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This year’s International Military Music Festival will be awaiting its audience in Debrecen’s main square with spectacular performances by ten foreign and two Hungarian companies between the 3rd and the 6th of July. Hungary will be represented by the Hungarian Defence Forces Debrecen Garrison Orchestra and the Hungarian Defence Forces Central Orchestra, while the international line-up will include the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, the Netherlands, Italy, Egypt, Romania and Poland. The festival is organised every two years by the Ministry of Defence and the Municipality of Debrecen, and this year with almost 600 musicians participating.
Few people know that the roots of this celebration of our historical heritage go back to the 1848-49 Revolution and War of Independence, when the horn and drum musicians of the newly formed armies played an important role in inspiring the newly formed armies to fight. And the military bands were everywhere, where they could pour hope and faith into the fighting soldiers and the civilian population.
Programmes
3 July
6:00 p.m. Individual concerts
6:00 p.m. Concert of Hungarian Defence Forces Debrecen Band
7:00 p.m. Slovakia (Military music band of the armed forces of the Slovak Republic)
8:00 p.m. Czech Republic (VOJENSKÁ HUDBA OLOMOUC / Olomouc military band)
4 July
4:30 p.m. Bands Marching
4:30 p.m. Austria (Carinthian Military Band)
4:35 p.m. Poland (Lublin Military Band)
4:40 p.m. Croatia (CROATIAN ARMED FORCES BAND)
4:45 p.m. Netherlands (Band of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee)
5:00 p.m. Individual concerts
5:00 p.m. Austria
6:00 p.m. Poland
7:00 p.m. Croatia
8:00 p.m. Netherlands
5 July
4:30 p.m. Bands Marching
4:30 p.m. Romania (Muzica Reprezentativă a Ministerului Apărării Naționale )
4:35 p.m.Italy (Banda dei Carabinieri)
4:40 p.m. Egypt (The Profitable Military Symphony Band)
4:45 p.m. Turkey (Armoni Mızıkası Komutanlığı)
4:50 p.m. Czech Republic (VOJENSKÁ HUDBA OLOMOUC / Olomouc Military Band)
4:55 p.m. Slovakia (Military music band of the armed forces of the Slovak Republic)
5:00 p.m. Individual concerts
5:00 p.m. Romania
6:00 p.m. Italy
7:00 p.m. Egypt
8:00 p.m. Turkey
6 July
5:00 p.m. Sectional presentations, closing ceremony
Date: 3-6 July
Location: Kossuth Square
Source: kolcseykozpont.hu