Saturday, May 4, 2013

Hungarian Information & Cultural Centre New Delhi


 
Dear Friends,

In May, we will have a fantastic CCM summer concert, a lecture, exhibition and film screening commemorating the 50th death anniversary of Ervin Baktay, a noted author known to have popularised Indian culture in Hungary. We will participate in the European Union Film Festival with József Sípos’s Eszter’s inheritance and will also host the Film Festival in our auditorium.

We will also showcase the prize winning paintings of the on-the-spot children’s painting competition on Hungarian folk art and Amrita Shergil from June to August.

Please keep yourself updated about the events for the months of May - August in our upcoming issues of the e-newsletter. I request you all to subscribe to the e-newsletter by sending your details and email id to hicc.delhi@gmail.com. You may visit our website at delhi.balassiintezet.hu for more information.
Tibor Kovács
Director and Cultural Counsellor
 

Details of our upcoming events can be seen below by clicking on the date in the table and snapshots from our past events.
DatesType of programmeTopic of the event
May 1–3ExhibitionPhoto exhibition "EYES THAT CAPTURE" by international photographers living in Delhi
May 6 Mon,
7:00 pm
Live concertSummer concert by the CAPITAL CITY MINSTRELS
May 7 Tues,
4:00–6:00 pm
LectureSpeakers from Hungary and India will talk on ERVIN BAKTAY
May 7–17
Opening on
Tues, 6:00 pm
Exhibition and FilmPhoto-documentary exhibition ENCHANTED BY INDIA Ervin Baktay (1890–1963) and film screening
May 13
Mon, 5:00 pm
EU Film screeningScreening of Polish film My Name is Ki at HICC
May 13
Mon, 7:00 pm
EU Film screeningScreening of Greek film Athanasia at HICC
May 14
Tues, 5:00 pm
EU Film screeningScreening of French film Water Lilies at HICC
May 14
Tues, 7:00 pm
EU Film screeningScreening of Portuguese film Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl at HICC
May 16
Thurs, 5:00 pm
EU Film screeningScreening of Hungarian film ESZTER'S INHERITANCE at Italian Cultural Centre
May 20–August 31ExhibitionPrize winning paintings of the on-the-spot painting competition
August 9–15Film FestivalHungarian film screenings at Trivandrum International Film Festival



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Hungarian Information & Cultural Centre New Delhi

Programmes for the months of May – August 2013



Exhibitionat HICC
April 26–May 3
EYES THAT CAPTURE
An exhibition of international photographers living in Delhi 

Coming from different backgrounds and countries, Melinda Ruck, Katerina Svitilova, Iboiya Jeszenszky and Borbála Szij have found themselves in the same place - likely for different reasons and different motivation - but with one common passion: Photography.

Live concert
May 6

Monday 7:00 pm
SUMMER CONCERT 2013
Presented by the Capital City Minstrels

The Capital City Minstrels (CCM), Delhi's best known choir, comprises people from all walks of life, all with one thing in common – their love of music. CCM's repertoire spans a wide range; from the earliest choral music to the entire spectrum of western classical music, and opera to ballads, folk songs, Broadway musicals, rock, pop, jazz as well as Indian music arranged for choir performance. CCM has performed more than 50 concerts since the early 1990's.

This season presents Classical pieces by Western maestros like Bach, Mendelssohn, Handel and others.

Seminar IIC 
May 7

Tuesday
4.00–6.00 pm
ERVIN BAKTAY
Commemorative lecture on the 50th death anniversary of Ervin Baktay

Ervin Baktay Amrita Shergil's uncle was a famous Hungarian Indologist.

The Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre in cooperation with the India International Centre commemorates the 50th death anniversary of Ervin Baktay with a seminar. The speakers will include both Hungarian and Indian scholars who will discuss about his life and works and connection with India.

Photo- documentary exhibition
May 7-17

Inauguration
and film screening

on 7th May Tuesday 6.30 pm
ENCHANTED BY INDIA
Ervin Baktay (1890-1963)
Photo-documentary exhibition and film on his life

Ervin Baktay was an author noted for popularizing Indian culture in Hungary. He had started his career as a painter and he encouraged his niece Amrita Sher-Gil to pursue art. Baktay gave up painting to study eastern religions and art, and became a renowned Indologist. The exhibition presents his life journey through this enchanting photo documentary exhibition.

The film screened on the opening day is a documentary on his life.

(The exhibition is on view on weekdays from 10 am – 4 pm only)

Film Festival
May, June
EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL 2013

SCREENING OF HUNGARIAN FILM AT THE ONGOING
EUFF 2013
Eszter's Inheritance directed by József Sipos

As part of the ongoing EUFF 2013, Hungary will participate with the film Eszter's Inheritance directed by József Sipos which will be screened as per the following schedule:

For our Delhi film buffs, don’t miss the screening of the Hungarian film at the Italian Cultural Centre on 16th May at 5:00 pm. 
EUFF SCREENINGS AT THE HUNGARIAN INFORMATION AND CULTURAL CENTRE
DatesType of programme
13 May, 5:00 pmPolish film My Name is Ki
13 May, 7:00 pmGreek film Athanasia
14 May, 5:00 pmFrench film Water Lilies
14 May, 7:00 pmPortuguese film Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl
16 May 5:00 pmDelhi
Italian Cultural Centre
29 May, 2:00 pmKolkata
Nandan, Auditorium II
30 May, 4:00 pmHyderabad
Alliance Française
25 June, 6:00 pmChandigarh
Bhargava Auditorium

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