Walter Moens, the Flemish government's representative in Hungary, said the aim of the festival is to show contemporary Dutch and Flemish culture, but also to establish cooperation between artists from the Netherlands and Belgium and those in Hungary. He joked that the festival's name refers to the geographical location of the "lowlands", not to their culture.
Dutch cultural attaché Jan Kennis said the LOW festival would offer fine arts, classical, jazz and pop music, architecture and design, theatre and film.
Among the dance and theatre events are a dance performance by Anouk van Dijk; a play by Peter Greenaway and Saskia Boddeke entitled Rembrandt's Mirror; the Hotel Modern's production Camp, which shows the horrors of Auschwitz; a performance by the Le Bal Moderne interactive dance theatre; and the theatrical mockumentary Holland Tsunami, which shows what happens when 16 million Dutch displaced by a Tsunami find refuge in Hungary.
Classical music lovers will get a chance to hear the world-famous Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, the Capilla Flamenca ensemble, the Asko Ensemble, which specialises in the works of contemporary composers, and Hungary's UMZE Chamber Ensemble, which will play a special tribute to the Dutch composer Louis Andriessen.
Budapest's Kiscelli Museum will show an exhibition of art works by Aernout Mik, Atelier van Lieshout, Bik van der Pol, Falke Pisano, Krijn de Koning and Société Réaliste. The capital's Ernst Museum will show Wim Delvoye's works. Photo exhibitions of images captured by Hans van der Meer and Bertien van Manen will also be on the programme. Van der Meer's photographs show amateur football matches; van Manen's document memories and faces in a kind of family album.
There will be plenty of pop and jazz music to enjoy as well, including Amsterdam's virtuosos of improvisation, Tetzepi. After a long hiatus, Cinetrip will organise screenings of Dutch and Flemish films in the Rudas Baths. For those who don't like to get wet, the Örökmozgo cinema will also show Dutch and Flemish films.
As part of the LOW programme, the A38 ship, an events venue docked in the Danube, will host a three-day My City festival, with a focus on Amsterdam. (Budapest will be the focus of a My City event in Amsterdam on May 29-31.)
The LOW Dutch-Flemish Cultural Festival will run from February 15 until March 12.
Source: Fidelio.hu
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