Bartók Béla XXVII. Nemzetközi Kórusverseny és Folklórfesztivál/Béla Bartók 27th International Choir Competition and Folklore Festival [antikvár]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!In addition to the Rubins Cube and Ferenc Puskás, the third best known Hungarian name all over the world must be that of Béla Bartók. We might as well put that Bartók is a musical world-wide brand. Not only do we have to be devoted to this value, but we must also nurture it, so that the younger generations would consider their own this world conquering, however still Hungarian to its core heritage of the genius. On the occasion of Béla Bartók's 135'^ anniversary of birth in tribute to the world famous composer, the years 2016-2017 are officially announced the "Year of Bartók'. This scheme is supported with a budget of more than 1 billion Forints by the Hungarian Government; furthermore a series of programmes has been going on all over the country.ifThe Béla Bartók International Choir Competition and Folklore Festival in Debrecen, having been one of the highest-standard contemporary choral events worldwide for more than halfa century, is of outstanding significance in this project, as well as in its commitment to unceasingly perform and popularize Bartók's pieces home and abroad. "Every art has the right to strike its roots in the art of a previous age." - claimed Bartók, who referred to the pure folk music as the "phenomenon of nature". His chorus pieces can hardly be translated into any other foreign languages; they remain within the frames of the original Hungarian or those of the Central-European languages, thus being genuinely able to convey the feelings rooted deeply in the Hungarian mother earth. Let this conception be their common mission, the inspiration of the Bartók Choir Competition! Let us, Hungarians be bound by this familiar feeling, and let's involve in this unique milieu everybody from all quarters of the worid who is enthusiastic about the Hungarian musical heritage.I wish to all of you memorable days and a successful competition!Dr. Péter Hoppálstate Secretary of Culture Ministry of Human Resources