Though their family had not dealt with winemaking, a doctor couple decided to buy a small land with a house and some rows of grapes. Their son, Árpád started winemaking with his wife, Nóra in 2016. They apply organic producing with biodynamic elements, and they are up to try themselves in the field of natural wines.
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„There were four of us brothers. We played sports, as there was no television or computer at that time, and we didn't sit isolated, glued to our phones either. My mother drew beautifully, she dyed scarves, she designed patterns on silk shawls, and she tie-dyed. She taught me too, because she saw my talent, paying for summer art camps, and drawing lessons."
“Whatever we started, we gave it 120%. At the beginning we were thinking of a band, we wanted to be international stars. With our own songs, calculatingly. When we got our first guitar from our mother and her sibling, Norbi also acquired a drum set. We installed them in the first floor apartment and to the delight of the neighbours we started rehearsing. We knew even then that I would be the bass guitarist, even though at the time we didn’t have a bass guitar.”
Twelve-year-old Karolina Sávolt started painting self-taught two and a half years ago and this year she has already had her own exhibition in Budapest, where collectors have bought her paintings for millions. Not by accident, for the magical realist style of this girl is unmistakable. She is an excellent student, speaks foreign languages and plays tennis as a member of the national team of her age group, and produces stunningly mature and impressive works on canvas.
He has never lived in Hungary, yet he speaks our language without an accent, and his Hungarian identity defines his life. Gyuri Hollósy was born in Germany after the Second World War as a child of Hungarian parents with whom he settled in the USA at the age of nine. The sculptor continued the family tradition that made his great-uncles – painters Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka and Simon Hollósy – famous. Among many others, he makes 1956 themed Hungarian sculptures. His studio is decorated with a Hungarian flag and the coat of arms of the Kosztka family. Even his dog (a Puli breed) named Tibor Bartók Csillag is Hungarian. We talked to Gyuri, who lives in New Jersey, about the novel-like life of his ancestors and him, and the message of his works.
He was bullied as a child and enrolled in martial arts at the age of 14 to protect himself later in life. And - he didn't know it at the time - others. In most of the sports in which he immersed himself, he didn't even stop until the instructor level; he became the best in Hungary at knife hand-to-hand combat and in "the Formula 1 of shooting". And speaking of Formula 1, as a bodyguard, he first accompanied world champion racing driver Fernando Alonso and then went on to work alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger. But how does a Hungarian boy become the bodyguard of The Terminator? Mátyás Tóbiás tells us.
She grew up in Gyergyóremete (Remetea) and always knew that she wanted to go to Africa one day. At the age of 22, she passed her engineering exams on a Friday, and on Sunday she set off with a bag to Budapest, where she is now - ten years later - a photographer supporting African children and families. She travels the world, has an adopted daughter in Congo, and a foundation in Transylvania for the children of the world. I listen with amazement and take notes as Emese Balázs-Fülöp tells me about her life's journey.
"I nurture friendships with several famous families. I have much to thank my patrons for, both professionally and personally speaking: my instruments, countless home concerts and heart-warming invitations. For instance, when due to concert scheduling I was unable to travel home to my family for the holidays, the Esterházy family invited me to spend Christmas with them. Today, I consider the niece of the wife of Prince Pál Eszterházy as my honorary mother and I also enjoy the support of the famous Jacobs family."
You have to be a great adventurer to grow up in Hungary and then live in Australia, in New Zealand and South Africa, though perhaps it is even more exciting to spend your career travelling those continents and countries in the reverse order, spending years in each of them. Thus far, that has been the life of our European bronze medallist, Hungarian Cup winner, water polo player, Dorottya Szilágyi.
Even during his student years in Marosvásárhely (Târgu Mures), there were always communities around Áron Trufán - whether he was going to folk dancing or Bible classes. No wonder that he later became the heart of the Hungarian community overseas, where he was serving then as a Reformed pastor with youthful and bold sermons. Áron is justly proud of his role in organizing the Hungarian Goulash Festival which became popular across America, as well as of the many friendships he helped to develop between people - and God.
"It's not enough to have talent, you also have to be Hungarian", said Robert Capa, the greatest war reporter in the history of photography, born as Endre Ernő Friedmann in Budapest. During his daring and adventurous life, he captured five wars from the firing line, and then, fulfilling his own destiny, lost his life on the battlefield.
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