During May and June, Budapest’s Italian Embassy, the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade and the Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest bring us (for the first time in Hungary) the Italian Festival! They’ve got a jam-packed schedule of cultural, scientific and economic events lined-up, and we’re here to tell you all about them. The aim of the festival is to create a frame to highlight the potentialities between Italy and Hungary, and to strengthen bilateral relations between the two. The festival will run from May 18th – June 28th, with special focus upon The Feast of the Republic of Italy, on June 2nd. So, what can you expect to get your culture-hungry paws on during these internationally flavored few weeks? Without further ado, here’s the line-up…
May 18 – 30
Guglielmo Marconi Exhibition
Pázmány Péter Catholic University
1083 Budapest, Práter u. 53/a
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May 18 at 2p.m.: opening ceremony (same location)
May 28 at 3p.m.: seminar on G. Marconi (same location)
May 26 at 4p.m.
The Art and Science of Espresso (a seminar on the success of Illy)
Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal
1073 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 43–49
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June 9–28
Italian Motorcycle Exhibit
Hungarian Museum of Science, Technology and Transport
1146 Budapest, Városligeti krt. 11.
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June 16–18
Italy’s Sounds (exhibition of Italian musical instruments, musical workshops and concerts)
Music History Museum
1174 Budapest, Táncsics M. utca. 7.
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June 16 at 7 p.m.
Concert of Italian violinist Uto Ughi
The Italian Cultural Institute
1088 Budapest, Bródy Sándor u. 8.
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June 17 at 9.30 a.m.
Conference on technological potential, innovation in Lombardy, and possible cooperation with Hungary
Budapest University of Technology and Economy (BME)
1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rakpart. 3-9.
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For more info, see http://www.italianfestival.hu/