László Jakab Orsós, the director of the Hungarian Institute in New York, outlined the programme for the Cultural Season in New York and Washington D.C. next year. The event, dubbed Extremely Hungary, kicks off on January 24. It will feature a concert by the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, an exhibition of Zsolnay porcelain at the Forbes Gallery and a concert by the folk and jazz singer Bea Palya. Hungarian literature will be focus at the PEN writers festival in the city between April 27 and May 3.
The programme will include three works created especially for the cultural season: a film by Péter Forgács about Hungarian immigrants to America, an evening celebration of Hungarian opera called Opera Ball Come to Earth, and a production that mixes Gypsy and African-American dance called Fire and Fire.
Orsolya Erdődy, who heads HungaroFest's KLASSZ programme office, gave an account of the programme for next year's celebration of the 200th anniversary of the composer Joseph Hadyn's death. In addition to the programme of classical music, conferences and exhibitions, KLASSZ aims to present events that will draw more young people, she said.
