Budapest Informer

Hay Festival Budapest 2013: preview Split like yin and yang by the Danube, Budapest has abundant beauty. Yet Hungary is also a country in ideological flux like few other nations. Whatever our views on austerity or the relationship with the EU, in Britain most of our status quo is fixed … Read more on Telegraph.co.uk

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Invitation: Rosalia Festival, Budapest, 10 – 12 May On 10-12 May, in the Gesztenyés kert and on the terrace of the Larus Restaurant, a wide range of wines, especially rosés, awaits wine-lovers. Renowned Larus will be preparing mouth-watering grilled and oven-baked foods to accompany them. The planned … Read more on XpatLoop.com

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Hay Festival 2013: making Hay in Budapest What's the best wine to drink with a can't-put-down novel? Or, phrased another way: the best novel to read with a can't-put-down wine? The Alexandra store in Budapest will almost certainly have the answer, selling the middle-class equivalent of a … Read more on Telegraph.co.uk

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Nine Film Makers Visit Titanic Film Festival In Budapest Film directors came to Budapest from the U.S., Ireland, England, Wales, France, Holland, Russia and Slovakia to escort their films and meet the Hungarian audience on the 20th Titanic International Film Festival running at five venues until 13rd April … Read more on XpatLoop.com

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Sziget Festival In Budapest To Be More Spectacular The annual Sziget Festival will pay greater attention to spectacle in response to international trends, this year, organisers said on Wednesday. Chief organiser Károly Gerendai said about €1 million will be spent on development projects and spectacles, … Read more on XpatLoop.com

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Highlights Of Budapest Spring Festival 2013 Since 1981 this world famous cultural festival has showcased hundreds of entertaining events each year. In 2013 over 50 venues are involved, including the open-air Budapest Easter Fair on Vorosmarty Square, concerts at the Hungarian Palace of Arts, the … Read more on XpatLoop.com

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Budapest Festival Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall At a time when it seems that every other movie is enhanced with 3-D technology, it is rare to be awed by a stereophonic experience. No glasses were required at Sunday's concert by the Budapest Festival Orchestra under the direction of Ivan Fischer, who … Read more on [...]

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6th Mangalica Festival In Budapest, This Weekend Entry is free, so if you fancy a taste of a pig that came close to extinction just a few decades ago, pop along for a bite of magnificent mangalica meat – said to be tastier and healthier than regular pork. As you may know, this festival is [...]

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Review: the Budapest Festival Orchestra MONTREAL – It's hard to avoid wondering why a romantic program of Shostakovich, Bernstein, and Rachmaninoff sounds better played by touring Europeans like the Budapest Festival Orchestra, who are slightly closer than we are in language and table … Read more on Montreal Gazette

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Indefatigable Budapest Festival Orchestra debuts at NJPAC From the first notes of Budapest Festival Orchestra's debut at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Saturday, it was clear that something out of the ordinary was going on — and not just because of the saxophone quartet seated next to the podium. Read more on The [...]

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Soloist Liza Ferschtman Performs at Budapest Festival Orchestra Concert in … Soloist-Liza-Ferschtman-to-Replace-Janine-Jansen-in-. The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal announces a change of soloist for the Budapest Festival Orchestra concert taking place tonight, January 22 at 8 p.m. at Maison symphonique de Montréal. Read more on Broadway World

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1000 Hackers From 20 Countries Attend The Festival In Budapest On October 12-13 Hacktivity, the largest independent IT security festival in Central and Eastern Europe, will be held for the ninth time. Around 1,000 hackers from 20 countries will listen to Hungarian and foreign speakers, three world famous keynote … Read more on XpatLoop.com

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Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer – Edinburgh festival review Even before they played a note, there were hints that the Budapest Festival Orchestra does things differently. The double basses lined up in the choir stalls high above the orchestra, miles away from the rest of the strings. Music director Iván Fischer … Read more on The Guardian

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The Budapest Mahler Festival Documentary, Palace Of Arts, 8 September Launched six years ago, the Budapest Mahler Festival has developed into one of the defining events associated with the global obsession with everything Mahler. This documentary film produced by Müpa Stúdió picks out the best productions over the past … Read more on XpatLoop.com

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15th Jewish Summer Festival opens in Budapest The 15th Jewish Summer Festival started with a concert by the Klezmeresz Band as part of the opening event in Budapest's District 7 on Sunday. In his address at the festival opening, managing director of the federation of Jewish communities in Hungary … Read more on Caboodle.hu

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