Posts Tagged ‘Dohány Street Synagogue’

17 Jul

2nd Tony Curtis International Film Festival @ the City of Mátészalka – Hungary 2025.

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Who wouldn’t remember, even watched in Hungary or around the world this terrific movie

once-or-twice!?!

Tony Curtis was born 100 years ago – June. 3. 1925. and on this occasion the Hungarian Hollywood Council has declared 2025 the Tony Curtis Memorial Year and within this connection the Tony Curtis International Film Festival will be held between 25-27. September @ Szalkai Mozi – Zukor Adolf Movie theater …v enue: 40. Kossuth street in the City of Mátészalka – Hungary.

The City of Mátészalka will once again be at the center of the international film world. It is the memorial year of Tony Curtis, who is distinguished by his Hungarian origin and Hollywood career. The event is organized by the Hungarian Hollywood Council, the city of Mátészalka and the Origo Film Studio with the support of the National Film Institute, which aims to bring together and discover Hungarian and international film talents. The main message of the event is that the Hungarian founders and stars of Hollywood had a significant impact on both American and international film production. The presence and significance of Hungarian talent and creativity across generations is symbolically focused in Tony Curtis’s career. The short film Tony Curtis 100 – The Hungarian Hollywood Heritage presents the international presence of Tony Curtis and other Hungarian-born Hollywood actors, studio founders, and Hungarian filmmakers.

Academy Award-nominated, two-time Golden Globe-winning Hungarian Jewish-born Hollywood actor, producer, writer, and actor legend who has appeared in 130 films. The film star, known worldwide as Tony Curtis, was born Bernard Schwartz in New York on 3 June 1925. His father Manó Schwartz (Emanuel Schwartz) was born in Mátészalka, while his mother Ilona Klein (Helen Schwartz) was born in Nagymihály in what is now Slovakia, but later said to have been born in Vályko. His parents emigrated from there to New York. He already In 1943, at the age of 18, enlisted in the Navy, and after the war he continued his career as an actor in California at Universal Studios, where he was seen as a very imaginative actor. In addition to acting, he was interested in horseback riding and fencing. Early in his career he took the name Tony Curtis.
He typically starred in comedies, but his roles also included more serious ones, such as Antoninus in 1960’s Spartacus and the serial killer in The Boston Strangler. In the golden age of television in the early 1970s, he co-starred with Roger Moore in The Persuaders as a high-profile American businessman who wasn’t afraid to get into fights. The series ran in Hungary under the title “Mindenlébe két kanál”“Two spoons in every pot”. He later appeared in Such a Boxer and Blood Prize 2 – The Big Bang, as well as in TV series such as Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and CSI. Latter on he played himself in a short scene.

Visiting Hungary: Proud of his Hungarian origins, he visited Hungary several times. The first time he visited Hungary was in 1985, when he also visited Mátészalka, and then he came back to his parents’ homeland in 1988. In 1996, by invitation of the government, he took part in the First World Meeting of Hungarian Filmmakers and hosted a film spot promoting Hungary.

He established the Emmanuel Foundation Emmanuel Foundationa in 1991 to support the renovation of the Dohány Street Synagogue and next to the synagogue’s courtyard together with Barbra Streisand financially supported by them. The monument was named the Tree of Life – its leaves are engraved with the names of the victims of the Hungarian Holocaust, around 30,000. The contribution from the memorialists went into the synagogue renovation fund. The area behind the memorial tree was named after the Swedish rescuer Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousands of lives during the Holocaust. In addition to Wallenberg, there are plaques in the park for other Western diplomats who worked as rescuers, such as Girgo Perlasca and Angelo Rotta. At the memorial Park offical opening Tony Curtis was present and beside others “Q” and “A” … “The statue depicts the Ten Commandments, why are the texts of the commandments blank? … “Because none of them were enforced during the war!”

He also visited Mátészalka, where his parents had emigrated to America. He later changed from filming to painting. His paintings can be seen in famous galleries. His autobiographical book, The Prince of Hollywood, was published in 2009 and signed at the 16th International Book Festival in Budapest, Millenáris Park.

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12 Mar

Australian pianist – David Helfgott Concert “Shine” @ Budapest.

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Dohány Street Synagogue
Sunday – 6 p.m. – March,17. 2024.

Herald News … How about to spend an evening where musical fesco in which romance and pasion unite together with returning of the world-renowned Australian pianist, David Helfgott to the Capital of Hungary, where else than @ the Dohány Street Synagogue.

With his unparalleled talent and captivating performance style, Helfgott has left memorable
footprints on numerous international stages. The brilliance of piano artistry will shine offering the audience an uplifting experience of brilliant piano playing for all age to the audience.

The evening will be centered around exceptional, immortal masterpieces such as Chopin’s intimate and profoundly emotional “Ballade No. 1 in G Minor” and the eternally relevant “Ballade No. 4 in F Minor,” guaranteed to stir passion and soul. Through Liszt Ferenc’s awe-inspiring creation, “Ballade No. 2 in B Minor,” we gain insight into the pinnacle of piano artistry. The etude “Un Sospiro” evokes the dazzle of love. Beethoven’s unforgettable, iconic “Appassionata,” his 23rd sonata, will resonate within the walls of the Synagogue, alongside Mendelssohn’s exceptional piece “Rondo Capriccioso.”Addinsell’s magnificent “Warsaw Concerto” evokespaints a intertwine, while Chopin’s “Op.24 in A Minor” etude, the “WinterWind” sweeps in like a true snowstorm, ushering piano imagery into spring. The power of art lives within the piano notes and in the depths only understood through the language of music.

About David Helfgott … Based on his life story, the biographical drama “Shine” received 7 Oscar nominations. Geoffrey Rush, who portrayed David Helfgott, won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor! In 1996, the international release of the Oscar-winning film “Shine” brought renewed attention. As a result, Helfgott’s performance of Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto became the best-selling record of the period in Australia, the UK, and the United States. In October of that year, David Helfgott made history with four consecutive sold-out concerts at the Sydney Opera House. He then embarked on a worldwide tour, performing in numerous cities in the USA and Canada, including the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall, before returning to London’s Royal Albert Hall. Since then, Helfgott has been regularly touring worldwide, appearing at the Beijing Music Festival, Vienna’s Musikverein, Copenhagen’s Tivoli Koncerthall, London’s Barbican Centre, Austria’s Erl Festival Hall, and frequently performing at the Sydney Opera House.

Born in Melbourne, he demonstrated exceptional piano talent as a child, winner in the state finals of the ABC Instrumental and Vocal Competition six times. At the age 17, he began studying with Alice Carrard, a student of Bartók and István Thomán, Liszt’s pupil. Two years later, he traveled to London to study at the Royal College of Music under Cyril Smith’s guidance. Smith, with 25 years of teaching experience, considered Helfgott the most brilliant student and likened him to Horowitz in both technical skill and temperament. During his time in London, he won several awards, including the Dannreuther Prize for the performance in a competition concert, for his rendition of Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto. While facing increasing emotional instability and mental agitation towards the end of his stay in London, the 1970s marked a period of frequent hospitalizations. He returned to the concert stage in the 1980s. He then embarked on a worldwide tour, performing in numerous cities in the USA and Canada, including the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall, before returning to London’s Royal Albert Hall. Since then, Helfgott has been regularly touring worldwide, appearing at the Beijing Music Festival, Vienna’s Musikverein, Copenhagen’s Tivoli Koncerthall, London’s Barbican Centre, Austria’s Erl Festival Hall, Sydney Opera House.

Organizer’s kind request is to the visitors must adhere to Jewish religious regulations during the concert. Men are required to enter and stay with covered heads. Most probably because the weather is still in the mood of late wintertime, anyway women should have their shoulders covered upon entry and throughout their stay in the syganogue building.”

The concert is organized by Green Stage Production.

Tickets may be purchased through: eventim.hu/en/tickets/david-helfgott-in-concert-budapest-dohany-utcai-zsinagoga-623678/event.html

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28 Aug

Annual Jewish Culture Festival – Budapest – 2016.

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The synagogues in Budapest will be glittering in glow as they open its gates … The venues holds a special atmosphere with bringing outstanding artistic productions.

Sunday, September, 4. until Sunday, September, 11. 2016.

Guest stars from abroad arriving from the Israel, Serbia, States.

Each year as the Indian Summer arrives the tradition of holding the Jewish Culture Festival is an awaited program for many locals and foreigners staying in  Budapest. As  having an insight to the below programs show that this year’s multi-arts festival will have a wide variety of events at several venues, featuring presentations – interpretation of well-known great actors and cheerful children’s show to entertain the young audience.

The Festival’s main goal is to contribute in strengthening of tolerance through meeting eye-to-eye the cultures.

Participating venues: Dohány Street Synagogue, Rumbach Street Synagogue, Goldmark Hall, Bethlen Square Synagogue, Hegedűs Gyula Street Syngogue, Liszt Academy, Bálint House, Zwack Museum … etc.

Highlights of performances during the festival: Concert by Andrea Rost and the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchester … A World Invented – An evening with Anikó Für and János Karácsony, Myrtill Micheller and SWINGUISTIQUE – Edith Piaf and French Chansons, Mörk featuring Bea Palya, Soul Exodus – Bálint House, János Gálvölgyi and Miklós Benedek – No Kidding! A Very Impromptu Cabaret in One Act, Hegedűs D. Géza and Kovax – interpretation  200 years of Jewish Poetry, Musical Infusion for Ears and Soul, InFusion and Kátya Tompos concert, Tamás Pajor Unplugged, Lövölde tér – András Kern concert – Guests: Judit Hernádi and Gábor Heilig, Tamás Pajor – legendary personality of the Budapest underground/alternative art scene of the 80s.,Sephardic Divas Night – Mariann Falusi, Eszter Bíró, Dina Pandzarisz, Judit Klein, Kings of Klezmer Concert – Budapest Klezmer Band and the American Grammy award-winning Klezmatics, Klezmer meets jazz – Concert with Nigun and the Kossuth Award Winner Mihály Borbély, Hungarian Fallow – Balázs Galkó, Gipsy Swing – Katica Illényi and the Swing De Gitanes, Vera Jónás Ordinary Symphonies – Experiment Band concert, Handshake and Over this Water – Concert – Ghymes and Besh o droM bands, Look up to the Sky – concert with Charlie, The Walk – Documentary-feature premiere performed by Judit Havas, Patché Birthday concert – Péter Kálloy-Molnár, Mazel Tov – Concert with Violinist Eyal Shiloach (Israel) and the Klezmerész Band, Margaret Island Acoustic, An evening dedicated to Barbra Streisand –  Finucci Bros Quartet and Nikoletta Szőke Concert, Caramel – Open Zone Guest: Dániel Rudas, cantor, Awake lute and harp! Let me wake the dawn, More than klezmer for 18 years – Concert with Sabbathsong and the Kinneret choir, Song in Noise – Anna Pasztor concert, Django meets pop and classical music, Pankastic Orchester Concert with Guests: Gábor Winand, Gergő Oláh and the Dohnányi Big Band, Petruska – concert  guest: Bence Temesvári, Trumpet virtuosi in the Synagogue – Boban Markovic and his Orchester, Golem Tale – Gólem Theatre’s show for children.

To purchase tickets to any events stroll over to English version: http://www.eventim.hu/en/search/?search_string=zsid%C3%B3

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