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JAZZ MIGRATION: A DOUBLE CONCERT BY NOSAX NOCLAR / KEPLER OCTOBER 28, BMC The concert of NoSax NoClar will remind us that travel can still take us into the mystery of the unknown; that is something we should cherish. Julien Stella and Bastien Weeger may extend our horizons outwards, through Julien Stella's boundless musical curiosity (Ireland, the Balkans, for example); but also inwards by letting the sound of breath bring us back into our own dreams. In this unusual combination of instruments, the two musicians have no alternative but to continuously reinvent themselves, and to maintain the energy level needed to keep their breath going. There is nothing like limitation and restriction to foster inventiveness. Taking short forms, always at a slow or medium tempo, the three musicians of the Kepler Trio, (Maxime Sanchez, piano, Adrien Sanchez, tenor sax, Julien Pontvianne, tenor sax and clarinet) set out to explore timbres, echoes, chimeras, and both natural and artificial resonance. And as they do so, their minimalist approach becomes poetic and reveals its depth. Ultimately the listener is led to focus where song and melody simply overwhelm the senses, and is taken right back to a lost paradise of innocence. www.bmc.hu TUNED IN – THE COMING TOGETHER OF THE HUNGARIAN NATIONAL GALLERY AND THE 70-YEAR-OLD BUDAPEST PUPPET THEATER HUNGARIAN NATIONAL GALLERY Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Budapest Puppet Theater, the Hungarian National Gallery will display puppets that define and represent the past and present of the Puppet Theater, bringing to life the much-loved figures of well-known stories, folk tales and legends. The exhibited figures that shaped the fine art image of the Puppet Theater the most in the past seventy years, were selected from more than 20,000 puppets kept in the storage of the Puppet Theater, which makes this show truly special. For some of the puppets this exhibition is their public debut, while others have been restored specifically for this show with the hope that they will be featured in other temporary exhibitions in the future. Of the dramatic arts, puppetry has the strongest link with the visual arts since the characters – the puppets themselves – are works of fine art. Puppet design is an applied art genre since the puppets are made to suit the director’s concept, the story and the hands of the actors. However, it is also an autonomous genre creating a world of its own and shaping the appearance of the characters through the imagination, taste and style of the designer. The acting life of a puppet lasts only as long as the play in which it is brought to life, but it can be admired as a work of fine art even decades after its last appearance on stage. The puppets are exhibited in the spaces of the Hungarian National Gallery’s collections of 19th and 20th Century Paintings, Contemporary Arts and International Art after 1800, in a way that they can each engage in a dialogue with a painting, allowing the two genres to comment on each other atmospherically or historically.

EYEFUL FILM FESTIVAL (SZEMREVALÓ/ SEHENSWERT) OCTOBER 1-8, MŰVÉSZ CINEMA Organized jointly by the Embassy of Switzerland, the Austrian Cultural Forum and the Goethe Institut, EYEFUL brings, to Budapest’s Művész Cinema, the best new films from Germanspeaking countries, including several prize-winners. The films will be shown in original language, with Hungarian – and in some cases English – subtitles. One of the most exciting pieces to be screened is a new adaptation of the German psychiatrist and writer Alfred Döblin’s novel, ‘Berlin Alexanderplatz’. This film epic is a grim journey into the “dark night of the soul” and last but not least, the dense atmosphere of Berlin in the early 21st century. In another film, ‘Gipsy Queen,’ Ali as a child was trained by his father to become a world champion boxer to break out of their miserable conditions in Romania. However, after the girl escapes with her love, her father disinherits her. She lives in Hamburg, and is successful in boxing, but at risk of losing her children as a single mother. In ‘Destiny and Beginning,’ Nora meets Nathan after losing her love. She has such a strange feeling that she already knows the man from somewhere, but has no idea what is connecting them. Finally, a bare-hearted comedy based on Thomas Meyer's novel of the same title, ‘Wolkenbruch's Strange Journey into the Arms of a Sick,’ shows Motti who falls in love with a non-Jewish girl in college, which his www.szemrevalofesztival.hu

orthodox mother experiences as a tragedy. www.mng.hu OLDTIMER SHOW WITH SAUSAGE MARKET OCTOBER 9-11, HUNGARIAN RAILWAY MUSEUM Oldtimers represent the true value of craftsmanship and preserve memories of the car industry. It's best to admire them at this festival that is, according to organizers, one of the largest veteran vehicle exhibitions in Central Eastern Europe, with 500 vehicles on show, including a very unique 104-year-old hybrid car this year, named Woods. The annual event which celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2020, offers a large outdoor and indoor space (100,000 square meters) for exhibitors and visitors alike, with interactive and family programs, including steam engine rides, velorails or railbikes, a train rotating platform, railcars and an omnibus. There will be farm animals and kids are also invited to play in the bouncy castle and enjoy face-painting. A gastro-street will offer Hungarian specialties, with a special focus on sausages. For those with an eye for beautifully restored veteran, antique, nostalgic and classic vehicles, this event is a must. www.oldtimershow.hu

TUTANKHAMUN – MYSTERY AND TREASURES UNTIL OCTOBER 31, KOMPLEX Travel back in time and discover the life of the cursed Pharaoh! ‘Tutankhamun – Mystery and Treasures’ is a traveling exhibition that has been viewed by more than 6 million people in Zurich, Dublin, Brussels, Madrid, Seoul and Paris. “I see beautiful things!” exclaimed British archaeologist Howard Carter as he lit a candle through a small hole in the forepart of the Pharaoh's tomb. The Pharaoh, had been dead for more than 3,000 years when Carter made an archaeological discovery that is unmatched to this day. He found a completely undamaged tomb of a Pharaoh with all his treasures. Almost 100 years after the sensational exploration, the ‘Tutankhamun – Mystery and Treasures’ exhibition presents the story of the discovery in a unique way, on 2,000 m2 showcasing over 1,000 objects, graphics and videos. “For the first time since the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, this is an exhibition that allows people to rediscover treasures and funerary items in the exact layout as they were found in 1922,” reveals Dr Wilfried Seipel, Egyptologist and former director of the Vienna Museum of Fine Arts. www.tut-kiallitas.hu

ART NOUVEAU – A HUNGARIAN PERSPECTIVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, RÁTH VILLA As of 2018, György Ráth villa houses a permanent exhibition, displaying the finest selection of the Museum of Applied Arts’ Art Nouveau collection, making it available for the public during reconstruction of the museum’s main building on Üllői út. At the same time, it also pays tribute to the memory of the first director of the Museum, György Ráth (1828–1905). The repertoire of up to 600 objects – some of which have never been exhibited before – represents all genres of the applied arts, from three decisive schools of Art Nouveau: the Austrian, the British and the French. The Art Nouveau interiors of the Ráth Villa provide an authentic environment for the exhibition which features beautiful Zsolnay ceramics, glass works by Tiffany and Gallé, jewelry by Lalique and exclusive pieces of furniture by Bugatti. The dining room and sitting room offers a glimpse into the style of Hungarian homes of the turn of the century. www.imm.hu