24-11-09

Pécs2010 Newsletter

24/11/2009

UPCOMING EVENTS

Culture

D-nox & Beckers

Ruhr-region visiting Pécs

24 November

Soon the one year long 20 years of freedom, Germany says „Danke” programme organised by the German Ministry for Foreign Affairs in honour of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall will come to an end. In the framework of this series of programmes a party is organised in PécsiEst Café where people can have fun and relax by the performances of Essen and Hungarian DJs and VJs. /more

Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra

Upcoming performance of the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambassador of the Pécs2010 ECoC Programme

26 November 19:30

Concert from the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. /more

András Lovasi, the leader of the band

Kispál és a Borz (Little Paul and the Skunk) concert

28 November 20:00 (Youth Centre)

This Pécs band was formed by Gábor Bräutigam, Rezső Ózdi, András Kispál and András Lovasi in 1987. They started touring the country in 1989 and by now became one of the most well known and most popular alternative musical bands in the whole of the country. They are constant participants of the larger-scale local cultural and recreational events, as well as being one star guest at the very prestigious Sziget Festival every year in Budapest. /more

NEWS

Featured event

Ferenc Csák and Zsolt Páva with the prize

EU prize to Pécs

The city is ready to organise the 2010 European Capital of Culture festival year. Pécs is the first city to get the Melina Mercouri prize following a monitoring process. /more

Key projects

Széchenyi Square

Main square renovation in excellent progress

The investment projects of the Pécs2010 European Capital of Culture Programme are going according to the plans and are making excellent progress. In the framework of the Revival of the Public Spaces and Parks project a part of the historic downtown is being renewed. It includes the main square of the City of Pécs; Széchenyi square, the construction works of which will finish in weeks unless the weather turns extreme. /more

Application

PEN 2009

PEN2010 talent scout application

The organisers of the Pécs University Days launched the pop music talent scout programme in 2008 with the aim to make it a tradition. Its goal is to search for talented musicians and bands of the popular genres. The event had numerous participants and contestants in 2009 among whom the jury distributed such prizes that can help the career of a beginner band tremendously. /more

IMPRESSUM

Editor: Pécs2010 Management Centre
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