EUROPEAN QUARTET April Newsletter

European Quartet – One Melody

Czech Republic

		03/21/2013 \| Welcome to spring in the Czech Republic Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic, invites visitors to a range of exciting Easter events. The annual Easter markets which take place on three of Prague´s most famous squares – Old Town Square, Wenceslas Square and the Square of the Republic – are the most popular of them all.

		03/25/2013 \| Start of the tourist season 2013 – events, entertainment and experiences The tourist season in the Czech Republic starts with historical parades, fine cuisine and amazing surprises! Choose according to what appeals to you. Are you drawn to historical cities? Come join in the big city celebration with parades and original entertainment. Do you like Czech castles and chateaux? Why not be there after the winter when they first open their doors?

		03/29/2013 \| Exhibition of Mucha’s posters in Prague An exhibition of original posters by Alphonse Mucha from the collection of the famous tennis player Ivan Lendl in Prague.

Hungary

		03/22/2013 \| Easter in Hungary Women painting eggs, boys sprinkle girls, people come together and enjoy ham and pálinka – these are the main ingredients of a real Hungarian Easter, but it’s more than that. Explore this happy tradition with us!

		03/26/2013 \| Helmut Newton @ Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Continuing the highly successful tradition of the past years, in the spring of 2013 the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest is again staging a photographic exhibition. The show will feature around 250 shots by one of the greatest figures of fashion and advertising photography, Helmut Newton, reflecting his most significant creative periods. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest 4 April 2013 – 14 July 2013

		03/30/2013 \| Great Market Hall, Budapest as CNN Travel’s favorite market in Europe The Great Market Hall in Budapest gained the top position of the “5 great city markets in Europe” published by CNN Travel overtaking the markets in Barcelona, Istanbul, London and Paris.

		04/01/2013 \| Restaurants Onyx and Costes retain Michelin Stars The Onyx restaurant deserved its Michelin Star on 16th March 2011, Costes restaurant retains its Star for the fouth time again in 2013, according to the newly released Michelin Guide Main Cities of Europe 2013.

Poland

		03/23/2013 \| Poland celebrates Easter The Contest of Easter Palms and Handicraft “O Lipnicką Palmę” Easter celebrations are getting under way in Poland, with many attending Easter Vigils across the country. Churches on Sunday will ring out the Resurrection of Christ, the most important day in the liturgical calendar.

		03/27/2013 \| International Georg Philipp Teleman Violin Competition in Poznan on 23-25 March The first four editions of International Georg Philipp Teleman Violin Competition in the 2000-2003 took place as a all-Poland events. Since 2004 it is international competition. It is organized by Association of Georg Philipp Telemann Violin Competition and Jarmołowicz Artistic Agency, and co-organizer Poznan Generally Music School Ist deg. of Henryk Wieniawski, Poznan Generally Music School II deg. of Mieczysław Karłowicz and Poznan Filharmony of Tadeusz Szeligowski.

Slovakia

		03/24/2013 \| Gate openings at castles and manors The lovers of medieval history of castles and manors in Slovakia may look forward to April and May. Slovakia is the country with one of the highest density of ruins of castles in the world and in addition to ruins of castles with free access during the whole year, in April and May also gates of other and more preserved historical buildings are being opened.

		03/28/2013 \| Bratislava for Everyone On 18^th – 21^st April 2013 Bratislava opens its doors and gives an opportunity to know Slovak capital from close-up. You may enjoy free entries to all exhibitions of the City Museum, Water Works Museum, City Gallery, city sports fields, zoo or botanic garden.

		03/31/2013 \| Celebration of Košice Day The beginning of May (30th April – 8th May 2013) has a celebratory spirit during Košice Day. On this day, the city of Košice commemorates being awarded the first European town coat of arms by Emperor Louis the Great on 7 May 1369.

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