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17 Aug

The Boys Are Back In Town – MAN DOKI SOULMATES Budapest

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Upon their 30 years of existence, the supergroup he leads… the MAN Doki Soulmates, is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a concert in Budapest.

The boys are back in town with musician-producer Leslie Mandoki’s band, and visited Mandoki’s Soulmates. The main rehearsal toom place at Bem quayside Club on Thursday, August 17, 2023.  On Friday, 18. August Mandoki Soulmates will give a free jubilee concert with world stars, including Grammy Award-winning guitarist Al Di Meola, American jazz guitarist Mike Stern, bassist Richard Bona and jazz trumpeter John Helliwell (one of my favorites from Supertramp) at the Basilica on the Szentáromság square – Budapest. The concert starts at 7 p.m. and to grab your seats early cause the seats are limited.

After a small band rehearsal, musician-producer Leslie Mandoki introduced the artists joining the band at the Mandoki Soulmates press conference on Thursday evening. In addition to the international stars, he also introduced domestic performers Caramelt and Misi Mező, with whom they will also perform at the concert on August 18.

Even before his defection from Hungary in 1975, he played music on this stage with such fame as the giant flute artist Ádám Török+.

After jamming, a short press conference was held. He said that they started this year’s tour with their American and English friends, and they wanted to come to Budapest at first before the tour to Europe. He introduced the Budapest soulmates team. This year, the biggest American-English soulmates group will take the stage. He also talked about how Al Di Meola gave the name of the super group, he and the Grammy-winning guitarist know each other preety well, and have formed a lifelong friendship. He emphasized that this is not a retro group, different musical styles come together… Hungarian folk music, fusion jazz, funky, soul, rhythm&blues.

He said they wrote a “Peace Song” which maybe doesn’t fit in the mood of the whole world at all… BUT still… as he said: Q.:” We are the grandchildren of the Woodstock generation and felt that we now owe it to the audience to address the song which title is: Devil’s Encyclopedia .

Q.: “About the choosen venue this time. The Basilica played a major role in selecting the venue, we had to make sure that the audience had the best in every aspect, so that they could enjoy every moment of the four and a half hour concert.”

Mandoki spoke about how he fled Hungary,  he was a dissident in 1975. Beyond on the other side of the border,  he was asked where he was going, he said to America because he wanted to be a famous musician as his role models. Since then he has lived in Germany and America. He himself wrote the lyrics of the songs in English, because even though he loves the varied Hungarian language, it is easier to write in English.

Added: Q.: “What keeps this fantastic team of 35 people together is the community of values, the love of music and most of all the fact that we are SOULMATES … we live with the audience, this is what has kept the band together for 30 years”.

The soulmates musicians have won a total of more than 35 Grammy awards so far, and the number of audio carriers sold exceeds 350 million.

Recommender and snaps by Aggie Reiter

4 Aug

Nights of Organs – Nationwide – August – 2023.

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Throughout the summer, a series of organ concerts are coming up all over the country, organized by the Hungarian Philharmonic. The opening chord is played by the Night of the Organs, then the OrgonaPont concert series provides quality entertainment in one of the hottest months of the year. In addition to classical organ music, there is a place for pop, rock, jazz, and even Swedish folk music. In addition to classical music classics, there will also be Hollywood soundtracks, sand animation, a light show, a musical fountain, and perhaps never-before-seen live instruments.

On August 5, the Night of Organs celebrates the queen of musical instruments, the organ, on a national level. Organized by the Hungarian Philharmonic, this majestic instrument will be played at dozens of venues. With the participation of the most important Hungarian and foreign organists in addition to classical music classics, Hollywood soundtracks will also be heard, but there will also be sand animation, a light show, a musical fountain, and instruments rarely seen live, such as the nickel harp and there on.

In Budapest in the Basilica, even for a whole evening, in Kecskemét as part of a four-church walk, and from Lake Balaton to Debrecen to Pécs in unique concerts that have been put together with great care.

The purpose of the concerts based on the pleasant atmosphere of the organ music is to offer quality programs on hot summer days in the coolness of the churches for all those who like a demanding rest. The queen of musical instruments will be played by the most talented organists in the program series.

Recommended by Aggie Reiter

4 Aug

Flash News: St. Steven’s Day Bread Competition 2023.

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There are artisanal, sourdough or large-scale bakers from almost every part of the country who applied for this year’s Bread of the Year and Innovative Bread of the Year. The judging committee could evaluate baked goods that came from the counties of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves and Nógrád, Hajdú-Bihar, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Bács-Kiskun, Csongrád-Csanád, Baranya and Somogy, Győr-Moson-Sopron.

This year, the Hungarian Bakers’ Association announced its professional competition for the 12th year. The aim of the national competition … as in the previous years, in 2023 was also to encourage bakery businesses to create the most exciting and innovative bakery products that are still based on the foundations of tradition, thereby enriching the selection of one of our most basic foods … BREAD! This year, it was possible to enter the competition in three categories, so the organization were awaiting for baked goods for the National Holiday … the Saint Stephen’s day bread. The Innovative bread and the Walking Cake categories were introduced last year as well.

Saint Stephen’s Day bread is the most important category of the competition, which is baked by our country’s bakers for the celebration of the founding of the state. In this case, the master bakers had to prepare the bread mainly from grain flour, using traditional sourdough technology, using at least two types of flour. The judging,  examination by experts whether the product meets the requirements of the Hungarian Food Code, and when scoring, they took into account the quality characteristics of the shape, shell, lining, aroma and taste.

The XII. The winner of the St. Stephen’s Day Bread Competition is the St. Stephen’s Day Durum Bread of Heim Bakery – Limited partership from Dunabogdány.

The winner of the Innovative category is Balmaz-Sütöde Ltd.  gold engraver bread from Balmazújváros.

The Szinobor Ltd. raspberry-pistachio Baker’s ice cream from Biharkereszets won the first place in the “rolling along” Pastry category.

Update by Aggie Reiter

1 Aug

Exhibition on Screen – Leonardo’s masterpieces -Hungary

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Leonardo da Vinci is the most famous artist in the world. The focus of this film, made on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his death, is his unique paintings and drawings. Every single painting attributed to Leonardo is presented on a large screen in HD quality, never seen before, on a large screen, including the most important works, Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, Ginevra de Benci, Madonna Litta, Madonna of the Rocks, and more than a dozen other works.

The film gives viewers a fresh perspective on Leonardo’s life – his ingenuity, his sculptural qualities, his military inventions and his ability to navigate the mazes of everyday politics … all through the prism of his art, giving a complete portrait of the Renaissance genius … thousands of his people are trying to unravel the secret , from the unsurpassed perfection of the polymath genius.

The summer of 2023, a part of the Exhibition on Screen about Leonardo will be shown in cinemas. At the “event cinema” were previously shown already in domestic movie theaters a few occasions. 

Distributor Pannonia Entertainment Ltd.

21 Jul

Step into Japan … INDEPENDENT CINEMA 2023 finally opens!

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From August till October 2023, the Japan Foundation (JF) will hold a special feature “JFF+ INDEPENDENT CINEMA 2023” which will shine a spotlight on the “mini-theaters” that support the diversity of Japanese film culture and adding to the vibrancy of local communities.

On-site Japanese film festivals around the world … The “Japanese Film Festival (JFF: JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL)” is a film festival organized by JF, showcasing primarily new Japanese films at various locations. It was initiated in 2016 with the objective of reaching 10 ASEAN countries and Australia, under the slogan “Japanese movies anytime, anywhere.” Since its inception, the festival has expanded its reach to include China, Russia, India, and Brazil, actively promoting the allure of Japanese cinema worldwide …for deepth details, to view hosting country screenings … here you go: (https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/world/index.html).
Below the films on screen: 12 films will be screened online for three months. All films are free of charge and can be enjoyed worldwide (some films are not available in all regions), excluding Japan, until October 31.
… And Your Bird Can Sing (2018) by MIYAKE Sho
… Follow the Light (2021) by NARITA Yoichi
… LONELY GLORY (2022) by SAKON Keitaro
… An Artisan’s Legacy, Tsunekazu Nishioka (2012) by YAMAZAKI Yuji
… Hey! Our dear Don-chan (2022) by OKITA Shuichi
… A Muse Never Drowns (2022) by ASAO Nozomi
… A Girl in My Room (2022) by TAKAHASHI Natsuki
… TENZO (2019) by TOMITA Katsuya
… HANAGATAMI (2017) by OBAYASHI Nobuhiko
… BON-UTA, A Song from Home (2019) by NAKAE Yuji
… Techno Brothers (2023) by WATANABE Hirobumi
… Bachiranun (2021) by HIGASHIMORI Aika

Update: Aggie Reiter

30 Jun

Temple of Arts latest documentary of Leonardo da Vinci.

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The Lost Leonardo can be seen in the Hungarian cinemas from June, 29, 2023.

Robb Report’s crime-thriller film is about the vomiting of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Salvator Mundi, which was believed to be lost forever. Around 1500, when the painting was created, Leonardo was almost 50 years old. He is the world’s most famous visual artist. There is an assumption that it could have been made for an outstanding art patron. He worked with first-class ingredients; and surface treated; which was rare. He began many pictures and left almost as many unfinished; but he finished that.

The fate of the tableau remained unclear for a hundred years, until it appeared in the collection of the English ruler Charles I, who, when he died in debt, the Crown decided to sell a large part of his art collection in order to pay off his debts. He goes to a stonemason – in today’s terms an architect – John Stone, in exchange for his unpaid work. 9 years later, during the restoration of the monarchy, when II. Károly ascends the throne, the parliament passes a bill that reclaims for the Crown the assets that were given to the sons of the common people as compensation for the debt of Károly I. Thus, the painting II. It enters Károly’s collection, then passes to his younger brother, II. Jakabra. From him to Jakab’s lover, Catherine Sedley, with whom he also has an illegitimate son. Catherine marries the first Duke of Buckingham, the builder of Buckingham House. The palace is sold by the heirs, it is known today as Buckingham Palace. In 1763, when the palace was purchased for the Crown, the furnishings were auctioned off. Then it disappears from our sight for hundreds of years.

We don’t know anything about it. Leonardo was sold as a painting, but for an insignificant sum. Therefore, we assume that they could have been heavily overpainted by this time! In 1763, we lose sight of it, until the XIX. until the end of the century, when it became the property of a famous English art collector, Francis Cook. But at that time it was already on the market as a Leonardo copy or a work made in the style of Leonardo. The topcoat layers are quite thick! It was reworked to make it more masculine because it probably suited the 19th century. century public taste. It remained a mediocre item in the Cook collection until 1958… when it changed hands at London’s Sotheby’s auction house for £45. We know he found an American buyer. It remains in the possession of American collectors until 2005, when it is auctioned again, for a similarly low price, because it is believed to be a Louisiana copy. In November 2017, Christie’s sold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi to a Saudi prince for a record $450,312,500. It is currently in long-term deposit at the Louvre in Abu Dhabi.

This is not just a portrait of Jesus Christ commissioned by a king! This tableau reflects Leonardo’s thinking about painting techniques and time, eternity, and the universe.

The lost Leonardo can be seen in Hungarian cinemas from June, 29, 2023.

Not intended for children under 12 years of age.

Distributor: Pannonia Entertainment.

Recommendation by Aggie Reiter

2 Jun

The 3rd Déryné Theater’s Festival – Sátoraljaújhely

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Five days, eleven locations, more than seventy free programs in between July 19 – 23, organizing the Déryné Festival for the 3rd time. Fond of culture programs are welcome in and around Sátoraljaújhely with free theater performances, family programs and concerts.

An overview of some programs:

Concerts: Ungvári Borterasz: July, 20. Csík orchestra – Tárkány Művek – Kaláka – July, 21. Budapest Jazz Orchestra – Swing Girls – DÁNIELFY – July, 22. Besh o droM – Aurevoir – Keleti Brass Band – July, 23. Bohemian Betyars – Balkan Fanatik – Hutchky & Stars.

Theater performances: July, 19. Déryné Company – Lajos Kossuth Cultural Center
Valley Theater: July, 20. 8.30 p.m. Forrás Folk Dance Ensemble: Masterwork
TheaterWagen moving stage – Mancsi Puppet Theater – July, 20. Hollózáza – 6 p.m. For the little foolishness.

Family programs: July, 22. Széphalom
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Kenderkóc Folk Playhouse, 11 a.m. – 11.45 a.m. – Creative music playshop – 4 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. Naninski and Figaro: Flying acrobats. – 5 p.m. – 5.50 p.m. Concert by Eszter Kárász and the fairy-tale band Eszter-lánc

Recommendation by Aggie Reiter

15 May

The slogan of the evening … “Have a barrel of fun!”

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Saturday Night Live wasn’t a live broadcast … but indeed was Live Barrel Pig exclusive VIP beer night!

 As the night slowly appeared, the guests arrived for an exclusive beer tasting to the new series of HopTop unique beers. It was held in the tasting room of the wonderful wine shop of WineHub. Were able to taste continuously  6+1  beers, but may also tasted 3 special IPA beers as to warm-up ourselves.  The premium beers selection were terrific: Surprise beer – Rudeboy – Sex on the barrel – Fear of the dark II. – Canadian Lover – Fear of the dark I. – Mental trainer.

Unfortunately, Ali Rawech Szami – owner of the HopTop brewery had to leave earlier. We, the audience heard interesting facts about the Barrel Pig beer from László Szilágyi – head of marketing.  Ádám  – brewing masters. Talked about the special flavors given from the wooden barrels.  During the ongoing tasting were initiated about the Barrel Pig project and overall made the audience spice up a bit with the features of the new series as introducing the 6 items for tasting. As it turned out, they had been at the brewery continuously tasting  from the start of the first barrel-aged beer and its flavors for a year.

Each of the HopTop beers are matured in a special barrel. The whiskey barrels bought from abroad gave the taste to these special new beers. Indeed … no wonder the resulted superb beers. For each batch, the Barrel Pig is aged from the aroma and flavor gained from the previous life of the wooden barrel.  There are rum, bourbon, whiskey and even maple syrup barrels. Within these the aromas extracted from different barrels that can be tasted the characteristics of dark chocolate combined with soft-creamy and vanilla notes.

What really dominates are Imperial Milk Stouts and Multigrain Barley casks. Imperial stouts with the unicorn pig barrel logo and a barley wine rested primarily in the Kentucky Bourbon barrels, maple syrup barrels and a Barbadian rum barrel. The beer called Sex on the Barrel kept various periods of time and bottled when deemed appropriate. There is no addition to the beers. The outwardly look shows something different by the color of the cap draining wax.  Stands as a crown making it truly special and elegant.   Mouthwatering were the sublime fruity and spicy flavors.  These HopTop beers really deserve to be served outstandingly and now reached their best form.

Going to another level and watching with high eyebrows  – shining eyes came to be really in the mood to the mental training taste. Indeed looked as all liked what tasted. Was told next we are tasting the Milk Imperial Stout (11.8%), which was aged for 1 year in a Kentucky Bourbon barrel to extract all the aromas from it. The end result was a real, creamy Mental Trainer! The reason why the “Milk” stand on some of the beer label is a reminder for those to know it is not lactose free!

At the Winehub which gave the platform to the exclusive beer tasting is an awesome wine shop which is usually operating as a bistro.

Entering their store sight catching venue welcome the visitors. The guests were perfectly cared and led to the tasting tables by  Péter Lakatos – experienced Sommelier with a demonstrated history of working in the wine and spirits industry. Heard about the enormous  “plant” one the spot where more than 500 wines from nearly 60 Hungarian and foreign wineries were out on display. The wine center is also unique on an international level.  May connect all players of wine making and the wine world without restrictions. They provide countless services that are not too much different on the Hungarian wine market. They are wholesale partners, but in their wine center they also offer tasting rooms, meeting rooms and special sales points. They pay attention to the wine-drinking community. They offer much more than an online and offline wine space. In addition to their wine shop and web shop, they welcome guests with continuous training, courses, tasting events, tasting rooms. Not to mention, a well arranged comfy community space, where grooving on the 60’s-’70s music with friends along a smooth wine. They have a bistro and a fine dining restaurant for those who want to immerse themselves also in the world of gastronomy.

Riport and snaps by Aggie Reiter

8 May

The Danube Art Ensemble Concert – Folk Music

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The folk band of the Danube Artists Ensemble, the Göncöl group, has released an independent album.  The folk music collections is of  Zoltán Kallós –  two-time Kossuth Prize-winning Hungarian ethnographer from Transylvania.”Turn, my dear horse” – title album will be released on Spotify’s music sharing channel, and their related teaser concert will be held on …

Tuesday, May, 16. 2023. – 7 p.m. @ the House of Tradtion – Theater hall (Hagyományok Háza.) Venue: District I., 8. Corvin Square – Budapest. 

Ágnes Enyedi –  Junior Prima award-winning folk singer, Balázs Mezei – dancer of the Duna Art Ensemble and the dancers of the Duna Art Ensemble will take part in the concert.

The aim of the album is to present the life and outstanding personality of Zoltán Kallós by selecting from his most important folk music collections, which will be made even more perceptive with video and audio interludes and photo projections during the concert.

Update by Aggie Reiter

2 May

Herald News … HBO Max … Documentary May 2023 Donna Summer … Queen of the 70s Disco Era!

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HBO Original Documentary … The Unexpected And Intimate Portrait Of “The Queen Of Disco” Will Have Its World Premiere At The Berlin International Film Festival

HBO Original documentary LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY, DONNA SUMMER, directed by Oscar® and Emmy®-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams (“Life Animated,” HBO’s “The Apollo”) and Brooklyn Sudano, daughter of Donna Summer, debuts May 2023 on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.

Synopsis: Shaped by Summer’s own reflections, the memories of close family, friends and colleagues, and filled with the sounds of Summer’s songs, LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY – DONNA SUMMER is an in-depth look at the iconic artist as she creates music that takes her from the avant-garde music scene in Germany, to the glitter and bright lights of dance clubs in New York, to worldwide acclaim, her voice and artistry becoming the defining soundtrack of an era. A deeply personal portrait of Summer on and off the stage, the film features a wealth of photographs and never-before-seen home video footage – often shot by Summer herself – and provides a rich window into the surprising range of her artistry, from songwriting to painting, while exploring the highs and lows of a life lived on the global stage.

Credits: HBO Documentary Films presents a Polygram Entertainment presentation, a Motto Pictures production, in association with One Story Up and Federal Films, LOVE TO LOVE YOU, DONNA SUMMER. Directed by Roger Ross Williams and Brooklyn Sudano; a film by Roger Ross Williams; produced by Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn, Roger Ross Williams, David Blackman; co-producer: J. Daniel Torres; edited by Enat Sidi, Jon Stray; consulting editor: Jean Tsien; executive produced by Brooklyn Sudano, Bruce Sudano, Michele Anthony, Bruce Resnikoff, Monte Lipman, Brett Alperowitz. For HBO: executive producers, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez. A/M released by Warner Bros. Discovery – Asheba Edghill -Director Media Relations.
Summer amassed a total of 32 chart singles on the US BillboardHot 100 in her lifetime, including 14 top ten singles and four number one singles. She claimed a top-40 hit every year between 1976 and 1984, and from her first top-ten hit in 1976, to the end of 1982, she had 12 top-ten hits (10 were top-five hits), more than any other act during that time period.
So sad she went ahead too soon … her voice can be discovered anytime … a superb talent!
Even those folks who didn’t grew up in the 70s and missed the Disco era will be seeing something their parents jig/shake their boodies … And of course the elder ones may relive those days again.
Recommendation by Aggie Reiter
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