9 Nov

Waiting for the Miracle – MÜPA @ Budapest

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MÜPA –   District, IX. l. Komor Marcelli Street – Budapest

Saturday,December, 21. 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Sunday, December, 22. 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

The performance is presented in cooperation by MÜPA and the Heritage House and the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble.

Director/Choreographer: Gábor Mihályi of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble

The production of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble in celebration of Christmas Eve, the Christmas vigil, the happiness, excitement, miracle of waiting, is based on the games, customs that come from folk tradition, the Christian tradition of welcoming the birth of the baby Jesus, and the incredible, miraculous stories associated with this day.

The audience can experience the joyous moments of the last day of Advent, from the early hours of the dawn to late in the evening, from the icy dawn magic of the frost fairies, through the secret meeting of snowmen and the preparation of magic, honey-smelled food, to the ceremony of setting up and decorating the Christmas tree.

Bewildered sled horses, hilarious snowball fights, partner choosing ice-skating dances bring a sense of humor to the preparation for one of the most popular mystery plays of the Christmas season, the nativity play, which, at the end of the performance, assembles all participants of the mythic journey, so that they can see together the son of God personified and share the joy of the birth of the Savior.

The Advent dance performance of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble provides a true holiday through seven images (Christmas Dawn, Winter Games, Snowmen Meeting, Jingle Bells, Let’s Cook, Cook something, Nativity Play, Beautiful Christmas), it brings the secret of Christmas closer, and evokes the childlike joy of waiting.

MÜPA stands for “The Palace of Arts” – Exists of three main venues:

Bartók National Concert Hall (The concert hall features acoustics designed by Russell Johnson and has one of the largest organs in Europe) – Ludwig Museum (This is a state of the art Contemporary Art Museum with paintings by;Picasso(“Musketeer With Sword”),David Hockney,Tom Wesselman,Richard Estes(“Rappaport Pharmacy”)plus paintings by these Modern Hungarian Masters: Imre Bukta(“Officers at Pig Feast”), Laázlo Fehér,and Imre Bak.There are also creations by: Claes Oldenburg(“Lingerie Counter”),Yoko Ono,and Markus Lupertz) – Festival Theater.

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9 Nov

Wine and Gastronomy Events @ Badacsony – Lake Balaton

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Highlights to the forthcoming events at Badacsony – Lake BalatonBadacsony – Lake Balaton

Martin’s Day Wine Dinner -Laposa Estate – November, 09. Welcoming a small number of participants  to their traditional, Martin’s wine dinner at Laposa Estate! Of course beside the goose flavors the leader to the dinner will be the this years new wine.

Badacsony New Wine Tasting – November, 16. This fall they wish to fill the Hableány – Mermaid spaces with life and restore to its old function, create a meeting point for the region’s winemakers, and a space where can show the outsiders dropping by the wine of the region. There is no better time to do this, as of November, when its  the new period of wines.They are already beyond the harvest, and finally can taste first “fruits” of their work, the exciting, fresh new wines.

Gastrohegy – Badacsony Flying  – November, 23-24. Poultry meat week-end. Traditional and unconventional dishes are rounded up by the chefs’ soaring imagination: chicken, turkey, pheasant, duck, goose, guinea fowl, rooster, pigeon on the plate in all forms. The rich white wines will go well with the dishes!

GastroHegy/  Non-HAKE –  November, 26-27. Fish gastronomy  at Badacsony but Hake (Merluccius merluccius) by no means! But sturgeon, catfish, bream, perch, fish that the water of Lake Balaton gives on the plate at the vineyard. The menus – comprising seasonally available ingredients of local producers – is put together by our chef based on our own recipes, while having particular regard to the individual wishes of their guests.

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9 Nov

“Sunlegend” – Hungarian State Folk Ensemble – Heritage House – Budapest

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Hungarian Heritage House – Budapest

 District, I., 8. Corvin Square – Budapest

Friday, December, 13. – 7 p.m.
Saturday, December, 14.  7 p.m.

Director of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble: Gábor Mihályi.
Composer: Nikola Parov
Performing: Dance choir and orchester of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble

 

‘Sunlegend’ spectacularly features the perfect harmony of Nikola Parov’s music and Gábor Mihályi’s choreography. The show meets the requirements of the 21st century audience, being a unique and powerful combination of the ancient motives, the dynamic quality of traditional movements, mysticism and music in a fresh, modern tone. The production is firmly set in the 21st Century, and conveys a disconcerting glimpse of the future through archaic ethnic images.

It is a tale of the Sun and its various phases (day, night, eclipse, full moon) mirrored in human life and Hungarian history.

Sunlegend is a two-part performance with 17 smaller scenes, therefore it is suitable for presentation in excerpts as well. Forty dancers and two singers, computer-controlled lighting and special effects provide the audience with an unforgettable dance and music experience.

Sunlegend is a breathtaking show inspired by folklore, yet with a powerful modern message. Its fresh and dynamic conception includes the rhythmic movements of traditional Eastern European dance and new choreographic ideas alike.

The choreographer Gábor Mihályi was chosen “The Best Author of the Year” by the Association of Hungarian Dancers for making Sunlegend.

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9 Nov

November is the Season of New Wines – Veritas Wine Shop – Budapest

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VERITAS UJBOR 2019. NOV. 4.

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There is no better time than in November to taste the season’s new wine.

Veritas Wine Shop – VII. Dohány Street Budapest

The hustle and bustle of Budapest opened in early September the latest Winebar the VERITAS Winebar. On the Dohany street, catering on the street adjacent to both beverage and food choice, both in terms of interior design was really unique accent to any of the Pest world.

Monday, November, 4 afternoon awaited  guests at the VERITAS wine shop winery to taste vintages new wines of the year.

As the Martin’s Day approaching  it is an annual  gathering  for wine lovers. On the spot there were the participation of 13 wine growers  offering 33 items to taste the selection of their wines.

On the spot the 2019 new wines were in great selection of Rosé,  fragrant Irsai Olives, and the Martin Day Reds. Sensational wines, moments full of fun! Wine lovers were offered all kinds of delicacies at the tables of  Bárdos and Son Winery, Bodri Winery, Bujdosó Winery and Winery, Csány Winery / Teleki Wine Family, Dubicz Winery and Estate, Figula Winery,  Gere Tamás and Zsolt Winery, Haraszty Vineyard, Harasz Wine House and Restaurant, Szeremley Estate, Tűzkő Estate Winery, Twickel Vineyard, Villa Pátzay Vesztergombi Winery and Vylyan Winery.

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8 Nov

Tutenkamon’s Glitering Gold & the Mummies Society waiting for visitors @ Budapest 2019.

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Tutankhamun’s mystery and the treasures of the Golden Pharaoh @  COMPLEX Event Center

 District, VI., 26. Király Street – Budapest

The exhibition will be open for the public  from November, 8.  2019. – ends on March, 1. 2020. 

On Thursday, November, 8., the exhibition opened  for invited visitors to get the feeling of what the Egyptian archaeologist Howard Carter – the explorer felt 98 years ago when he entered Tutankhamun’s tomb having first sight with his flickering candlelight at these breathtaking items.  Howard Carter searched obsessively  and found the tomb in 1922. Tutankhamun’s tomb that was much smaller than the rest of the Pharaoh’s tombs in the Valley of the Kings. It was probably not originally built for the young Pharaoh, who died at the age of 18 or 19, but for another senior person close to the courtyard. The building consists of a single corridor, a foreground, an ornate tomb with two side chambers. The exhibition is perfectly named as the “king of exhibitions”  which holds the experience of what archaeologists felt as entering into the tomb of what was unexpected.

On this special occasion along the  invited guests the archaeologist Zahi Hawass was present who recently with his research team also uncovered a tomb, which is very similar to the entrance of Pharaoh Tutankhamun discovered in 1922 in Luxor’s famous tomb entrance.

Probably not on my own by saying, the life-size authentic reconstruction of over a thousand artefacts and the scenery which is beyond the unexpected experience of the ancient time with over a thousand replicas of the mysterious world of Egypt and scenery giving a vision of what was prepared for this young Pharaoh at the age 18 or 19 afterlife. Tunenkhamun became famous because his resting place was not found by the grave robbers, so the Pharaoh’s mummy and the treasures buried with him remained for posterity.

Going through the corridors at the exhibition, there is a lot of written information about the ancient era, objects closed in time capsule, veiwing breathtaking treasures and naturally about the youngest Pharaoh of Egypt.

Locals and foreigners staying, working in Hungary  also tourist from around the world may have a peck into this awesome exhibition brought to Budapest by the JVS Group.  The JVS Group,  already presented previously:  the Titanic, the BODY, the Inca Gold and the Mummies of the World and this is their 5th exhibition held at the same place at the Komplex Event Center- Budapest.

Placing a fullstop here … There’s a lot to tell, but then what’s left for visitors to discover!

For ticket information log onto: https://www.eventim.hu/en/tickets/tutanhamon-rejtelye-es-kincsei-kiallitas-budapest-komplex-1154272/performance.html?

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8 Nov

Indian Film Festival in Hungary 2019.

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The festival’s  goal was to promote the art and culture between India & Hungary via Indian cinema with the showcase 13 films in different Indian languages. Attended Award winning Actors and Film Makers of Indian cinema. The Indian Film Festival Hungary is an important festival that has become a great platform for cultural exchanges and mutual appreciation of cinema between India & Hungary. Over the years this festival has been opening new avenues of bilateral cooperation between the two countries and of course creating a euphoria about India in Hungary

The Indian Film Festival showcased carefully curated by Captain Rahul Sudesh Bali and organised by Indian Film Festivals Worldwide under the patronage o of the Embassy of India in Hungary. The film lovers and audiences in Budapest had the opportunity to see some great works of creative brilliance by master Indian film makers by way of these Indian movies.

The grand opening ceremony of the Indian Film Festival took place in Budapest in October in Mom Park Mall – Budapest. A lot of celebrities from both India and Hungary walked along the Red Carpet. During the 7-day Indian Film Festival was a landmark occasion in promoting cultural cooperation and spreading the fragrance of India in Budapest via cinema.

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7 Nov

The 16th Verzió Film Festival @ Budapest & other regional cities – 2019

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November 12–17. 2019.

 Toldi Film Theater

District, V.,  36-38. Bajcsy-Zsilinszky  Road.

Between November, 21–24 screened at the cities in Debrecen, Kecskemét, Pécs, Szeged, Szombathely.

This year, 75 film projects from 46 countries the one-and-only Hungary’s human rights documentary film festival.

Eleven Hungarian films, of which 7 will be screened within the Hungarian Panorama section and 2 in the Student and Debut Competition. Three new topics into focus …  A Hungarian documentary on young swimmers, and another about hacking the media, will also be screened. In addition to the Human Rights Competition, Student and Debut Competition, and Hungarian Panorama.

Hungarian Panorama … Réka Szabó poignant film, The Euphoria of Being, won the Grand Prize at Critic’s week in Locarno. It tells the story of Éva Fahidi, who returned, alone, from Auschwitz-Birkenau to Hungary at the age 20. Now, at age 90, she has been asked to participate in a dance performance about her life and she immediately agrees. Hungarian-Australian director Péter Hegedűs, centers his film, Lili, on a mother who abandoned her two-year-old daughter as she fled Hungary in 1956. Lili carried this trauma with her for decades. Now, her younger daughter has set out on a journey to uncover her mother’s buried secrets and reunite the family.

Attention for those who have might not have had a chance to see the Cold Case Hammarskjöld  by Mads Brügger doc movie. English with Hungarian subtitle, November, 13.  6.15 p.m. previously screened at the Uránia National Film Theater  here can do it. (In 1961, United Nations secretary general Dag Hammarskjöld’s plane mysteriously crashed, killing Hammarskjöld and most of the crew. More than 50 years later, the case remains unsolved. Danish journalist, filmmaker, and provocateur Mads Brügger leads us down an investigative rabbit hole to unearth the truth. Scores of false starts, dead ends, and elusive interviews later, Brügger and his sidekick, Göran Björkdahl, begin to sniff out something more monumental than anything they’d initially imagined. In his signature agitprop style, Brügger becomes both filmmaker and subject, challenging the very nature of truth by “performing” the role of truth seeker.)

The Crazy Circles of Freedom, András Dér and Klára Muhi’s documentary, gives an account of the Intapuszta psychiatric hospital. A legendary and contested institution in Hungary in the 1960–70s, it was the first fenceless work-therapy institute in the country where artists and anti-state aristocrats lived alongside patients. Márta Bolba is a Lutheran pastor in the slums of Budapest’s 8th district. In The Pastor of Mandák House, Mária Takács captures the pastor as she fights for the needy in her community, and tries to lead and unite her colorful congregation while seeking allies for her work.

The protagonist in Ágota Varga’s The Prison Chaplain is a tireless priest who makes his own rules and takes care of those society considers lost. Árpád Bogdán’s film Ghetto Balboa highlights the struggle of a former mafia member, now boxing coach, trying to prevent his trainee from repeating the mistakes he made in the past. In Alla Zingara, Glória Halász gives us a glimpse into the everyday for the extraordinary, world-famous Budapest Gypsy Symphony Orchester and Hundred Gypsy Violins, who are spending months preparing for a concert in Moscow.

The 16th Verzio is hosting all of the aforementioned Hungarian filmmakers, who will be available for Q&As following the screenings. The Hungarian Audience Award, a prize of 100,000 HUF, is decided based on votes cast by audience members following Hungarian film screenings.

The closing ceremony of the 16th VERZIO Film Festival will take place on Saturday evening, November, 16.,  at Toldi Cinema. Award-winning documentaries will be rescreened int he afternoon, same place on Sunday, November,17. 2019.

The 16th Verzió Human Rights Documentary Film Festival is supported by the Creative Europe Program of the European Union.

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7 Nov

Throwing a Kusetté Gatsby Themed Party Night @ Budapest – 2019

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Interested in the lost generation … typical Jazz Age “from flappers to rappers?  Well  the New York Jazz Age gathering is just about around the corner.

 Kusetté Nights  … a little party doesn’t kill nobody!

Friday, November, 22. – 10 p.m. 

Venue – Lock the Club

District, II., 1 – 3 Tölgyfa Street – Budapest

DJ: Bruce Marshall – The Music Sommelier from Washington DC

The party starts at  10 p.m. and kindly suggest the arrival on time, so not to miss the exciting surprises of the evening!

Press release: Leave the work stress behind and come with us to the glittering world of 1920’s America. Save the date and get your outfit on time for the most exciting and mysterious “Gatsby Night” of the year.

Put on a short wig, your strong and exciting 20’s make up, your glittering jewelleries and freshen up your Charleston knowledge! Dress code: 1920s style. Admission: 21+ years.

If you are ready to sign up for a crazy party and for some delihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZgjmE6xdawcious cocktails, hurry up, because access in limited and the tickets are available only online.

Tickets:https://www.eventim.hu/hu/jegyek/a-kusette-gatsby-night-budapest-lock-the-club-1162596/performance.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVff6205Ceg

Ticket: 6500 Ft + service cost …  Table reservation is available only at the VIP section and for a limited number of persons. A minimum amount of consumption is required in this case. .. Ticket price includes a welcome drink

For further details: contact@premiumlap.hu email address.

 

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6 Nov

“LEGEND” – Budapest International Guitar Festival – 2019

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This Friday begins the Budapest International Guitar Festival with Grammy-winning  legends concerts and public masterclasses.

November, 8-10.  2019.

Academy of Music  – Ferenc Liszt University of Music

District, VI., 8. Liszt Ferenc Square
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József Eötvös convened by the Liszt Prize-winning guitarist, a professor at the Academy of Music six years ago  his goal was to bring life prestigious festival of classical guitar music  on the domestic music scene in the right place, showing the versatility and outstanding artists of the musical and literature.

One of the concert originally planned at the Solti Hall of David Russell’s evening, had to change  the venue to a bigger Hall of the high interest of public, therefore the organizers announced to hold it in the Great Hall.

Tickets are available again for the November, 10.  concert at 7 p.m.  Further concerts tickets are running out  within a short time. Worthwhile well in time to provide a ticket for anyone who wish to listen  to the guitar legends.

Quick reminder previous riport: https://rollinginbudapest.com/2019/09/23/the-legends-international-guitar-festival-budapest-2019/

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5 Nov

LUX Film Days – Uránia National Film Theater @ Budapest

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November, 13. – November, 15. 2019.

District, VIII., 21. Rákóczi Road – Budapest

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LUX FILM DAYS project aims to bring the screenings of the finalists of the LUX FILM PRIZE Official Competition of the European Union (EU). The European Parliament’s cinematographic prize is awarded each year to films reflecting in line with important political, sensitive portrayal of current social phenomena that affect everyone. There will be a Northern Macedonian satirical drama exploring the state of God exists and is called Petrunya, Cold Case Hammarskjöld and The System.

The recognition aims not only to promote European films, but also to distribute the winning works to all European countries and make them available to everyone. These films will be screened across all 28 countries with subtitles in 24 languages.

In Hungary between November, 13-15, the three finalists will be screened at the Urania National Film Theater.

This year, the three titles in competition and screening in Budapest – Hungary.

Wednesday, November, 13. – 7 p.m. – God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya – by Teona Strugar Mitevska (North Macedonia/Belgium/Slovenia/Croatia/ France) 2019. Synopsis: A powerful cinematic work that tells the story of a woman who finds herself in a position that only men have access to at a religious ceremony, and which makes a significant contribution to the feminist struggle, the most acute social issue of our times, which has yet to gain momentum in the Balkans. World-premiered in competition at the Berlinale, where it picked up the Ecumenical Jury Prize.

Thursday, 14 November, 2019  – 7 p.m. – Cold Case Hammarskjöld – by Mads Brügger (Denmark/Norway/Sweden/Belgium/UK/Germany) 2019. Synopsis: Danish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator GöranBjörkdahl trying to solve provocative investigation into the 1961 death of Swedish UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld. Dag Hammarskjöld died in a suspicious plane crash in 1961 on his way to ceasefire negotiations in order to resolve a conflict in Katanga, Congo, in which significant economic interests were at stake. The Swedish UN Secretary General was a progressive politician who wanted to prevent Western countries such as Britain and France from reinstating their influence in Africa, after colonies had gained independence. Brügger’s slow-building documentary sheds light onto the mystery. This is the third time in the LUX Prize’s history that a documentary is among the three finalists. (Mads Brügger delivered one of the breakout films of this year’s Sundance Film Festival with his incendiary muckraker Cold Case Hammarskjöld.

Friday, 15. November, 2019. – 7 p.m. – The Realm – by Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Spain/France). Synopsis: A forceful and adrenaline-charged thriller … how far will someone go to hold on to power? This adrenaline-charged thriller deals with political corruption. It tells the story of the demise of a successful politician and his freedom, which had looked destined to last forever. Get ready for bitter arguments, tense car chases and clashes with a probing press. The Realm world-premiered in competition at San Sebastián, before going on to win seven Spanish Goyas. Also competed for the main prize at the Cinefest International Film Festival in Miskolc- Hungary.

The three finalists were selected from among the ten films in the 2019 Official Selection, which once again included four women directors  (Teona Strugar Mitevska, Tamara Kotevska, Nora Fingscheidt and Natasha Merkulova and two documentaries (Cold Case Hammarskjöld and Honeyland), as well as the significant presence European co-productions.

As in previous years, the three finalist films will go on a tour around Europe, with screenings being organised in more than 60 cities across the 28 European member states, subtitled in the 24 official languages of the EU, thanks to the cooperation between the European Parliament Information Offices and the Creative Europe MEDIA Desks. In the Fall, the newly elected members of the European Parliament will be invited to vote for one of the three films in competition. The winner will be announced on November, 27 at the formal sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, in the presence of the directors.

After the screenings, viewers will be able to vote for their favorit movie again this year on http://www.luxprize.eu until January 31, 2020. All voters will take part in a raffle draw, which the winner will be able to attend at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July 2020, where the winner of the public vote will be announced and the ten nominees of the LUX Film Award will be presented next year.

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