HUNGARIAN CULTURAL PROGRAMMES APRIL 2015
HUNGARIAN CULTURAL PROGRAMMES APRIL 2015
INSPRIRED BY A SPECIAL CHILD
oil paintings by Neelam Mansharamani (Indian)
Neelam has been holding painting exhibitions and has 27 to her credit nationally and internationally (including ICCR), attended art camps also. Her only child, Chirag is a challenged child and has been her source of inspiration at every stage of her life.
Neelam Mansharamani has done a Certificate Course in Child Brain Development from Philadelphia (USA) and impart lectures to help parents of special children. She have also been awarded several awards, like Bronze Medal at the ASIAD 82, Star Media Award for being an Eminent Social Worker & a Specialist in Child Health Care & as an Artist, Sindhi Sur Vibhushan Award and recently was awarded as a Best Mother on Mothers Day at the Mauritius High Commission.
(On view from 10 am to 4 pm)
Painting Exhibition at HICC
APRIL 7 – 12
Inauguration on April 7, Tuesday at 6pm
SOULS OF FLOWERS
Flowers and plants artfully combined by Violaine Vaganay (France)
“Deliberately humble in front of my task, amazed in front of God’s gifts to us, flowers are a subtle palette of colours that inspired me for this exhibition.” – quotes the artist.
Violaine Vaganay is an engineer converted into a painter in the middle of her career. Painting is a source of joy and serenity for her. In admiration with nature, she decided to guide us into a fantasy instant where flowers are dancing and swaying across the air. Her delicate ability captures subtle blooms, fragile petals, wild stems bending to the wind or the strength of a tree.
(On view from 10 am to 6 pm)
Children programme at HICC
APRIL 9 – 10, THURSDAY – FRIDAY, 10 AM
EASTER DELIGHT
Egg painting workshop
Painting eggs is a Hungarian folk tradition during Easter related to the revival of nature at spring time. The Hungarian Centre celebrates the joy of Easter with a workshop for school children to paint Easter eggs. During the two day workshop, the young and talented artists (including underprivileged children) would learn different techniques of painting eggs.
(Entry by invitation only)
Classical Concert Series
APRIL 9 – 16
KODÁLY STRING QUARTET on their 6th tour to India
Our Centre is pleased to present a concert series by the world famous Kodály String Quartet in cooperation with National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, Consulate General of Hungary in Mumbai, Poona Music Society, Baha`i House of Worship, Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi. The members of the quartet are Attila Falvay (violin), Ferenc Bangó (violin), János Fejérvári (viola) and György Éder (violoncello).
April 10, Friday, 6:30 pm
Baha`i Auditorium, New Delhi
April 12, Sunday
Mazda Hall, Pune
April 14-15, Tues-Wed
NCPA, Mumbai
Photo Exhibition at HICC
14 APRIL – 8 MAY
Inauguration on April 14, Tuesday at 6pm
GLIMPSES OF HUNGARIAN WILDLIFE
Nature photos by József Mesterházi
An amazing display of native birds and animals from the Bakony Mountains and Lake Balaton regions of Hungary, taken by a passionate forester and photo artist József Mesterházi. A person one with nature, he captures the rare moments of animal and forest life in their own habitat, the changes and the eternal secrets of nature.
József Mesterházi had various exhibitions in Hungary. His photographs have been published as illustrations in children’s books. He is also the recipient of the award of Hunting Press, and his photographs have been published regularly in a great number of hunters’ magazines in Hungary. His mission is to get children acquainted with forests at a young age and to make them responsible citizens who will love and protect nature.
(On view from 10 am to 4 pm, weekdays only)
Fábri Film Club at HICC
APRIL 16, THURSDAY, 6 PM
FREEDOM FLIGHT (Szabadság különjárat)
Feature film, directed by Péter Fazekas (2012), colour, duration: 53 minutes
Freedom Flight deals with a theme that is a highlighted subject of Hungarian cinema nowadays. In 1956 three Hungarian young men tried to hijack the Budapest-Szolnok domestic flight in Hungary in order to flee to the West and start a new free life there.
Literary Evening at HICC
APRIL 17, FRIDAY, 6 PM
THE DAY OF HUNGARIAN POETRY
Lecture on János Arany by Dr. Margit Köves
János Arany (1817-1882) left one of the most lasting corpus of work in Hungarian literature as an essayist, critic and translator of drama. His poetry and epics reflect the unattainability of balance between the ideal world and reality. The variety of Arany’s work and his engagement with aesthetics, tradition and poetic language explain why his work is selected on the Day of Hungarian Poetry. On the literary evening Arany’s work will be recited in Hungarian, Hindi and English.
Language Students Programme at HICC
APRIL 24, FRIDAY, 6 PM
CSOMA DE KŐRÖS COMMEMORATIVE DAY
Distribution of the Alexander Csoma de Kőrös Prize of Hungarology
On the occasion of the 231st birth anniversary of Alexander Csoma De Kőrös (renowned Hungarian Scholar and Tibetologist) prize for Hungarian studies will be distributed to the outstanding students.
Children Programme at HICC
APRIL 30, THURSDAY, 6 PM
AWARD CEREMONY of prize winning paintings
The winners of the 36th on-the-spot painting competition (held in February with a participation of 120 children between 6-16 years) will be felicitated according to age groups. The paintings are judged by the art executive of the Shankar`s International Children`s Competition. This year the theme of the competition was Hungarian folktales.
Film Festival in various cities
MARCH – JULY
20th EU FILM FESTIVAL – 2015
Participation with the Hungarian Film ‘The Ambassador to Bern’ directed by Attila Szász (2014)
The EU Film Festival in India is a regular initiative that presents a selection of contemporary European films to the Indian public in major cities: Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Jodhpur. The festival includes a bouquet of films from 20 countries, that give reflections of the cultural streams of Europe and stories that describe the European life in certain socio-economic and cultural environments.
SCREENINGS AT OUR CENTRE:
Children Programme at HICC
APRIL 30, THURSDAY, 6 PM
AWARD CEREMONYof prize winning paintings
The winners of the 36th on-the-spot painting competition (held in February with a participation of 120 children between 6-16 years) will be felicitated according to age groups. The paintings are judged by the art executive of the Shankar`s International Children`s Competition. This year the theme of the competition was Hungarian folktales.
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