The legacy of Hungary’s world famous composer who also created the Kodály method is preserved in the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music and forms an inherent part of the cultural life of his hometown, Kecskemét, where…
Budapest, August 18 (MTI) – The week-long Sziget Festival in northern Budapest’s Obuda Island attracted record many visitors this year and even though final figures are not yet available, they are estimated to be between 410,000 and 420,000, main organiser…
Summer camp participants set a Hungarian record , 294 people played the Cup Song at the same time, szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu reports. The runners-up of the 2014 local X-factor, the band ByTheWay, who had previously played this song in the popular talent…
Now you can check out the new Sziget map! Take a closer look, so you won’t get lost, find your favorite venues, and discover the new ones! All venues have a detailed description and all camping sites, showers, safe deposits,…
The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961 and they are going to have their first concert with two Beach Boys founding members in Hungary on 26th November at Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena, hvg.hu…
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(MTI) – Organisers of this year’s Balaton Sound, starting on Wednesday evening, expect some 150,000 people to attend the music festival. At a press conference ahead of the festival opening, organisers said that all passes were sold out weeks ago…
Budapest, July 7 (MTI) – The 26th annual International Folk Dance Festival in Szeged will kick off on Tuesday with the opening dance parade, organisers told MTI. Szeged’s long-standing tradition of folk dance festivals dates back to 1966. The city…
Summer festivals in Hungary are in need of no introduction. For many years they have been attracting vibrant multinational crowd from all over the world. Thanks to the surge of interest, the only thing that can prevent you from enjoying…
Budapest, June 25 (MTI) – Debrecen’s brand new Nagyerdei Stadium will host this year’s Campus Festival on July 23-27, the festival’s spokesman told MTI. Csaba Bako said that last summer’s festival had attracted 60,000 visitors, breaking all previous records. This…
The evening concert series in the Budapest Zoo will begin on June 25th and end on August 21st. Within this programme series there will be nine concerts altogether, with Calcutta Trió, Pátkai Rozina, Vujicsics Ensemble, and the Budapest Bár…
Rejoice rock fans! Today Heroes Square will become a hosting arena for the concert of the iconic rock band, Scorpions. This will be the rare chance for all fans of this legendary group to listen to their best pieces during…
If you have never seen this magnificent building from the inside, now is the time to check. The Hungarian State Opera House ca ben explored virtually in Google Street View Art Project. The Google Street view, which makes the virtual…
The Fonogram Prize Award Ceremony organized by the Hungarian Association of Publishers of Sound recordings (MAHASZ) was held in the Akvárium in Budapest last week. During the event thirteen Hungarian and six foreign musicians were awarded with this prize in…
The summer is finally here! The whole country will gear up for the most extended party of the year- the Summer Festival 2014. During all the three months of the season people will be able to experience some unique cultural…
According to HVG.hu, the Hungarian young boy got the third place in the Eurovision Young Musicians competition in Cologne last night. The winner was Ziyu He, the Chinese-born Austrian violinist. We have already written about the 15 years old Hungarian…
Gergely Devich, a 15 years old Hungarian boy made a successful and excellent performance in the first round of the Eurovision Young Musicians competition (EYM) in Cologne –HVG.hu reported. The first round of the EYM took place in the Westdeutscher…
During the upcoming weekend, on 10th and 11th of May, WestEnd City Center (Budapest) will be hosting a unique event called Hello Magyarország! Hello Magyarország! will involve live performances of the folk dancers, choirs and musicians, who will present the…
Hugh Laurie, the main character in the famous TV series called Doctor House comes to Hungary to give performance with his group, The Copper Bottom Band in the Budapest Congress Center on 19th July – HVG reported. As it is…
The song called Together by Ivan & The Parazol was chosen for the official Sziget Festival Anthem in 2014 – the organizers announced. “Besides that our international performers and their songs are widely known, we are deliberately choosing Hungarian songs…