The works of Roger Ballen, a leading figure in contemporary photography, who creates both documentary and staged images, will be on display from Wednesday at the House of Hungarian Photographers - Mai Manó House in Budapest. Born in the United States in 1950 and living in Johannesburg, South Africa for over 40 years, Roger Ballen […]
Bloomsday will be a two-day contemporary art festival in Szombathely, W Hungary on June 16 and 17 this year, celebrating the centenary of the first book-length publication of James Joyce's iconic work Ulysses. Soma Horváth, deputy mayor of Szombathely, who is also responsible for culture, said at a Bloomsday press conference on Tuesday that the […]
Following a comprehensive renovation, the restored Baroque Hall of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest opened this Friday, making it possible to visit the three impressive large halls of the building, which evoke the most important architectural style features, simultaneously after almost 80 years. In addition to the Renaissance Hall and the Romanesque Hall, […]
The International Festival of Nature and Environment in Hungary opens on May 27, with more than a hundred films screened in four venues. The three-day event will feature a wide range of family and cultural activities, including scientific lectures, concerts, craft and film activities and exhibitions in the Royal Castle and its park in Gödöllő, […]
The Budapest Festival Orchestra, rated among the world's top ten classical music ensembles, is launching a program to find and develop young musical talent. The complex program, which is already keeping tabs on the development of 11 young talents, is supported by the AutoWallis Group, which itself relies on the value-added work of talented young […]
The Korean Cultural Center in Budapest celebrated its 10th anniversary with a free all-day cultural festival at the Millenáris Events Center this Saturday. The organizers welcomed everyone who would like to learn more about Korean culture. The event offered cultural activities for all ages. On the main stage, the organizers prepared traditional as well as […]
A memorial plaque has been unveiled to 19th century Hungarian poet János Arany in the Welsh town of Montgomery, immortalized in the poet's famous ballad ‘The Bards of Wales’. The plaque, which pays tribute to János Arany and his poem in Hungarian, English and Welsh, was unveiled by Ferenc Kumin, Hungary's ambassador to the United […]
Tradition has it that the MÁV (‘Hungarian Railways’) Symphony Orchestra opens the new season with a free OPEN DAY concert. The opening of the 2022/2023 season took place in the garden of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest this Saturday. Under the baton of conductor Róbert Farkas, the orchestra treated its listeners to enjoyable and […]
From May 11 to 13, the European Parliament and the European Film Academy will once again screen films nominated for the LUX Audience Prize, the renewed joint film prize of the European Parliament and the European Film Academy, at the Uránia National Film Theater in Budapest. The films, which reflect on important social issues, are […]
The winners of the 40th Hungarian Press Photography Competition were announced and the prizes handed over at the opening of the 40th Hungarian Press Photography Exhibition in Budapest on Tuesday. The Grand Prize of the National Association of Hungarian Journalists (MÚOSZ) for the most outstanding achievement was awarded to János Bődey (Telex news site) for […]
In a message from Los Angeles, Juliet Rózsa, the daughter of the three-time Academy Award winner composer of Hungarian origin, Miklós Rózsa, expressed her appreciation for the Hungarian Hollywood Council's mission to preserve her father's memory and keep his musical legacy alive. The Council's recent wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial plaque of Miklós Rózsa in […]
Open to the public from this Thursday, the Capa Center – named after the world-renowned documentarist and war photographer Robert Capa (born as Endre Friedman) – hosts a compilation of Hungarian press photography exhibitions in celebration of 40 years of such exhibitions. “Since 1981, the press has changed, the political situation in Hungary has changed; […]
After five years of renovation, the Ybl Palace, the building of the Hungarian State Opera House on Andrássy Avenue, close to the city center in Budapest, opens its doors to the public in March. The General Director of the Hungarian State Opera, Szilveszter Ókovács describes to Diplomacy&Trade the various aspects of the renewal and the […]
Easter Monday, which is a holiday in Hungary, is a celebration of profane human joy, especially youth. Over the years, this day has become more and more about symbolic customs than about going to church, and sprinkling of girls by boys, which has changed a little, but still retains its roots, is one of the […]
Hungarian films bagged several accolades at the Porto and ECU film festivals last week, Hungary’s National Film Institute (NFI) reports. Máté Bence Fazekas won the award for Best Screenplay at the Porto International Film Festival for his work on the film 'Eviction'. Inspired by a true story, the comedy drama depicts the struggle between a […]
