Tibor M. Kalman

Impeccable timing. Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s first official visit to Paris aligns perfectly with the first major French retrospective of Hungarian Impressionist Károly Ferenczy (1863–1917) at the Petit Palais. Pure magic when art and politics align. 🇭🇺🇫🇷🕊️

"Human beings are members of a whole, in creation of one essence and soul." — Saadi Shirazi, The Rose Garden, 1258 CE South Korean classical pianist Seong-Jin Cho performs II. Adagio assai, Maurice Ravel, Piano Concerto in G major, composed in 1931. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

"To love beauty is to see light." — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, 1862 Dutch classical violinist Janine Jansen performs Adagio di molto, Jean Sibelius, Violin Concerto op. 47, composed in 1904-1905. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

"The wound is the place where the Light enters you." — Rumi, The Masnavi, 13th Century Dutch classical violinist Janine Jansen and mezzo-soprano Olivia Vermeulen perform Erbarme dich, mein Gott, Johann Sebastian Bach, St Matthew Passion, composed in 1727. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

"Go into yourself and see how deep the place is from which your life flows." — Rainer Maria Rilke, 1903 Polish classical pianist Rafał Blechacz performs Johannes Brahms, Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118 No. 2, composed in 1893. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

"Silence of the Forest." Dobogókő, Hungary. 🇭🇺 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

"What is beautiful is invisible to the eye; it can only be felt with the heart." — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince, 1943 Polish concert pianist Krystian Zimerman performs II. Adagio, Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5, composed between 1809–1810. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

Stunning footage from Belgrade, Serbia. 🇷🇸 Tens of thousands of students and citizens gathered at Slavija Square to protest President Vučić, demanding early elections, justice, and accountability for government corruption. I stand with the brave people of Serbia! 🔥📢✊🏼 📹 Kreni-Promeni©

Can’t believe it’s been over a month since the Hungarian election. 🇭🇺 Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s video from earlier today says it all. Out with Orbán's corrupt, old-guard, pro-Russian regime. In with a young, charismatic, pro-European leader finally setting the nation back on course. ✨

"To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders." — Lao Tzu, 6th Century BCE French classical cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras performs Gabriel Fauré, Après un rêve, composed in 1877. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

"For all things are of one kin and one form." — Marcus Aurelius, c. 170–180 AD Soprano Lise Davidsen, mezzo-soprano Olesya Petrova, and the Danish National Concert Choir perform Agnus Dei, Giuseppe Verdi, Messa da Requiem, composed in 1874. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

“Die before you die, so that you may truly live.” — Rumi, 1207–1273 The rapturous, transcendent finale of Richard Wagner’s Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal." — Martin Luther King Jr., 1967 Japanese classical pianist Kyohei Sorita performs Romance. Larghetto, Frédéric Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, composed in 1830. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

"You cannot look into the eyes of another human being and not see yourself." — Maya Angelou, 1997 South Korean classical pianist Seong-Jin Cho performs Franz Liszt, Consolations No. 3, composed in 1850. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

"Making friends." 🐕🐤 📹 Magyar Vizsla Csoport

"Do not be afraid!" — Pope John Paul II, 1978 German classical pianist Olga Scheps performs Romance, Frédéric Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, composed in 1830. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

The much-anticipated meeting between Donald Tusk and Péter Magyar in Warsaw today. There are few friendships in Europe as genuine, enduring, and deeply rooted in history as the one between Hungary and Poland — dating back nearly 1,000 years. Polak, Węgier — dwa bratanki! 🇵🇱 🇭🇺

Hard to describe the seismic shift in Hungary as Prime Minister Péter Magyar sweeps out the Orbán regime after sixteen years. Like finally opening the curtains in a dark, neglected room trapped in stagnant air for far too long. Let the sun shine in! 🌞🇭🇺🚂 #Poland 🇵🇱

“If you feel pain, you're alive. If you feel other people's pain, you're a human being.” — Leo Tolstoy, 1828–1910 South Korean-German classical violinist Clara-Jumi Kang performs Larghetto, Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, composed in 1806. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

No notes. 🧐😳🤣 📹 From historycolored

"Humanity is the finest flower of the earth." — Albert Schweitzer, 1915 Georgian-French classical pianist Khatia Buniatishvili's transcendent performance of Schubert’s Impromptu No. 3, composed in 1827. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

Those radiant eyes that during storms would smile on me making my heart leap with hope making me long for happiness amid the chaos and fears of life — Wotan’s Farewell, Richard Wagner, Die Walküre, 1856 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

"The soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness." — Mary Oliver, 1990 Argentine cellist Sol Gabetta performs II. Largo, Beethoven's Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, composed in 1804. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️

"In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. To master the storm is to find the most profound kind of peace." — Sun Tzu, 512 BCE Turkish classical pianist İlyun Bürkev performs Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, composed in 1847. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️