Director András Derdák, who took his post in January 2006, had the institute?s main reception area together with the entire ground floor refurbished in the spring. And in summer, the institute?s concert and first-floor library were renovated.
The Hungarian Institute in Paris will organise more than 60 events over the next three months.
On October 7, the institute will host a musical evening as part of the French capital?s ?Nuit Blanche? programme. The saxophonist János Vázsonyi will play a selection of baroque music with pianist Lívia Rév, after which Vázsonyi will be joined by the accordion player David Yengibarian for a jazz concert. To round out the evening, DJ Suhaid of alternative radio station Tilos Radio will perform.
The most important part of the institute?s autumn season will be events held to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution on October 23. Together with the Hungarian Embassy in Paris, the Hungarian Institute will lay wreathes in the Pére Lachaise cemetery and at the Arc de Triomphe. In the evening, the gifted organist Xavér Varnus will play with special guests the Bolyki Brothers, and an open-air exhibition of the images of Jean-Pierre Pedrazzini, a French photojournalist who died of injuries sustained during the 1956 Revolution, will be opened.
During the week-long JazzyColors festival, the Hungarian Institute will host concerts by the Hungarian ensemble the Tin-Tin Quartet, as well as performances by German and Romanian musicians.
For filmgoers, the institute will offer screenings of ?White Palms?, Hungary?s entry for the 2007 Oscars, and ?Unburied Dead?, a film about the life of Imre Nagy, Hungary?s prime minister during the 1956 Revolution, who was hanged afterward.
In December, the institute will host a colloquium on Hungarian science with the participation of Department of Eastern Languages and Cultures.
The full programme for the Hungarian Institute?s autumn programme is available in French at www.instituthongrois.fr
