The Festival

 

 

Dear Festival Visitors, Dear Friends,

 

 

 

For us, Zemplén is the most beautiful area of our home country and the wines of Tokaj is the best on this world. Our series of events associate high quality and diverse programs to all these so where else should you spend your days in August than with us at the Zemplén Festival?

Our ten days of selected programs are full of interesting, unique concerts and they give you a real relaxation in the gorgeous environment of Tokaj-hegyalja.

 

 

 

Our audience can enjoy the hospitality of the small villages this year again,furthermore one can taste wines of Mád, Tarcal, Tolcsva during daylong programs, and can be part of performances with unique atmosphere in the Rákóczi Castle of Sárospatak, the courtyard of the city hall in Sátoraljaújhely or in the Tokaj Festival Valley. Besides our resident artists, the Budafok Dohnányi Symphony Orchestra and the Budapest Academia Choir you can applaud such performers like the “Virtuosos” winners Soma Balázs-Piri and Tamás Kökény, the Liszt Prize awarded József Balog, Eszter Karasszon or the Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra. And not only that, you have the opportunity to enjoy grand productions like Tamás Szarka&Ghymes, film music concert or the opening and the final concerts of the Festival. At the Wine Terrace in Sárospatak you can listen to jazz and folk music every night but the lovers of these genres can meet with their favourite ones in other towns of Hegyalja. The wine is provided by our partner, Grand Tokaj this year again, so you can enjoy their great “furmint” during some of the concerts.

We particularly welcome our main sponsors, the Fémalk Zrt., the Szinva Net Zrt. and the COLAS Északkő Kft. These companies have been sponsoring our programs with a significant amount of money year after year. We would like to thank the Ministry of Human Resources and the National Cultural Fund for providing us with the main financial source for our festival.

We hope that our program can offer a great leisure time in August this year as well! We wish you an unforgettable cultural, culinary and touristic experience!

TURJÁNYI MIKLÓS                                 HOLLERUNG GÁBOR
Festival director                                       Artistic director