It was for the first time this May that 31-year-old Hungarian pianist Peter Bence performed in a major concert in Budapest. A real virtuoso, he sometimes plays his piano as drums or guitar. "With his unique technique, he has taken piano playing to a new level, making a great impact on new generations of musicians […]
This year's Museum of the Year award was won by the Szentendre Open-Air Ethnographic Museum in the category of ‘large museums’ and by the Kunszentmárton Local History Museum in the category of ‘small museums’, the organizers told MTI on Monday. The special prize of ICOM Hungary was awarded to the German Nationality Museum in Tata, […]
Hungarian director Anna Buda Flóra's animated film '27', a French-Hungarian co-production, won the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival Saturday night. The 11-minute-long film is about 27-year-old Alice who, even though she is suffocating a bit, she still lives with her parents and tends to live in her […]
The 21st Balaton Wine and Fish Festival will be held in Balatonfüred on the Pentecost weekend, with children's day programs also taking place in the town located on the northern shore of the lake. As festival organizer Anett Kositzky told MTI, the four-day festival will offer a selection of Balaton wineries, artisanal cheeses and fish […]
From Saturday, a new permanent exhibition entitled 'Palettes', presenting Béla Czóbel's artistic and social contacts, is on display at the Czóbel Museum in the town of Szentendre, north of Budapest The exhibition presents the relationships Béla Czóbel and his wife, Mária Modok, developed with contemporary artists during their years in Paris and Hungary, including Szentendre, […]
The Krishna Valley, located on the outskirts of Somogyvámos, S Hungary, will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year with the opening of a carriage house and an exhibition, the organizers told MTI in a statement. They wrote that the jubilee celebrations will start on May 20 in Hungary's largest eco-farm: the dry mill, which is […]
The Miskolc National Theater in NE Hungary will launch its bicentenary theater season starting on August 24 with the production The Tatars in Hungary, directed by Artur Szőcs, the theater told MTI on Saturday. In October, the theater will present the operetta The Csárdás Princess directed by Attila Béres, and in December, the play ‘The […]
Two new Polish films and six VR films will be screened at the 29th Polish Film Spring (Lengyel Filmtavasz) from May 2 to 5 at the Polish Institute and Uránia National Film Theater in Budapest. According to a press release sent to MTI by the Polish Institute, this year's festival will be held under the […]
Twenty-three musicians from five continents will perform at the second edition of Jazzfest Budapest, part of the Budapest Spring Festival (BTF) until May 17. This year's series of events are hosted in ten venues. The program has been put together by a team of curators, including internationally renowned Hungarian jazz musicians Tamara Mózes and Kornél […]
Flanked by Ana Lily Amirpour, Charlotte Le Bon, Karidja Touré and Shlomi Elkabetz, Hungarian director and screenwriter Ildikó Enyedi will be the head of the jury to award the Short Film Palme d’or and the 3 La Cinef prizes for student films in the Official Selection at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in May this […]
The Grand Prize of the 41st Hungarian Press Photo Contest offered by the National Association of Hungarian Journalists (MÚOSZ) was awarded to István Huszti, a photojournalist of the news site for his photo reportage in Ukraine entitled "Szilánkok" (Fragments); and Bálint Szajki, photojournalist of 24.hu, was awarded the André Kertész Grand Prize for his photo […]
Novel writing competition, video interview, exhibition: the pharmaceutical company Egis and the Örkény Theater in Budapest are launching several joint initiatives to mark the 110th anniversary of the founding of the company and the 111th anniversary of the birth of Hungarian writer István Örkény. The cooperation is based on the fact that István Örkény, whose […]
This year, it is for the second time that the ‘Fine Art Hungary – The Artwork of the Year’ is to start: in 2023, even more works of art will be available on Artotek.hu, with the artifact of the year selected from among over 200 items. An important element of the initiative is that you […]
The Korean Cultural Center's exhibition ‘Insights into Nature and Humanity’ provides a comprehensive overview of Korean contemporary photography. The selection of more than 100 images, on display from Tuesday until June 30 as part of the Budapest Photo Festival, spans the past 40 years of South Korean photography through the personal journeys of twelve well-known […]
The Museum of Applied Arts (IMM) is reopening its exhibition space on the City Park Alley, the György Ráth Villa, with exhibitions and family programs on Saturday. It is a symbolic event that after the winter break, the György Ráth Villa, the former home of the first director general of the IMM, considered one of […]
