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Kennedy Center Awards Gold Medal in the Arts to Four Hungarian Artists

Kennedy Center awarded Gold Medals to four extraordinary Hungarian artists: conductor Ádám Fischer, conductor Ivan Fischer, pianist and composer György Kurtág, and soprano Eva Marton.

By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 19 June, 2019 | Topics: Art & Culture, Culture, Events, Former U.S. Ambassadors, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & Hungary | Tags: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, music

“America’s Musical Journey” Documentary

The Embassy sponsored an exclusive film screening of a newly-released 3D documentary titled “America’s Musical Journey” in Budapest on April 9.

By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 12 April, 2019 | Topics: Art & Culture, Chargé d’Affaires, Deputy Chief of Mission, Doing Business in the U.S., Events, News, Travel & Tourism | Tags: blues, Foreign Commercial Service, jazz, music, tourism, travel

Remarks at a Jazz Concert in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the 1956 Revolution

During tonight’s concert, we celebrate those “barometers of freedom” – the Hungarian jazz musicians who played their music in 1956 in defiance of the Communist government. And we remember all of the Hungarians who suffered and those who died in the fight for democracy 60 years ago.

By U.S. Embassy Budapest | 17 November, 2016 | Topics: Art & Culture, Former U.S. Ambassadors, History, Speeches | Tags: culture, history, music

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