YOUNG BARBARIANS

The Girl: ZSUZSA TŐTSZEGI
Barbarian B.: ÉVA IMRE
Barbarian K.: ERVIN SZŰCS
Voice: BALÁZS BODOLAI

Balázs Béla, Benny Goodman, Ady Endre, Eminem, women and men, bugs, so everyone else:
LÓRÁND VÁTA , CSILLA ALBERT , ZSUZSA TŐTSZEGI , ZSOLT GEDŐ , LORÁND FARKAS

Young Dancers:
KATALIN-BÍBORKA ANDRÁS, ÁGNES LAKATOS, NIMRÓD-KÁROLY KACSÓ, HUNOR VINCZE-PISTUKA

and accompanied by the renowned TOKOS Ensemble:
CSONGOR ATTILA TÓKOS, ALBERT VAJAS, GYULA BÁLINT SZÉP, KRISTÓF SZAKÁCS, ZSOMBOR BÁLINT

Directed by ATTILA VIDNYÁNSZKY JR.
Set design: CSABA CSÍKI
Costumes: ZSUZSANNA CS. KISS
Music: DÁVID MESTER
Choreography: ISTVÁN BERECZ
Director's assistant: EMŐKE VERES
Stage manager: ENIKŐ ALBERT

Duration: 3 hours with one intermission
Age restricition: 6+

Extraordinary opening concert of the 9th Festival Academy Budapest This night we start our 8 days where we will visit many places - the Liszt Academy, House of Music Hungary, the Dohány Street Synagogue, the most beautiful churches of Budapest, the Millennium House, and the BMC - from Hungarian folk music through ancient Jewish lamentations, to the timeless jewels of chamber music and even conversations with the famous writer Alessandro Baricco.
Few hours before the opening concert, our artistic directors Katalin Kokas and Barnabás Kelemen will play the Bartók duets with 44 of the most talented young violinists from our country and beyond, as the Festival Academy's main goal is to inspire the next generation.
 
The performance delves into the friendship between two world-famous Hungarian composers, Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály. It explores their motivations and experiences during their initial folk song collecting journeys, while also engaging the audience with enduring questions about Hungarian identity and national consciousness. Once again, the young creative team summons the spirits of their forebears, whose examples, faith, and transcendent mission offer invaluable guidance amidst the complexities of the 21st century. All of this is presented in their characteristic style – dynamic, imaginative, and geared toward a youthful audience – featuring the stellar actors of the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj.