In 2025, László Krasznahorkai was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for a ‘compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.’ This evening is a celebration of his life’s work, and a tribute to a fellow artist, film director Béla Tarr, who died in January 2026.
‘Not only do these new angels have no wings, but they also have no message, none whatsoever,’ Krasznahorkai said in his Stockholm lecture, so we are inviting two old ones, actor and director Gábor Máté and Mihály Víg, the composer of Béla Tarr’s films and singer and songwriter of the bands Trabant and Balaton. There will be angels aplenty in their literary-musical show – and perhaps even a modicum of hope.