hungarian cultural centre - programme brochure sep-dec 2015

Events

SEPTEMBER DECEMBER

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september

14 Sep ≥ page 3

• lecture

Trading with the Enemy British–HungarianCommercial Relationsduring WW2– Talk by Éva Norton

16 Sep ≥ page 4

• film

The Leaving (Az elmenetel),dir. by Barnabás Tóth @ Bristol EncountersShort Film and AnimationFestival (15–20 September)

22 Sep ≥ page 5

• literature

László Krasznahorkai inEnglish – George Szirtes in conversation with Rosie Goldsmith

23–25 Sep ≥ page 6

• jazz

Anglo-Hungarian Jazz Festival

26 Sep ≥ page 12

• concert

Bartók 70th AnniversaryConcert

10–11 Oct ≥ page 16

• film

Son of Saul, directed byLászló Nemes (2015) @ The 59th BFI London Film Festival

14 Oct ≥ page 18

• magyar mind open

lecture series

New directions for folkmusic in Budapest– Talk by Naomi Bath

15 Oct ≥ page 19

• jazz

The Jü Trio @ theMatch&Fuse AlternativeFestival

16 Oct ≥ page 21

• children & families

Kodály-based musicsessions for children and their families

Oct (exact date tbc) ≥ page 21

Hungarian Student College

4 Nov ≥ page 21

• film

Hungarian filmmasterpieces @ SSEESCentenary – Miklós Jancsó

13 Nov ≥ page 21



14 Nov ≥ page 23

• film

Son of Saul (2015) @ The 19th UK Jewish FilmFestival (7–22 November)

8 Nov ≥ page 24

• concert

The Bards of Wales: Project and Performance

9 Nov ≥ page 26

• monday music soirées

György Pauk’s performersclass students at theRoyal Academy of Music:Julia Pusker, MartaKowalczyk and MathildeMilwidsky

20 Nov ≥ page 29

• film

Béla Tarr’s AutumnAlmanac (Ôszi Almanach),1984 @ Goethe Institut

20 Nov ≥ page 29

• literature

European Camarade:Poetry in collaboration – featuring Hungarian poet Kinga Tóth

30 Nov ≥ page 31

• award ceremony

Announcing the winner of For Hungarian Culturein the UK Award 2015

30 Nov ≥ page 31

• concert

Advent Concert

1 Dec ≥ page 32

• film

Hungarian filmmasterpieces @ SSEESCentenary – Béla Tarr

11 Dec ≥ page 21



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European Documentary Film Series

Autumn 2015 – Autumn 2016

EUNIC London in collaboration with Open City Documentary Festival and PicturehouseCentral is planning a European Documentary Film Series for 2015/2016, starting in the autumn of 2015. Throughout one year, the best of Europe’s documentary films made in the past 10 years will be shown.

A monthly screening will follow a double bill format comprising of an experimental or short film and a feature length documentary film. Each screening will be introduced and followed by a Q&A with filmmakers, critics or relevant speakers.

This series will introduce European documentary cinema to new audiences as well ascreate opportunities for people interested in film to meet, network and enjoy good films.

Δ For the participating Hungarian films in the series please visit our website www.hungary.org.ukand our Facebook page www.facebook.com/HCCLondon. For further information please also visitwww.eunic-london.org

Monday | 14 September | 7pm ≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA

e LECTURE

the british–hungarian fellowship presents

Trading with the Enemy British–Hungarian Commercial Relations during WW2Talk by Éva Norton

Relations between two countries, whether diplomatic or commercial, can be fraughtwith difficulty at times; when these countries are at war with each other, these relationsare even more fragile. British aid and intervention helped resuscitate Hungary in theinter-war period mainly due to a League of Nations loan. The two countries enjoyedamicable relations in the same period, however, they ended up at opposing sides in the war. As a result, this fragile relationship was further weakened and complicatedby the fact that the commercial side of things was regulated by the 1907 HagueConventions and the UK Trading with the Enemy Act of 1939. The talk aims to explorethe complexity and flexibility with which both parties handled their commercial ties inthe war, and how this engagement could result in a re-flagged Hungarian ship with itsHungarian crew joining secret Allied convoys in running the gauntlet of Axis U-boats.

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Éva Norton was born in Hungary and educated first at Eötvös Loránd University inBudapest then at Exeter College Oxford. She first joined the staff of the newly set-upArchives of Contemporary History as a historian and research analyst then the Instituteof History at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She is married to an Englishman andlives in London. Currently she divides her time between teaching and voluntary work in the Hungarian community in the UK. She is the Chairman of the British-HungarianFellowship, the oldest Hungarian cultural organisation in the UK, and Co-Director andTrustee of the Guildford Hungarian Cultural Association. Her publications list includespieces on the history of the Allied Control Commission in Hungary between 1945 and1947, ‘Edgar Sanders – A British Spy Behind the Iron Curtain’ and ‘Az Aranyvonat’ (theGolden Train).

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

Wednesday | 16 September | 4pm≥ Bristol, Watershed Cinema 1

e FILM

bristol encounters short film and animation festival presents

The Leaving (Az elmenetel), dir. by Barnabás Tóth

Encounters Festival is the UK’s leading short film and animation festival and annualmeeting place for new, emerging and established filmmakers and industryprofessionals. The festival presents an annual International Competition, IndustryProgramme and an inspiring selection of screenings, events and parties during thefestival week (15–20 September) in Bristol.

The Hungarian Cultural Centre is delighted that director Barnabás Tóth’s The Leaving(Az elmenetel) is listed in the 2015 Competition, and is able to support hisparticipation at the festival thanks to its successful NKA application.

Δ For booking and further information please visit www.encounters-festival.org.uk

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Bristol Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival • 15–20 September


Tuesday | 22 September | 7pm≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA

e LITERATURE

László Krasznahorkai in EnglishGeorge Szirtes in conversation with Rosie Goldsmith

Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai has won this year’s Man Booker InternationalPrize, which he shared with his translators George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulzet. Thisspecial event with George Szirtes will shed light on the challenges, complexities and rewards of translating such unique works as those of Krasznahorkai. Former BBCjournalist, now independent broadcaster Rosie Goldsmith will lead the conversationwith poet and translator George Szirtes, who will also read excerpts from histranslator of Krasznahorkai. The event will finish with an audience Q&A.

László Krasznahorkai was born inGyula, Hungary in 1954. He workedfor some years as an editor until1984, when he became a freelancewriter. He now lives in reclusivenessin the hills of Szentlászló. He haswritten five novels and won numerousprizes, including the 2015 Man BookerInternational Prize, and the 2013 BestTranslated Book Award in Fiction forSátántangó, which he later adaptedfor the cinema in collaboration withthe filmmaker Béla Tarr. In 1993, he

won the Best Book of the Year Award in Germany for The Melancholy of Resistanceand has since been honoured with numerous literary prizes, amongst them the highestaward of the Hungarian state, the Kossuth Prize. Further books by Krasznahorkai inEnglish are Seiobo There Below, Animalinside and War & War.

Δ For more about László Krasznahorkai please visit his website www.krasznahorkai.hu and his Englishlanguage publisher New Directions’ website www.ndbooks.com/author/laszlo-krasznahorkai

George Szirtes won the T S Eliot Prize for his bookof poems, Reel in 2004 and his two subsequentbooks, The Burning of the Books (2009) and BadMachine (2013) were also shortlisted for the sameprize. In 2012 he won the Best Translated BookAward in the US for his translation of 2015 ManBooker International winner, László Krasznahorkai’sSátántangó. His last book of poems for children, In the Land of Giants won the 2012 CLPE awardfor best book of verse for children.

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His current projects include an opera with the composer Richard Causton and a bookof short texts, Notes on the Inner City to appear later this year.

Rosie Goldsmith is a regular presenter of Crossing Continents,and A World in Your Ear, and has also presented the artsprogrammes Front Row and Open Book. She has reported frommany parts of the world for the BBC, NPR, Deutsche Welle andDeutschland funk, speaks several languages and has lived inGermany, France, South Africa and the USA. Rosie is anexperienced radio producer with several award-winning, well-known programmes under her belt: Eurofile, Asiafile, a seriesfor the 10th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Sonya'sStory, and Remembering Alistair Cooke, the radio obituary.


23–25 September | 8.30pm ≥ 606 Jazz Club �90 Lots Road, Chelsea, London SW10 0QD

e JAZZ

Anglo-Hungarian Jazz Festival Presented by the Budapest Jazz Club and the 606 Jazz Club with the support of the Hungarian Cultural Centre

Three nights of incredible music at the 606 in Chelsea with the jazz superstars ofHungary and Britain celebrating twelve years of cooperation between the leadingclubs of the two capitals and following up the roaring success of the previous three inter-club festivals.

Wednesday 23 September, 8.30pmThe first set will see the long-awaited return of singerJuli Fábián, who is one of the boldest improvisingvocalists in Hungary. Rather than shunning them, sheis actually looking for risks. Juli possesses probablythe most sensuous voice on the Hungarian scene. Herimprovisations are inventive and original. She can besexy, romantic or humorous – but she always knowswhich to be when. Her songs are approachable, often danceable but of a consistently high standard.She is one of the great favourites with the regulars at London’s legendary 606 Club for a reason.

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István Gyárfás is an absolute master of the modern swing guitar. Gifted with anamazing melodic sense he plays a highly accessible, enjoyable jazz at an extremelyhigh artistic level. In October 2013 he mesmerised the audience in London’s legendary606 Club when playing with Natalie Williams. This time they will be joined by flautistSteve Rubie, owner of the 606 and also leader of the Brazilian-tinged Latin jazz band,

Samara. Steve doesn’toveradvertise himself as a musician. Yet he is a brilliant and spiritedjazz player. His impromptuduets with Juli whenSteve visited the Buda -pest Jazz Club producedmoments of sheerbrilliance. We expectnothing less this time.The bass-player MátyásHofecker is one of therising stars of theHungarian jazz scene.Winston Clifford is aleading UK jazz drummer,over the last 25 years

working with the likes of Courtney Pine and Monty Alexander. Winston Clifford hasestablished himself as the drummer of choice for both leading UK based musiciansand visiting high profile artists. His highly acclaimed guest appearance at theBudapest Jazz Club earlier this year is further testament to his talent and ability.

In the second set the brilliant young Hungarian tenorman Sándor Molnár will producea beautiful, muscular, dark tone on his horn, playing jazz that sounds like jazz. He is a soulful hard bop player, so true lovers of the genre will absolutely love him.Gareth Williams has established himself as one of the UK's leading modern jazzpianists. A fiery and creative player, he has been seen with an impressive array ofworld-class artists from Jazz/Hip Hop band US3 through to internationally renownedartists such as Joe Lovano, George Coleman and Dave Liebman. MD for highly regarded

UK vocalist Claire Martin,Gareth has been featured atthe Club on many occasions,most notably in his regularappearances with iconic US sax star Jerry Bergonzi.Widely regarded as a pianist of international stature.‘…dynamite pianist’ EveningStandard; ‘…fantasticimproviser’ The Guardian.

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sándor molnár, gareth williams

istván gyárfás mátyás hofecker steve rubie winston clifford

Russian born but now UK resident, multi-award winning bass player Yuri Goloubevis unquestionably an international musician of considerable standing. Classically trainedYuri is the youngest musician ever to be awarded the prestigious title of HonouredArtist of Russia in 2001. Since then his commitment to jazz has seen him move from a mix of classical and jazz performances to exclusively jazz. His fluent and powerful

playing has been heardwith the likes of JulianArguelles, Tim Garland,Rick Margitza, RalphTowner and KennyWerner on a toweringCV, which includesperformances not onlythroughout Europe butalso Asia, North and

South Americas and South Africa. In the UK he is probably best known for his duo and trio work with the leading UK jazz pianist Gwilym Simcock. ‘Remarkable Russiandouble-bass virtuoso Yuri Goloubev... breathtaking’ The Guardian. Their Hungarianstablemate on the drums will be multiple award winning Márton Juhász, by now a regularfeature at such festivals. He performed and recorded extensively both in the US and Hungary. At the 2011 Anglo-Hungarian jazz festival at the 606 Club in London heshowed his sensitive and inventive best, backing the world famous alto-sax playerPeter King. Since then he became the leader of the highly successful afro-jazz-rockoutfit, the Euro-African Playground.

Thursday 24 September, 8.30pmFirst set: Gábor Bolla (tenor sax) is back again at the 606. Only 26 but an incredibletalent who already made it to the semi-finals of the World Saxophone Competitionboth at the 2003 Montreux (when he was only 15!) – and at the 2004 London JazzFestival. He is the jazzman that black American tenor-giant David Murray jammed with for two hours during his stay in Budapest. His quartet won First Prize and theaudience vote at the Avignon Jazz Festival in 2005. He has played at most of the great European jazz festivals. Presently he lives in Copenhagen and plays in the mostprestigious European jazz clubs. Wherever he goes he brings the house down. Gábor

Bolla will be partneredat his own wish by SteveFishwick, who is widelyconsidered to be one of the best jazz trumpetplayers ever to comefrom the UK, and israpidly gaining a globalreputation thanks to hisflawless technique and

his beautifully flowing, harmonically rich improvisations. He has already played withnumerous jazz legends such as George Mraz, Scott Hamilton, Ken Peplowski, HerbGeller, Bob Cranshaw, Lew Soloff, Ronnie Cuber, Anita O’Day – and the list is far from


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yuri goloubev, márton juhász

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complete! He won the 2002 British Jazz Awards 'Rising Star' prize. Adam King bassplayer was born in Jersey, Channel Islands in 1987. He studied Jazz Music at MiddlesexUniversity gaining First Class Honours. He took up double bass in the second year of his studies and within 5 years has become one of the most in demand bassists on the UK scene. He has been asked to play with some of the most prolific musicians on the UK and international jazz scene. Adam can often be seen playing at London's top Jazzestablishments such as Ronnie Scott's, 606 Jazz Club and Pizza Express Jazz Club.The pianist will be József Balázs, one of the most remarkable keyboard men of hisgeneration in Hungary. Having made his name in his elder brother’s band, he now leadsthe fantastically successful East Gipsy Band and is a terrific force to reckon with on

his instrument. The drums will be looked after by his brother, Elemér Balázs, who isarguably the best drummer in his country. As for him, it’s best to quote what theAmerican guitar ace, Pat Metheny said of him. ‘Elemér is one of the best drummersaround right now in my opinion. He plays with such musicality and finesse and has theability to listen inside each musical moment with the kind of spontaneous decisionmaking that allows everyone that plays with him to sound their best. He also has awonderful touch on the instrument – I always enjoy the chance to play with him and tohear him.’

The second set will feature János Ávéd, another great young Hungarian master of the tenor saxophone. He is one of the most imaginative players, a born innovator, a tremendously versatile musician who can turn any material into riveting music. He is also a most original composer. Three years ago he was picked for the European

Saxophone Ensemblewith which he touredextensively and withtremendous success. He will be backed by atop line British rhythmsection. Pianist JimWatson is a session and touring musician offormidable repute, who

has been featured in a huge variety of bands. His jazz bona fides are just as impressive,having worked with Dave O’Higgins, Julian Argüelles, Jean Toussaint and Peter Kingamong many others. With his fabulous technique combined with good taste and a great

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adam king, józsef balázs, elemér balázs

jános ávéd, jim watson

choice in classic jazz material, he is rightly considered to be one of the most talentedjazz pianists in the country. ‘…classy Jazz pianist’ Time Out; ‘Watson… his McCoyTyner-like percussive chords & torrential right hand lines were a standout’ The Guardian.Adam King on bass (see First set line-up). The leading drummer of his generation, James

Maddren graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 2009 with ‘The Principal’s Award ForOutstanding Studentship’.Although still relativelynew to the UK scene he has already worked with a host of highly regardedmusicians and bands,

including Gwilym Simcock, Kit Downes, Marc Copland, Stan Sulzman, Seamus Blake,Alex Garnett, Will Vinson, Phronesis and Kálmán Oláh.

Friday 25 September, 8.30pm The first set will see the terrific singer Claudia Campagnol (born Claudia Dancs), whowas incredibly successful in the 606 last year. She was born in Hungary to parentswho are both professional musicians (her father is a pianist and her mother a singer).She was clearly destined to become a performer of real quality. The whole familymoved to Sweden when Claudia was a small child and by the age of 12 she could beseen ‘guesting’ on her parents’ gigs in venues all around the country. Claudia rapidly

established herself as one of the leading singersof her generation. Afterseveral years of working in Sweden and aroundEurope, including Hungary,where she still has strongties, she settled inCopenhagen, Denmarkwhere she met and married

the Italian drummer, Nicolas Campagnol. Her career is going from strength to strengthas she consistently delivers mature performances in a distinctive jazz style, whileshowcasing an impressive flair for improvisation. A multi-instrumentalist and composeras well as well as performer, her combination of jazz standards and original contemporarymaterial have made her a favourite of audiences everywhere. She will be joined by theincredibly gifted Gareth Lockrane on flute. In 1997 his band ‘The Jazz System’ formedwith Osian Roberts was a finalist in the Vienna Jazz Festival Grande Concours de Jazz.In 2000 Gareth was a finalist in the Young Jazz Musician of the Year competition. In 2002 he formed the band Grooveyard with saxophonist Alex Garnett, which releaseda critically acclaimed CD Put The Cat Out, which went on to win the Best EuropeanJazz Group award in the 2003 Granada Jazz Festival. He also founded his own septetwhich released the album NO MESSIN in 2009 and went on to win best album in theParliamentary Jazz Awards that year. He also runs a big band. As a sideman Gareth has


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been involved in many diverse projects. Mark Lewandowski is one of the most talentedof the new crop of young musicians to hit the UK jazz scene of late. A bass player with a fluent and highly creative musical style, he has in a very short time already won theadmiration of a number of the most established UK performers, including the likes ofAlex Garnett, Byron Wallen and Phil Robson. ’…remarkable …Lewandowski's bass was

a dominant feature throughout …he produced some amazing solos with the agility andarticulation of a horn player. …a master of the walking bass’ Nottingham Post. Theywill be joined by the terrific Balázs brothers from the previous day: József Balázs onpiano and Elemér Balázs on the drums.

Second set: Tenorman János Ávéd, retained from the night before, is to join club-ownerand flutist Steve Rubie’s own band, Samara. Samara is a six-piece jazz/Latin group ledby 606 Club proprietor Steve Rubie on sax and flute. The pianist Neil Angilley workswith Vanessa Mae, Shirley Bassey and ‘Down to the Bone’. Dill Katz, the bass player, is visiting professor at the Guildhall, drummer Nic France has worked with just abouteveryone, including Dave Gilmore (Pink Floyd) and Bill Withers, while the percussionist,Dawson Miller, is generally recognised as one of the most versatile and experiencedplayers on the scene. Singer Liliana Chachian is considered to be one of the finestBrazilian vocalists currently working in Europe, with an unerring gift for melody andphrasing. The band's Special Guest will be the Hungarian saxophonist János Ávéd.The music is an infectious blend of Brazilian Samba, jazz/Latin and Soul, and everyone

can have a great time.‘Cracking Latin-jazz bandled by 606 proprietorSteve Rubie on flute and alto saxophone…explores these Latinjazz classics in greatrhythmic style’ Time Out

Δ Entry £10 on Wednesday and Thursday, £12 on Friday night. Also, due to licensing laws, if you wish todrink alcohol, you are required to order at least one main course. Bookings by phone: 020 7352 5953 oremail: [email protected]


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mark lewandowski , józsef balázs, elemér balázs,

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Saturday | 26 September | 7.30pm≥ St. Paul’s Church Covent Garden �Bedford Street, London WC2E 9ED

e CONCERT

Bartók 70th Anniversary Concert

Featuring• The Joyful Company of Singers, conducted by Peter Broadbent• The New London Children’s Choir, conducted by Ronald Corp OBE• Júlia Pusker (violin)• Renáta Konyicska (piano)

Pre-concert talk by Rob Cowan, BBC Radio 3 presenter, 6.30pm–7pm (free for ticket holders)

The Hungarian Cultural Centre London in partnership with The Joyful Company ofSingers proudly presents the Bartók 70th Anniversary Concert to mark the 70th

anniversary of the death of Béla Bartók on September 26 1945 with a rare concert and a unique pre-concert talk at St. Paul’s Church in Covent Garden.

The Joyful Company of Singers(JCS) was formed in 1988 byconductor Peter Broadbent to perform a diverse reper -toire throughout the year in London and further afield.An important element of TheJoyful Company’s raison d’êtreis its commitment to contem -porary and new music, includingfirst performances, andsupported by several highlysuccessful educationalprojects. Many composershave written music for TheJoyful Company such as MichaelBerkeley, Judith Bingham,Roxanna Panufnik and MalcolmWilliamson among others.

The Joyful Company firstcame to prominence when itwon the Sainsbury’s Choir of the Year competition in 1990.Since then it has maintainedits profile in the music world,

programme

• Štyry Slovenské národné piesnié(Four Slovak Folksongs)Sz.70 (1916) for Mixed Choir and Piano Zadalamamka | Na holi | Rada pila, radajedla | Gajdujte, gajdence

• Rhapsody No.1 for Violin & Piano Sz.86 (1928)• From Twenty Seven Two and Three-Part Choruses

for children’s chorus a capella Sz.103 (1935–36)Ne hagyj itt! | Huszárnóta | Bolyongás | Ne menj el!Cipósütés

• Sonata for Solo violin Sz.117 (1st movement) (1944)• From Twenty Seven Two and Three-Part Choruses

for female chorus a capella Sz.103(1935-6)Leánykérô | Keserves | Elment a madárka | Párnás táncdal | Isten veled!

• Román népitáncok (Romanian Folkdances) Sz.57 (1915)Este a székelyeknél (An evening in the village from Hungarian Sketches) BB 103 2Három Csík megyei népdal (Three folksongs from the Csík district)

• Magyar Népdalok (Hungarian Folksongs) Sz.93 (1932) for mixed choir a capellaA rab | A bujdosó | Az eladó lány | Dal

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winning an impressive list ofnational and internationalcompetitions leading to manyinvitations. The JCS regularlyappears at major UK musicfestivals, including Bath,Aldeburgh, Cheltenham, City of London, Chelsea, Presteigne,Spitalfields, Three Choirs,Huddersfield ContemporaryMusic and the BBC Proms.Equally prominent in Europe,the JCS has performed atfestivals in France, Germany,Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Polandand Russia, broadcasting inmany countries as well as onBBC and Classic FM.

The choir and Peter Broadbent were honoured to receive the Guidoneum Award fromthe Fondazione Guido d’Arezzo in recognition of its achievements and promotion ofchoral music. In the USA, the JCS has given concerts at Stanford University, in LosAngeles and San Diego, and appeared at the National Convention of the AmericanChoral Directors’ Association in Texas.

Performances with orchestras include many with the City of London Sinfonia with the late Richard Hickox and with Sir Mark Elder, Nicholas Kraemer and Stuart Bedford,the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Sir Andrew Davies), the BBC Concert Orchestra,the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, etc.

Peter Broadbent is one of Britain’s leading choralconductors, enjoying a versatile career with anextensive repertoire ranging from Baroque Musicperformed on period instruments to contemporarymusic, including many first performances. Broadbenthas conducted the London Mozart Players, DivertimentiChamber Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra,the City of London Sinfonia, the Southern Sinfonia, the Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, Apollo Voicesand the BBC Singers, broadcasting frequently onBBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. Engagements outside

the UK include concerts with the Debrecen Philharmonic Orchestra & KodályChorus in Hungary and a broadcast with the National Chamber Choir in Dublin.

In 2003 he conducted an Atelier at the XV Europa Cantat in Barcelona, and in 2006 the world Youth Choir in their Summer session, giving concerts in Italy, Switzerland,France, Belgium and Germany. He adjudicates at International Choral Competitions

all over Europe and in the UK. He gives seminars and masterclasses in the UK, France,Italy, South Africa, the USA and Canada. In 2007 he was awarded the Pro CulturaHungarica Prize by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Hungaryfor his contribution to strengthening Anglo-Hungarian cultural relations.

The New London Children’s Choir offers a unique opportunity for girls and boys agedbetween 7 and 18 to learn to sing and enjoy all kinds of music, whilst receiving a uniqueand lasting musical experience and education. Launched by Ronald Corp OBE in 1991,the Choir has appeared in all the major London concert halls with the UK’s finestsymphony orchestras and conductors, has collaborated with opera companies and rockbands alike in the UK and abroad, and has made dozens of recordings and broadcasts,including its recording of Ronald Corp's opera The Ice Mountain and several discs withthe New London Orchestra of the music of Michael Hurd.

New London Children’s Choir featured in the 2013 Aldeburgh Festival. Recent engagementshave included an appearance on Strictly Come Dancing, two advertistements screenedin 2014 and the Choir can be heard in the soundtrack for Disney's 2015 film Cinderella.

Júlia Pusker began her musical studies atthe age of five. Her violin teacher wasTamás Ittzés and Judit Szászné-Réger. In2005 she entered the Special School forYoung Talents, Preparatory Department ofthe Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music inBudapest, where she studied under KatalinKokas, and from 2006 with István Kertész.

In 2011 she moved to London to further herstudies at the Royal Academy of Musicunder the guidance of György Pauk. She hasbeen a multiple recipient of major awards incompetition such as the János Koncz

National Violin Competition, the Dénes Kovács Violin Competition, the Georg PhilippTelemann International Violin Competition, as well as the Carl Flesch ViolinCompetition. In 2007, together with her sister, she was nominated, and in 2011 shereceived the Junior Prima Primissima Prize in her hometown, Kecskemét. In 2009 shewon the Music Scholarship by Yamaha.

As a soloist she has performed with numerous orchestras such as the Budapest StringOrchestra, Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Budapest Chamber Orchestra, BudapestFestival Orchestra, Budapest Philharmony Orchestra, Danubia Symphony Orchestra, GyôrPhilharmonic Orchestra and Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2010 she was featuredin a documentary called Invisible Strings – The talented Pusker Sisters and was widelyrecognised all around the world. In 2013 she recorded the chamber version of Bruckner2nd symphony with Trevor Pinnock and the Royal Academy Soloists Ensemble for theRoyal Academy of Music’s second disc in their chamber symphony series. Her violin, a G. Gagliano crafted in 1791, is loaned to her by the Royal Academy of Music.


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Hungarian pianist Renáta Kriszta Konyicskastarted studying music at the age of five. At theage of ten she was accepted at the Special Schoolfor Exceptional Young Talents of the Ferenc LisztAcademy of Music in Budapest in the class ofZsuzsa Esztó. From 2010 to 2014 she continued hermusical studies at the same institute under theguidance of László Baranyay, Márta Gulyás andRita Wagner. She attained her Bachelor’s degreewith highest honours in Piano. Renáta is completingher gradaute studies at the Royal Academy of Music,where she holds the Gilling Family Scholarship. Her professor is Pascal Nemirovski.

She has won many prizes in various piano competitions, including first prize at the ZlatkoGrgosevic Piano Competition (Croatia), first prize at the Cittá di Gorizia Competition(Italy), first prize at the Smetana Piano Competition (Czech Republic) and third prizeat the International Piano Competition for Young Musicians (The Netherlands). She has been invited to perform recitals and chamber music concerts in several festivalssuch as Nuits Classiques, Festival de Piano Classique Biarritz (France), Encuentro deMusica y Academia de Santander (Spain), Internationale Sommerakademie der mdwReichenau (Austria), Ferenc Liszt Week Esztergom (Hungary). Renáta has played withorchestras, performing concerti by J. Haydn, W. A. Mozart, L. van Beethoven, F. Lisztand E. Grieg. She is grateful for support from the László Sólyom Foundation.

Rob Cowan was born in London in 1948. He first discovered great music as a childconvalescing after a long illness. Thereafter, nightly trips to the local library andregular evening classes in violin and cello kept his interest on a busy front burner.Robert Maxwell gave him his first musical break, sending him round the countrypromoting Qualiton (the Hungarian national record label) – and Bartók in particular.Before that, he worked for The Society of Snuff Grinders Blenders and Purveyors(organ ising ‘snuff months’) and did PR for a modelling school and a cake-mix company.He later joined the BBC Music Department and launched his own ‘historic’ record label(Melos, in 1969). He spent nineteen years burrowing in the bowels of a major musicpublishing company (Boosey & Hawkes), first in the education department, then asadvertising manager and for the last eleven years, as the company’s music archivist.From May 1999 to March 2001, Rob devised and presented Classic FM's Sunday nightreview show CD Choice, and he has long been a frequent contributor to BBC Radio 3.He presented the first run of BBC Radio 3's weekly record magazine Off the Record,was a regular live guest on Record Review (precursor of the current CD Review),presented CD Masters (alongside Jonathan Swain, 2001-6) and The Cowan Collection(2003–6). Rob is a music critic/journalist for The Independent and is ContributingEditor and contributor for Gramophone. He is author of the Guinness Classical 1000(a thousand chosen masterpieces with a CD recommendation for each one).

Δ Tickets: £15 (£12 concession) on the door. For further information please visit our websitewww.hungary.org.uk and the JCS website jcosuk.wordpress.com


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October (exact date tbc)≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA

Hungarian Student College

This event is part of the Hungarian Cultural Centre’s initiative called Hungarian StudentCollege organised in partnership with the Association of Hungarian Students Abroad(KÜMA) and the Hungarian Societies of UCLU, LSE, King’s College, SOAS and ImperialCollege. The Hungarian Student College aims to invite internationally recognised expertsof various fields – diplomacy, politics, science, art, business – who can engage andinspire the younger generation. Previous lecturers included: HE János Csák, Ambassadorof Hungary in London, Gergely Prôhle, Deputy State Secretary of EU bilateral relations,press and cultural diplomacy, HE Péter Szabadhegy, Ambassador of Hungary in London,Baron William de Gelsey, banker, Professor Péter Somogyi, Professor Tamás Freundand Professor Angus Silver neuroscientists, and film director Kornél Mundruczó.

Δ For further details about the date and the speaker please keep an eye on our website and Facebook page. 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

Saturday | 10 October | 8.45pm (VUE7), 9.15pm (VUE5)≥ Vue Cinema �Leicester Square, LondonSunday | 11 October | 1pm ≥ Curzon Soho, London

e FILM

The 59th BFI London Film Festival presents The Cannes award winning Hungarian film

Son of Saul, directed by László Nemes (2015)

Son of Saul (Saul fia), a compelling Holocaust drama,directed by László Nemes, and featuring Géza Röhrig,who makes his screen debut in this film. Son of Saulhas won the Grand Prix at the 2015 Cannes Film Festivaland the FIPRESCI Prize in the main competitionsection. The film also won the François Chalais Prizeand the Vulcan Award. In June 2015 Son of Saul wasannounced to be Hungary's submission for the 2016Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Thedrama is set in early October 1944. Saul Ausländer


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(Géza Röhrig), a Hungarian-Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz works as a Sonderkommandomember, burning the dead. One day he finds the body of a boy he takes for his son. He tries to salvage the body from the flames and finds a rabbi to arrange a clandestineburial. Meanwhile other members of the Sonderkommando learn about their impendingextermination, rise up and destroy the crematorium. Saul keeps focused on his ownplan to pay the last honours to a son he could never take care of before.

László Nemes (born in 1977) is a Hungarian film director andscreenwriter. Although Nemeswas born in Budapest, he grewup in Paris. He is the son of filmdirector András Jeles. He gotinterested in filmmaking at anearly age, when he made horrorfilms in the basement of theirParis home. After studyingHistory, International Relationsand Screen writing, he startedworking as an assistant directorin France and Hungary on shortand feature films. For two years, he worked as Béla Tarr'sassistant. After directing hisfirst 35-mm short film, With aLittle Patience, he moved toNew York to study film directing.From September 2011, he spentfive months in Paris as part of a scholarship program arrangedby the Cinéfondation, where incollaboration with Clara Royer,he developed the script for Son of Saul.

The BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® will run its 59th

edition from 7–18 October 2015 at venues across the UK capital. Under the leadershipof BFI’s Head of Cinemas and Festivals, Clare Stewart, the LFF continues to build onthe success of its recent editions with 2014 enjoying its biggest ever audience turn outwith 163,000 festival goers – an increase of 7.5% on the previous year. The Festivalbenefits from both the deep cultural heritage of the BFI and the strength of the UKmarket (the world’s third largest market for film) as well as the desirability of the capitalas a premiere location with its iconic Leicester Square cinemas and the cultural hub of the BFI Southbank.

Δ For further information please visit our website www.hungary.org.ukand the BFI London Film Festival website www.bfi.org.uk/lff


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Wednesday | 14 October| 7pm≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA

e TALK

New directions for folk music in BudapestTalk by Naomi BathIntroduction by Rachel Beckles Willson

The táncház mozgalom (folk dance house movement) of the 1970s and 80s has beenwell documented both in Hungary and abroad. The movement succeeded in bringing a rural tradition to the capital city and in doing so, transformed it in a number of ways.Magyar népzene (Hungarian folk music) became modernised, urbanised, and its status waselevated by the intelligentsia; it also enjoyed a counter-cultural (anti-Soviet) ethos [Frigyesi].

This lecture-conversation will offer new perspectives on the folk music scene in Budapesttoday and in recent years. Thanks to numerous initiatives, Hungarian folk music hasbeen experiencing a new wave of popularity, albeit with a very different politicalsignificance. The táncház mozgalom celebrated its 40-year anniversary in 2012, oneyear after the dance-house teaching method was officially added to the UNESCOIntangible Cultural Heritage List. 2012 also saw the return of the televised folk musicand dance competition Fölszállott a páva, a revival of Röpülj, páva, popular in the1960s–80s. This time, Fölszállott a páva has had something of a modern makeover,and now bears a striking resemblance to shows like X-factor or Britain’s Got Talent.

Fölszállott a páva is one of manyexamples which suggest that thefolk music scene is evolving inorder to attract a youngergeneration. Folk-rock and folk-pop bands are reaching out toyounger audiences with the hopeof making folk music more popularand fashionable. This can be seenin the use of new performancespaces in Budapest such as ruinpubs and the A38 ship.

Another aspect of the evolution of folk music transmission is discernible at the LisztFerenc Zenemûvészeti Egyetem (Liszt Ferenc Music Academy), where a folk departmentwas established in 2007. Now the department offers the highest qualification in folkmusic available in Hungary through their BA and MA programmes. Increasing numbers of students enrol each year, producing folk musicians and teachers who frequentlycollaborate with professionals in concerts and at táncház events. The question of howthe performance styles have changed as a result of this exposes broader considerationsof the impact an institution might have on what was originally a rural oral tradition.


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MAGYAR MINDOpen Lecture Series

Naomi Bath is currently a PhD candidate in ethnomusicology atRoyal Holloway, University of London, having previously earned her BA in Music from Oxford University and her MMus in MusicPerformance Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London. She lived in Budapest for a year (2013-2014) carrying out fieldworkfor her PhD thesis. The thesis investigates the role of Hungarianfolk music in the construction of a national identity, and examinesinstances of transformation of the folk music tradition in Budapest

today. Later chapters will include themes of place, looking specifically at urban per -form ance spaces in the city, as well as the impact of a recent boost in folk music education,framing the analysis within professionalism and institutionalisation discourses.

Rachel Beckles Willson is a writer and musician whose research has explored the intersections of history, politics and performance.She is currently Professor of Music at Royal Holloway, Universityof London, where she is also Director of the Humanities and ArtsResearch Centre. Rachel's two most recent books tackle ways in which the politics of historiography affect musical composition,performance and consumption in Ligeti, Kurtág and HungarianMusic during the Cold War (Cambridge 2007) and Orientalism and

Musical Mission (Cambridge 2013). Rachel is currently supported by a LeverhulmeMajor Research Fellowship for a 3-year research project focusing on the oud entitled‘Reorientations: Migrations of a Musical Instrument’.


Thursday | 15 October | 10.30pm≥ Vortex Jazz Club �11 Gillett Street, London N16 8AZ

e JAZZ

match & fuse in partnership with the hungarian cultural centre presents

The Jü Trio at the Match&Fuse Alternative Festival (15–17 October)

After festivals in London (2012), Oslo (2013), Rome, London (2014) and Warsaw (2015),London’s East End sees the biggest festival yet with 24 acts – many in the UK for the first time, new com mission by Leafcutter John, new collaborations and premieres and album launches (Get The Blessing, Mopo, Alfie Ryner). The Festival will feature100+ musicians from the UK, Latvia, Poland, France, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Germany,Finland, Switzerland, Hungary, Ireland, Belgium and Slovenia.

Jü is an experimental trio from Budapest. The band, formed in spring 2012, has by nowbecome one of the most exciting jazz acts on the Hungarian music scene. The musicact is a dynamic powerjazz full of psychedelic tunes and improvisation from Budapest'sbest underground musicians.


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Worlds collide when the raucous Budapest-based power trio Jü (consisting of guitaristÁdám Mészáros, bassist Ernô Hock and drummer András Halmos) joins Oslo-basedsaxophonist Kjetil Møster for the subversive meeting of the minds on RareNoise Records.A powerful manifesto for ecstatic, exploratory, envelope-pushing music mixed byBill Laswell and mastered by Michael Fossenkemper. Jü Meets Møster bridges the gapbetween free jazz and hellacious, distortion-laced, guitar-driven hardcore rock. By pushing their instruments to new limits, the members push their entranced audi -ences from the constantly flowing present into the future. The band opens minds with their clean, open approach and spirited improvisation; always pushing each other and the limits of the composition, but never allowing the structure to fall apart. Each member of Ju is an accomplished player on the Budapest scene. Beside dozens ofHungarian groups, the members have played with international musicians such as JohnZorn, Eugene Chadbourne, Charles Gayle, Chris Potter, William Parker, Hamid Drake,Pamelia Kurstin and Mikolaj Trzaska.

The Norwegian saxophonist Kjetil Møster probably needs no introduction since hisunique approach to his instrument, at once technical and energetic, has made him oneof the most respected and sought-after musicians in both jazz and rock circles. Hisown bands include The Core, Moster, Gibrish and BRAT, while he has also performedwith Chick Corea, Pat Metheny and as a permanent member of Datarock also touringwith Röyksopp & Robyn.

As a multi-lateral network reaching across Europe, Match&Fuse present bold newmusic from the cutting-edge of numerous contemporary music scenes throughfestivals and tours, showcasing only the brightest talents through their collective of cultural producers.

Δ For further information please visit www.hungary.org.uk and matchandfuse.com


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Friday | 16 October | 11.00am–11.45amFriday | 13 November | 11.00am–11.45am Friday | 11 December | 11.00am–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 childrenas small as 6-month-old. During the sessionsthe parents learn and try out songs and gamesthey can use at home with their children, whichwill help them develop not only their musicalskills but create a strong bond betweenparents and children. Mária Chambers,founding director and a highly experiencedteacher of the Hungarian Cultural Associationin Guildford, leads the sessions.

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

Wednesday | 4 November ≥ UCL Bloomsbury Theatre �15 Gordon St, London WC1H 0AH

e FILM

ucl ssees centenary film festival presents

Hungarian film masterpieces by Miklós Jancsó and Béla Tarr

To mark the centenary of the founding of the School of Slavonic and East EuropeanStudies (SSEES), University College London, a film festival is being organized whichwill showcase the cinemas of the last one hundred years in the countries whoselanguages are taught as part of SSEES’s degree programmes.

This unique educational and cultural event will feature twenty-three films in total:each one will be introduced by an academic specialist and screened in the newlyconstructed auditorium at UCL’s Bloomsbury Theatre between October and December2015. The festival is being supported by the British Film Institute, the London-basedembassies and cultural centres of the countries whose cinemas are being showcasedas part of the festival, and charitable organizations dedicated to the promotion of the arts and cultures of Russia and Eastern/Central/Southern Europe.


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With the generous support of the Hungarian Cultural Centre, two Hungarian feature films will be screened as part of the festival: • Miklós Jancsó: Csillagosok, katonák (The Red and the White, 1967)

on Wednesday 4 November 2015 • BélaTarr: Kárhozat (Damnation, 1988) on Tuesday 1 December 2015

Banned for many years in the U.S.S.R., Hungarian director Miklós Jancsó’s masterfulThe Red and the White is a haunting, powerful film about the absurdity and evil of war.Set in Central Russia during the Civil War of 1918, the story details the murderousentanglements between Russia's Red soldiers and the counter-revolutionary Whites in the hills along the Volga. The epic conflict moves with skillful speed from a desertedmonastery to a riverbank hospital to a final, unforgettable hillside massacre.

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The director of numerous Hungarian cinema classics, Jancsó here creates what manybelieve to be his finest work.

The Red and the White is a moving visual feast where every inch of the Cinemascopeframe is used to magnificent effect. With his brilliant use of exceptionally long takes,vast and unchanging landscapes and Tamás Somló's hypnotic black and whitephotography, Jancsó gives the film the quality of a surreal nightmare. In the director'suncompromising world, people lose all sense of identity and become hopeless pawnsin the ultimate game of chance.

Attendance is free of charge. Tickets will be issued on a first-come-first-serve basisat the Bloomsbury Theatre box-office.

Δ For full details of the festival programme please visit the SSEES website www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees

Saturday | 14 November | time tbc≥ Cine Lumiére �17 Queensberry Place, London SW7 2DT

e FILM

uk jewish film with the support of

the hungarian cultural centre presents

Son of Saul (2015, with English subtitles, 107 mins) Actor Géza Röhrig in attendance for Q&A (tbc)

Son of Saul (Saul Fia), directed by László Nemes, featuring Géza Röhrig, LeventeMolnár, Urs Rechn, is a masterful debut feature that brings an entirely fresh visuallanguage to this most challenging of topics. László Nemes’ critical hit at Cannesfocuses on Saul, a Jewish member of the Sonderkommando in an unnamed deathcamp, who after discovering the body of a boy who he takes for his son, is determined to give him a dignified burial. Avoiding the temptation to divide protagonists intogood and bad, Nemes paints a disturbingly nuanced picture of the moral imperativesand daily realities faced by all.

19th UK Jewish Film Festival7–22 November


Son of Saul has won theGrand Prix at the 2015Cannes Film Festival andthe FIPRESCI Prize in themain competitionsection. The film alsowon the François ChalaisPrize and the VulcanAward. In June 2015 Sonof Saul was announcedto be Hungary’ssubmission for the 2016Academy Award for BestForeign Language Film.

Please see the BFI London Film Festival description for details on director László Nemes on page 17.

The UK Jewish Film Festival takes place in 12 cinemas across London as well as invenues in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Glasgow. In 2014, the festival screened 95 international films at 159 screenings and welcomed 15,000 visitors. This year’sfestival programme brings viewers a diverse and vibrant collection of contemporaryfilms, comprising over 80 features, documentaries and shorts from all over the world.The festival offers a unique chance to see important films from over 25 countries,including groundbreaking contemporary features from Hungary, such as Son of Saul.

Δ For tickets and more information please visit www.ukjewishfilm.org

Sunday | 8 November | 5pm≥ St John’s Smith Square �Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HA

e CONCERT

The Bards of Wales: Project and Performance Featuring • The English Concert Singers • The English Concert Chorus• The English Concert Orchestra, directed by Music Director Roy Wales • King Edward sung by Welsh tenor Rhys Meirion

The Bards of Wales Project has been founded and developed by László Irinyi, the director of Concert Masters International (CMI), Budapest.

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Since competing in – and winning – the International Eisteddfod at Llangollen with the Budapest University Choir in 1980, László Irinyi became passionately interested in the establishment of creative links between Hungary and Wales. This was no easygoal: Wales and Hungary might share the colours of their national flags, a love ofmusic and even of leek soup – but have little knowledge of each other's culture, exceptfor one fact. On the Hungarian side, one of the most famous of all ballads is the longpoem called ‘A walesi bárdok’ – The Bards of Wales – written by János Arany in 1857.

Like all Hungarians, László Irinyistudied the poem as part of hiscountry’s national school curriculum,and so found worthy material for a celebration of the cultures of thetwo nations.

Arany’s ballad is a hymn to civilcourage in the face of savageoppression. It tells how in 1277 King Edward I of England attended a banquet in Montgomery Castle to celebrate his victories over theWelsh. Sated with good food andwine, he calls for a Welsh bard to sing his praises, but the bardsdenounce him as a butcher with the

blood of an entire nation on his hands. So, the King sends them one by one, 500 in all,to be burnt at the stake, for none can be found to flatter him as their conqueror. After ravaging the Welsh countryside in terrible revenge, Edward returns to Londonwhere he is haunted for evermore by the shades of the dead bards, spending his daysin terror of their torment.

This powerful and colourful story was actually penned as an allegory for the treat-ment of the Hungarian nation by the Austrians following the failed bid for Hungarianindependence from Austria in 1848-49, hence its status as a defining work forHungary’s cultural identity. It is however amazing that a poet, a scholar in mid 19th

century Hungary should have gleaned such specific knowledge of Welsh history andoral tradition. The legend of the ‘Slaughter of the Bards’ was well known in the mid19th century, although it has faded from view today, but Arany's placing of KingEdward's feast in Montgomery Castle in 1277 derives from actual historical events in a corner of Europe remote from Arany's homeland. How he discovered these factswe do not know, but it is a measure of his enormous stature as a writer and scholarthat he did so.

And so enter The Bards of Wales Project, which from the beginning is generouslysponsored by FBZ Hungaria Ltd. In 2010 László commissioned Karl Jenkins, probablythe most performed living composer in the world, to score the work as a cantata forchorus, soloists and orchestra. Karl succeeded in moulding his music around parallel


texts in three languages: Arany's original Hungarian plus an English version by PeterZollman and a Welsh one by the modern-day Welsh Bard, Twm Morys.

The Bards of Wales was premièred in the Palace of Arts inBudapest in June 2011 with an international cast of singersfrom Hungary, Wales and England backed by Budapest'sMÁV Symphony Orchestra. The work has since had a Welshlanguage première at the 2012 National Eisteddfod ofWales, a US première in New York’s Carnegie Hall in 2014as well as further perform ances in Hungary, and now it isthe turn of England to host a première performance. TheEnglish Concert Singers and the English Concert Chorus,together with the English Concert Orchestra will performThe Bards of Wales under the direction of Music DirectorRoy Wales at St John's Smith Square in London. The majorsolo role, that of King Edward, will be sung by Welsh tenorRhys Meirion, who has already sung the part to greatcritical acclaim in both New York and Budapest.

The London première marks a major milestone in thedevelopment of The Bards of Wales Project. Hungarianand Welsh themes will surely be transcended into theuniversal imperative to resist the oppressor which wasArany’s fervent desire.

Δ Tickets: £25, £20, £15. For more information and booking please visit the website of St John’s SmithSquare www.sjss.org.uk. Bookings from the St John’s Box Office on 020 72 22 10 61 or [email protected]

Monday | 9 November | 7pm≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre �10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA

e MONDAY MUSIC SOIRÉES

György Pauk’s performers class students at the Royal Academy of Music: Julia Pusker, Marta Kowalczyk and Mathilde Milwidsky

György Pauk Hon RAM, Hon GSM is Ede Zathureczky Professor of Violin at the RoyalAcademy of Music, a distinguished international concerto soloist, premiering works of many leading composers, a prolific and award winning recording artist and a greatinterpreter of Bartók.

Recognised as one of the leading violinists of his generation, György Pauk was born in Hungary and received his musical education at the Ferenc Liszt Academy. Before

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settling in London in 1961 he was the First Prize winner of the Paganini and the JacquesThibaud International Violin Competitions and was already a distinguished concertartist in Hungary as well as in Eastern Europe.

He made his London debut with the LondonSymphony Orchestra under the baton of LorinMaazel and his USA debut with the ChicagoSymphony at the invitation of Sir Georg Solti. He has performed on all five continents, withmost of the major orchestras and conductors,giving an average of eighty concerts a season. He boasts an exceptionally rich repertoire, alsofor chamber music, which includes some of themasterpieces of the 20th century. He gaveworld and national premieres of the works byLutoslawski, Penderecki, Schnittke, MaxwellDavies and Michael Tippett with the composersconducting. György Pauk is also considered one of the greatest Bartók interpreters worldwide.Among his numerous recordings there are severalaward-winning ones.

He retired from stage after turning seventy with a career stretching over half a century.He gave a series of farewell concerts, playing the Bartók Concerto with the BudapestFestival Orchestra conducted by Iván Fischer. György Pauk has a permanent performersclass at the Royal Academy of Music and he gives masterclasses at renowned musicacademies, festivals in Europe, the United States, Japan and China. He has receivedseveral public honours in Britain as well as the Highest Order of the Republic of Hungary.At a Silver Jubilee event recently he was introduced to the Queen.

Júlia Pusker began her musical studiesat the age of five. Her violin teacherwas Tamás Ittzés and Judit Szászné-Réger. In 2005 she entered the SpecialSchool for Young Talents, PreparatoryDepartment of the Ferenc LisztAcademy of Music in Budapest, whereshe studied under Katalin Kokas, from2006 with István Kertész.

In 2011 she moved to London to further her studies at the Royal Academy of Musicunder the guidance of Professor György Pauk. She has been a multiple recipient ofmajor awards in competition such as the János Koncz National Violin Competition, theDénes Kovács Violin Competition, the Georg Philipp Telemann International ViolinCompetition, as well as the Carl Flesch Violin Competition. In 2007 together withher sister, she was nominated, and in 2011 she received the Junior Prima PrimissimaPrize in her hometown, Kecskemét. In 2009 she won the Music Scholarship by Yamaha.

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Her violin, a G. Gagliano crafted in 1791, is loaned to her by the Royal Academy of Music.(Please find further information about Júlia Pusker at the 26 September concert details on page 14.)

Born in Poland in 1991, Marta Kowalczyk beganher violin studies at the age of 7. She graduatedwith a Bachelor of Music with First Class Honoursfrom the Frederic Chopin Music University inWarsaw in 2012. In 2008 Marta won the EurovisionYoung Musicians and represented her country at the final event in Vienna. During her studies inWarsaw she was awarded the Sinfonia VarsoviaScholarship, Special Achievement Award fromPrincipals of all Polish Music Academies and the‘Young Poland’ Prize managed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. Marta is also a laureate of numerous prizes at international

competitions, including First Prize and the Special Award for the Best ArtisticPersonality at the International Violin Competition in Bled, Slovenia, First Prize atthe International Violin Competition in Belgrade and Third Prize at the InternationalJohannes Brahms Competition in Pörtschach, Austria.

Marta is currently studying towards Master of Arts degree at the Royal Academy ofMusic with Professor György Pauk. Recently she was awarded a full scholarship fromthe Royal Academy of Music, The English-Speaking Union Scholarship, the OetkerScholarship, Stephen Bell Trust Award and the Bach Solo Violin Prize. She has alsoreceived the Emily Anderson Prize awarded by the Royal Philharmonic Society.

From the age of nine Mathilde Milwidsky attendedthe Royal College of Music Junior Department,where she was a Tsukanov Scholar and was taughtby Viktoria Grigoreva and then Professor DavidTakeno. During her time there she won numerousawards, including the Ian Stoutzker Violin Prize,the Hugh Bean Memorial Violin Competition, theMarjorie Humby Competition, and, upon leaving,the Esther Coleman Prize for outstandingcontributions to the RCM. She currently studies

with Professor György Pauk at the Royal Academy of Music, where she holds theAlbert and Eugenie Frost Music Trust Scholarship. Mathilde has attended theInternational Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, the London Master Classes and theInternational Holland Music Sessions and has participated in masterclasses with IgorOzim, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Olivier Charlier, Gerhard Schulz, Alina Ibragimova, SergeiKravchenko, Tasmin Little, Anthony Marwood and Itzhak Rashkovsky.

Mathilde Milwidsky is described as a ‘superb violinist and captivating musician’ by theconductor John Lubbock OBE. Mathilde made her Royal Festival Hall solo recital debutin 2014 as winner of the Philharmonia Orchestra’s Martin Musical Scholarship.

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Engagements have included recitals at Bergen’s Ruinekerk (Holland), the Royal AlbertHall’s Elgar Room, the State Rooms at Westminster and the London Jewish CulturalCentre, as well as concertos at St John’s Smith Square, the Ashmolean Museum,Oxford Town Hall and the Kings Lynn Festival. She has performed as soloist andchamber musician in Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Germany, France, the Netherlandsand Portugal, and in England at venues such as St George’s Bristol, Wigmore Hall,Kings Place and Gloucester Cathedral.

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

Friday | 20 November | 7pm≥ Goethe Institut London �50 Princess Gate, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2PH

e FILM

fassbinder retrospective film festival presents

Béla Tarr’s Autumn Almanac (Ôszi Almanach), 119 min, 1984

As part of Goethe Institut's unique Fassbinderretrospective season there will be screenings toexplore potental influences the German film directorhad on other filmmakers. One such screening willfeature Hungarian director Béla Tarr’s AutumnAlmanac / Almanac of Fall (Ôszi Almanach), which

is an intense chamber drama set in a large, claustrophobic apartment. In this densesetting, the inhabitants reveal their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and hostilities.

Δ For booking and further infomation please visit www.goethe.de/london

Friday | 20 November | 7.30pm≥ Free Word Centre �60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA

e LITERATURE

the enemies project presents

European Camarade: Poetry in collaboration featuring Hungarian poet Kinga Tóth

The Camarade series explores collaboration exclusively between poets, taking the formof events which pair writers to produce and premiere new collaborative poems or artworks,to be performed live. The European Camarade will pair 8 European poets from outside


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Kinga Tóth is a poet, philologist and teacher inGerman Language and Literature, Communicationspecialist (journalist), copy editor of the artmagazines Palócföld and Roham, cultural programorganizer, (sound)poet-illustrator, songwriter andfront man of Tóth Kína Hegyfalu project. Member of the Leadership of József Attila Association forYoung Writers and member of several art projects,associations.

Since its inception in 2011 the Enemies project hascurated over 100 events, 9 exhibitions, in 16 nations,involving over 400 poets, writers, artists, photog -raphers and sculptors from across the globe. TheEnemies project has been supported by Arts CouncilEngland, the British Council, the Jerwood CharitableFoundation, the Danish Agency for Culture, Creative Scotland, Arts Council IrelandArts Council Wales and many other cultural bodies, as well as collaborating with a wide range of institutional partners to create in-depth collaborative curatorialrelationships that best utilise the expertise of such institutions as the Rich Mix artscentre, the Saison Poetry Library, the Hardy Tree gallery, the British Museum and manyothers, achieving its aims across an ambitious spectrum of engagements.

Steven J. Fowler is a poet, artist, curator &vanguardist. He works in the modernist andavant garde traditions, across poetry, fiction,theatre, sonic art, visual art, installation and performance. He has published seven col lec tions of poetry and been commissionedby Tate Britain, the British Council, TateModern, Highlight Arts, Mercy, Penned in theMargins and the London Sinfonietta. He has been translated into 13 languages andperformed at venues across the world, fromMexico city to Erbil, Iraq. He is the poetryeditor of 3am magazine and the curator of the Enemies project.

Δ For booking please visit www.freewordcentre.com and for further information please also visitwww.hungary.org.uk and www.theenemiesproject.com


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Monday | 30 November | 7pm≥ St. Paul’s Church �Bedford Street, London WC2E 9ED

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Announcing the winner of For Hungarian Culture in the UK Award 2015

In January 2015 the Hungarian Cultural Centre invited cultural and educationalorganisations for the fourth time to submit their applications for its Award For HungarianCulture in the UK. The winner of the award will be announced before the Adventconcert, which will thus also celebrate Hungarian culture and the award-winner.

Application deadline: Friday 30 October 2015.

Previous winners of the award include: the Hungarian Cultural Association Guildford in 2012, the LMI+ Hungarian School London in 2013 and the Hungarian Culture andHeritage Society in 2014.

Δ For further information please visit our website: www.hungary.org.uk

Monday | 30 November | 7pm≥ St. Paul’s Church �Bedford Street, London WC2E 9ED

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Advent Concert

Since December 2012 the HungarianCultural Centre has invited friends andsupporters for a traditional and joyfulAdvent concert each year. ExceptionalHungarian artists and music alwaysprovided a unique opportunity to preparefor the Advent season.

In 2012 folk singer Irén Lovász gave a concert based on her Sacred Voicealbum. In 2013 we invited our audience


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5 for a musical journey through centuries of enchant ing music for two flutes, presentedby young and aspiring musicians, the Gyôri-Madaras Duo. Last year St Paul’s Churchwas filled with popular pieces of Hungarian choir literature by Zoltán Kodály and con -temporary Hungarian pieces by Miklós Csemiczky and Levente Gyöngyösi, performed byThe Joyful Company of Singers. Our audience also had the opportunity to join in withthe choir when they were singing well-known English and Hungarian Christmas carols.

This year’s Advent concert details will be announced nearer the date, so please checkour website and Facebook page.

St Paul’s Church, also commonly known as the Actors’ Church, was designed by InigoJones as part of a commission by Francis Russell. As well as being the parish church ofCovent Garden, it gained its nickname by a long association with the theatre community.

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

Tuesday | 1 December≥ UCL Bloomsbury Theatre �15 Gordon St, London WC1H 0AH

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Hungarian film masterpieces by Miklós Jancsó and Béla Tarr

To mark the centenary of the founding of the School of Slavonic and East EuropeanStudies (SSEES), University College London, a film festival is being organized whichwill showcase the cinemas of the last one hundred years in the countries whoselanguages are taught as part of SSEES’s degree programmes. This unique educationaland cultural event will feature twenty-three films in total: each one will be introducedby an academic specialist and screened in the newly constructed auditorium at UCL’sBloomsbury Theatre between October and December 2015. The festival is beingsupported by the British Film Institute, the London-based embassies and culturalcentres of the countries whose cinemas are being showcased as part of the festival,and charitable organizations dedicated to the promotion of the arts and cultures ofRussia and Eastern/Central/Southern Europe.

With the generous support of the Hungarian Cultural Centre, two Hungarian feature films will be screened as part of the festival:

• Miklós Jancsó: Csillagosok, katonák (The Red and the White, 1967) on Wednesday 4 November 2015

• BélaTarr: Kárhozat (Damnation, 1988) on Tuesday 1 December 2015

Béla Tarr made a dramatic stylistic and critical breakthrough with this brooding andvisually striking study of desolation and betrayal set in a small town in Hungary and tracingthe cruel love triangle that emerges between a taciturn loner, a nightclub singer and hersmuggler husband. The first of five films to date written with novelist László Krasznahorkaiand structured around the haunting minimalist music of Mihály Vig, Damnation – withits decaying factories, dingy bars and bleak, expressionistic landscapes – introducedthe dark, rainy and irretrievably melancholy realm that is arguably Tarr’s greatest creation.

Attendance is free of charge. Tickets will be issued on a first-come-first-serve basisat the Bloomsbury Theatre box-office.

Δ For full details of the festival programme please visit the SSEES website www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees


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REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE STUDENT AMBASSADORS OF HUNGARIAN CULTURE IN 2015

By launching the Student Ambassador of Hungarian Culture project in October 2014, the Hungarian Cultural Centre wanted to inspire and motivate university students 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 accreditedcolleges or universities in the United Kingdom.

Nóra Kelemenas student ambassador of hungarian culture

I believe that cultural diplomacy has an important role to play in building bridgesbetween countries and individuals. Therefore, as an advocate of the culture of myhome country, my responsibility lies in connecting to student communities andinviting them to explore Hungarian cultural values. Being appointed with these

responsibilities in a country asdiverse and multicultural as theUK, and at a university as vibrantas The University of Glasgow,allows me to communicate andbuild cultural relationships withstudents from various countriesall over the world.

My action plan consisted of aset of events and programmes.About half of these were alreadyup and running at the time of my

appointment, however the plan includes initiatives which are yet to be implemented.The action plan aimed to promote Hungarian film and gastro culture, Hungarianliterature, folklore and cultural heritage as part of social events, extra-curricularactivities, essay writing competitions and news paper articles.

I believe that this year was really successful and I managed to fulfil my proposedinitiatives for promoting, familiarizing and connecting Hungarian cultural values asa Student Ambassador of Hungarian Culture. I conducted an inter-society andorganized a conference called Hungarian Country Profile where we introducedBudapest, Hungarian traditions, had a folk dance house and a buffet with traditionalHungarian food. We also invited Professor Richard Berry (Central and East EuropeanStudies of the University of Glasgow) and Kyle Taggart PhD student to give lecturesabout Hungary from a historical perspective.

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I supplied The Glasgow Guardian with cultural reviews on various cultural affairssuch as a book review of the Nobel Prize winning piece of Imre Kertész, Fatelessness.

In our Hungarian folk dance club we learned about the traditions and traditionaldances of Kalotaszeg, Mezôség, Sóvidék, Küküllômente, Moldva, Szatmár, Délalföld,Jászság, Somogy, Felvidék, Rábaköz and Bodrogköz. Our club has also been askedto perform in Glasgow and Edinburg at several events.

At the moment I am interning at the House of Terror in Budapest, and also collectingmaterial for the ‘Jó utat’ information package for non-Hungarian students spendingan Erasmus exchange year in Hungary. This information pack is to include cultural,folkloric and science festivals, museum, theatres and other cultural institutions, to ensure that the exchange students encounter the Hungarian cultural values andmake the most out of their year.

Márk Kendernayas student ambassador of hungarian culture

As a future architect I have been mainly working on the promotion of desing andarchitecture related summer camps, programmes and internship opportunities inHungary. Numerous international student from the University of Bath got acceptedto the Hello Wood design summercamp in Hungary. This visit provides an excellentopportunity for an intellectual adventure while it enables international people to

get to know more about Hungary, its tradition,culture and its power as a start up country.

I have also cooperated with the TEDx Society atthe University of Bath. They are organizing a hugeconference in March where I am planning to inviteHungarian lecturers.

Also, as sport plays an important role in formingand sustaining communities, after a successfulcharity run in Brussels organised with the help oflocal Hungarians in 2013, I would like to take myexperi ences and create a similar community eventaddressed to both Hungarians and those interestedin Hungarian culture. I am organizing this charityrun in London in autumn, with the help of HCC andHungarian Interchurch Aid (Ökumenikus Segély -szervezet). I believe this philanthropist approachmust have an increasing relevance in our image ofculture today and in the future.

Δ For further information please visit www.hungary.org.ukand the Student Ambassador of Hungarian Culture Facebook page.

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Saturday, 28 November12pm–3pm≥ 17 St Dunstan’s Road, London W6 8RDChristmas fare with traditionalHungarian dishes, Hungarianarts&crafts and raffle prizes


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oFor further information please visitwww.reflondon.hu

Saturday 5 September, 2pm–6pm ≥ Sotheby Mews Centre N5 2UT1. Teaching Sessions+OpeningAssembly

Saturday 19 September, 2pm–6pm≥ Sotheby Mews Centre N5 2UT2. Teaching Sessions+ CommitteeMeeting

Saturday 3 October, 2pm–6pm≥ Sotheby Mews Centre N5 2UT3. Teaching Sessions

Saturday 17 October, 2pm–6pm≥ Sotheby Mews Centre N5 2UT4. Teaching Sessions+AGM

Saturday 31 October, 2pm–6pm≥ Sotheby Mews Centre N5 2UT5. Teaching Sessions + October 23Assembly

Saturday 14 November, 2pm–6pm≥ Sotheby Mews Centre N5 2UT6. Teaching Sessions

Saturday 28 November, 2pm–6pm≥ Sotheby Mews Centre N5 2UT7. Teaching Sessions

Saturday 14 November, 2pm-6pm≥ Sotheby Mews Centre N5 2UT6. Teaching Sessions

Saturday 5 December ≥ Venue, time TBCChristmas Party with KolomposConcert

Saturday 12 December, 2pm–6pm ≥ Sotheby Mews Centre N5 2UT8. Teaching Sessions + Luca-Party

Mondays 7, 14, 21, 28 September, 5, 12, 19 October,16, 23, 30 November8pm–10pm Hungarian Folk Dancing and Music group on Mondays for youth (11+) and adults

Saturdays 5 and 19 September, 3 and 17 October,14 and 18 November,5 and 19 December,10am–1.30pm Hungarian Language, Music,Folkdance, Craft, Play Groups for children (0–11 years old)

Saturdays 5 and 19 September, 3 and 17 October,14 and 18 November,5 and 19 December,10am–1.30pm Hungarian Youth Group for 11–18 years old

Saturdays 5 and 19 September, 11 & 18 May,1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 Jun8pm–10pmHungarian Folkdance and Folk SingingGroup for adults and young people

Saturdays 5 and 19 September, 11 & 18 May,1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 Jun8pm–10pmHungarian as a Foreign Language Groups for adults

Saturday 5 September, 10am–2pmAutumn Family Trip to Wisley

Saturday 3 October, 10.30am–2pm≥ St Saviour's Church, WoodbridgeRoad, Guildford GU1 4QDKolompos Együttes – Szüretimulatság• £9/£10/£11/£12.50

Sat 24 and Sun 25 October≥ Cecil Sharp House LondonDance Around the World

Saturday, 5 December 10am–2pm Hungarian St Nicholas Day

Saturday, 5 December 10am–2pm Hungarian Christmas Celebration

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oFurther [email protected]: 00 44 1483 808 643 Mob: 00 44 7843 054 940 www.hcaguildford.org.ukwww.magyartanodaguildford.org.uk

oFurther informationLMIplusz@gmail.comwww.magyariskola.org.ukwww.facebook.com/pages/Londoni-Magyar-Iskola-/76055522263

hcc recommends

oFor more information please visitwww.maosz.co.uk

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oxford hungarian society

oFor further information please visitwww.hungsoc.com

Saturday 5 December, 12pm-5pm ≥ St Stephen House, 62 LittleEaling Lane, London, W5 4EAChristmas Fair

stage in london

Friday 9 October 2015, 6pm≥ Bloomsbury Central BaptistChurch, 235 Shaftesbury Avenue,London WC2H 8EP

Lecture by Soma Mama Gésa (in Hungarian) • Tickets: £18/ £22

Saturday–Sunday, 10–11 and 17–18 October 2015, 10am–6pm ≥ 269a Jacksons Lane, ArchwayRoad, London N6 5AA

Courses by Soma Mama Gésa(in Hungarian)£120/person/weekend

Friday 23 October 2015, 7.30pm≥ Posk Hammersmith, 238-246King Street, London W6 0RF

Concert of Soma Mama GésaTickets: £9 (advanced booking)

Wednesday 28 October 2015, 7.30pm≥ St Stephen House, 62 LittleEaling Lane, London W5 4EA

Concert of Illés-Fonográf Tribute Band • Tickets: £14/ £18

Thursday 29 October 2015, 7.30pm≥ The Forge, 3-7 Delancey Street,London NW1 7NL

Concert of BlackBirds – The Beatles Tribute BandTickets: £15 (advanced booking)

Saturday 14 November 2015, 6pm≥ City Temple, Holborn Viaduct,London EC1A 2DE

Lecture by Professor Emôke Bagdyand Dr. László Buda


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

Hungarian folk dance sessions

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group (hunique)

Sunday 6 September, 1pm ≥ St John The Evangelist Church, 44Boston Park Road, Brentford, TW8 9JF The Feast of St Stephen of HungaryLiturgy by László Kiss-Rigó,Archbishop of the Roman CatholicDiocese of Szeged, Hungary, fol -lowed by lunch at St Stephen House(62 Little Ealing Lane, W5 4EA). Lunch for ARKME-members: £10,for non-ARKME members: £15

Saturday 26 September, 6pm≥ St Stephen House, 62 LittleEaling Lane, London, W5 4EA Autumn Ball – With three coursedinner, live music, folk dancepresentation, raffle prizes, etc.

Thursday 1 & Friday 2 October, 7pm≥ St Stephen House, 62 LittleEaling Lane, London, W5 4EAAhogyan a víz tükrözi az arcottheatre play by the Osonó TheatreCompany, from Transylvania

Sunday 18 October, 10am ≥ St Stephen House, 62 LittleEaling Lane, London, W5 4EAMarriage Retreat

Sunday 18 October, 5pm ≥ St Stephen House, 62 LittleEaling Lane, London, W5 4EA1956 before the uprising throughthe eyes of Britain – Free PublicLecture (in Hungarian). Speaker: Dr. Andrea Csurgai-HorváthnéGlavanovics

Saturday 24 October ≥ St Stephen House, 62 LittleEaling Lane, London, W5 4EARemembering the HungarianUprising of 1956

Saturday 21 Nov, 6pm till midnight≥ St Stephen House, 62 LittleEaling Lane, London, W5 4EA PigfestWith dinner, live music, folk dance,raffle prizes, etc.

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oFurther information:www.hunique.co.ukwww.facebook.com/HUNiqueHungarianFolkDanceGroup

other programmes

October 2015 (Date TBC)≥ New North London Synagogue80 East End Road, Finchley,London N3 2SY

Hungarian musical life duringWorld War 2; the work of OMIKE’sArtist ActionTalk by Ágnes Kôry • Admission free

December 2015 (Date TBC) ≥ Senate House Malet St, LondonWC1E 7HU

Lecture series organized bySenate House Library: Hungarian musical life duringWorld War 2Talk by Ágnes Kôry • Admission free


FAREWELL FROM THE DIRECTOR

After nearly four fantastic years at helm of the Hungarian Cultural Centre in London I am bidding farewell to the institute, its friends, patrons and my colleagues as I am returning to my medical profession in Hungary fromOctober 2015.

I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who trusted andsupported me along the way during these years in London and the UK. I thankour friends, guests and audience for their passion for Hungarian culture andfor attending our events unfailingly. I thank the many outstanding artists

and academics who haveaccepted my invitation toshare with us the best oftheir art and knowledge. I also thank the manyBritish and internationalcultural and diplomaticorganisations that wehave collaborated with on some of the mostmemorable projects.Likewise I thank the manyUK-based Hungariancultural and educationalorganisations and theEmbassy of Hungary

in London for the numerous collaborations we had. Finally I gratefully thankmy colleagues, the HCC team for their dedicated and passionate work, whichthey always carry out with joyful flair and in cheerful spirits.

I wish my successor as Director of the Hungarian Cultural Centre in London all the best for the forthcoming years in office, hoping that my work in thepast four years will serve as solid ground for remarkable future successes and achievements.

Dr. Beata Pászthy PhD Cultural and Scientific CounsellorDirector

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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