FESTIVALS

13th BudaFest Summer Opera and Ballet Festival
A colorful summer festival at the Hungarian State Opera House with performances including Verdi’s Rigoletto, Pucini’s Turandot, and a special Nordic Ballet Gala and Opera Gala.
DATE: Aug. 4-27
CITY, COUNTRY: Budapest, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 1.332.4816; [36] 1.302.4290
www.viparts.hu

Sarajevo Film Festival
The 10th annual Sarajevo Film Festival has grown into the largest and most influential film festival in Southeastern Europe, which showcases the best regional and international cinema productions.
DATE: Aug. 20-28
CITY, COUNTRY: Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
INFORMATION: [387] 33.668.186
www.sff.ba

Dialogue of String Quartets in Nature
Third annual festival of chamber music at the Nádasdy Academy with performances by the Kodály Quartet, Borsodi String Quartet and clarinetist Gábor Devich.
DATE: Aug. 28
CITY, COUNTRY: Nádasladány, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 1.319.7463
www.nadasdy.org

Sunshine-Pond Summer Festival
Close to Hungary’s second largest lake, Lake Velence, festival performers include the Cotton Club Singers swing band, who will help celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Sunshine-Pond Festival on Aug. 6, as will the 100-member Gypsy Orchestra Aug. 19.
DATE: July 7 – Aug. 21
CITY, COUNTRY: Agárd, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 22.507.235
www.nyarifestival.hu

Sziget Festival
For the 12th consecutive year, Central Europe’s largest music and cultural festival, Sziget Festival in Budapest, invites visitors to gather on an island in the middle of the Danube River, to enjoy more than 1,000 programs at some 60 outdoor venues.
DATE: Aug. 4-11
CITY, COUNTRY: Budapest, Hungary
INFORMATION:
[36] 1.372.0650
www.sziget.hu

Jewish Summer Festival
Celebrating and contributing to the preservation, enrichment and revitalization of Hungarian Jewish traditions, the 7th annual festival consists of a kaleidoscope of programs and events including Klezmer bands, dance and exhibitions.
DATE: Aug. 29–Sept. 5
CITY, COUNTRY: Budapest, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 1.343.0420
www.jewishfestival.hu

International Architecture Biennale
Dedicated to the theme of metamorphoses, the 9th Architecture Biennale of Venice focuses on cultural, technological and critical transformations that made a profound mark on the evolution of architecture.
DATE: Sept. 4–Nov. 7
CITY, COUNTRY: Venice, Italy
INFORMATION: [390] 041.2424
www.labiennale.org

Szentendre Summer Theater Festival
Aiming to preserve the traditions of theater acting, the picturesque Village of Szentendre will host a festival that includes performances in a baroque-style theater built in the center of town.
DATE: July 19–Aug. 30
CITY, COUNTRY: Szentendre, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 26.312.657
www.szentendrei-nyar.hu

Festival in baroque Eger
A multifaceted festival with several ballet and opera performances, as well as classical music concerts and exhibitions in the City of Eger.
DATE: July 25–Aug. 15
CITY, COUNTRY: Eger, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 36.413.321
www.egeronline.hu

Szépasszonyvölgyi Festival
A popular summer-ending music festival for young and old alike with concerts from Roy & Ádám, Back II Black, United, Révész Sándor and Favágók, in addition to other programs.
DATE: Aug. 20-22
CITY, COUNTRY: Eger, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 36.410.094
www.egeronline.hu

EXHIBITIONS

Műcsarnok
Espana 1950: The decade of rebirth – an exhibition demonstrating the versatility of Spanish art through a decade colored by political and economic conflicts of the Spanish Civil War between 1936-1939. Picasso: Book illustrations 1944-1969 - on exhibit is the artistic development and techniques in Pablo Picasso's graphics, an area just as significant as his better-known works, including paintings and sculpture.
Dates: July 2–Sept. 12
CITY, COUNTRY: Budapest, Hungary
Ticket information: [36] 1.460.7000
www.mucsarnok.hu

Museum of Applied Arts
Magical boxes. A variety of magical boxes on exhibit.
DATE: Apr. 6–Aug. 15
CITY, COUNTRY: Budapest, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 1.456.5100
www.imm.hu

A.P.A. – Ateliers Pro Arts
Renitensek– A provocative exhibition in which artist Tamás Szendrey uses monochromic colors and abstract lines and shapes on his palette. The exhibition is followed by Georgius, a young artist who creates a mixture of art deco and poster art.
DATE: July 29–Aug. 19
CITY, COUNTRY: Budapest, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 1.486.2370
www.ateliers.hu

Mai Manó House
A large-scale photo exhibition by Hungarian press photographer Gábor Fehér, covering works from the last five years.
DATE: July 22–Sept. 5
CITY, COUNTRY: Budapest, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 1.473.2666
www.maimano.hu

Ludwig Museum
Jean Dubuffet - Lithographs, silk screens and paintings from the collection of the Dubuffet Foundation in Paris.
DATE: June 10–Aug. 29
CITY, COUNTRY: Budapest, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 1.375.9175
www.ludwigmuseum.hu

MAK Center
Yves Klein – Air Architecture. French conceptual artist, Yves Klein presents his architectural projects as well as his world famous blue sponge pictures.
DATE: May 12–Aug. 29
CITY, COUNTRY: Vienna, Austria
INFORMATION: [431] 71.136.212
www.mak.at

Hungarian National Gallery
Annunciation Exhibition by Hungarian painter Imre Szobotka and his cubist period paintings between 1912-1922.
DATE: May 25-Oct. 24
CITY, COUNTRY: Budapest, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 1.212.6950
www.mng.hu

Ernst Museum
The Vastagh family of artists – an exhibition presenting works from three generations of Vastaghs. Szeged-born György Vastagh’s genre and portrait paintings, his son, Géza Vastagh’s animal paintings and his grandson, György Vastagh Jr.’s open-air plastics
will all be on display.
DATE: Sept. 5–Oct. 3
INFORMATION: [36] 1.341.4355
www.ernstmuzeum.hu

Contemporary Still-life
The exhibition highlights the importance of still-life painting, which has been overtaken and dominated by modern photography in a contemporary context.
DATE: Sept. 5–Oct. 3
INFORMATION: [36] 1.341.4355
www.ernstmuzeum.hu

AUCTIONS

Kieselbach Gallery
A fine art auction at one of Hungary’s leading auction houses, the Kieselbach Gallery,
where paintings between 1850-1950 by mostly Hungarian artists will be up for sale.
DATE: Oct. 12
CITY, COUNTRY: Budapest, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 1.269.3148
www.kieselbach.hu

CONCERTS

Budapest Congress Center
ABBAMANIA: Carrying on the music of Swedish cult-music group Abba, a concert by the group, ABBAMANIA, aims at preserving the lyrics of such songs as “Dancing Queen.”
DATE: Oct. 18-20
CITY, COUNTRY: Budapest, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 1.372.5400
www.bbc.hu

Millenáris Park
Sidó – Munkácsy: Duet - Two gifted jazz guitarists, Attila Sidó and András Munkácsy, will perform works from legendary gypsy guitarist, Django Reinhardt.
DATE: 19:00, Aug. 6
CITY, COUNTRY: Budapest, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 1.438.5312
www.millenaris.hu

Nigun - Mixing elements of traditional Jewish music, jazz and elements of improvisation, Nigun brings a new sound to listeners with András Párniczky on guitar, Kristóf Bacsó on saxophone, Csaba Gavallér on drums and Péter Nagy on bass.
DATE: 19:00, Aug. 27
ITY, COUNTRY: Budapest, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 1.438.5312
www.millenaris.hu

DANCE

Millenáris Park
Down with shoes! A barefoot improvisation remembering last year’s goldfish in the Millenáris pond with Béla Ágoston as the fisherman and Réka Szabó representing the sea.
DATE: 18:00, August 19
CITY, COUNTRY: Budapest, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 1.438.5312
www.millenaris.hu

Urban Space - A contemporary dance and movement experiment by Pein Michaela and Ákos Hargitay, dealing with the peculiarities of living and adapting to a large city. A grain of sand - A musical dance performance depicting the disturbing phenomenon
when a grain of sand wedges into the mechanism of life, performed by Andrea Nagy with music by Ádám Jávorka.
DATE: 18:00, Aug. 26
CITY, COUNTRY: Budapest, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 1.438.5312
www.millenaris.hu

Trafó – House of Contemporary Arts
Random Dance Company: triple bill by Wayne McGregor and Random Dance, Nemesis and Polar Sequences - Nemesis is the body, the unraveling of the relationship between the machine and the screen, where dance and television connect with reality. Polar Sequences encompasses three short ballet-like performances with music from Purcell and Marilyn Manson.
DATE: Sept. 16-18
CITY, COUNTRY: Budapest, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 1.456.2040
www.trafo.hu

Compagnie Pál Frenák: Fiúk (Le hommes de chachés) – A performance by French-Hungarian choreographer Pál Frenák on how rationality and an instinct-creature can fit and survive inside one body, while raising the question of where is the place for the hiding men of today.
DATE: Oct. 17-20
CITY, COUNTRY: Budapest, Hungary
INFORMATION: [36] 1.456.2040
www.trafo.hu

HUNGARY AT SEA

Hungarian cultural festival in the Netherlands
City, Country: Various cities in the Netherlands
information: [36] 1.266.1357
www.hongarijeaanzee.nl

August
1. Visual arts exhibition opening by Anna Pálos (Maastricht)
12. Theater performance at the Merlin Theater, “The abyss in Amsterdam.” (Amsterdam)
24-26. Theatrical performance: “62 days,” performed by the Natural Hazards group in (Heerlen)
27. Classical music concert by Jos van de Koy playing Hungarian works of composers Zoltán Kodály and Ferenc Liszt (Amsterdam) 29 István Ella’s classical music performance – Zoltán Kodály, Ferenc Liszt and a touch of contemporary (Haarlem)

September
4. Visual art exhibition by Benczúr Emese and Varsó Kis (Sittard)
7. Classical music performance by the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie (Rotterdam)
Sept. 24 – Oct. 17 Visual arts exhibition by Balázs Kicsiny titled Flying
Dutchman (Leiden)
Sept. 26 – Nov. 11 Visual arts exhibition portraying works of Bukta, Sugár, Pacsika, Komoróczky and Németh (Rotterdam)
27. Literary reading by Péter Nádas (Amsterdam)
29. World Music concert by the Budapest Klezmer Band (Hoofddorp)