Hungarian culture is promoted in Slovakia through exhibitions, concerts, and the celebration of Hungarian Fine Prose Day.

Hungarian culture is promoted in Slovakia through exhibitions, concerts, and the celebration of Hungarian Fine Prose Day.
Photo: Szalai Erika/Felvidék

Hungarian culture is promoted in Slovakia through exhibitions, concerts, and the celebration of Hungarian Fine Prose Day. Photo: Szalai Erika/Felvidék

The Liszt Institute in Bratislava organized an exhibition featuring artworks by Hungarian visual artists at the prestigious „Organ Concerts under the Pyramid concert” series organized by the Slovak Radio. Additionally, a concert was held at the ambassador's residence with the participation of Hungarian performing artists to celebrate Hungarian Fine Prose Day.

The exhibition titled "Paper is Just Material" showcasing the works of Tamás Bakos, Zsuzsanna Ida Papp, and Rozália Petre Sütő can be visited at the exhibition hall of the Liszt Institute in Bratislava until March 15, 2024. Tamás Bakos, a graphic artist and paper artist, has been a teacher at the Budapest ELTE Faculty of Teacher Training and Early Childhood Education since 1987 and was a former head of the department. He has regularly exhibited his graphic works both in Hungary and abroad since 1982. Rozália Petre Sütő, a painter and graphic artist, studied at the Art High School in Târgu Mureș and the Academy of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoca. She has had several individual and group exhibitions in Transylvania, Hungary, and Germany, and has achieved numerous international successes with her students in children's drawing competitions.

This year, for the 26th time, the music editorial staff of Slovak Radio Devín organised a concert series called Organ Concerts Under The Pyramid. The concerts take place on Sunday mornings in the concert hall of the Slovak Radio and broadcast live. In 2024, Zsolt Kiss, organist of the Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma, was the Hungarian guest of the series, supported by the Liszt Institute Bratislava.

On the anniversary of the birth of Mór Jókai, which has been celebrated since 2018, the Liszt Institute in Bratislava commemorates Hungarian Fine Prose Day on February 18, which has its prominent venue in the writer's hometown. In connection with the commemorative day, the Jókai Prize was awarded in Rév-Komárom, organized by the Jókai Association and the Foundation for the Culture of Villages, to the winner of the literary competition they announced, Tamás Veres. The festive program included speeches by Margit Keszegh, the president of the Jókai Cultural and Museum Association, Ferenc Nick, the president of the Foundation for the Culture of Villages, and a lecture by Ildikó Hansági, Jókai researcher and university professor, titled "From Komárom via Berlin to China." The event also featured performances by flutist Eva Sýkorová, violinist Ferdinánd Pastorek, and pianist József Kisjakab.

For the fourth time, the joint event of the Liszt Institute in Bratislava and the Hungarian Embassy in Bratislava, called the Music Salon, took place on February 27, 2024. The purpose of the event, held at the residence of the Hungarian Ambassador in Bratislava, is to present outstanding Hungarian musicians to prominent representatives of the host country's political, economic, and cultural life. During the evening, Gábor Bakos-Kiss, the director of the Győr National Theatre and Jászai Mari Award-winning actor and director, performed a variety of classical, evergreen, and contemporary melodies, accompanied on the piano by István Silló, the musical director of the Győr National Theatre. The musical programme ended with a standing reception and a presentation of Hungarian wines.