129 result(s) for best director in Community & Culture
Winners Of 10th Armel Opera Festival Announced
- 5 Jul 2017 2:10 AM
- community & culture
Udo Zimmerman’s opera Weisse Rose (White Rose), performed by Swiss theatre company Biel Solothurn Theatre Orchestra, won the prize for best performance at the 10th Armel Opera Festival in Budapest on Tuesday, and French soprano Morgane Heyse won best singer. Armel Festival combines a talent programme for opera singers and a music festival, staging five contemporary operas every year, organisers ...
Festival Of Folk Arts, Budapest, 18 – 21 August
- 3 Jul 2017 9:00 AM
- community & culture
A real international crafts festival, the Festival of Folk arts will welcome its guests for the 30th time between the 18th and the 21st of August. Being true to the tradition, the venue remains the Buda Castle and its surroundings, however due to building works in the Castle there will be a few changes.
Video: 'Budapest Wagner Days', Now On Until 21 June
- 15 Jun 2017 12:55 PM
- community & culture
With a decade-long history, the Budapest Wagner Days is a source of considerable pride, say organisers. Over the course of the past 10 years, the “Danube’s Bayreuth” has staged the complete Bayreuth Canon, i.e. all ten pieces performed on the Green Hill during the composer’s lifetime.
Opera Screening: 'Escape From The Serail', Várkert Bazár, 19 June
- 15 Jun 2017 8:30 AM
- community & culture
Enjoy the best operas in famed theaters such as La Scala in Milan, the Teatro Opera in Rome, the Teatro Regio in Turin, and one of the newest Opera Houses in the world, the Opera di Firenze. The concerts will be screened in original opera language with English subtitles.
Book Launch Event With HRH Princess Michael Of Kent, 5 April
- 21 Mar 2017 6:10 AM
- community & culture
Libri Publishing House invites Xpats to this book launch on 5 April of 'The Queen of Four Kingdoms' by Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent, the only member of the British royal family with Hungarian roots. Her husband, HRH the Prince of Kent is the first cousin of HRH Elisabeth II.
Kodály's The Spinning Room – New Production At Budapest Opera, 23 October
- 22 Oct 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
“A people can best be known through their folk songs,” claimed Zoltán Kodály, one of the crucial proponents of Hungarian music, whose main ambition as a composer, collector of folk songs and music teacher was to inculcate a love for Hungarian folk song and to cultivate a knowledgeable audience.
State Medal Auction Yields 500 Pairs Of Shoes For Impoverished Children
- 14 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Sixteen Hungarian state medals were auctioned off Monday evening for a total of HUF 2.5 million (USD 9,300). The medals were donated to the Protective Charitative Association (Oltalom Karitatív Egyesület) for auction by various Hungarian notables after the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary was bestowed on Fidesz publicist Zsolt Bayer, an outspoken antisemite. The ...
See What Happened @ Internation Ballet At The Italian Institute of Culture
- 24 May 2016 10:05 AM
- community & culture
Internation Ballet is a new project that brings together people from different walks of life through dance and music. Twelve dancers from the Hungarian State Opera performed a variety of new and existing works to live music.
See What Happened @ Cinco de Mayo In Budapest 2016
- 9 May 2016 10:00 AM
- community & culture
Way back on 5 May 1862 a small poorly equipped Mexican army managed to defeat the invading French army, which was considered to be the best in the world at the time. Although Mexico eventually lost the war, the unlikely victory near Puebla came to symbolize a Mexican David defeating a French Goliath. Cinco de Mayo is observed in Mexico as a national holiday, and is celebrated throughout the world ...
Winners Of 10th Armel Opera Festival Announced
- 5 Jul 2017 2:10 AM
- community & culture
Udo Zimmerman’s opera Weisse Rose (White Rose), performed by Swiss theatre company Biel Solothurn Theatre Orchestra, won the prize for best performance at the 10th Armel Opera Festival in Budapest on Tuesday, and French soprano Morgane Heyse won best singer. Armel Festival combines a talent programme for opera singers and a music festival, staging five contemporary operas every year, organisers ...
Festival Of Folk Arts, Budapest, 18 – 21 August
- 3 Jul 2017 9:00 AM
- community & culture
A real international crafts festival, the Festival of Folk arts will welcome its guests for the 30th time between the 18th and the 21st of August. Being true to the tradition, the venue remains the Buda Castle and its surroundings, however due to building works in the Castle there will be a few changes.
Video: 'Budapest Wagner Days', Now On Until 21 June
- 15 Jun 2017 12:55 PM
- community & culture
With a decade-long history, the Budapest Wagner Days is a source of considerable pride, say organisers. Over the course of the past 10 years, the “Danube’s Bayreuth” has staged the complete Bayreuth Canon, i.e. all ten pieces performed on the Green Hill during the composer’s lifetime.
Opera Screening: 'Escape From The Serail', Várkert Bazár, 19 June
- 15 Jun 2017 8:30 AM
- community & culture
Enjoy the best operas in famed theaters such as La Scala in Milan, the Teatro Opera in Rome, the Teatro Regio in Turin, and one of the newest Opera Houses in the world, the Opera di Firenze. The concerts will be screened in original opera language with English subtitles.
Book Launch Event With HRH Princess Michael Of Kent, 5 April
- 21 Mar 2017 6:10 AM
- community & culture
Libri Publishing House invites Xpats to this book launch on 5 April of 'The Queen of Four Kingdoms' by Her Royal Highness Princess Michael of Kent, the only member of the British royal family with Hungarian roots. Her husband, HRH the Prince of Kent is the first cousin of HRH Elisabeth II.
Kodály's The Spinning Room – New Production At Budapest Opera, 23 October
- 22 Oct 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
“A people can best be known through their folk songs,” claimed Zoltán Kodály, one of the crucial proponents of Hungarian music, whose main ambition as a composer, collector of folk songs and music teacher was to inculcate a love for Hungarian folk song and to cultivate a knowledgeable audience.
State Medal Auction Yields 500 Pairs Of Shoes For Impoverished Children
- 14 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Sixteen Hungarian state medals were auctioned off Monday evening for a total of HUF 2.5 million (USD 9,300). The medals were donated to the Protective Charitative Association (Oltalom Karitatív Egyesület) for auction by various Hungarian notables after the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary was bestowed on Fidesz publicist Zsolt Bayer, an outspoken antisemite. The ...
See What Happened @ Internation Ballet At The Italian Institute of Culture
- 24 May 2016 10:05 AM
- community & culture
Internation Ballet is a new project that brings together people from different walks of life through dance and music. Twelve dancers from the Hungarian State Opera performed a variety of new and existing works to live music.
See What Happened @ Cinco de Mayo In Budapest 2016
- 9 May 2016 10:00 AM
- community & culture
Way back on 5 May 1862 a small poorly equipped Mexican army managed to defeat the invading French army, which was considered to be the best in the world at the time. Although Mexico eventually lost the war, the unlikely victory near Puebla came to symbolize a Mexican David defeating a French Goliath. Cinco de Mayo is observed in Mexico as a national holiday, and is celebrated throughout the world ...