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Csaba Káel, CEO of Müpa Budapest

Csaba Káel[1][2][3] (born 8 June 1961 in Miskolc) is a Hungarian film director and CEO of Müpa Budapest.[4][5] He was awarded the Kossuth Prize in 2020 and the Kálmán Nádasdy Prize in 2013.

Career

Káel earned a degree in structural and architectural engineering in 1986 from the Technical University of Budapest's Department of Structural Engineering. In 1989, he graduated from Budapest's College of Theatre and Film Arts, where he studied film and television directing under teachers Károly Makk, István Szabó, Gyula Gazdag, Elemér Ragályi and György Illés.

After serving as a manager at the Balázs Béla Film Studio from 1989 and 1990, he went on to work at Novofilm Kft between 1990 and 1993. In 1990, he took part in the East-West Producers Seminar in London under the tutelage of Lynda Myles and David Puttnam. In 1990, he founded the Happy End Advertising Agency, later becoming its creative director. A member of the Association of Independent Hungarian Producers from 1995 to 1998, he became founder and executive director of Z+ Hungarian Music Television. In 2001 and 2002, he served as artistic advisor for the Millenéris Theatre and Television Studio, where he developed the core concept for that institution. Starting in 2002, he spent two years back at the (by then) University of Theatre and Film Arts working on his DLA before joining Müpa Budapest in 2005 as an artistic advisor responsible for putting together the institution's opera programmes. Following a stint at the Novus School of Art from 2006 to 2007, he has been teaching at the Werk Academy since 2008. He has been the CEO of Müpa Budapest since 17 March 2011, and between 2013 and 2020 he was appointed chairman of the body that runs both the Budapest Spring Festival and the CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival. Káel has been a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2014[6] On 1 September 2019 he was appointed government commissioner for the advancement of the Hungarian cinema industry and the National Film Institute was founded under his leadership.[7][8][9] In 2020 he was elected as a member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS), the organization which presents the International Emmy Awards, often described as the “Oscar of television industry”.[10] In 2021 the Bartók Spring International Art Weeks and the Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival were founded with his direction.

Filmography

  • 1986 Fradika (documentary film about Ferencváros Football Club)
  • 1987 Nem [Humdrum] (short film drama)
  • 1987 Hagyományainkból [From Our Traditions] (dance film with the Kodály Dance Ensemble)
  • 1988 A másik szoba [The Other Room] (television drama)
  • 1989 Az új generáció választása [The Choice of the New Generation]
  • 1991 What about H? (short Danish-Hungarian film drama)
  • 1991–1993 Novomoda (fashion programme series broadcast on Hungarian television)
  • 1993 Elindultam szép hazámból [I Left My Beautiful Homeland] (film portrait of opera singer Ilona Tokody)
  • 1994 Kötéltáncos a szocializmusban [Walking the Tightrope in the Era of Socialism] (film portrait of Tibor Liska)
  • 1995 Szól a világ [The Sound of the World] (dance film of Béla Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances)
  • 2000 Film on Hungary at Hungary's pavilion at the Hannover World's Fair
  • 2003 Bánk bán (film drama)
  • 2005 Bartók 2005 (documentary film on Béla Bartók)
  • 2006 Orgona Ünnep – Párizs [Organ Celebration – Paris] (documentary film on the Paris organ festival)
  • 2006-2007 Szalon [Salon] (cultural fashion series broadcast on Duna Television)
  • 2007 Mester és a tanítványok [The Master and his Apprentices] (six-part documentary film series on camera operator György Illés and his students)
  • 2008 Mert én itt születtem [Because I Was Born Here] (documentary film)
  • 2008 Kézjegy [Hallmark] (film portrait of composer László Dubrovay)
  • 2010 Image film for the Hungarian pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo
  • 2013 Munkácsy (two-part documentary film about Mihály Munkácsy)
  • 2015 Gyurika – Egy pólós vallomásai [Gyurika – Confessions of a water polo player] (film portrait of water polo player György Kárpáti)
  • 1987-2010 More than 600 film trailers
  • 1987-2010 28 music video clips

Festivals

His creative works have been screened and performed at events in the following cities and towns: Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Palm Springs, Portland, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. (USA); Palić (Serbia); Jerusalem (Israel); Singapore; Łódź (Poland); Calcutta, Mumbai, Madras, Pune, Trivandrum (India); Istanbul (Turkey); Dhaka (Bangladesh); Barcelona (Spain); Lima (Peru); Tokyo (Japan)

Prosaic and musical theatre works

Work as an opera director

Káel has worked with such artists as José Cura, Leo Nucci, Éva Marton, Ruggerio Raimondi, Renato Bruson, Erika Miklósa, Andrea Rost, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Joseph Calleja, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Ildiko Komlósi, Michaela Kaune, Elena Mosuc, Roberto Saccà, Marcello Giordani, Kurt Rydl, Ramón Vargas, Yevgeny Nesterenko, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Deborah Voigt, Christoph Eschenbach, Ferruccio Furlanetto. He has staged several pre-classical operas in productions by the Purcell Chorus and Orfeo Orchestra conducted by György Vashegyi, including Monteverdi's L’Orfeo, the inaugural performance at Müpa Budapest's Festival Theatre.

Events and other works

  • 1992, 1993, 1994 Postabank Tennis Gala, Budapest Sports Arena (principal director)
  • 1999 Ceremony marking the transfer of the Holy Crown of Saint Stephen to the parliament building (principal director)
  • 1999, 2000, 2001 Remembrance Day, November 4., Saint Stephen's Basilica (director)
  • 2000 Millennial Fireworks (concept, principal director)
  • 2000 Inauguration ceremony for the president of the Republic of Hungary (principal director)
  • 2000 Show ringing in the new millennium, Budapest (director)
  • 2000 The Hungarian Millennium at the Olympics – Cultural Festival in Sydney
  • 2001 IAAF World Youth Championships, opening gala, Debrecen (director)
  • 2001 An Evening of Hungarian Culture, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
  • 2005 Mozart Fashion Show, Müpa Budapest, Budapest
  • 2007 Sziráczky Fashion Show, Millenáris, Budapest
  • 2008 BlackRock Tennis Classics, László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
  • 2009-2010 Tennis Classics, László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
  • 2009 Event celebrating the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Franciscan Order, Müpa Budapest (director)
  • 2009 Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Miskolc International Opera Festival, Ice Arena
  • 2010 Concert by the organist of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris, Müpa Budapest (director)
  • 2010 European Capital of Culture, Pécs 2010, opening ceremony, Pécs (director)
  • 2016 Concert of Plácido Domingo, László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest (director)
  • 2016 Polish–Hungarian Cultural Season, opening ceremony, Teatr Polski, Warsaw (director)
  • 2017 17th FINA World Championships, opening and closing ceremony, Budapest (director) / Bea World 2017 – Best Events Award: Live Entertainment 1st Prize, Opening/Celebration 2nd Prize[11]
  • 2021 Hungary, the Land of Virgin Mary (52nd International Eucharistic Congress, Budapest)

Awards

References

  1. ^ Káel Csaba - PORT.hu
  2. ^ Csaba Káel - IMDb
  3. ^ Csaba Káel :: Schedule - operabase.com
  4. ^ "Csaba Kael, Palace of Arts, Budapest, Hungary". China: National Centre for the Performing Arts. 15 June 2012. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  5. ^ Metwaly, Ati (3 March 2013). "Ibn Battuta show captures richness of Arab cultures". Manama, Bahrain: Ahram Online. Retrieved 24 April 2013. Csaba Kael, General Manager of the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Budapest (Hungary)…
  6. ^ "Magyar tagokkal bővült az Európai Tudományos és Művészeti Akadémia". www.mno.hu (in Hungarian). 7 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Káel Csaba lesz az új filmügyi kormánybiztos". lokal.hu (in Hungarian). 23 August 2019.
  8. ^ "9000 forintos rezsiutalványt kapnak a nyugdíjasok". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). 23 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Januártól a Nemzeti Filmintézet venné át a Nemzeti Filmalap helyét". index.hu (in Hungarian). 13 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Káel Csabát a nemzetközi tévéakadémia tagjai sorába választották". magyarnemzet.hu (in Hungarian). 25 March 2020.
  11. ^ "FINA siker a Bea World - Best Event Awards díjátadó gáláján - Outdoor/indoor - Hírek - marketinginfo - marketing tudásportál". www.marketinginfo.hu. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  12. ^ "Budapest portál | Átadták a Budapest kulturális és turisztikai nagykövete 2018 díjat". budapest.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  13. ^ "Átadták a Magyar Érdemrend Középkeresztje kitüntetéseket". Híradó (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  14. ^ "Káel Csaba a francia Becsületrend lovagja lett" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  15. ^ "Káel Csaba, Dörner György és Szombathy Gyula is Kossuth-díjat kapott" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-03-20.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csaba_Kael

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