty Program cannot be used for the purchase of Marathon tickets. The loyalty points awarded will naturally be credited upon purchases made with the Müpa+ card at out ticket offices as well as for purchases made on our website.

Ticket: info@mupa.hu
Telephone:+36 1 555 3000

Source: MÜPA

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