Budapest Park’s summer program kicks off with Rapcirkusz concert on April 25. This year the event has a Finnish focus: beatboxer Felix Zenger , break dancer Eetu Mäkinen , graffiti artist Action 1 and musician Sampo Hiukkanen will join the Hungarian rap and hiphop legends on the stage. Rapcirkusz is a new and unique mega outdoor-concert where Hungarian hip hop icons perform with a live orchestra. The event was first arranged last year and sold out its 10 000 tickets quickly. This year FinnAgora is proud to be part of this new Budapest based festival by bringing special guests from Finland!

Kaija Saariaho is an internationally acclaimed Finnish composer, opera performer, who is visiting Hungary for the first time and will teach at the conductor master course organized by Péter Eötvös Foundation. Kaija Saariaho is currently one of the most popular contemporary composers, recently awarded the prestigious Frontiers of Knowledge Award of the BBVA Foundation which was previously awarded to György Kurtág. The public has a unique chance to hear Saariaho’s music in two occasions at Budapest Music Center (Mátyás u. 8., Budapest, 1093): Mini-concert 8 April 2019 18:00 @ BMC Library

Pirkko Saisio’s novel The Smallest Shared Dividend (1998) presents modern Finnish literature in Literature Night in Budapest on March 28th. For the fourth year in a row, EUNIC organizes the Night of Literature in cooperation with the excellent Radnóti Theater. The event will take place in various – and often unusual – locations around district VI. The actors of Radnóti Theater will be reading hand-picked works of European authors in Hungarian for the audience. This year, for the first time, the event will also be organized in Debrecen, together with the Csokonai Theater. Thus, in both cities

The TelepART Mobility Support Platform supports emerging and semi-established artists in showcasing their work internationally. At the core of this project is a new style of rapid-access funding. This funding is designed to support travel costs for performances between Finland and Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Croatia and Romania. The aim of TelepART is to promote cultural exchange between Finland and the countries involved. The platform is permanently open to applications. Applications can be submitted by performers and their representatives or event organisers. Applicants

Kira Poutanen’s first novel Ihana Meri (trans. Wonderful Sea ) was published as the next edition in the POKET series at the end of February in Hungary. POKET is a community building and reading popularization nonprofit project. The colorful POKET-books are available in book vending machines around Budapest. Poutanen’s novel touches the topic of anorexia and tells the story of a 15-year-old girl, Julia. FinnAgora has supported the new publishing of the novel. FinnAgora met the ambassador of the book, the Hungarian swimmer and multiple Olympic gold metalist Katinka Hosszú, at the book launch