About Town: These Malaysians know how to partay!

The Malaysian Danish Association’s biggest event of the year was once again a splendid affair.

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Guest speaker Mariano Davies, the president of the British Chamber of Commerce, spoke about Brexit (right)

Photo HASSE FERROLD The Hungarian National Day reception on 25th November 2016 Celebrated in Copenhagen at KU.BE Cultural Centre Frederiksberg. On the occasion of the 60 th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight of 1956 the Ambassador of Hungary Mr. László Hellebrandt and Mrs. Katalin Hellebrandtné Pirityi invited to the National Day reception and the bust-revealing ceremony for Povl Bang-Jensen. Honorary speakers were Mr. Bertel Haarder, Minister for Culture of Denmark and Mr. ISTVA´N IJGYA´RTÓ , Minister of State MFA of Hungary. Very many Ambassadors attended the Reception and ceremony. 1: Speech by the Ambassador of Hungary 3: L-R: the Ambassador of Hungary, Minister Mr. Bertel Haarder, Mr. ISTVA´N IJGYA´RTÓ , Minister of State MFA of Hungary. 4: Speech by Mr. Bertel Haarder, Minister for Culture of Denmark 5: Receival of The Ambassador of Germany ( middle).

Hungarian ambassador László Hellebrandt (red tie) celebrated the 60th anniversary of his national day with the unveiling of a bust of Povl Bang-Jensen – a Danish diplomat considered a hero of the 1956 Hungarian revolution for with-holding the names of witnesses, who many believe was murdered in retribution three years later – at the KUBE Cultural Centre in Frederiksberg, where he was joined by the outgoing culture minister, Bertel Haarder (centre)

Ennio Morricone- Famous Italian FILMCOMPOSER 2 12 2016 Concert in Copenhagen Forum at ‘60 YEARS OF MUSIC WORLD TOUR’. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_Morricone Photo HASSE FERROLD: 1 R-L: The Ambassador of Italy in Denmark H.E.Stefano Queirolo Palmas , Maestro Ennio Morricone, the Leader of the Italian Cultural Institute Copenhagen. Second Left: A very BIG Fan of Morricone having attended ca.17 of his concerts. Photo 3: Ennio Morricone meeting President of International Club Copenhagen ICC Hasse Ferrold. Den fantastiske og Verdensberømte filmkomponist Maestro Ennio Morricone holdt 2 12 2016 koncert i Forum Copenhagen (arrangret af Beatbox Entertainment) som en del af hans ‘60 YEARS OF MUSIC WORLD TOUR’. Morricones koncerter modtages altid af stående klapsalver fra et begejstret publikum . Han står bag nogle af de mest kendte mesterværker fra filmens verden, har komponeret over 500 værker til film og TV , og har vundet bl.a. Oscar-statuette, Golden Globe Award , BAFTA Awards ,New York Film Critics Award . Alle kender den ikonoske musik af Morricone til f.ex. “Once Upon a Time in the West”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdK0jaLuJL8 “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1PfrmCGFnk “The Mission”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5qlWLXbfL4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-fiu5umVnI “Once Upon a time in America”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj5Xczethmw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuyYc0gINbU “A Fistful of Dollars”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqjcoTzhaIk “The Untouchables”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu2FekMaTQc

Legendary Italian film score composer Ennio Morricone, 88, wowed Forum last week on Friday with a sell-out concert, after which he was joined by Italian ambassador Stefano Queirolo Palmas (right)

 




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