2. HUNGARIAN MUSIC

3. BÉLA BARTÓK Béla Bartók was born 125 years ago.

4. Bluebeard’s Castle The Bluebeard’s Castle is a one-act opera. According to the story the duke brought a new wife: Judit to his home. He walked her around in his castle. In the gloomy, dreary, damp walls there were seven doors. At the request of Judit, the duke opened the first five doors, but Judit driven by the desire wanted to know the past of her husband. She had to find her destiny behind the seventh door, just as it happened to all the previous wives of the Bluebeard.

5. Cantata Profana Among his vocal compositions is the Cantata profana. This is the tale of the transformation of nine boys – hunting in the forest - to magic deers seeking the cleanness, fresh atmosphere of nature, by escaping from society.

6. The first Hungarian rock opera is Stephen, the king János Bródy - librettist Levente Szörényi - composer

7. The most famous Hungarian music group is NOX The team is step by step more successful in mixing the traditional Hungarian folk music elements with those of the world music. The biggest success is they took part Eurovision Festival, and they were 12.

8. Some of festivals in Hungary VOLT fest.- Sopron SZIGET fest.- Budapest sziget.hu Budapest Parade www.volt.hu www.budapestparade.hu

9. Valley of Arts- Kapolcs Budapest Spring Festival www.festivalcity.hu/btf2006 kapolcs.szinhaz.hu