FinnAgora’s main mission is to represent and advocate Finland, its culture, its scientific results, as well as the country’s economic actors in Hungary and in the neighbouring countries.
Conductor maestro Jorma Panula is back in Budapest for the 5th time for his Masterclass for Conductors. The Masterclass is held between the 21.8-26.8. The Masterclass is open for all applicants from all age ranges and the participants for the class have been chosen based on their applications. A selected few from the class will be chosen to perform on the final concert the 26.8 at Vigadó, one of Budapests historical concert venues. You can purchase tickets for the final concert from here and read more about the masterclass from here .
FinnAgora is back from a summer break, well rested and full of energy! We have started working and have a lot of different and exciting events for this fall. We attended this years Sziget Festival and supported finnish artists like Alma. This weekend the finnish illustrator JP Ahonen will be at Fekete Zaj festival. L1 Dancefest will take place in Budapest from the 1-4 of September, where the finnish dancer Taneli Törmä will be performing his piece LOCATION X/ Distortion. To keep up to date of our events order our newsletter available in Finnish or Hungarian. Also you can follow us on social
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TelepArt mobility support platform promotes opportunities for performing artists to travel and perform internationally. TelepArt is a light micro-funding format aimed for emerging and semi-established professional artists traveling from Finland to Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Czech Republic and Romania and vice versa. You can read more about the program and apply on http://www.applytelepart.com/apply/ TelepArt is open for applications most of the year, with exceptions during winter holidays and summerbreaks.
FinnAgora 15 celebrations continue at Zsolnay Light Festival in Pécs 27.–30.6. Installations, AV live-sets, films about light art, and discussions are part of the Finnish focus program of the festival: the art by the Finnish guests of the festival reflects Nordic way of thinking through symbolism of light. Finnish ambassadors of light are brought to Zsolnay Light Festival together Let it Be! Art agency . Zsolnay Light Festival, organized for the fourth time this summer, is the first and only light festival in Hungary. Last year, the festival attracted more than 70 000 visitors. FINNISH FOCUS
FinnAgora’s FINNOVATION Business Conference on 1 2 June 2019 brings the latest news of the Finnish innovative field to Budapest. We have invited Finnish experts and business specialists to speak about what is behind ’the Finnish Miracle’: how do startups work in Finland and in the Nordic countries and how innovations are born in Finnish companies. During the day-long conference, we will learn, for example, how to utilize ’sisu’ – the inner courage and fortitude – in entrepreneurship and what kind of possibilities human-centred data economy creates for future businesses. We will get insights
