Wide range of Hungarian cultural events in England.

The Hungarian Institute in London offered a variety of Hungarian cultural programs to the audience of the British capital. They organized a film and book presentation, and the renowned jazz pianist József Balázs who was invited by the institute, also gave a highly successful concert. They commemorated the victims of communism with a film screening, and supported the concert of the Budapest Festival Orchestra and soprano Emőke Baráth with promotional efforts.

After New York and Toronto, Baska Barbara's Hungarian Film Award-winning documentary, “Baska Speaks Hungarian” (“Baska Magyarul beszél”) was screened in London on February 7th. The film recalls the most defining childhood experiences of József Baska, a Munkácsy Award-winning painter and Hungary’s Artist of Merit. It tells the story of the Baska family from Rozsnyó, who, in January 1947, had to flee to Hungary in one night by cart to escape deportation to the Sudetenland and the loss of their rights. In the film, Baska Barbara not only presents the escape of her father's family and the trauma of their exile, but also introduces the fate of the tens of thousands of Hungarians who were deported from Czechoslovakia after World War II. The event was opened by Ambassador Ferenc Kumin, and the discussion following the screening was moderated by Botond Zákonyi, the director of the institute.

As part of the collaboration between Harmónia Jazzműhely and the 606 Club, one of Hungary's leading jazz pianists, József Balázs, gave a sold-out concert on February 20th at the prestigious jazz club, followed by another performance the next day at the Hungarian Institute in London. József Balázs is one of the most outstanding pianists of his generation. He grew up in a band, led by his elder brother and drummer Elemér Balázs, of which he later became the chief arranger composer and. At a young age, he won the Best Soloist award at the Krakow Jazz Juniors competition. He is the founder of the East Gipsy Band and plays hard bop and mainstream jazz with his own trio.

On February 24, 2025, the institute commemorated the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Communism with a screening of the film “1968 – Reconstruction of a Love” (“1968 – Egy szerelem rekonstrukciója”) by György Lukácsy and Anikó Mária Nagy. The film brought the true story from Miklós Tóth's book titled “Knight and Snub” (“Lovag és Fitos”) to life in a documentary style but using fictional film techniques.

In 2024, György Gömöri's book titled “My Multilingual Life - Autobiography until 1990” (“Soknyelvű életem - Önéletrajz 1990-ig”) was published, and it was presented on February 28 at the Hungarian Institute in London. At the event, Botond Zákonyi, the director of the institute, engaged in a conversation with the author. György Gömöri is a key figure in the Hungarian literary scene in London. He left Hungary in November 1956. After his emigration, he studied at the University of Oxford, worked as a Polish and Hungarian teacher at the University of California, Berkeley, conducted research at the East European Studies Institute at Harvard, and later taught Polish and Hungarian literature at Cambridge. Since 1969, he has been a member of the editorial board of World Literature Today. Since 2008, he has been the chairman of the Rotary Literary Prize's board of trustees. Throughout his career, he has translated the poems of László Nagy, Attila József, Miklós Radnóti, and György Petri into English.

On March 11, the Budapest Festival Orchestra and pianist Igor Levit gave a joint concert at the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, featuring works by Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev.

On March 14, Hungarian soprano Emőke Baráth held a solo recital at the London Handel Festival. As the winner of the 2011 Innsbruck International Baroque Opera Singing Competition and the Verbier Festival Academy Grand Prize, Baráth is one of the leading figures of the new generation of baroque voices.