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Budapest embarks on 6-month season celebrating Erkel, Mahler, Liszt - A six-month series celebrating the anniversaries of Ferenc Erkel, Gustav Mahler and Franz Liszt will start in Budapest this Sunday, the director of Hungarofest said on Tuesday.

MTI photo exhibition on 1989/94 opens in C Romania - An exhibition showing political changes during the 1989-1994 period on photos mostly from the Hungarian News Agency MTI's archives opened in central Romania's Targu Mures on Thursday.

President Schmitt opens Zsolnay porcelain exhibition - Hundreds of unique porcelain objects by the renowned Zsolnay porcelain factory went on show in Pecs, southwest Hungary, on Wednesday, at an exhibition opened by President Pal Schmitt.

Israeli Cultural Institute opens in Budapest - An Israeli Cultural Institute has opened in central Budapest to present all segments of Israel's diverse "mosaic culture" to the public, Director Gabor Balazs told a news conference in Budapest on Wednesday.

Hungarian culture to help close gap with China, says state secretary - Presenting the diversity of Hungarian culture and its world-class products aims to narrow the gap between Hungary and China, state secretary for culture Geza Szocs said at the launch of a programme series in China on Monday.

MTI publishes photos from 1968-1979 - Hungarian News Agency MTI has published the seventh, penultimate volume of a series of photo albums entitled "Pictures of an Era".

Hungarian Composer Takes Work to Japan -

The 34-year-old Hungarian composer Márton Illés is taking his work for large ensemble Torso III – which has already been performed in Berlin, Hamburg, Paris and Rome, to Tokyo on August 23.

Six month season celebrating Erkel, Mahler, Liszt

A six-month series celebrating the anniversaries of Ferenc Erkel, Gustav Mahler and Franz Liszt will start in Budapest this Sunday, the director of Hungarofest said on Tuesday.

Exhibition Shows History of Cycling in Capital
The Budapest Historical Museuem’s Kiscelli Museum is opening an exhibition on the cultural history of bicycling in the capital this autumn.

Bartók Recording Named “Album of the Month” by BBC
A recording from the Bartók New Series has been named album of the month in the latest issue of BBC Music Magazine.

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Mediawave Brings International Acts to Hungary

May 18, 2010

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The Mediawave festival is continuing the tradition of bringing international musical productions under one roof. This year, the organisers brought members of the Mihály Dresch Quartet together with the Berlin-based Michael Schiefel in the village of Öriszentpéter.

Lafayette Gilchrist, Mihály Dresh, Mátyás Szandai and Hamid Drake

Mihály Dresch, who has defined Hungary’s ethno-jazz scene for years, brought Mátyas Szandai, a member of his usual quartet, with him, and the formation was rounded out by the Americans Lafayette Gilchrist and Hamid Drake, both of whom were returning to Mediawave.

After the break, Drake and Szandai formed a trio with Viktor Tóth, who at just 33 shines with maturity.

Viktor Tóth, Mátyás Szandai and Hamid Drake

At a concert the next day, Szandai showed yet a different side, playing with Michael Schiefel’s Special quartet, with Carsten Daerr on piano and fellow Dresch Quartet member Miklós Lukács on cimbalom. Schiefel is no stranger to Mediawave, having played as part of the Thärichen Tentett avant-garde jazz parade.

Recording company Budapest Music Center aims to make discs of Dresch’s and Schiefel’s collaborations at the festival.

Author/Photo: Kornél Zipernovszky

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