26 Feb

Creatures of Prometheus – Székesfehérvár Balett Theater

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The Ballet Theater at the City of Székesfehérvár will start the year 2022 with a new performance on Sunday, February 27, venue: Vörösmarty Theater.

The first act of the two-act dance theater evening is Alexander Ekman’s Whim. The second act of the performance is the title track of the evening, Prometheus.

In the summer of 2006, with the help of IT Dansa in Barcelona, ​​Alexander Ekman wrote a humor-filled play about whimsical people who are constantly struggling to integrate and constantly strive to behave rationally. How do we try to maintain the appearance of our intact minds even when madness is circling us? The work as a whole presents a variety of situations taken from real life. Looking at the rehearsals, Ekman realized that he had managed to create a strange musical that was dark and sad. In fact, you can’t decide if you should laugh or not. Humorous, but not really funny. Sad, yet not so sad. It’s enjoyable, but not so enjoyable.

Ballet music called The Creatures of Prometheus was Beethoven’s first encounter with the stage in the early 1800s.

“Beethoven’s music glows like fire. Fire is a symbol that well expresses man’s desire for light and to know the unknown. In my interpretation, Prometheus is an antihero. This situation brings tragicomic elements to the story, and the ballet turns into a kind of burlesque, ” said by Attila Egerházi, the choreographer of the ballet and the director of the Székesfehérvár Ballet Theater.

On Sunday evening, February, 27,. at 6.15 p.m. before the performance, the director Attila Egerházi will hold an audience meeting in the auditorium buffet on the ground floor of the Vörösmarty Theater.

Tickets are available on the spot at the Vörösmarty Theater lobby.

Update Aggie Reiter

25 Feb

44th Travel Exhibition @ Hungexpo – Budapest

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“Here comes it’s active weekend”

March, 3-6. 2022.

Venue: District X., 10. Albertirsai Road –  Budapest

Thursday – Saturday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Hungexpo, which has undergone the most significant transformation in recent decades, now offers its partners more than 70,000 square meters of covered space and 36 hectares of free space. By 2021, the country’s most modern conference center with 26 section rooms and a plenary room for up to 2,000 people was built.

The foreign guest of honor for the first time will be Egypt. The popular holiday destination presents the country’s tourist attractions and program opportunities on its own stand.

The domestic guest of honor will be Veszprém – Lake Balaton which won the title of European Capital of Culture 2023. Veszprém awaits visitors with colorful programs at their stand.

Budapest Boat Show 2022 guest of honor will be Lake Tisza. Their stand awaits visitors with a presentation of the wildlife of the Hortobágy National Park and an invitation in tasting of the rich fish samples from Lake Tisza.

On the 3rd of March … 10th Hungary Helps Africa Expo Budapest awarded the support of the Hungary Helps Program, whereas 22 organizations will be present on 480 sqm, representing 15 African countries in the newly built H Pavilion of HUNGEXPO. Expo exhibitors are partly non-profit organizations.

Continuing the traditions of previous years, the largest boat meeting in Hungary will be held at the same time as the Travel exhibition. The Caravan Salon whereas will feature almost 50 vehicles and 15 exhibitors on the 1,500-square-meter during the Travel Exhibition. The visitors can get to know the latest boat innovations and view the offer of the biggest boat brands on the spot. The main theme of the exhibition this time is the Olympics, which will play an important role both on the stage and on the Program Island.

About 100 exhibitors from 30 countries are waiting for those interested in Hungary’s most important tourism event, the Travel exhibition, which was held for the 44th time this year. Nearly 20 countries are represented at the HUNGEXPO Budapest Congress and Exhibition Center with independent stands. This year’s event will take place in the renovated Pavilion H, while the Caravan Salon will take place in Pavilion F. Visitors can see almost 100 boats at the 30th anniversary Budapest Boat Show and the largest Hungarian boat show. With the renewal of Hungexpo, Budapest will have the opportunity to host an international congress or conference of virtually any size.

Caution: Epidemiological regulations … under current legislation, events can only be attended with a valid security card, which is checked at the entrance by the police.

Entry tickets available at the ticket booth on the spot.

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23 Feb

Breton and Irish Evening @ Buda “Fonó” House of Music.

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Monday, February, 28. – 7 p.m.

District, XI., 3. Sztregova Street – Budapest.

After last year’s huge success, there will be a Breton and Irish evening at Fonó – Buda House of Music again. After the two concerts, free joint music, ie a session, completes the evening and the musical encounter with the audience. Musicians from the westernmost tip of the Brittany Peninsula bring with them the musical heritage that lives in their homeland as a small Celtic island. Folk musicians from the West of Ireland bring the atmosphere of traditional Irish reels and jigs to Fonó and the sessions of the pubs in Limerick and Ennis.

Tickests on the spot: Buda Fonó House of Music

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23 Feb

Gypsy Folklore – “IT’S NOT PAST” – National Dance Theater – Budapest

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Tuesday, March, 1.  – 7.30 p.m.

District, II., 16-20 Kis Rókus Street – Budapest

One-time show

The Danube Dance Workshop will present its latest performance with the dancers and guest performers of the Danube Art Ensemble in less than a week.

On March 1, their show entitled Never Passing, which feeds mostly on the world of gypsy folklore, will debut on the stage of the National Dance Theater. The new performance of the Danube Dance Workshop revolves around mysticism and transience.

During the production, which is nourished by gypsy folklore, magic songs and songs in the language of folk dance and contemporary dance guide the viewer and the listener.
The performance is imbued with shivering, fear of passing away, the mystery of death, incomprehensibility, but also the passionate joy of life and the courageous confrontation with passing, in which the hope of inheritance lies.

Update. Aggie Reiter

18 Feb

The Danube Art Ensemble Performance Entitled “Beautiful Field” @ Budapest

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The hugely successful Hungarian Folk Art Show will be shown again on the Müpa stage Saturday, February, 19. and  Wednesday, March, 30. 2022.

Szépséges Mezőség (9)

Previously, the Danube Art Ensemble presented its performance entitled Szépséges Mezőség  last year  in  October. The Danube Art Ensemble evoked the colorful music and dance culture of the Transylvanian Mezőség in its new performance presented in October, in which monumental, movable set elements and eye-catching lighting technology reminded the audience of the hills of the Mezőség. The audience celebrated the premiere with applause, praising the work of both the dancers and the director and choreographers. In preparation for the presentation, several excellent professionals helped the work of the Ensemble: the piece is based on the choreographies of Enikő Kocsis, Dezső Fitos, Tamás Farkas and Zsolt Juhász.

At the beginning of 2022, the audience will be able to see the performance twice at the Müpa, which will feature contributors such as the Andrea Navratil Liszt Prize winner, the Hanga Junior Prima Prize-winning folk singer and the actor Károly Tóth.

After the highly successful performance “Our Love, Kalotaszeg”, the Danube Art Ensemble wanted to continue the principle of editing limited to the region, in the spirit of which a presentation about the Transylvanian Field was made, for which the Ensemble could prepare in its new, renovated headquarters. The stage image basically shows the field hills. Viewers can see monumental, rollable podiums, the surfaces of which are colored by projection with a modern light painting technology.

In 2022, the Danube Art Ensemble will celebrate its 65th anniversary, with a gala show and a new performance, but their performance entitled Szépséges Mezőség will also fit into the jubilee period.
On February 19, 20, and March 30, 2022, anyone who would have missed out in October will also be able to watch the performance, as it will be on display again at Müpa.

The presentation of the performance “Beautiful Field” is organized by the Müpa as a program of the Liszt Festival International Cultural Festival.

Update: Aggie Reiter

16 Feb

Free Concert @ St. Teresa of Avila Church with Saint Ephraim Male Choir – Budapest

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Saturday, February, 19 at 6:30 p.m.
Parish Church of St. Teresa of Avila
District, VI., 2. Pethő Sándor Street- Budapest

After the free concert following the mass.

The contemporary works of Miklós Fehér celebrating its 20th birthday this year. There will be a double premiere with two new works by Miklós Fehér written specifically for the St. Ephrem Men’s Choir. Anastasia Bednarik plays the organ in the first piece, and then Miklós Fehér’s Requiem is performed. From the very beginning, the promotion of Hungarian contemporary classical music and the presentation of new works have been of paramount importance for the vocal formation, which is unique in Hungary. Two new works composed by Miklós György Fehér written specifically for the Saint Ephraim Male Choir will be presented. At the evening Mass, a mass composed for men and organ will be played, in which Anastasia Bednarik will play the organ. After the four-part mass, the audience can also listen to Miklós György Fehér’s Requiem. Miklós György Fehér is a composer, born in 1951 in Budapest. From 1956 to 1971 he studied piano, oboe and composition at the Bartók Conservatory in Miskolc, then in Budapest and later again in Miskolc, and then in 1976 at the Liszt Ferenc College of Music where he received his diploma in composition.

Several contemporary masters – – László Sáry, Barnabás Dukay, Miklós Mohay, Péter Zombola, Péter Tornyai, Boldizsár Csiky – loves the unique sound of the 20-year-old Saint Ephraim Male Choir and so composed works for the ensemble and many others wrote pieces for the ensemble. Among them is Miklós György Fehér, whose works have been sung by the male choir for more than 10 years.

Hungary’s most popular chamber vocal ensemble was established in 2002 by Tamás Bubnó, Hungarian Artist of Merit and Liszt Award laureate. The choir’s name comes from Saint Ephraim the Syrian (306-373), who was a celebrated hymn composer, aptly nicknamed “harp of the Holy Spirit’ by his contemporaries. They consider the establishment of intercultural dialogue to be a kind of peace-building role between the East and the West, but at the same time they put great emphasis on the playing of new compositions of European contemporary music and the nurturing of the Hungarian male tradition (Liszt, Bartók, Kodály).
In 2012, the Saint Ephraim Male Choir received the Pro Cultura Minoritatum Hungariae Award for nurturing Ruthenian ethnic culture, and in 2014 it received the Hungarian Heritage Award. In the same year, the General Assembly of the Capital of Budapest awarded them Budapest Brand Award for their outstanding cultural and artistic activity.

They have performed with renowned musicians such as King’s Singers, Lebanese singer Abeer Nehme, are regular contributors to the productions of the State Folk Ensemble and the Danube Artists’ Ensemble, and are happy to tour other genres with performers such as Anna and the Barbies, Palya Bea and László Dés, Gábor Presser, János Lackfi and János Háy writers, as well as the Óbuda Danubia Orchestra, the Szent István Orchestra and the Budapest Strings.

Recommender: Aggie Reiter

14 Feb

Japanese Film Festival – Online 2022.

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JAPO film festival 2022

Streaming for free in 25 countries, is finally open!

With a fantastic selection of 20 films representing the variety and depth of Japanese cinema, including new releases which were a hit in Japan in 2021, animated features, documentaries, and Akira Kurosawa’s classic film RASHOMON, the JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL ONLINE 2022 is officially open today and will run simultaneously for two weeks in February of 2022.

Hereby can view interviews with Miwa Nishikawa, director of Under the Open Sky, and Soushi Matsumoto, director of It’s a Summer Film! The directors taking about the ideas that went into their films, and got a behind the scenes of the production.

Director Miwa Nishikawa speaks about Under the Open Sky, ONLINE. Q.: What did depicting a former organized crime member reveal to her? and about issues in Japanese society, which treats convicts like monsters and demands conformity.

Director Soushi Matsumoto sits down to talk about his first feature film, It’s a Summer Film! We gain insight into the thoughts of Director Matsumoto, who cleverly weaves together the elements of “a high school girl who loves period dramas” … “movie making,” … ‘Sci-Fi’ to create a new teen film that goes beyond a simple love story or tale about growing up.

Three years after the release of his previous film, internationally acclaimed animated film director Makoto Shinkai has announced the release of his upcoming film, Suzume Locking Up the Doors, in fall 2022. It is a road movie set in the ruins of cities across Japan, and follows a young girl as she closes doors through which disasters come.

Also … Short film series MIRRORLIAR FILMS Season 2 debut

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In an age when just about anyone can make a movie, MIRRORLIAR FILMS aims to create boundary-crossing films with freedom and originality. The second installment of this short film production project, MIRRORLIAR FILMS Season 2, created by film producer Chikara Ito, is set to debut in theaters across Japan on February 18th.

Update: Aggie Reiter

11 Feb

Second Greatest Movie In The American Cinematic History „An Offer You Can’t Refuse” @ Budapest!

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The GODFATHER digitally renewed & released on its 50th ANNIVERSARY.

The offer to a classic, often cited as one of the greatest films of all time, will receive a limited screening release only for a week, in the original language, with Hungarian subtitles.

February, 10 – 16. 2022.
In Hungary, the screenings will take place in the renewed cinema with comfy armchairs at the MOM Park, Cinema MOM – Budapest

Godfather fans who have loved it for decades, younger generations who still find it relevant today, and those who will discover it for the first time. The excellent acting, the history of the Corleone clan from 1945-55 continues to captivate the viewer even after 50 years. The film depicts the machinery of an Italian-rooted mafia that has become one of the most dreaded powers in the world, interspersed with shocking scenes that were shocking at the time.

The 50 years after its original premiere, Paramount Studio Coppola, under the professional guidance of the professional director, has completely restored the film and will be screened again on a large screen and expected to roll out across the globe in other venues.

The film was based on Mario Puzo’s novel of the same title, introduced the general public to the traditions, hierarchies and activities of Italian-American crime families that has become one of the most dreaded powers in the world, interspersed with shocking scenes that were shocking at the time being. His story, centered on the Corleone family, an organized crime dynasty in postwar New York City.
The Godfather was adapted, based on Mario Puzo’s novel of the same title. Also became Puzo best-selling book, the novelist who grew up in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen.

The Godfather created screen magic and was hailed as an instant classic from the moment it premiered on 24 March 1972, winning three Oscars including Best Picture. Far more than that, it also changed cinema.
The movie earned more money than any other film 1972, and it won Best Picture at the 1973 Academy Awards. The sequel, The Godfather: Part II, released in 1974, received comparable accolades.
Studios: Paramount Pictures and Alfran Productions, Director: Francis Ford Coppola, Writers: Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, Music: Nino Rota, Cinematographer: Gordon Willis.
Cast: Marlon Brando (Don Vito Corleone), Al Pacino (Michael Corleone), James Caan (Sonny Corleone), Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen), Diane Keaton (Kay Adams), Talia Shire (Connie), John Cazale (Fredo), Abe Vigoda (Tessio).
Academy Award nominations: Picture, Lead actor: Marlon Brando, Supporting actor: James Caan), Supporting actor: Robert Duvall,  Supporting actor: Al Pacino.
The excellent acting, the history of the Corleone clan from 1945-55 continues to captivate the viewer even after 50 years. The film depicts the machinery of an Italian-rooted mafia that has become one of the most dreaded powers in the world, interspersed with shocking scenes that were shocking at the time.

Distributor: Pannonia Entertainment Ltd.

Update Aggie Reiter

7 Feb

Free Online Japanese Film Festival in Hungary 2022.

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The 20 free online Japanese film begins next Monday, where all films can be viewed with

English & Hungarian subtitles.

February 14 – 27. 2022.

After last year’s great success, the Budapest Office of the Japan Foundation is organizing the Online Japanese Film Festival again this year.  The 20 Japanese works will be at your fingertips viewing the territory of the whole country, on the couch in our home, free of charge, including critically acclaimed works and entertaining films.

This year’s program includes Kurosawa Akira’s  – classic “Rashômon”. One of the top films in the world of cinema, made in 1950 won the main prize at the Venice Film Festival that year. The award-winning contemporary work Awake is a true story-inspired coming-of-age film about much more than “just” an exciting game of chess between an artificial intelligence and a man. The favorite of many festivals all over the world, Aristocrats is a thought-provoking drama about the lives of today’s Japanese women.

“Under the Open Sky” –  drama of one of Japan’s most promising female director Nishikawa Miwa will also be screened. The film made its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival’s competition program and won several international awards. Mikami, a former member of the Jacuzzi, is released from prison after 13 years. You want to start with a clean slate, but will you be able to set foot in society? Starring Yakusho Koji is one of the most famous contemporary actors in Japan.

Those, being interested in sport will enjoy SUMODO -The Successsors of Samurai. Sumo wrestling is said to have already existed in Japan over a thousand years ago. This film closely follows famous sumo wrestlers to show how they live, train, and how they feel when they step onto the ring.

During the festival, all 20 films are available on the https://jff.jpf.go.jp/watch/jffonline2022/hungary/ website.

They can be viewed several times for 48 hours after pressing the play button.

Update Aggie Reiter

7 Feb

Temples of Art – Master Sculptor Bernini who Breathed Life into the Marble

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Bernini’s life and art – Italian educational film

Uránia National Film Theater – Budapest

Director: Francesco Invernizzi – Screenwriter: Stefano Paolo Giussani

The 90-minute film will be screened in its original language with Hungarian subtitles.

The new premiere of the Temples of Art series from February presents the work of master sculptor  Gian Lorenzo Bernini in a comprehensive way, with exclusive footage from his large-scale 2018 oeuvre exhibition in Rome, which also reveals fine details of the masterpieces.

There is no other artist who has had as much influence on 17th-century Rome as Bernini. The sculptor and architect, who also served nine popes, left his mark indelibly in the Eternal City. To admire Bernini’s talent and genius, we can’t find a more suitable venue than the Borghese Gallery in Rome, whose building was originally built by the artist’s patron, Cardinal Scipione Borghese, in the early 17th century. It was here that Bernini’s true talent came to fruition, as he was able to carve every vibration and drama of life into stone. The museum’s “Bernini – The Sculptor” exhibition of works “provides a lifelong experience for all visitors.”  riported by The New York Times.

Nearly five centuries have passed since the artist’s majestic groups of sculptures were created, which are now scattered throughout the world in the collections of the largest museums. The collection, exhibited by Villa Borghese, which features more than sixty masterpieces, is nothing more than Bernini’s return home. Stunning sculptures and groups of sculptures came to Rome for this special exhibition from renowned museums such as the Vatican Museum,  Carrara Academy – Bergamo, Lourve -Paris, Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York, the National Gallery – London and  National Museum – Berlin.

The film from the exhibition presents and analyzes the masterpieces with the help of expert interviews exploring the artist’s life story and recordings of the works of art in unparalleled detail – recorded with 8K resolution cameras.

The film is directed by several successful films in the Temples of Arts series, including the Vatican Museum 3D, Florence and the Uffizi Gallery 3D, Raffaello – The Prince of Painters 3D or Caravaggio: About Blood and Soul. Producer Francesco Invernizzi.

Beside the screenings at the Capital, it is also shown in several other art cinemas across the country, including the following cities: Szeged, Pécs, Debrecen, Székesfehérvár, Szolnok, Szombathely, Kecskemét and Miskolc, with original Hungarian subtitles.

Distributor: Pannonia Entertainment Ltd.

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