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» George Szirtes Three New Books
Wednesday, 3 December 2008 7 pm
Book Launch – English Words.
George Szirtes: Three New Books
To celebrate the poet and translator George Szirtes’s sixtieth birthday Bloodaxe are publishing his New and Collected Poems, along with a critical study of his work, Reading George Szirtes, by John Sears. At the same time Corvina in Budapest have produced English Words, a bilingual selection from his poetry, edited by András Imre, that includes translations by leading Hungarian poets. This evening launches those three books. George Szirtes’s thirteen books of poetry in English have been awarded the Faber Prize, the Cholmondeley Award and the T S Eliot Prize. He has also received a range of major prizes and awards for his translations of Krúdy, Márai, Kosztolányi and Krasznahorkai as well as a vast number of Hungarian poems of all periods, as well as editing a number of anthologies of both English and Hungarian.
There will be brief readings in English from poems with Hungarian subjects, and one or two from the Hungarian translations.
Music for piano and bass by Tom Szirtes and Steve Maud
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Free. For reservations please call 020 7240 6162 or email press@hungary.org.uk
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» Tranquility (Nyugalom)
Thursday, 4 December 2008 7.30 pm
Filmclub hosted by László Heckenast
Tranquility (Nyugalom)
Directed by Róbert Alföldi
(2008, feature film, 35mm, colour, 115 min., 1:1,85, DTS)
A story of an author struggling desperately to live his own life and to fall in love in the shadow of his manic-depressive ex-actress mother in the era of slowly declining communism. In their helpless interdependence, love and hate chains them to each other. This emotional stalemate is the primary meaning of the word tranquility. Our heroes are locked within the cages of their own madness, pacing within and hoping for liberation assisted by someone else. The question is whether they are going to be able to act sensibly and find a resolution.
Based on Attila Bartis’ Tranquility (A nyugalom).
The writer of the book, Attila Bartis, will be attending this event.
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Free. RSVP to 0207 240 6162 or
press@hungary.org.uk
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» Dr. Thomas Kabdebo: 75 – short stories
Tuesday, 9 December 2008 7 pm
Book Launch and Literary Evening
On Tuesday 9th December Thomas Kabdebo will celebrate his birthday at the HCC. All friends and good acquaintances are invited to share the menu of literary dishes which will include an introduction by Ildikó Takács, a mini-drama performed by Myrtill Nádasi, Mátyás Sárkozi and Thomas Kabdebo, and then the chef d’oeuvre: 75 – novellák elbeszélések (75 – short stories).
Although the book launch is in Hungarian, some of the short stories exist in two
languages, Hungarian and English, and the audience will have a taste of both versions.
The book itself comprises the collection of more then fifty years of short story writing and presents the locations of five continents Thomas Kabdebo was born in Budapest. He spent his youth on the Danube and by the Danube. His most famous work is a roman-fleuve: Danubius Danubia. He has written fourteen novels, seven books of short stories, four books of poetry and three history books. He is the recipient of twelve literary and two historical awards. He has spent half his life directing libraries – the last one in Ireland where he now lives.
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Free. For reservations please call 020 7240 6162 or email press@hungary.org.uk
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» Curator's Talk 3
Thursday, 11 December 2008 7 - 9 pm
ROYAL COLLEGE OF ARTS, LECTURE THEATRE 1
Kensington Gore
London SW7 2EU
The Curators’ Talk series, initiated by tranzit.hu and the Hungarian Cultural Centre in London, aims to present internationally working contemporary art curators from Hungary. Acting in various art institutions and representing different approaches and interests the invited curators presents selected projects. At each event a London art professional is in discussion with the Hungarian colleague.
Eszter Lázár and Jeremy Millar will talk about their recent curatorial and art projects which share some concerns about place, history and identity and also about the making of exhibitions.
Eszter Lázár studied art history and cultural anthropology at ELTE (Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest) and has been working as a curator at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, where she is a leading member of the exhibition committee and curated shows (Intimations of the Past, Models for a Fictional Academy, Satellite Tunes – Art from the Post Soviet States, Visibility Works - exhibition and workshop series about art education). She also works at the Karton Gallery in Budapest. Her writings have been published in: Balkon, exindex (www.exindex.hu), Mûértô, Magyar Lettre Internationale, and various exhibition catalogues. She has just begun her PhD in Cultural Sciences at University of Pécs, Hungary.
Jeremy Millar is an artist based in Whitstable, and AHRC Research Fellow in the Creative and Performing Arts, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford. He has exhibited in, or curated, exhibitions and screenings around the world, most recently Safn, Reykjavik; Inverleith House, Edinburgh; Hauser and Wirth, London (in collaboration with Anri Sala and Franz Ferdinand); and Tate Modern; he is currently developing new works for the Royal Academy; National Maritime Museum; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; and, with Chris Marker, the Pitt Rivers Museum. His writings have been included in many international publications, and his most recent books are Place (Thames and Hudson, 2005) and The Way Things Go (Afterall, 2007).
His exhibition on the visual art of John Cage, the largest ever held, will open at Baltic in May 2010.
www.jeremymillar.org
In co-operation with the Curating Contemporary Art Department at the Royal College of Art.
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Free. RSVP to 0207 240 6162 or press@hungary.org.uk
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» Xmas Concert
Monday, 15 December 2008 7.30 pm
Hungarian Embassy, 35 Eaton Place, London ,SW1X 8BY
Please note: This event is by invitation only.
programme
Barnabás Dukay: Invisible fire in the winter night, prelude to the inner light for two pianos
• At the well – in a time of flooding waters
three paraphrases on a soundpoem for one and two pianos
• Encounter with a woman
- Following the primal gloom
- Alone in the night
• …, who rest in their own silence
sound poem for two pianos
• Visions heard of light and love
canons and symphonies for two pianos
• Burning Longing – voluntary surrender
- free proportional canon for two pianos
About the Performers and Composer
Edit Klukon was born in Budapest and studied at the Liszt Music Academy under Pál Kadosa. After receiving her diploma, she focused her musical interests on chamber music and piano. Throughout her career she has performed pieces by Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, R. Strauss, and Wolf in many European cities and has worked with great singers such as Dénes Gulyás, László Polgár, Lucia Popp, and Ruth Ziesak. She has currently taken an avid interest in solo piano works especially by Liszt and Haydn.
Dezsô Ránki was also born and educated in Budapest. Since winning the prestigious Schumanncompetition in Germany in 1969 he has performed
concerts all throughout Europe, America, and Japan. He has played with well renowned orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the
BBC Symphony, the Concertgebouw, and the NHK and has worked with famous conductors such as Maazel, Mehta, Solti, and Kondrashin.
Edit Klukon and Dezső Ránki started performing together in 1985. Both pianists became very interested in the wonderful world of the piano repertory written by the greatest composers for piano four-hands and two pianos. Now they regularly perform about ten to fifteen duets a year. Two of their most interesting productions were Liszt’s unpublished two-piano version of his own Faust-symphony and Liszt’s transcription of Beethoven’s Symphony Nr. 9 for two pianos. They have most notably performed in the following cities: Salzburg, Torino, Milan, Munich, Paris, London, Lisbon, Las Palmas, the Festival in Lucerne, and Sao Paulo. Works by Satie and Liszt are featured on their latest CD recording.
Composer Barnabás Dukay was born in Szony, Hungary in 1950. He studied composition at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest under Rezső Sugár. From 1970 to 1990, he was a member of New Musical Studio, the Hungarian group of experimental musicians inspired by György Kurtág. His other main inspirations include Boulez, Stockhausen, Cage and Ligeti.
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By invitation only.
This concert is supported by the Friends of the Hungarian Cultural Centre.
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