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Visual Interference

Adéle Eisenstein reviews the exhibition of contemporary photographer Thomas Ruff.

Mark off Markov

Russian-American violinist Alexander Markov performed the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Budapest Concert Orchestra (MÁV) on December 12 to a full and enthusiastic house at the Academy of Music.

Be soothed by Suwanai

Another violin virtuoso who does, in fact, have the subtlety, refinement and good taste to make real music is the young Japanese woman Akiko Suwanai, who was the youngest-ever winner of the Tchaikovsky Violin Competition when she was only 18. She will play Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, conducted by Iván Fischer, at the Palace of Arts on Saturday, December 27 and twice on Sunday, December 28.
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Something new under the Sun

The old format of The Budapest Sun bows out as we return next year with a fully redesigned news magazine.

Not so loveless after all

As a Budapest high school teacher, I read Jaime Winchester’s “A loveless profession” (The Budapest Sun, December 11-17) with interest. My own experience of teaching has been so different from that described of Miklós Tóth’s that I hope the Sun’s readers don’t get the impression that his is necessarily typical.

Enduring exile

Refugees are a symbol of our turbulent times. As each new conflict erupts, the world’s newspapers and television screens are filled with pictures of masses on the move, fleeing from their own countries with just the clothes on their back and the few possessions they are able to carry.
Hilton Budapest, Westend

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