hungarian cultural centre - programme brochure apr-aug 2015

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9 Apr ≥ page 5

• exhibition

Crisscross Stories –Estonian and Hungarian FairyTales Illustrations

16 Apr ≥ page 7

• literature

The Anglo-Hungarian Poet Ferenc Békássy– Talk by George Gömöri

17 Apr ≥ page 8

• exhibition

Tamás Dezsô: Notes For An Epilogue

21 Apr ≥ page 10

• lecture

Hungarian musical life in the shadow of Nazism; the work of OMIKE’s ArtistAction – Talk by Ágnes Kôry

23 Apr ≥ page 11

• children & families

Kodály-based musicsessions for children and their families

28 Apr ≥ page 12

• concert

Dóra Kokas – Violoncello

2 May – 20 June ≥ page 13

• exhibition

Forma Hungarica

6 May ≥ page 15



10–12 May ≥ page 15

• design

Hungarian designers at Pulse London 2015

12 May ≥ page 16

• film + q & a

White God (2014)Q&A with award-winningdirector Kornél Mundruczó

13 May ≥ page 18

• masterclass

Masterclass with Hungariandirector Kornél Mundruczó

14 & 15 May ≥ page 19

• jazz

World-class pianist BélaSzakcsi Lakatos in London

18 May ≥ page 20

• monday music soirées

The Lanner Quartet’sMusical Treat at HCC

19 May ≥ page 20

• concert

The Lanner Quartet’sMusical Treat in Oxford

20 May ≥ page 21

• lecture

Voltaire as Europeancelebrity: from England to Hungary – Talk byProfessor Nicholas Cronk

20 May ≥ page 22

• concert

Iván Fischer and theBudapest Festival Orchestra

21 May ≥ page 23



21 May ≥ page 23

• lecture

Bartók’s Travels – Talk by Roy Rashbrook

1 June ≥ page 25

• monday music soirées

Piano recital of SomangJeagal from South Korea

4 June ≥ page 27


Kodály-based music sessionsfor children and their families

4 June ≥ page 27

• literature

Pixel by Krisztina Tóth at ELN Translation Pitch

18 June ≥ page 29


Kodály-based music sessionsfor children and their families

18 June ≥ page 29

• talk

Hungarian travellers tocolonial Bengal – Lecture byProfessor Imre Bangha

19 June ≥ page 30

• history

Statutes, Constitutions and a Golden Bull: Early EuropeanParallels to Magna Carta By Graham Loud, Martyn Rady, Miri Rubin and Nicholas Vincent

24 June ≥ page 31

• lecture

The Hungarian Excavationsin the Royal Palace ofTetrarch Herod Antipas atthe Dead Sea, where SaintJohn the Baptist wasBeheaded – By Gyôzô Vörös

16, 17, 22, 23 July ≥ page 32

• concert

UK Tour of Bohém Ragtime Band

13–16 August ≥ page 34

• opera

The Edinburgh InternationalFestival presents:The Marriage of Figaro Budapest Festival Orchestraconducted by Iván Fischer

18 August ≥ page 35

• concert

The Edinburgh InternationalFestival presents:Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra

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Nóra Kelementhe university of glasgow

The very first thought I recall having when I saw the announcement of the project of Student Ambassador of Hungarian Culture was the enormous excitement and theimmediate rush of ideas. As my field of study closely relates to politics and diplomacy,I submitted my application in the belief that my enthusiasm, my previous experienceand my commitment would help me achieve the aims set in my action plan.

As a Student Ambassador ofHungarian Culture I believe that cultural diplomacy has animportant role to play in buildingbridges between countries andindividuals. I also believe thatcultural, science and sportsdiplomacy is a form of connectionbuilding that is done by theindividuals rather than politicalactors. Therefore, as anadvocate of the culture of myhome country, my responsibilitylies in connecting to studentcommunities and inviting them

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INTRODUCING THE STUDENT AMBASSADORS OF HUNGARIAN CULTURE

By launching the Student Ambassador of Hungarian Culture project in October2014, the Hungarian Cultural Centre wanted to inspire and motivate universitystudents to promote Hungarian culture in the United Kingdom as Student

Ambassadors at their universities. The call was open to students enrolled at any of the accredited colleges or universities in the United Kingdom.

The selection process had two rounds. After the first, written round the successful candidates proved their capabilities through a Skypepresentation when they had the opportunity to elaborate on their action

plans. On 26 January 2014 we announced the two winners: Nóra Kelemenfrom the Universtiy of Glasgow and Márk Kendernay from the University

of Bath. Our Student Ambassadors were appointed by HE Péter SzabadhegyAmbassador of Hungary in London, Dr Beáta Pászthy Director of the HungarianCultural Centre, Gyöngyi Végh Head of Programming and Communications andBarbara Révész Leader of the Project.

nóra kelemen, he péter szabadhegy, dr beáta pászthy

to explore Hungarian cultural values. Being appointed with these responsibilities in a country as diverse and multicultural as the UK, and at a university as vibrant as The University of Glasgow, allows me to communicate and build culturalrelationships with students from various countries all over the world.

My action plan consists of a set of events and programmes. About half of thesewere already up and running at the time of my appointment, however the planincludes initiatives which are yet to be implemented. The action plan aims to promoteHungarian film and gastro culture, Hungarian literature, folklore and culturalheritage within the framework of social events, extra-curricular activities, essaywriting competitions and newspaper articles. One of the ideas, however, should beset apart from the above, for it was developed with the purpose of encouragingGlasgow students to spend their exchange semesters at one of the partnerinstitutions of the university in Budapest. The idea implies creating a Bon Voyageprospectus which includes all famous art galleries, festivals, student hot-spots,historical sights, pubs, bars, cinemas and theatres in Budapest which couldcontribute towards a great exchange experience.

I am delighted to be appointed for the role of Student Ambassador of HungarianCulture. The opportunity of being a student ambassador is an opportunity to representthe cultural values of my home country and a great chance to help individuals ofother nationalities to discover the richness and diversity of Hungarian culture.

Márk Kendernayuniversity of bath

Defining culture appears to be difficult, perhapsbecause of its boundless diversity. It coversart, music and traditions in the classical term,however, design and sport among others havealso been connected to it recently. In fact,culture is arguably an ever-growing field, it is all around us. The challenges that emergein other areas, due to this very complexity,provoke the need for change in the culturalworld as well. The role of Hungarian culture inthis increasingly global context is a questionthat a student ambassador finds trulyfascinating.

I have applied for the project of the HungarianCultural Centre because it provides an excellentopportunity for an intellectual adventure whileit enables contribution to a larger community.It is a substantial form of voluntary work.

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Having lived more than nine years in international environment and travelled tomany places, I have learned that communication is not only key for understandingothers, but can provide us with valuable answers about ourselves too. In light of this,cultural diplomacy has a great potential at dynamic places such as universitiesacross the United Kingdom.

As a Student Ambassador of Hungarian Culture, my plan for the one-year mandateconsists of mainly two projects. Firstly, Budapest in the past years has witnessed a significant increase in tourism, notably among young people. While the city seems to be attractive for short stays, its potential appeal for students and youngprofessionals from the United Kingdom is yet to be discovered. In order to explorethis possibility, I co-operate with various parties both from Budapest and Bath, the university I am currently studying Architecture at.

Secondly, sport plays an important role in forming and sustaining communities. After a successful charity run in Brussels organised with the help of localHungarians in 2013, I would like to take my experiences and create a similarcommunity event addressed to both Hungarians and those interested in Hungarianculture. I believe this philanthropist approach must have an increasing relevance inour image of culture today and in the future.

However, neither of these projects could exist without a broad discussion. Thehistory and culture of Hungary and the United Kingdom have numerous links whichcan form the basis of this dialogue. As a Student Ambassador of Hungarian Culture,I wish to take part as well as encourage others to engage in this dialogue, which cancertainly reveal fascinating discoveries for all.

Thursday | 9 April | 6.30pm (private viewing)≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA

e EXHIBITION

Crisscross Stories Estonian and Hungarian Fairy Tales Illustrations

The exhibition “Crisscross Stories” presents today’s fairy tales from Hungary and Estonia.Writers in both countries wrote fairy tales, which were then sent to Hungary to beillustrated. 25 Hungarian artists chose their favourite tale from Estonia, and 25 Estonianartists chose their favourite Hungarian tale.

The Hungarian illustrators were Anna Holló, Kinga Rofusz, Katalin Szegedi, Panni Bodonyi,Gabriella Makhult, Jacqueline Molnár and others. They provided pictures for works byEstonian authors, such as Leelo Tungal, Aidi Vallik, Aino Pervik, Piret Raud, Kätlin Kaldmaa,Kristiina Kass, Tiia Toomet, Kerttu Soans and Jaanus Vaiksoo.

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The work of Hungarian writers János Lackfi, Angi Máté, Petra Finy, Péter Dóka and otherswas illustrated by Viive Noor, Juss Piho, Anne Pikkov, Maara Vint, Regina Lukk-Toompere,Kerttu Sillaste, Katrin Erlich, Urmas Viik, Enno Ootsing, Jüri and Piret Mildeberg and others.

The Estonian Children’s Literature Centre opened the exhibition in March, which thentravelled to Haapsalu, Tapa and Kuressaare. There is also a catalogue in Estonian,Hungarian and English. Cooperation partners are the Centre of Estonian Children’sLiterature, Estonian Graphic Designers’ Union, Estonian Institute in Hungary, HungarianInstitute in Estonia and Hungarian children’s magazine Csodaceruza.

The project was supported by the Estonian Ministry of Culture, Estonian Cultural Endowmentand Estonian Graphic Designers’ Union. The London exhibition was realised through thecooperation of the Embassy of Estonia in London and the Hungarian Cultural Centre London.

Exhibition open: 10–30 AprilOpening hours:Mon–Thurs: 10am–5pm, Fri: 10am–2pm

Δ Free but booking is required. Please call 020 7240 8448 or [email protected] keep up-to-date please join the event on our Facebook pagewww.facebook.com/HCCLondon

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Thursday | 16 April | 7pm≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA

e LITERATURE

the british–hungarian fellowship presents

The Anglo-Hungarian Poet Ferenc BékássyTo mark the Hungarian National Poetry Day – Talk by George Gömöri

Ferenc Békássy was born into a family of old Hungarian nobility and educated in England,spending five years in Bedales School and four years in King’s College, Cambridge. He wrotepoetry both in English and Hungarian and while his poems in English were included in the anthology Cambridge Poets 1900–1913, his poems in Hungarian were published

only posthumously. Whilst in Cambridge Békássy wasbefriended by the economist John Maynard Keynes andwith his recommendation became the first foreign memberof the famous debating society ‘Apostles’ in Cambridge.He and the English poet Rupert Brooke were rivals forthe affection of Noël Olivier, whom Békássy had firstmet at Bedales. Tragically both Békássy and Brooke diedin 1915 fighting on opposite sides during World War I. In both cases they wrote their last letter to Noël Olivier.Ferenc Békássy’s letters to Noël, translated intoHungarian were published by Aranymadár publishers,Budapest, in 2013.

George (György) Gömöri, Emeritus Fellow of DarwinCollege, Cambridge, taught Polish and HungarianLiterature in Cambridge. He is a Hungarian-born poet and translator. In 1956 a university student at ELTE and already a published poet, he was a key figure in theorganisation of the student march demanding reforms from the communist regime, which escalated into theRevolution. In November 1956 he left Hungary andbecame a graduate student in St. Antony’s College,Oxford. Since then he has published over fifty books,including Polishing October, New and Selected Poemsand Rózsalovaglás (Riding with Roses), his latestcollection of poems in Hungarian in 2014 and a book of essays, A rejtôzködô Balassi (Balassi Hiding) also

in October 2014. He is a member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Science (Cracow) and has received numerous awards and prizes, the last one of which is the JanusPannonius Prize for Translation at Pécs, Hungary.

Δ Free but booking is required. Please call 020 7240 8448 or email [email protected] keep up-to-date please join the event on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/HCCLondon

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17 April – 13 June≥ The Photographers’ Gallery �16–18 Ramillies Street, London W1F 7LW

e EXHIBITION

Tamás Dezsô: Notes For An Epilogue

Print Sales’ Gallery presents Notes for an Epilogue and Here, Anywhere the acclaimedseries by Hungarian photographer Tamás Dezsô. This will be the first UK exhibition ofDezsô’s work following his much lauded presentation at Unseen, Amsterdam in 2014.Notes for an Epilogue and Here, Anywhere are on-going bodies of work depicting atime of transition in rural Romania and across Hungary following the fall of Communismin the late 1980s. The projects comprise images of large-scale, painterly landscapes,derelict factories and life on the periphery of society. With these series Dezsô is not

offering portraits of a nation butrather a careful examination ofthe decaying ruins of the Sovietera, their effects on villages, com -mu nities and individuals and theslow disappearance of centuries-old traditions.

Dezsô began his career as a photo -journalist for various magazinesand daily newspapers beforedeciding to focus on his own workexamining Eastern Europe at atime of major political transition.Starting in 2009 with Here,Anywhere in his native Hungary,Dezsô turned his attention in 2011to neighbouring Romania wheretotalitarianism and forcedindustrialisation under the rule of Nicolae Ceaucescu took a moreaggressive form. Following thedissolution of the Soviet Union a series of sweeping political and economic reforms endeddecades of physical andintellectual oppression.

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Waves of migration turnedindustrial areas into ghosttowns, fanning support for far right political groups inHungary while also generatingfeelings of misplaced nostalgiathroughout the region.

Avoiding a direct documentaryapproach Dezsô imbues hisimages with a heavy sense ofatmosphere, making use ofmuted palettes and winterscenery to convey an unsettlingstillness. Dilapidated factoriessymbolise the psychologicaland physical condition offormer workers now yearningfor the stability of previoustimes. Traditional costumes,particularly as seen in hisphotographs of Romania, alludeto the failure of successivegovernments in spreading neweconomic and social policieswhile also acting as sentimentalreminders of a world quicklydisappearing.

Tamás Dezsô was born in 1978,and is based in Budapest. His work has been exhibitedworld wide and has beenpublished in the British Journalof Photography, Sunday Times,New York Times, TIME Magazine,National Geographic, GEO, Le Monde Magazine, Wired,PDN, HotShoe Magazine, and

many others. He is also the recipient of numerous awards, among them the firstplace at CENTER’s Project Competition, the Daylight & Center for DocumentaryStudies Project Prize, and the Grand Prize at the Jeune Création Européenne Biennal.He has been nominated twice for the prestigious Prix Pictet.

Opening times: Mon–Sat 10am–6pm, Thursdays 10am–8pm, Sun 11:30am–6pm. Free entry.

Δ Further information please visit www.thephotographersgallery.org.uk and www.tamas-dezso.com

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Tuesday | 21 April | 7pm≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA

e LECTURE

to mark the holocaust remembrance day

Hungarian musical life in the shadow of Nazism; the work of OMIKE’s Artist ActionTalk by Ágnes Kôry With music examples of Bach, Bartók, Weiner and others

In spite of strict laws preventing Jewish participation in Hungary’s cultural life,particularly during the German occupation (the official date of which is March 1944,although the German Nazi influence was evident earlier), music-making by Jewsrefused to die out without a fight. With the aid of some outstanding Jewish culturalfigures, Hungarian Jewish musicians organised their own regular events in Jewishpremises under the collective name of OMIKE. Their concert and opera performanceswere of very high standard and, arguably, they had positive influence even on post-warmusical progress.

Conductor Frigyes Sándor was a crucial and very active OMIKE artist; he introducedand premiered Bartók’s Divertimento for String Orchestra in Hungary. (Bartók, noteasily given to praise, was very complimentary about Sándor). Over fifty years agoconductor Sándor became the musical director of a student chamber orchestra which(under his guidance) developed into the highly successful Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra(FLCO). One could argue that Sándor’s OMIKE experiences bore fruits in the FLCO.Sadly, many OMIKE artists did not survive the Holocaust.

Hungarian-born Agnes Kory (Kôry Ágnes) is a graduate of the Béla Bartók ConservatoireBudapest, Royal Academy of Music Londonand University of London. An ex-professionalcellist, she focuses on research into a varietyof fields (such as baroque string instruments,Bartók, Kodály, Holocaust and other topics).Agnes Kory leads the Béla Bartók Centre forMusicianship where specialised musicianshiptraining coexists with comprehensive musiceducation.



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23 April, 11am–11.45am 6 May, 11am–11.45am | 21 May, 11am–11.45am4 June, 11am–11.45am | 18 June, 11am–11.45am≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA

e CHILDREN & FAMILIES

Kodály-based music sessions for children (0–5 yrs) and their familiesJointly presented by the Hungarian Cultural Association Guildford and the Hungarian Cultural Centre

These music sessions are suitable for children as small as 6-month-old. During thesessions the parents learn and try out songs and games they can use at home withtheir children, which will help them develop not only their musical skills but create a strong bond between parents and children.

Mária Chambers, founding director and a highly experienced teacher of the HungarianCultural Association in Guildford, leads the sessions. She plays music, sings and enchants children and parents with the engaging andcreative activities.

Δ £6/child/session. To book your place, please contact Mária Chambers on 01483 808 643, 07843 054 940 or [email protected]


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≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA

e CONCERT

Dóra Kokas on violoncelloOlga Sitkovetsky on piano

Dóra Kokas was born in 1992 and has already established herself as one of the leadingcellists of her generation, performing regularly as a recitalist, chamber musician aswell as a soloist. She started participating in cello competitions at the early age ofseven, and has been awarded top Prizes ever since.

In 2006 and 2007 Dóra Kokas studied at the Summer String Academy in Bloomington – Indiana with Susan Moses and János Starker and won the Academy’s ‘Haydn-StringQuartet Competition’ together with her quartet. Dóra also studied with Márta Agócsat the Kecskemét, subsequently at the Budapest Saint Stephen Conservatoire from2003. From 2006 onwards she attended the Special Class for Extraordinary Talents at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy in Budapest under the direction of László Mezô,and from 2009-2011 at the Vienna University of Music under the direction of ReinhardLatzko. She recently studies at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy under the direction of Miklós Perényi and she is also a student of the Razumovsky Academy in London inthe class of professor Oleg Kogan.

Dóra is a founding member of the Prize Winning Kelemen Quartet (2010–2015), one of Hungary’s leading ensembles. Apart from concerts in Melbourne, Switzerland, Italy,Germany, Austria and Croatia, the quartet has been re-invited after its successfuldebut tour in the USA (New York, Greenwich, Dallas), India and Australia. She recentlywon 2 prizes at the Pablo Casals Inter national Cello Competition in Budapest 2014.Last December she also won the Liszt Academy Soloist Competition in Budapest. Dóra is performing on 1863 cello built by Joseph Homolka in Kuttenberg, with a bowmade by P. Serdet – Paris, kindly on loan from Pierre Stonborough – Vienna, since 2005.

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R. SchumannFantasiestücke Op.73

D. ShostakovichD-minor Cello Sonata Op.40

J. BrahmsE-minor Cello Sonata Op.38

B. Martinu Variations on a Theme of Rossini


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Born in Moscow, Russia, Olga Sitkovetsky studied piano and concertmaster skills at the College of Music affiliated with the Moscow Conservatory, and later at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Sitkovetsky has performed as an accompanist innumerous international violin competitions and has received numerous awards for her accompaniment. She has also participated in the International Musical Academies in Tours (France), Kent (England) and in summer courses in Italy and France.

In 1991, Lord Menuhin invited her as an accompanistto the Yehudi Menuhin School of Music in Surrey,England. Her work at the School from 1991-2000has helped a number of students to win top prizesat major international competitions. Sitkovetskynow enjoys accompanying these former students,now accomplished musicians, in their tours all over the world. She participated in a recordingcelebrating Lord Menuhin’s 80th birthday. In July1998, Sitkovetsky made her official Americandebut at the renowned Newport Music Festival in Rhode Island.

Sitkovetsky has toured extensively in Italy, Belgium, Gilbraltar, Japan, New Zealandand the United Kingdom. 2002 and 2003 found her performing in some of the mostprestigious concert venues in the world including Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw,the Salzburg ‘Mozarteum’ and the Vienna Konzerthaus. She has also recorded withvarious artists for Angel Records/EMI Classics, Dynamic, Naxos and ASV.

Δ Free but booking is required. Please call 020 7240 8448 or email [email protected] To keep up-to-date please join the event on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/HCCLondon

Saturday | 2 May – Saturday | 20 June≥ Kings Lynn Art Centre �King St, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE30 1HA

e EXHIBITION

Forma Hungarica – Post-war Hungarian CeramicsFrom the Graham Cooley Collection

Design behind the Iron Curtain is a fascinating area of research. From 1945 to 1990many great artists developed their work in isolation from the West. Interestingly, this also meant isolation from what we might call ‘accepted history’, because most of these great practitioners have not recently been written about or exhibited.Rediscovery and reassessment is an essential part of progress in historical analysis. It is also the most enjoyable part of piecing together information about a newcollection of historical objects.

The parallels between Hungarian ceramics and Czech glass are very strong. Exportingfrom the Comecon countries was highly co-ordinated and controlled. Designer glasscame from Czechoslovakia and designer ceramics from Hungary. There were acceptedartists who could sell their work through the Arts and Crafts Company (IparmûvészetiVállalat) or the state organised Artex, and those promoted by the State were prolificin their time. The names of most of these artists have disappeared over time, so theorganisers hope that this exhibition will bring their work the exposure that it deserves.The exhibition, a world first in this area will feature over 400 objects from the GrahamCooley Collection. Géza Gorka (the great establishment figure) and Lívia Gorka (his rebellious daughter; excluded from the academy) will be in the Fermoy Gallery.The main exhibition will be the Shakespeare Barn and period literature will be in theRed Barn. The exhibition catalogue published by King’s Lynn Arts Centre with textcommissioned by Péter Langh of the 567 gallery in Budapest will be the firstpublication on the subject in English.

This exhibition marks the 5th fruitful collaboration between the collector and King’sLynn Arts Centre and the exhibition promises to be both captivating and informative.

The main exhibition features the work of the following notable ceramic artists:István Gádor, Géza Gorka, Margit Kovács, Lívia Gorka, József Garányi, János Török,Katalin Garányiné Staindl, Sándor Illés, Ilona Benkô, Viktor Janáky, Árpád Csekovszky,Éva Bod, Ildikó Várdeák, Mária Hadamcsik, János Papp, Ferenc Pál, Kati Ferenczy,Jenô Eschenbach


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Wednesday | 6 May | 11am – 11.45am≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA


Kodály-based Music Sessions for Children (0–5 yrs) and their Families

Jointly presented by the Hungarian Cultural Association Guildford and the Hungarian Cultural Centre. See page 11 for more information.


Sunday | 10 May – Tuesday | 12 May ≥ London Olympia �Hammersmith Road, Kensington, London W14 8UX

e DESIGN

Hungarian designers at Pulse London 2015 (Stand 238)

Budapest-based Design Terminal and London-based Hu+ in partnership with the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA) and the Hungarian Cultural Centre

Design Terminal is an urban institution. The performance of cities which useappropriate tools to encourage emerging creative startups positively affects theircountries’ competitiveness as a whole. Design Terminal is a European institution,recognising and promoting the European Commission’s 2014-2020 aims linked to thedevelopment of the creative industries. The development of the Hungarian creativeindustries supports the segments based on intellectual performance to gain broaderperspective.

Design Terminal is also a community institution, aiming to be an example as a publicbody through the charity side of its activities and its employees’ voluntary work. The key fields of Design Terminal are: Industrial Design, Fashion, InnovativeTechnologies and Urbanism. One of Design Terminal’s goals is to highlight the work of designers, engineers and startups active in the sector. In order to do this, duringoccasional informal conversations, formal meetings and conferences organised by Design Terminal and its partners, sector players can introduce themselves to international and national groups of investors, the profession and the public.


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Hu+ is a community of Hungarian professionals from a variety of backgrounds. They aimto open up new routes for talented Hungarians by working together on exciting projects.They provide space for fresh and new ideas and help them reach markets outside Hungary.

Hothouse Hungary celebrates thenew venue of Pulse, as its standdesign is inspired by the ‘palm house-like’ building of Olympia. Palm trees and exotic plants create a wonderfully lush and pleasantenvironment, which is filled with thetreasures of Hungarian designers.

Pulse is the UK’s only trade event in the retail sector that offers the newest, mostexclusive, directional and unique products, inspirational industry insight and cuttingedge trend forecasts, throughout the year. If you are part of the retail trade, arethinking of setting up your own business, are looking to exhibit in the future or areaccompanying a friend or colleague, the organisers welcome you to attend. Please notethat exhibitors will not sell to members of the general public at the show.

Opening times: Sunday 10 May & Monday 11 May, 9.30–18.00, Tuesday 12 May, 9.30–17.00

Please note Pulse is a Trade Only event and is not open to the general public.

Δ For further information and registration please visit www.pulse-london.com

Tuesday | 12 May | 5.30pm ≥ London Film School �24 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9UB

e FILM SCREENING and Q&A

White God (2014)Cannes award-winning director Kornél Mundruczó in Q&A

Kornél Mundruczó was born in Hungary in 1975.He studied at the Hungarian University of Filmand Drama and is now a renowned Europeanfilm-director, whose films premier at the most prestigious festivals all over the world.He directed his short film Afta shortly afterleaving school. It went on to win numerousinternational awards. Pleasant Days, his firstfeature film, was awarded the Silver Leopard in Locarno in 2002 for best first and secondfeature. He entered the Cannes Residence in 2003. His second feature film Johanna – an


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operatic adaptation of the story of Joanof Arc – was pre sented in the Un CertainRegard in 2005. His third feature filmDelta won the Fipresci Critics’ Award inCannes 2008.

His film Tender Son was shown in theOffical Selection of Cannes 2010.Mundruczó’s latest movie White God wonthe Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes2014 and was screened at the 58th BFILondon Film Festival. White God has alsobeen selected as the official Hungarianentry for the 87th Academy Awards.

Kornél Mundruczó has been working forthe stage for several years now, withKrétakör Theatre, National Theatre ofHungary, Thalia Theater Hamburg,Schauspiel Hannover and TR Warsawaamong others, but basically whenever hefinds a topic, a group or a venue whichinspires him. During the working processhe tries to build a team and often ends up inviting some of the same actors, whobecome creative partners. It is with themthat he devises the productions. After

freelancing with more or less the same group of people for several years, he founded his independent theatre company, PROTON Theatre together with Dóra Büki in 2009.

The London Film School is recognised as one of the world’s key graduate schools andremains film education’s most cosmopolitan institution – LFS graduates are establishedin film and television production in more than eighty countries. Alumni include manygreat filmmakers and very successful technicians, covering all kinds of cinema. LFS is one of only three institutions licensed as a Skillset Film Academy. Skillsetidentified a small number of institutions which offer the highest quality training andskills and these have been approved by the UK film industry as centres of excellence.The LFS mission is to provide an environment for excellent filmmaking, matching issues of craft and technology with the development of creativity and collaboration.

Metrodome Group Ltd is a London-based company that owns, manages and distributesfilm, TV and digital content. The Company operates through two divisions: MetrodomeDistribution (feature films and home entertainment in the UK) and Hollywood Classics.The Company’s library of rights includes over 300 feature films. Metrodome is the UKdistributor of the movie White God, a copy of which it generously lends us for this screening.

Please note this event is by invitation only.


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Wednesday | 13 May | 7pm≥ London Film School �24 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9UB

e MASTERCLASS

hungarian student college presents

Masterclass with Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó

In his masterclass for students and the general public the award-winning directorKornél Mundruczó unveils some aspects of the fascinating art of film-making, whichhe will illustrate with selected film clips.

This event is part of the Hungarian Cultural Centre’s initiative called HungarianStudent College which the HCC organises in partnership with the Association ofHungarian Students Abroad (KÜMA) and the Hungarian Societies of UCLU, LSE, King’s College, SOAS, and Imperial College. The Hungarian Student College aims to invite internationally recognised experts of various fields – diplomacy, politics,science, art, business – who can engage and inspire the younger generation.

On this occasion the Student College is delighted to present Kornél Mundruczó winnerof the Cannes Un Certain Regard Prize for his film White God. The event will alsoinvolve a Q&A with director Kornél Mundruczó. All are warmly welcome at this uniqueinternational gathering of students, film lovers, experts and the general public.



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Thursday | 14 May | 8.30pm≥ 606 Jazz Club � 90 Lots Road, Chelsea, London SW10 0QD

Friday | 15 May | 7.30pm≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre � 10 Maiden Lane, London WC2E 7NA

e JAZZ

World-class pianist Béla Szakcsi Lakatos in London

Béla Szakcsi Lakatos, Hungary’s world-famous style-setting, innovative pianist isconstantly exploring his ancient roots while preserving his own unique style. His solowork straddles the fine borderline between modern jazz and contemporary music,while he is one of the most emphatic accompanists. Szakcsi single-handedly inventeda Hungarian brand of Gipsy Jazz, quite different from the style developed by the lateDjango Reinhardt. He immediately caught the attention of the British critics when heplayed with Arnie Somogyi’s ten-piece band, Improvokation both at the Cheltenham

Jazz Festival and at RonnieScott’s. Alyn Shipton inThe Times wrote of ‘thebrilliantly eccentric pianismof Béla Szakcsi Lakatos’,while John Fordham of TheGuardian simply statedthat ‘pianist Béla SzakcsiLakatos is wonderful’. In November 2007 he andhis augmented grouprepresented Hungary atthe London Jazz Festival.His frenetically successfulconcert was broadcastlive by Radio 3. Since thenhe has played with thelikes of Jack DeJohnette,John Patitucci and Chris

Potter, just to name a few. With the Visegrád All Stars formation, which included topjazzmen from the four Visegrád countries, Béla Szakcsi Lakatos mesmerised the250-strong London audience in 2013. He is the only jazz musician in Hungary to holdthe highest artistic award, Artist of the Nation.

Δ Entry: £10. For more information and booking please contact 606 at [email protected], on 0207 352 5953 or visit www.606club.co.uk

Concert at the Hungarian Cultural Centre is free, but booking is required. Please call 020 7240 8448 or email [email protected]

To keep up-to-date please join the event on our Facebook page.


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Monday | 18 May | 7pm≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA

Tuesday | 19 May | 7pm≥ Leonard Wolfson Auditorium �Wolfson College, Oxford

e MONDAY MUSIC SOIRÉES

The Lanner Quartet’s Musical Treat

Members of the Lanner Quartet believe that everybody likes great music but classicalperformances need to be reformed in order to be alluring for the public. Therefore thequartet, which is a cultural start-up venture, was brought to life in the summer of

2012 with a special aim. The musiciansdecided to appear on the culturalscene with a string-quartet which isradically different in style, operation,programmes and musical approachfrom a traditional approach. At thebeginning of the 21st century theaudience seems to drift away from the performer. This is why the LannerQuartet would like to win newaudiences for high-quality culture.With a unique image and the help ofmodern management an old traditioncalled ‘salon concerts’ is beingrenewed. Probably it is not surprisingthat with this philosophy, the quartetdiffers from the well-known quartetstereotypes in all aspects.

Unconventionally the Lanner Quartet uses double bass instead of cello and theywelcome their audience personally before the concerts. The performances areinteractive and they add some surprises to the programmes. The audience can appear together with their children and they can forget about concert hall rules. The Quartet also appears at less-known concert venues. At the end of a performancenobody is rushing to the cloakroom: people usually stay longer to talk to each otherand the artists.

The Lanner Quartet calls their self-directed performances Musical Treats. These arefree of charge and they welcome the audience with high-quality music, delicacies ofgastronomy and usually some kind of surprise that can be won on the spot. TheseMusical Treats are always moderated by the musicians themselves. The MusicalTreats are always full-house performances, having the power to bring the communitytogether. These events are attended by people who are not regular concert goers orhave stayed away from classical music up till now.


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Members of the Lanner Quartet:Gábor Selmeczi – Guest violinist of the Budapest Festival and the ViennaPhilharmonic OrchestraPéter Kostyál – Violinist of Budapest Festival OrchestraZoltán Fekete – Viola artist of Budapest Festival Orchestra and Erkel FerencChamber OrchestraAttila Martos – Double bass artist of Budapest Festival Orchestra – spent severalyears in Japan as a guest section leader of double bass at Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa

Peer of Schubert, violinist, conductor and composer, JosephLanner can be considered as the father of waltz. He was aunique musician: he organized his own concerts and led anorchestra. He was passionate about music and everything elsein connection with it. Johann Strauss Sr. also learned from him.He visited Budapest on numerous occasions and he composedseveral pieces for Hungarian musicians. The Quartet choseLanner as a name because of his approach and intellectuality.

The Lanner Quartet would like the audience to get to know his name because his workwas ahead of the Strauss family’s time and his reputation was just as high in his own era.

Δ Free with the option to donate in support of the Quartet’s Foundation. To book your place please call 020 7240 8448 or email [email protected] To keep up-to-date please join the event on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/HCCLondon

Wednesday | 20 May | 7pm≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA

e LECTURE

Voltaire as European celebrity: from England to Hungary Talk by Professor Nicholas Cronk

Have you ever wondered why there is a Green Plaque with the name of Voltaire on theportal of the Hungarian Cultural Centre? Did he actually live here, in the present building?All will be revealed by Professor Nicholas Cronk in his enlightening presentation.


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MAGYAR MINDOpen Lecture Series


Voltaire has been hailed as the first modern celebrity, andin his lifetime he was famous far beyond the frontiers ofFrance. In the 1730s he lived in London, lodging in MaidenLane, on the site of the Hungarian Cultural Centre. He wrotelater a pioneering universal history of the world where heplaced all the world’s cultures on a similar footing, and hisworks, widely read in French, were also translated in theeighteenth century into many languages, including Hungarian.

Professor Nicholas Cronk is Director ofthe Voltaire Foundation in the Universityof Oxford. He is the general editor of theComplete works of Voltaire, published inOxford, the first ever complete editionof Voltaire’s writings. Begun in 1968, thepaper edition is due to be completed in

five years’ time, when it will number some 230 volumes.


Wednesday | 20 May | 7.30pm≥ Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre �Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX

e CONCERT

Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra return to London

This concert will be a unique opportunity to hear the Budapest Festival Orchestraperform with their musical director Iván Fischer and pianist Maria João Pires in theSouthbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. The Budapest Festival Orchestra is celebratedfor its spontaneity and fiery intensity, and their conductor Iván Fischer is renownedfor his originality and galvanising effect on stage.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:Overture, The Magic Flute

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat, K.271

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The concert opens with Mozart’s joyful, bubbling Overture to his opera The Magic Flutebefore Maria João Pires takes to the piano for the composer’s delicate, delightfulPiano Concerto No.9. Brahms’ Symphony No.1 takes the concert into more troubledwaters. A Romantic symphony in full bloom that takes its inspiration fromBeethoven’s dramatic depths.

‘[Ivan Fisher] doesn’t shape the music through gesture so much as impersonate it withhis whole body, and the orchestra responds in kind.’ (Ivan Hewett in Daily Telegraph)

Δ Tickets: £50, £35, £20, £10. For further information and booking please visit the Southbank Centre’swebsite: www.southbankcentre.co.uk

Thursday | 21 May | 11am – 11.45am≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA






Thursday | 21 May | 7pm≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA

e LECTURE

the british hungarian fellowship presents

Bartók’s Travels Talk by Roy Rashbrook

As a typical English music student in the late 1980s, one of Roy Rashbrook’s chiefframes of reference with regard to Hungarian Culture was the music of Béla Bartók.Now, in English schools, the first thing one is taught about Bartók is that heincorporated Hungarian folk melodies into his music. This puts him neatly into thesame category as his British contemporary Vaughan Williams. However, as Roy’sstudies progressed, so increased his frustration at the apparent lack of musicalexamples to back up this information. Excerpts from Bartók’s oevre were alwaysplayed but never an example of real Hungarian folk music to illustrate the similarity.Having first met, then fallen in love with and eventually married a Hungarian, Roy waskeen to find out more about the folk-music tradition, and was astonished to find amusical language that did not seem to fit with the music of Bartók at all. The realstory, (as ever) turns out to be more complicated and provides a fascinating insightinto Hungary’s past and cultural development.

Roy Rashbrook was educated at Dauntsey’s School,going on to study Music at Goldsmith’s College andsinging under Alexander Oliver, William McAlpineand Rudolf Piernay at the Guildhall School of Musicand Drama, London. After a brief flirtation with a career in teaching, Roy became a professionalsinger in 1998, joining the world famous choir ofSaint Paul’s Cathedral the following year; a position which offers some precious stability in the life of a freelance musician! In addition to the broadcasts,concerts, special events and daily services there,Roy also sings regularly with such groups as The King’s Consort and The Clerks, combining theirvarious performing, touring and recording scheduleswith his work as a soloist, singing teacher andconductor. He has conducted several choirs andensembles, including the Goldsmiths’ Chorus, TheUniversity of London Union Chorus, The Hanover

Singers and Candlelight Opera. He is currently musical director of two choirs: HartVoices (Fleet, Hampshire) and The Chantry Singers (Guildford, Surrey).

Roy has performed as a soloist with many of Britain’s leading orchestras including theCity of London Sinfonia, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the London

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Mozart Players. In addition to performances in all London’s best-known concertvenues, his work has taken him all over the country and throughout Europe as well asto Israel and the USA. He has appeared on many CD recordings, film soundtracks,radio and television broadcasts, both at home and abroad.

Recent conducting work includes performances of Holst’s Planets Suite, Rachamaninov’sVespers, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Solomon andRossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle as well as of his own close harmony arrangementsof a number of songs taken from the world of film. Recent tenor solo engagementsinclude the role of Evangelist in Bach’s St. John Passion at St. Paul’s Cathedral.He lives in Woking with his wife and daughter, where he spends such spare time as he can get with his hobbies of photography, cycling, hiking and learning Hungarian.


Monday | 1 June | 7pm≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA

e MONDAY MUSIC SOIRÉES

Piano recital of Somang Jeagal from South KoreaWinner of the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition

Pianist Somang Jeagal was born in Daegu, South Korea in 1983. He began studyingpiano at the age of five and he gave his first solo recital at the age of eleven. Later, he studied at Seoul Arts High School, followed by the Seoul National University, wherehe graduated with highest honors, earning undergraduate and Master of Music degrees.

A winner of several national as well as internationalcompetitions, Somang is a recipient of a GrandPrize at the Korea Music Foundation Competitionand First Prize at the Asia-Pacific Young ArtistCompetition. In autumn 2014, he won the First Prizeat the 2014 Washington International Competitionfor Piano. In addition, he also won First Prize at the2014 Los Angeles International Liszt Competition,which earned him a concert commitment at the LisztHall in Budapest.

Somang performed at numerous international musicfestivals and concert series at major concert hallssuch as Salzburger Schloss Konzerte of Austria,Konzerthaus of Germany, La Madeleine of France,

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Franz Liszt (1811–1886)Années de pèlerinage, Première Année (Suisse), S.160

1. Chapelle de Guillaume Tell2. Au lac de Wallenstadt 3. Pastorale4. Au bord d’une source5. Orage6. Vallée d’Obermann7. Eglogue8. Le mal du pays9. Les cloches de Genève


Seoul Arts Center, J.F. Kennedy Center and Walt Disney Concert Hall. Concert tourshave taken him to Australia and New Zealand (Sydney, Canberra, Wellington andAuckland) as part of the KUMHO Virtuosi Trio Concert Series. He was also featured in US Tour Concerts (New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Atlanta,Minneapolis and Toronto) through the US Seoul National University Alumni.

To broaden his musical aspirations, Somanghas participated in master classes witheminent concert pianists Leon Fleisher,John O’Conor, Klaus Hellwig, HirokoNakamura and Hae-sun Paik. He currentlystudies under full scholarship withProfessor Kevin Fitz-Gerald in the ArtistDiploma Program at USC’s ThorntonSchool of Music.

The Los Angeles International LisztCompetition was established in 1990 byGeraldine Keeling and Judith Nesleny. It is a Biennial Competition. During thepast 25 years it has grown from theoriginal 51 participants and 5 judges tonearly 200 participants each time and 16 judges. In 2014, 177 young artists/con -test ants participated from 11 US states, 5 countries and 3 continents. The 16 judges were members of the LisztSocieties of the World and distinguishedartist/teachers who came from 10 states,4 countries and 3 continents.

The requirements of the competition encompasses solely the original works of Franz Liszt – no transcriptions allowed – in 11 divisions, from 12 years and under(wunderkinder) to 35 years of age , competing in Piano, Voice and Organ. The winnersare then presented in the United States and worldwide at the most prestigiousconcert halls.

For the past 25 years, the winner of the Grand Prize in the Piano division has earnedthe initial prize, and other prizes, plus an all-expense-paid concert tour to presentLiszt’s works in Washington DC at the Embassy of Hungary, in London at theHungarian Cultural Centre, and finally in Budapest, at the Liszt Memorial Museum’sLiszt Hall, where the Master used to teach his Master Classes while staying inBudapest. It is now an international centre for Liszt studies, and a place for literarycollections/manuscripts and memorabilia of his lifework.


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Thursday | 4 June | 11am – 11.45am≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA





Thursday | 4 June | 7pm≥ Free Word Centre � 60 Farringdon Road London EC1R 3GA

e LITERATURE

european literature night – translation pitch

Pixel by Krisztina Tóthtranslated into English and pitched by Owen Good

The selection committee for the ELN Translation Pitch, consisting of Louise Swan(English PEN), Rosalind Harvey (Emerging Translators Network) and Rajendra Chitnis(Bristol University) has selected out of 61 submissions Owen Good’s submission of Krisztina Tóth’s novel Pixel to be pitched live on at the Free Word Centre.

Owen Good together with five other selected translators will competefor the Best Pitch by presenting his project to a jury consisting of MaxPorter, commissioning editor of Granta, Kerry Glencourse, a literary agentSuzanna Lee Associates and Stefan Tobler, editor from And Other Storieswho will decide on the Best Pitch. The winning translator will be offeredsupport and promotion from Free Word and English PEN towards theUK publishing industry. The winning translation will be subsidised byEnglish PEN and published on the PEN website with an accompanying

interview on the Free Word site. PEN will also commission a professional reader’s reportto accompany the sample translation, so that it can be presented to UK publishers.

ELN Translation Pitch, which in contrast with the ELN writers, focuses on European writerswith international potential who haven’t been translated yet, is part of the ELN series.The aim of the ELN Translation Pitch is to support and promote the work of EU writerswho have not yet had a complete work published in English, while providing an opportunityfor translators to actively champion the work of their favourite writers in front of UKpublishers and literary agents.

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Krisztina Tóth is currently one of the most renowned poets and authors in contemporaryHungarian literature, boasting ten publications with the prestigious Magvetô publishinghouse, home to other widely-recognised titles such as Imre Kertész’s Nobel-Prize winningFatelessness (Magvetô 1975), and László Krasznahorkai’s Sátántangó (Magvetô 2005).

Tóth’s work includes three poetry collections, Porhó(Magvetô 2001), winning the 2001 Vas István Award and the2002 Palládium Award, Síróponyva (Magvetô 2004), winningthe Szép Írók Award and Gemini Award in 2005, and Magaslabda (Magvetô 2009), from which Owen Good found three ofhis Close Approximations Prize winning poetry translations. In 2003 Tóth published a collection of poems for childrenentitled Londoni Mackók (Csimota) which was recognised as Children’s Book of the Year.

Pixel (Magvetô 2011) is Tóth’s third fiction and she has since gone on to publish twofull-length novels with the same publisher, Akvárium (Magvetô 2013), nominated for the AEGON Prize 2014, and Pillanatragasztó (Magvetô 2014). Pixel has alreadybeen translated into five languages including German (Nischen Verlag 2013), Turkish(Dedalus 2014) and Polish (Studio Emka 2014). In 2014, in the Austrian TV channelORF’s bestseller charts the German Pixel rose from 3rd place in February to 2nd inMarch and by May it was 1st in the charts.

The chapters in Krisztina Tóth's book function as independent pixels. Each one anindividual colour and exciting in itself, but when we notice the constructed system of connections between them, or rather when we take a step back, they blend into anew and captivating, larger story. The links weave through a century of generationsand across Europe from Luton to Bucharest, the Balkans, the Turkish coast, Paris, and back to Budapest. By constantly zooming in and zooming out, enlarging andreducing, an intimate body of text takes form and comes to life before our eyes.

Tóth’s debut collection of short stories Vonalkód (‘Barcode’ Magvetô 2006) won theMárai Sándor Prize in 2007 and has been translated into seven languages includingFrench (Editions Gallimard 2014), Spanish El Nadir (2010), and German (BloomsburyVerlag 2011).

Owen Good is a young translator living and working inBudapest. He began translating Hungarian fiction and poetrywhile completing his BA in Language and Culture at UniversityCollege London, for which he majored in Hungarian studies. He grew up in Northern Ireland, without any particularconnection to Central Europe or the Hungarian language, but he became intrigued by the odd language as he began hisstudies. From 2013-2014 he attended a postgraduate programin Translation of Hungarian Literature at Bálint BalassiInstitute Budapest. Good currently lives in Budapest, wherehe teaches Translation Studies at Péter Pázmány Catholic

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University. Currently, he is interested in the work of young, contemporary poets andnovelists and contemporary female writers, with a special focus on Krisztina Tóth.

Good won first prize in Asymptote’s Close Approximations competition in 2014 withhis translation of a selection of Tóth’s poetry. Good’s work has also appeared inHungarian Literature Online and Krakow Post. Besides being selected for the ELNTranslation Pitch, his translations of short stories from Tóth’s Pixel have also beenselected for Dalkey Archive Press’s Best European Fiction 2016.

Δ For further information please visit www.freewordcentre.com

Thursday | 18 June | 11am – 11.45am≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA





Thursday | 18 June | 7pm≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre � 10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA

e TALK

the british hungarian fellowship presents

Hungarian travellers to colonial Bengal Lecture by Professor Imre Bangha

The talk explores the various approaches Hungarian visitors to Calcutta and other parts of Bengal, mostly scholars, aristocrats and artists, had towards Indiaand its colonial rule. Hungary was not a colonising power and at certain parts of the nineteenth-century rather found itself on the side of the oppressed.

Nevertheless, during the period of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867–1918),Hungarian travellers often presented imperial attitudes towards the Indians. The glance of the Hungarians, conditioned by their own background in Hungary, was directed by situational identification with one or another player in Indianpolitics and culture.


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various South Asian languages. His work on theinternational reception of Bengali culture include themonograph Hungry Tiger: Encounter between India andCentral Europe (2007) and the edited volumes TagoreBeyond his Language (forthcoming) and RabindranathTagore: Hundred Years of Global Reception (2014, co-edited with M. Kämpchen).


Friday | 19 June | 6.30pm≥ Conference Centre, The British Library � 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB

e HISTORY

Statutes, Constitutions and a Golden Bull: Early European Parallels to Magna Carta By Graham Loud (University of Leeds), Martyn Rady (UCL), Miri Rubin (QMUL) and Nicholas Vincent (UEA).

As a related event of the British Library’s exhibition Magna Carta: Law, Liberty,Legacy (open until Tue 1 Sep 2015) to celebrate the 800th anniversary of this historicdocument, this presentation will focus on other charters drawn up around Europe ataround the time of Magna Carta. Although Magna Carta is rightly celebrated forgranting rights to all free men in perpetuity, there were a range of other chartersdrawn up around Europe in the same period that also sought either to establish basicprinciples of justice, curb the powers of rulers and grant the right to resist.

Some of the more intriguing of these, including the Statute of Pamiers (1212), theGolden Bull of Hungary (Aranybulla, 1222),the Constitutions of Melfi (1231) and theimperial land peace of Mainz (1235) areexplored and contrasted by some of the mosteminent medieval historians; Graham Loud(University of Leeds), Martyn Rady (UCL), Miri Rubin (QMUL) and Nicholas Vincent (UEA).

Δ For further information and booking please visit: www.bl.uk/events/early-european-parallels-to-magna-carta


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Wednesday | 24 June | 7pm ≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre � 10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA

e LECTURE

Where Salome Danced: The HungarianExcavations in the Royal Palace of TetrarchHerod Antipas at the Dead Sea, where Saint John the Baptist was Beheaded By Gyôzô VörösIntroduction by The Rt. Rev’d. Róbert Pátkai

The Herodian fortified palace of Machaerus, overlooking the Dead Sea in Transjordan, is the historical place where, according to Flavius Josephus (AJ XVIII 5, 2), one of theholiest men of his era (known to Jews as Yokhanan the Baptizer; to Christians as SaintJohn the Baptist, and to Muslims as the Prophet Yahya ibn Zakariyya), was confinedand executed by the Tetrarch Herod Antipas. The archaeological site of Machaerus wasrediscovered by the German explorer, Ulrich Jasper Seetzen in 1807, and more extensiveremains were identified by the French Dominican Father Felix-Marie Abel in 1909.Since then, the site has been excavated several times, first in the 1960’s by E JerryVardaman, and then in the 1970s and 90s by Professors Virgilio Canio Corbo and MichelePiccirillo, both of the Pontifical Fransciscan Biblical School in Jerusalem. FollowingFather Piccirillo’s unexpected death in 2008, the Hungarian Academy of Arts has beenconducting archaeological excavations and architectural surveys in the ancient castleand city of Machaerus. The results have been published in the first two magnificentvolumes, published by Edizioni Terra Santa in Milan.

In this lecture, Academician Gyôzô Vörös will place the archaeological site of Machaerusin its New Testament context, in order to elucidate the blurred scene of a Biblical site,and reconstruct it as clearly as possible in the light of up-to-date historical, archaeo -logical and architectural research.

Gyôzô Vörös PhD is a Member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts,Project Director of the Jordanian Department of Antiquities,Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Mississippi State Universityand Director of Machaerus Excavations, Surveys and Anastylosesat the Dead Sea.

Róbert Pátkai came to London in 1956 and became vicar of theHungarian Lutheran Church. A few years on he was called to serveas pastor of the English-speaking Lutheran congregation in London.Soon after, he was appointed dean (later becoming bishop) of theEnglish-speaking Lutheran Church in Great Britain.



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Friday | 17 July | 12.30am ≥ Spice of Life Jazz Club, London

Friday | 17 July | 8pm–11pm ≥ Bay Jazz Club, Botany Bay Cricket Club, Enfield

Wednesday | 22 July | 8pm ≥ Amersham Jazz Club, Beaconsfield

Thursday | 23 July | 8pm ≥ Electric Palace Cinema, Harwich, Essex

e CONCERT

UK Tour of Bohém Ragtime Jazz Band

The eight members of the Bohém Ragtime Jazz Band own twenty instruments and theyeven play all of them! Not to mention their other specialties such as instrument-liketools for making musical noise with, a cappella singing or occasional dancing. The bandplays almost as many styles as instruments. Their concerts bring you back to the early

20th century, providingmuch humour and joybesides the music. Inaddition to focusing on American music, oldHungarian jazz songsare an integral andimportant part of therepertoire. Attendingany of their performanceis an ideal programmefor people of all agesfrom toddlers to great-grandmothers.

The band has appearedat the greatest jazz

festivals of Europe and North America including Montreux, Pori, Sacramento, Breda,Ascona, Oslo, Dresden, Bude, Rimini, Berlin and many others. Their performances have broadened their circle of fans from the UK to Italy, from Romania to Canada. The Bohéms regularly play with guest stars.

Their performances have been broadcast by major televisions in Germany, Switzerland,Hungary, Romania and by national radio stations in numerous countries. The band hasrecorded 17 albums over the years and those are also regularly broadcast by manyradios. They have organized the International Bohém Festival since 1992. The Bohémswere given the prestigious eMeRTon Prize as ’jazz band of the year’ in 2003.

Δ For more information please visit www.bohemragtime.com


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e OPERA

the edinburgh international festival presents

The Marriage of FigaroBudapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Iván Fischer

Funded by James and Morag Anderson through the Edinburgh International Festival Opera Development Fund

Iván Fischer conducts and directs a specially staged concert of one of opera’s mostbeloved comic creations. Mozart’s sparkling farce charts one crazy day of love anddesire, deception and confusion across barriers of class and convention, as servantFigaro and his master, Count Almaviva, fight for the affections of maid Susanna.

Aptly subtitled ‘The Follies of a Day’, The Marriage of Figarosoars to comic heightsbut also plumbs thedepths of emotion,expressing the joy and pain of love and the agony and ecstasy of desire, until all isresolved in a spirit of forgiveness.

Fischer’s startlingproduction, acclaimed in Budapest and NewYork, fuses music andtheatre, with theBudapest FestivalOrchestra and Fischer on stage assisting thedramatic action andsingers acting Mozart’sfrenetic comedy inamongst the musicians.

Δ For more information and tickets please visitwww.eif.co.uk/2015/figaro


Δ For tickets and more information please visit www.eif.co.uk

Two late, visionary masterpieces by Mozart, the glowing ‘Prague’ Symphony with its teeming melody and the sublime Requiem performed by incisive conductor IvánFischer and his characterful Budapest Festival Orchestra.

Tuesday | 18 August≥ Usher Hall � Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH1 2EA

e CONCERT

the edinburgh international festival presents

Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No 38 ‘Prague’

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem

Featuring the Budapest Festival Orchestra, • Iván Fischer – ConductorEdinburgh Festival Chorus, • Christopher Bell – Chorus Master• Miah Persson – Soprano• Barbara Kozelj – Mezzo soprano• Jeremy Ovenden – Tenor• Konstantin Wolff – Bass

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oFor further information please visitwww.hungarianschool.co.uk, or [email protected] on Facebook:www.facebook.com/StAlbansHungarianSchool

oFor further information please visitwww.hchs.org.uk

Saturday 2 May, 6.30pm≥ Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square,London WC1R 4RL

Spring Dance HouseHungarian folk dance evening with live music

Saturday 6 Jun≥ Grosvenor Road, Watford,Hertfordshire WD17 2QT

Children’s DayInfo: [email protected]

25 Apr≥ Mandeville Primary School,Mandeville Drive, St Albans, AL1 2LE

The 7th day of the second semester

2 May≥ Verulamium Park, St Albans, AL1 2DL

Sports Day

16 May≥ Mandeville Primary School,Mandeville Drive, St Albans, AL1 2LE

The 8th day of the second semesterGuest: Etelka Olasz story-teller 9am–10.30am • Free for members.

6 Jun≥ Mandeville Primary School,Mandeville Drive, St Albans, AL1 2LE

The 9th day of the second semester

20 Jun≥ Mandeville Primary School,Mandeville Drive, St Albans, AL1 2LE

School Year Closing Ceremony and Family Day in St AlbansFree for members.

Every Tuesday & Thursday≥ St Stephen Church, WatlingStreet, St Albans, AL1 2PT≥ High Street Methodist Church,Sish Lane, Old Town, Stevenage,SG1 3RS

Kodály Singing Classes in St Albansand StevenagePrice: 45£/10classes

Saturdays 11 & 25 Apr, 9 & 23 May,13 & 27 Jun,4 Jul10am–1.30pm Hungarian Language, Music,Folkdance, Craft, Play Groups forchildren (0-14yrs old) and families.

Saturdays 11 & 25 Apr, 9 & 23 May,13 & 27 Jun,4 Jul10am–1.30pm Hungarian as a Foreign Language Groups for adults

Saturdays 11 Apr 4 Jul6.30pm–10.30pm Live Hungarian Folk Dance andMusic Event with the Folktone Band

Mondays 13, 20 & 27 Apr, 11 & 18 May,1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 Jun8pm–10pmHungarian Folkdance and Folk SingingGroup for adults and young people

Saturday 18 Apr, 10am–2pm Spring Family Trip to ‘The Devil’s Punch Bowl’

Saturday 16 May, 10am–2pm‘International Children’s Day’ Trip to RHS Whisley

Saturday 4 Jul, 10am–1.30pm

End of Year Performance with the Folktone Band

Saturday 11 Jul, 10am–8pm

Summer Family Trip to theSeaside Lepe Hampshire

Saturdays 12pm–1pmWelfare informationFree for HCA members

Saturdays 9.30am–1.30pmHungarian Coffee Shop The Coffee Shop offers traditionalHungarian hot and cold food.

Saturdays 10am–1pmHungarian Library The Hungarian Library offers over500 books cd’s and dvd’s to childrenand adults • Free for HCA members.

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oFurther [email protected]: 00 44 1483 808 643 Mob: 00 44 7843 054 940 www.hcaguildford.org.ukwww.magyartanodaguildford.org.ukwww.facebook.com/HCAGuildford/events

hcc recommends

hungarian reformed church oxford hungarian society

o For more information please visitwww.maosz.co.uk

maosz (national federation

of hungarians in the uk)oFor further information please visitwww.hungsoc.com

1 May, 8pm≥ Oxford, venue TBA

Film: In the Depths of Woods and CreeksWith its ingenious cinematographyand stunning underwater scenes, thisnature documentary by Péter Farkasand Ferenc Keresztúri reveals thehidden secrets of Hungarianwoodlands and the rich underwaterworld inhabiting their lakes andstreams. With English subtitles.


HE Péter Szabadhegy: ‘Hungary – The Will to Survive’ The Hungarian Ambassador inLondon will speak about thefinancial and economic challengesHungary faces.


Marcus Tanner: The Raven King Marcus Tanner, book reviewer and leader-writer for TheIndependent, will talk about hisbook on Matthias Corvinus’ life and passion for books.

19 May, 7pm≥ Leonard Wolfson Auditorium

The Lanner Quartet An unconventional classical musicconcert with an emphasis oninteracting with the audience.

12 June, 8pm≥ Oxford, venue TBA

End of Term Reception to celebrate the end of the academic year.

≥ 17 St Dunstan’s Road, London W6 8RD

Every Sunday11am – with modern music5pm – with traditional musicChurch Service

5 Apr, 11am & 5pmEaster Church Service and Holy Communion

12 Apr, 11am & 5pm

Chuch Service with Zsigmond Vad,dean of the Great Church of Debrecen

3 May, 3pm

Family Day

24 May, 11am & 5pm

Pentecost Church Service, HolyCommunion and Confirmation

oFurther information:www.reflondon.huTel. 020 8748 8858

hungarian families group

oFurther information:[email protected]

mosoly magyar ovi-suli

london presents

Etelka Olasz actress and story-teller visits Hungarian children

Saturday 16 May, 9am–10.30am ≥ Hungarian School of St Albans

Saturday 16 May, 12pm–2pm ≥ Mosoly Magyar Ovi-Suli London,New Malden

Sunday 17 May, 10am–12pm ≥ Hungarian School, Southampton

Sunday 17 May, 2pm–4pm ≥ Hungarian School, Woking

Non-members are also welcome.

Sunday 8 November, 8pm≥ St John’s Smith SquareLondon, SW1P 3HA

The Bards of Wales by Karl JenkinsOriginal poem by Janos Arany,English text by Peter Zollman

English Concert SingersEnglish Concert ChorusEnglish Concert Orchestra

Conducted by Roy Wales

Soloists include Rhys Meirion(tenor), Pauls Putnins (baritone)

Programme also includes works by Britten and Elgar.

o Tickets are £25, £20 or £15 andwill be available from the St John’sBox Office on 020 72 22 10 61


Every Monday at 7pm≥ The Catholic Centre, 2 DukesAvenue, London W4 2AE

Hungarian folk dance sessions

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The HCC team:

Dr Beata Pászthy PhD | Cultural and Scientific Counsellor – DirectorGyöngyi Végh | Head of Programming and Communications Barbara Révész | Junior Programme Manager Andrea Kós | Office ManagerFruzsina Kováts | Finance ManagerBalázs Szaszák | IT Consultant

The information in this brochure is believed to be correct at the time of going to press, but as this may be three months or more before the events take place, we strongly advise you to confirm dates,times and availability on our website and Facebook page before setting out for any particular event. The HCC reserves the right to alter artists or programme details as necessary.

Balassi Institute Hungarian Cultural Centre London10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NATel: 020 7240 8448 • Fax: 020 7240 4847E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]

If you wish to receive more information about our upcoming events and sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website www.hungary.org.uk.Alternatively, find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/hcclondon and Twitter @HCCLondon. Thank you for your interest.

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