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Debrecen Jewish Cultural Days and Street Festival

Pásti Street synagogue 4 Pásti Street, Debrecen, Hungary

For one week, the Jewish Quarter of Debrecen will come to life again, where between 6-11 May 2025, visitors will be able to get to know the Jewish people and their traditions. The programme of the Debrecen Jewish Cultural Days and Street Festival will include concerts, exhibitions, guided tours, children's programmes and book presentations, as well as kosher cuisine. Programmes: 6 May 5:00 p.m. “Common Silence” – Exhibition of György Király, painter 6:00 p.m.  “Jewish Wedding” with the Agyagbanda band 7 May  4:00 p.m. “Beyond Forty, Travel Experiences, Travel Adventures in Forty Countries”,  Book launch by writer Zsuzsa Lackzó 6:00 p.m. “Back to Man” – Actress Vivien Edelényi’s Magda Szabó evening  8 May 11:00 a.m. “Tradition, Heritage, Faith” – Opening Ceremony of the XXVI International Conference  12:00 p.m.  Exhibition Opening – The Fate of Jewish Women Deported to Stadtallendorf 2:00 p.m.  Conference 7:00 p.m.  “Šnirele Perele” – Concert by Armenian Singer Karin Sarkisjan 9 May 5:00 p.m.  Lecture, Freedom is Not a Goal, but a Meansby Géza Röhrig 10 May 2:00 p.m. Conference 9:00 p.m. Anima Sound System 11 May 10:00 a.m.  Debrecen Dixieland Jazz Band 11:00 a.m.  Péter Gerendás 12:00 p.m.  Cooking experience with executive chef Szabolcs Balogh (Almavirág […]

The Music Revolution That Failed

Kodály Zoltán Music Secondary School and Music School Vár utca 1, Debrecden, Hungary

MCC Debrecen Educational Center is hosting a special event on May 7th, titled "The Music Revolution That Failed". Description: The MCC’s next event is a groundbreaking combination of keynote speech and concert. Andrew Balio, principal trumpeter of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, who has performed as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic and the Boston Philharmonic, will take the stage not only as a musician but also as a thought-provoking speaker. What if classical music had gone in a different direction? Balio talks about this “what if” moment - and how it affects us today, musicians, listeners, institutions. Why is it worth revisiting Bach’s pieces with an instrumental pairing that rarely comes to the fore? In the second half of the evening, Bach’s well-known and rarely heard works will be reinterpreted for trumpet and organ. The concert will include chorales and sonatas that are well suited to Balio’s clear, technically precise playing. The programme is also professionally important, offering a rarely heard approach to the work of a well-known composer. This is not an evening of nostalgia, but of questions. And possibly an answer. Information about the event: The lecturer at the event is Andrew Balio, Principal Trumpeter at Baltimore Symphony […]