{"id":13688,"date":"2020-05-09T16:42:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T13:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-to.rest\/blog\/mini-sculpture-of-ferenc-erkel\/"},"modified":"2020-05-09T16:42:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T13:42:10","slug":"mini-sculpture-of-ferenc-erkel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/go-to.rest\/blog\/en\/mini-sculpture-of-ferenc-erkel\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini-sculpture of Ferenc Erkel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
This mini-sculpture by Mikhail Kolodka was installed on September 2, 2018 near the entrance door. Uzhgorod<\/a> children’s art school on the square Sandora Petefi<\/a>. The initiator of the installation of this mini-masterpiece was the Consulate General Hungarians<\/a> in Uzhgorod with the support of the Uzhgorod city Council.<\/p>\n Ferenc Erkel was an outstanding Hungarian composer<\/a>, a pianist, conductor, and teacher. Together with By Franz Liszt<\/a>Ferenc Erkel initiated in 1872 the construction of the new Opera house in Budapest, built in 1884, and became its conductor from the opening day. Erkel’s sons Gyula (1842-1909), Elek (1843-1893), Laszlo (1844-1896) and Sandor (1846-1900) also became musicians.<\/p>\n An interesting legend associated with this mini-sculpture tells in his book “Uzhgorod \u2013 the world capital of mini-sculptures” Nadezhda Popadyuk. According to legend, Uzhgorod children’s art school was established in 1954 with the assistance of Ferenc Erkel’s great-granddaughter Agnes. The girl considered it her life’s work, in memory of her glorious ancestor, to help create similar educational institutions throughout the country European<\/a>, to develop young talent<\/a>. Under the guidance of experienced teachers, over the years of existence of this school in Uzhgorod, thousands of students have received art education.<\/p>\n\n