Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre
Please
find attached our newsletter for the months April - August 2012. We
look forward to your presence in the upcoming events.
Attractions for April 2012:
Friday
5:00 pm
Petőfi Book Club
ALEXANDER CSOMA DE KŐRÖS
In this times book club,
we will discuss the life and works of Alexander Csoma de Kőrös, the great Hungarian philologist and
orientalist, who travelled to India in the early 19th century to trace the
origin of Hungarians. He was the author of the first Tibetan-English dictionary and
grammar book.
April 26
Thursday
6:00 pm
Fábri Film Club
SKYLARK (PACSIRTA)
Feature film, directed by László Ranódy (1963), b&w, duration: 115 minutes
Laszlo Ranody's 1963 feature is about the plight of a couple trying to marry off their aging daughter and the liberation they experience when she goes off on a trip with some cousins. The film version of the novel of the same title, written by Deszo Kosztolanyi. The daughter of Vajkay is called Pacsirta (Skylark). Infact she is a failure, ugly, advanced in years and her personality has an oppressive effect on the atmosphere of the home. Some relatives invite Pacsirta to their estate for a week and hope to find a husband for her. When the girl has left, the parents seem to be different people: they are gay, dine at a restaurant, go to the theater, meet their friends and society welcomes them. However, Pacsirta returns earlier than expected and once again proves to be a failure. The parents resign themselves to their fate. They cannot break out of their dreary, hopeless and closed world.
April 27
Friday
6:30 pm
Live Concert
India International Centre
KODÁLY STRING QUARTET
In cooperation with the India International Centre, New Delhi
The Kodály String Quartet, formed in Budapest in 1966, has continued to exemplify the greatest standards of the rich Hungarian musical tradition which it has carried on with such extraordinary distinction throughout the world over four decades of international appearances. International critics have been lavish with remarkable acclaim for the Kodály Quartet's numerous (over 50) recordings, including the monumental undertaking of the complete cycles of Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert for Naxos. The members of the quartet are Attila Falvay (violin), Erika Tóth (violin), János Fejérvári (viola) and György Éder (violoncello).
HARLEEN AHLUWALIA
Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre
1-A Janpath, New Delhi - 110 011
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