All cultural programs are free, but we accept donations, which partially go to Ukrainian refugees in Transcarpathia and the ELCFV.
Donation tickets perks
- Fast Lane tickets - allows earlier entry to an event. (All Fast Lane ticket holders will be allowed to go in before all other fans when the doors open.)
- Raffle Tickets- Your raffle tickets will be distributed at the donation help desk.
Events of
FRIDAY
7:00 pm – 7:50pm
ZOMBOLA - VIZIN - GERGYE: "...And ECHO"
Dance performance
Krisztián Gergye Company and Manna Productons director: Krisztián Gergye
Video
THE CHAMBER OPERA
ZOMBOLA - VIZIN - GERGYE: "...AND ECHO"
„...and Echo” is a contemporary opera performance that portrays the main character, a woman’s inner stories with a unique bond of two other essential art forms, puppetry and contemporary dance performance. The creative team (Zombola - Vizin - Gergye) uses symbolism through the form of poetry. As the frame of their libretto they built two important poets’ works into the story (Hungarian Sandor Weores and Roman Ovidius) that developed a particularly unique and rich poetic language throughout the whole opera.
Tvrtko and Friends
The performance will be in Hungarian
8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Tvrtko Vujity
MEMORIAL PULITZER-PRIZE WINNING JOURNALIST
On day two of the Hungarian Summit, we will be meeting one of Hungary’s pride in journalism—Tvrtko Vujity. He established his career as a television reporter in Hungary and eventually became a writer where he won the prestigious Joseph Pulitzer Memorial Prize for journalism. Vujity has published 15 books so far and made a name on the stories of Hell and Angelism.
His Friends:
Bernadett
Béla Szilágyi
Bernadett Nyári
VIOLIN VIRTUOSO
On the first day of the event, violin virtuoso Bernadett Nyari will serenade guests while enjoying the different wines of Hungary. Born in Budapest, Bernadett Nyari started playing the violin at 6 and eventually became a global phenomenon offering some of the best violin performances in over 90 countries around the world. She is also one of only a few musicians who can captivate audiences of all ages.
The world-class violinist will play the piece she performed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the diplomatic relationship between the United States and Hungary. This performance will also be the official video of the Hungarian Summit.
The University of Pécs's Choir
CONDUCTOR PROF. TAMÁS LAKNER
The University Choir of Pécs was founded in 1997. Its legal predecessor, the Mixed Choir of the Teacher Training College of Pécs was lead by Aurél Tillai, holder of the Liszt Prize and won 1st prize at international competitions such as Arezzo, Gorizia, the Debrecen Choir Competition or BBC’s Let the Peoples Sing.
Since September 2014 the leader of the choir is Liszt-award holder conductor Prof. dr. Tamás Lakner.
In December 2014 the choir performed Handel’s Messiah in Pécs and in Croatia.
In May 2015 the choir won 1st prize at the International Competition of University Choirs in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia and gold medal in 2016 at the Neerpelt European Youth Music Festival in Belgium.
The choir was the proud host and official choir of the 19th Europa Cantat held between 24 July and 2 August 2015 in Pécs.
In the summer of 2017, 18. the choir is doing a two-week concert tour in China.
Prof. Dr. Tamás Lakner studied choir conducting in Budapest at Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music. His DLA thesis was dedicated to the post-Kodályian children's choir literature in Hungary. Currently he is dean of the Faculty of Music and Visual Arts and professor of choral conducting at the University of Pécs, teaching Kodály methodology and choral conducting. With his choirs Béla Bartók Male Choir, the Pécs University Choir and the Bach Vocal Ensemble he won 62 prizes at different international choir competitions.
The Béla Bartók Male Choir has several recordings, including: Zoltán Kodály – choral works for male voices (complete), as world premiere by Hungaroton Classic. Tamas Lakner is a sought-after jury member and popular workshop-leader at international choral events.
In addition to other acknowledgements, Tamas Lakner was awarded the Bartók Memorial Plaquette and the Liszt Prize, the highest recognitions for choral musicians in Hungary.
He is founder and artistic director of the Pécs Cantat and the European Convivial Wine Song festivals.
Events of
SATURDAY
Hungarian Movies and Q&A with the Director and Producer
The movie in Hungarian with English subtitle
The Q&A will be in English
TOXIKOMA USA PREMIERE
Toxikoma is based on the memoirs of Győző Szabó in which the two lead characters, a drug addict alpha male and Dr Imre Csernus, a psychiatrist playing God, flex their muscles, challenge each other and finally become friends. The story outlines the most difficult years of a young man moving from the countryside to Budapest, for years falling further and further in the world of drugs. Upon his arrival in Budapest, Győző worked as a waiter, a graphic artist, a toy maker and also ventured into the swirling world of actors. He eventually ends up in a wild, seemingly eternal heroin spiral, with everything falling apart around him: family, work, future - but finally he decides on the tapering-off cure. It is during this cure that he meets the psychiatrist Dr Csernus. The film is about the fight between the egos of two dominant males who need to realise that they can only progress together.
Gabor Herendi
BALÁZS BÉLA AWARD-WINNING HUNGARIAN FILM DIRECTOR, FILM PRODUCER AND SCREENWRITER
I'm a film director and producer since 1991. I started as a commercial director, in 2001 I completed my first feature film called Valami Amerika which was the number 1 box office hit in Hungary. Since I directed 7 feature film, most of them were box office hit.
Memory Project 1956/2021
Documentary film (Hungary/USA)
The movie in Hungarian with English subtitle
The Q&A will be in English
65 years after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, eyewitnesses to the first and most significant uprising against the tyranny of the Soviet Union tell their personal stories of survival and resilience. Memory Project 1956/2021 is a compilation of life-history interviews conducted for the eponymous Memory Project Archive founded in 2015. Spanning over 10 countries and three continents, the online archive currently houses over 150 interviews. This compilation film, created to mark the anniversary of the revolution, includes compelling storytelling by those who fled to the West in 1956, primarily to the U.S. The cast come from all walks of life - from a vintner in Napa Valley, to Richard M. Daley’s personal photographer, to a co-founder of Intel. They talk about the years leading up to the revolution (1950s), the uprising itself, how and why they fled the country and what 1956 means to them personally.
Cast Includes: Joe Eszterhas, Lilly Farkas, Tamás Jackovics, Szabolcs Kálmán, Lajos Kapcsándy, László Kondor, Edith K. Lauer, Emery Lendvai-Lintner, András Ludányi, Antal Lux, Judit Magyar, Katalin Muray, Tibor Ország, George Springer, Maria Temesvary, Les Vadász, Andy Vajna, Gyula Várallyay, Eva Voisin, Katalin Voros.
This film was made possible by a grant from the Hungarian National Film Fund.
memoryproject.online
Andrea Lauer Rice
A film by Réka Pigniczky and Andrea Lauer Rice
Andrea Lauer Rice and Réka Pigniczky co-founded Memory Project, a community-wide initiative, in 2015. Both daughters of 1956-ers, Andrea and Réka have known each other for the past 25 years. Memory Project is their joint project to help document and record the personal stories of Hungarians who emigrated to the United States after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and as displaced persons after World War II. Within the past two years, they expanded their outreach to include Hungarian Americans with fascinating stories about their upbringing and other inspirational and unique interviews with Hungarians across the world.
ART EXHIBIT
Orsolya Áder
PAINTER
Áder Orsolya
I have always been intrigued by art. It has been important to me since my childhood, and has helped me to find my place in the world. Creating a work of art, the passionate shaping of something new, is a source of unparalleled joy. Every one of my works is part of my personality, telling a story which may be loud or quiet – it does not matter which. I have never been a wordsmith; my
works speak for me, expressing the thoughts and feelings which I cannot put into words. I first experienced the excitement of creation at the age of twelve, when I met the jewellery designer Rita Szőllősi. She taught me how to realize my ideas. As I acquired the basics of the jeweller’s craft, I learned to dare to create something new. For me it has always been very important
to create something that did not exist before. A few years later Rita took me to a Christmasexhibition at the Museum of Applied Arts, where I managed to sell several pieces of my jewellery. As a child that was a special experience for me.
Not long after that my family moved to Brussels, where I continued my high school studies. The change of surroundings enriched me with new experiences. I received so many impressions all at once that I had to release them somehow, and this is how I started painting. By the age of fifteen
I was already interested in abstract painting more than any other style. I am intrigued by this mode of expression. I feel that non-figurative images are more mysterious, yet at the same time more honest. When I look at abstract paintings, they affect me much more strongly than work in any other
style. I feel they speak to me in the most sincere manner, and I like the fact that they also tell their story with concealment. A few years later I continued my studies at Richmond, the American International University in
London, majoring in Fashion Business, Marketing and Management, as well as in Art, Design and Media. My art classes aroused in me a keen interest in surrealism, a style in which I produced more and more graphics. It was interesting to experience how I can express my thoughts and feelings in
this artistic mode. During my undergraduate studies my classmates and teachers showed a keen interest in my drawings, so I decided to print my surreal graphics on T-shirts. Each graphic design depicts a different personality, a different atmosphere; and even if young people cannot buy the
original work, they can at least express their personality through T-shirts.
My interest in abstract and surrealist art has remained with me ever since that time, even though these two artistic styles differ from each other – one being non-figurative and the other figurative.I enjoy drawing – when I can only represent my thoughts with a graphite pencil – just as much as
painting, which brings my feelings to life through colour and technique. I have always been interested in the science of the “divine proportion”, as well as the spatial play of the three dimensions. Both my drawings and paintings reflect this philosophy. Interestingly, for some years I have only worn black; I do not feel good wearing any other colour. Yet when I paint, colours inspire me and activate my imagination. For each of my paintings, my first step is to find the harmony of colours to express my current emotions and thoughts. When I sit with my paints and canvases, I feel I am exactly where I need to be, doing what I have always wanted to do.
Monika Harmund Csanyi
PAINTER
Creating art has been a part of my life since I first held a pencil in my hand, and I love sharing my colorful world with others.
As an oil painter, I find inspiration in fragments of nature and the man-made world. I love to see things from a different perspective, which perspective is also a part of our reality. My main goal is to open the eyes of the viewer by expressing my feelings and thoughts through focusing on simple everyday things. This way I would like to help others to realize how beautiful and colorful our life is. I would like to build bridges between the fantastic world around us and the people who appreciate the tiny, but precious and timeless moments.
My work is representational - sometimes with a little twist of photorealistic, impressionistic or abstract elements. I tend to paint series in regard to the exploration of a particular theme or image. My oil paintings can be recognized from strong, intense colors and meticulously elaborated subjects. My biggest passion is water, especially rain, and I’m working on a series using this element.
I live in Central-Florida, in a quiet suburban area near to the Wekiva State Park, so I enjoy the rain every day from May until October. This really influences my work, such as my European origin.
I was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary – surrounded by rich culture, amazing architecture and treasures of nature, so my memories and experiences constantly inspire me.
I had 35 gallery exhibitions and I won 26 awards to date.
I have paintings in private collections in the US, UK, France, Belgium and Hungary.
I am an associate member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society (NOAPS), the Marion Cultural Alliance (MCA Ocala) and the Winter Garden Art Association.
Local Hungarian Artists
"Our Past in The Furture"
Creative PhotoBooth
Courtesy of MHFolk Hungarian Heritage Home and Hungarian Community Church
Photo: Daniel Miklosi
We present to you the most joyful experience and step back in time to dress like our Hungarian ancestors.
As Family, Individual or in Pair
$20 cash/ session
Includes: 5 settings, chosen photo printed on spot
MOAS - Root Hall
May 14th 9am - 4 pm
Events of
SATURDAY
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Concerts
Languages of the music
Bernadett Nyári
VIOLIN VIRTUOSO
On the first day of the event, violin virtuoso Bernadett Nyari will serenade guests while enjoying the different wines of Hungary. Born in Budapest, Bernadett Nyari started playing the violin at 6 and eventually became a global phenomenon offering some of the best violin performances in over 90 countries around the world. She is also one of only a few musicians who can captivate audiences of all ages.
The world-class violinist will play the piece she performed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the diplomatic relationship between the United States and Hungary. This performance will also be the official video of the Hungarian Summit.
The University of Pécs's Choir
CONDUCTOR PROF. TAMÁS LAKNER
The University Choir of Pécs was founded in 1997. Its legal predecessor, the Mixed Choir of the Teacher Training College of Pécs was lead by Aurél Tillai, holder of the Liszt Prize and won 1st prize at international competitions such as Arezzo, Gorizia, the Debrecen Choir Competition or BBC’s Let the Peoples Sing.
Since September 2014 the leader of the choir is Liszt-award holder conductor Prof. dr. Tamás Lakner.
In December 2014 the choir performed Handel’s Messiah in Pécs and in Croatia.
In May 2015 the choir won 1st prize at the International Competition of University Choirs in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia and gold medal in 2016 at the Neerpelt European Youth Music Festival in Belgium.
The choir was the proud host and official choir of the 19th Europa Cantat held between 24 July and 2 August 2015 in Pécs.
In the summer of 2017, 18. the choir is doing a two-week concert tour in China.
Prof. Dr. Tamás Lakner studied choir conducting in Budapest at Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music. His DLA thesis was dedicated to the post-Kodályian children's choir literature in Hungary. Currently he is dean of the Faculty of Music and Visual Arts and professor of choral conducting at the University of Pécs, teaching Kodály methodology and choral conducting. With his choirs Béla Bartók Male Choir, the Pécs University Choir and the Bach Vocal Ensemble he won 62 prizes at different international choir competitions.
The Béla Bartók Male Choir has several recordings, including: Zoltán Kodály – choral works for male voices (complete), as world premiere by Hungaroton Classic. Tamas Lakner is a sought-after jury member and popular workshop-leader at international choral events.
In addition to other acknowledgements, Tamas Lakner was awarded the Bartók Memorial Plaquette and the Liszt Prize, the highest recognitions for choral musicians in Hungary.
He is founder and artistic director of the Pécs Cantat and the European Convivial Wine Song festivals.
THE LIVING FOUNTAIN
BUSINESS & EDUCATION EXPO
Tabletop Expo with Sart-Up businesses from Hungary and Educators
We aim to bring businesses and consumers together by building bridges for both parties and providing an avenue for both parties to get to know each other more.
We will also invite some of the top educational institutions from Hungary and the United States to introduce to students the different options they have when it comes to getting good quality education in the country.
This conference will be packed with discussions, presentations, activities, and entertainment, so that both our participants and viewers can get the best out of this expo and learn valuable tools that they can apply to their own endeavors.
Do you want to be one of the exhibitors?
Learn more about the options!
VENDORS
FOOD & WINE TASTING
Hungarian Handmade Heritage- Folk Photo Booth
Hungarian Deli
