CultBath Starts in Budapest

The opening event on Saturday, entitled King of Rain and the Beautiful Jasmine Flower, combines traditional Gamelan music and wayang kulit shadow theatre. It will be performed at the Foundry Museum on Sunday.

 

The literary programme Tales of Casanova will be held in a private home and its garden, to be followed by cello sonatas and chamber pieces performed by Péter Stoll and Róbert Kassai.

 

The Barnabás Flute Quintet and Four Bones Quartet will perform at the Foundry Museum on August 28 and András Vinna will have his drama reading shown at the Bem Cinema on August 30. On the same day, the Barefoot Musicians will perform at the Frankel Leó street synagogue and on the following day, Bern Atom Santi will present a music and video performance and Santa Diver will play a concert at the Foundry Museum.

 

On September 1, the Bem Cinema will host a chamber theatre show by the Roadmovie Th&L troupe. The Adolphe Sax Konsort will play a jazz concert in the garden of the Museum of Medical History on September 3 and the tragicomedy show The King Having Fun will be shown at the Foundry Museum on September 7.

 

A composer afternoon show by Georgi Stoyanov, a book and record presentation by Árpád Tóth and a concert by MeloDisztiK and Whatsnew? will be held in the Veli Bej baths on September 8. At the same venue, the Forgó group will play folk music and a workshop of creative musical games will be held on the following day.

 

The Byzantium Jazz Project will present its new album at the Foundry Museum on September 10, and a ?sound bath? will be presented at the Veli bej baths on September 11. Visitors must wear swimming suits.

 

Pál Závada will hold a public reading of his works, followed by a concert by Pál Závada and the Experts at the Foundry Museum on September 14. Sound experiments and a mini-concert by Soharóza will be performed at the same venue on September 15.

 

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