119 result(s) for berlin in Community & Culture
'Freedom Fighter', A Lecture By Victoria Phillips, 20 May
- 19 May 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
While modern dancer Martha Graham claimed throughout her career that she was not political, between 1955 and 1987 she performed under the ageis of the State Department for every seated president in over 25 nations. This presentation will explore her tours in West Berlin, 1957, Poland and Yugoslavia, 1962, and East Berlin in 1987 – side-by-side with President Ronald Reagan as he declaired that the ...
Budapest ArtWeek, 19 - 24 April
- 19 Apr 2016 10:00 AM
- community & culture
Starting from 2016, BudapestArtWeek is a new program series aimed to give a new drive and direction for fine art lovers, supplementing the Budapest Spring Festival’s classic arts program series. It provides a unique opportunity to serve as an orientation point for plenty of fine arts events.
Nobel Laureate Author Imre Kertész Dies At 86
- 1 Apr 2016 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Nobel laureate author Imre Kertész died at age 86 after a long and serious illness, the publisher Magvető said. The novelist, essayist and translator was the first Hungarian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming a Nobel laureate in 2002.
Hungarian Director Tarr Receives Fipresci Special Award In Sofia
- 17 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Eminent Hungarian film director Béla Tarr has received the lifetime achievement special award given by the International Federation of Film Critics, at the international film festival in Sofia, the Hungarian National Film Fund said on Wednesday. The FIPRESCI 90 award, established in 2015 to mark the federation’s 90th anniversary, was presented to Tarr by Secretary- General Klaus Eder at a special ...
Week-Long Kurtág 90 Festival Starts Sunday
- 13 Feb 2016 7:04 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian and international musicians will pay their respects to composer and pianist György Kurtág to celebrate his 90th birthday at a week-long festival starting on Sunday. The Kurtág 90 festival organised by the Budapest Music Center (BMC) will be held between February 14 and 21.
Mozart Night-Yang Yoonhee Piano Recital, Korean Cultural Center Budapest, 26 January
- 26 Jan 2016 8:04 AM
- community & culture
I'm struck by how Yoonhee Yang is able to delineate the Well-Tempered Clavier Book Two G Minor Fugue’s closely-knit textures through touch and color alone – not an easy task. (Gramophone, 2010. 5)
Literary Titbits With Ben Fergusson, Brody Studios Budapest, 27 January
- 26 Jan 2016 8:04 AM
- community & culture
Ben Fergusson`s debut novel won the Historical Writers’ Association Debut Crown for debut historical fiction. HWA chair Manda Scott said: “Ben Fergusson’s The Spring of Kasper Meier is a truly outstanding work of fiction that will, I hope, enter into the canon of English literature. It takes the known tragedies of the Second World War and extends them into what was, for most of the judges, an ...
Sunwook Kim Korean Pianists in Budapest Music Center, 8 February
- 20 Jan 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Korean Cultural Center in Budapest proudly presents one of the best Korean pianists in Budapest Music Center. Sunwook Kim won the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition, aged 18, becoming the competition’s youngest winner for 40 years, as well as its first Asian winner.
Tom Hanks Visit’s Budapest’s House Of Terror Museum
- 23 Jul 2015 11:35 AM
- community & culture
Two-times Oscar-winning Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks has visited Budapest’s House of Terror Museum while in the Hungarian capital to shoot his new mystic thriller “Inferno”, adapted from Dan Brown’s bestselling novel. The actor is reported to be an avid fan of history, his father having served in the US Navy during the Second World War and himself playing in several history-themed films during ...
'Freedom Fighter', A Lecture By Victoria Phillips, 20 May
- 19 May 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
While modern dancer Martha Graham claimed throughout her career that she was not political, between 1955 and 1987 she performed under the ageis of the State Department for every seated president in over 25 nations. This presentation will explore her tours in West Berlin, 1957, Poland and Yugoslavia, 1962, and East Berlin in 1987 – side-by-side with President Ronald Reagan as he declaired that the ...
Budapest ArtWeek, 19 - 24 April
- 19 Apr 2016 10:00 AM
- community & culture
Starting from 2016, BudapestArtWeek is a new program series aimed to give a new drive and direction for fine art lovers, supplementing the Budapest Spring Festival’s classic arts program series. It provides a unique opportunity to serve as an orientation point for plenty of fine arts events.
Nobel Laureate Author Imre Kertész Dies At 86
- 1 Apr 2016 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Nobel laureate author Imre Kertész died at age 86 after a long and serious illness, the publisher Magvető said. The novelist, essayist and translator was the first Hungarian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming a Nobel laureate in 2002.
Hungarian Director Tarr Receives Fipresci Special Award In Sofia
- 17 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Eminent Hungarian film director Béla Tarr has received the lifetime achievement special award given by the International Federation of Film Critics, at the international film festival in Sofia, the Hungarian National Film Fund said on Wednesday. The FIPRESCI 90 award, established in 2015 to mark the federation’s 90th anniversary, was presented to Tarr by Secretary- General Klaus Eder at a special ...
Week-Long Kurtág 90 Festival Starts Sunday
- 13 Feb 2016 7:04 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian and international musicians will pay their respects to composer and pianist György Kurtág to celebrate his 90th birthday at a week-long festival starting on Sunday. The Kurtág 90 festival organised by the Budapest Music Center (BMC) will be held between February 14 and 21.
Mozart Night-Yang Yoonhee Piano Recital, Korean Cultural Center Budapest, 26 January
- 26 Jan 2016 8:04 AM
- community & culture
I'm struck by how Yoonhee Yang is able to delineate the Well-Tempered Clavier Book Two G Minor Fugue’s closely-knit textures through touch and color alone – not an easy task. (Gramophone, 2010. 5)
Literary Titbits With Ben Fergusson, Brody Studios Budapest, 27 January
- 26 Jan 2016 8:04 AM
- community & culture
Ben Fergusson`s debut novel won the Historical Writers’ Association Debut Crown for debut historical fiction. HWA chair Manda Scott said: “Ben Fergusson’s The Spring of Kasper Meier is a truly outstanding work of fiction that will, I hope, enter into the canon of English literature. It takes the known tragedies of the Second World War and extends them into what was, for most of the judges, an ...
Sunwook Kim Korean Pianists in Budapest Music Center, 8 February
- 20 Jan 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Korean Cultural Center in Budapest proudly presents one of the best Korean pianists in Budapest Music Center. Sunwook Kim won the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition, aged 18, becoming the competition’s youngest winner for 40 years, as well as its first Asian winner.
Tom Hanks Visit’s Budapest’s House Of Terror Museum
- 23 Jul 2015 11:35 AM
- community & culture
Two-times Oscar-winning Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks has visited Budapest’s House of Terror Museum while in the Hungarian capital to shoot his new mystic thriller “Inferno”, adapted from Dan Brown’s bestselling novel. The actor is reported to be an avid fan of history, his father having served in the US Navy during the Second World War and himself playing in several history-themed films during ...