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 […]
A music box playing the works of Fryderyk (Frédéric) Chopin and Ferenc Liszt, performed by pianist Gábor Farkas, was inaugurated this Thursday, the Day of Hungarian-Polish Friendship, in Budapest's Városliget (City Park). The piano was donated to Budapest by the Polish Institute to commemorate the world-famous composers of the two nations. The Ambassador of the […]
The Austrian Cultural Forum Budapest (Österreichisches Kulturforum Budapest – ÖKF), one of 30 Cultural Forums worldwide by Austria's Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, looks back at a history of 45 years. The Director of the institute, Christian Autengruber tells Diplomacy&Trade about the tasks they performed and the services they provide in Hungary. Regarding […]
This week has seen the traditional Busójárás (the March of the Busó), a pagan Hungarian heritage. It is the symbolic ‘burying’ of winter and the welcoming of spring with folk music and dance in the south-central Hungarian town of Mohács near the Serbian border. Going back to medieval roots, the march of people in frightening […]
Through InterUrban, the amazing melodies, flavors and creative talents from 29 cities from 25 countries are being brought to Veszprém and the Bakony-Balaton region, a press release by the organizers of the Hungarian European Capital of Culture points out. The featured InterUrban city will change every two weeks. The second city presented in the program […]
On the occasion of the Day of Hungarian Culture and the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Hungarian national anthem, a ceremony was held on Sunday in the Upper House of Hungarian Parliament and in several municipalities, including some in the territory of historic Hungary. The Day of Hungarian Culture has been celebrated on […]
The Veszprém-Balaton European Capital of Culture program series want to show the economic power of culture and draw attention to the fact that the creative industries, culture and cultural heritage can become the basis of an economic model. This not only gives a region a specific profile, but can also help economic growth, according to […]
This year’s Budapest Independent Film Festival (BIFF) 2023 is to take place in February, screening 15 films of different genres. After last year’s Special Edition screening, the event returns to the venue, Kino Cafe Mozi with a rich and diverse program. Aiming to showcase emerging talents and address social issues of today, the BIFF 2023 […]
More than 100,000 people visited the Ferenc Móra Museum and its exhibition spaces last year in the southeastern Hungarian city of Szeged, the institution informed MTI on Wednesday. According to the statement, the Ferenc Móra Museum in Szeged closed an outstandingly successful year: in 2022 more than 100,000 visitors visited the museum's main building and […]
