On Saturday, December 17, the awards of the Artistic Council of the theatre were presented on the occasion of the 230th anniversary of the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj. The awards ceremony also included the presentation of the prizes postponed due to the pandemic.
List of the laureates:
2018/2019 season
Miklós Bánffy Award: Ferenc Sinkó - for directing Concord Floral
Vlad Mugur Award: András Rancz for the visual design of A Doll's House
2019/2020 Season
Miklós Bánffy Award: Júlia Laczó for her title role and performance in Mother Courage and her children
Vlad Mugur Award: Helmut Stürmer - for the set design of Lulu
2020/2021 Season
Miklós Bánffy Award: András Buzási - for his performance in Animal Farm
Vlad Mugur Award: Attila Vidnyánszky, Jr. - for his direction of Romeo and Juliet
Debut Prize: Eszter Román and Tamás Kiss for their performances in Romeo and Juliet
2021/2022 Season
Miklós Bánffy Award: Ervin Szűcs for his performances in Hamlet and Oedipus
Vlad Mugur Award: Lia Manțoc - for her costume design for Macbett
Artistic Award: Zsuzsa Tőtszegi - for her performance in Hamlet
Company Award: Balázs Bodolai - for his performances in Oedipus and Journey by Moonlight
Special Award: Zoltán Csép - for his role in the preparation of the 8th Interferences International Theatre Festival and the implementation of the European Theatre Union's Catastrophe Project
Technical Award: lighting technician Romeo Groza
The Miklós Bánffy Award was established in 1992, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the founding of the theatre, by the artistic council of the institution, which decides each year by secret ballot on the outstanding artistic achievements of the previous season.
The Vlad Mugur Prize was established in 2006 by the Hungarian Theatre of Cluj in recognition of the work of artists who are not members of the Cluj company.
In recent years, the following artists have been awarded the prize by the Artistic Council: Mihai Măniuțiu, director (2006), Carmencita Brojboiu, set and costume designer (2007), Vava Ștefănescu, choreographer (2008), Silviu Purcărete, director (2009), Vasile Șirli, composer (2009), Ilona Varga-Járó, mask designer (2009), Andrei Șerban, director (2010), Matthias Langhoff, director (2011), Robert Woodruff, director (2012), Kinga Mezei, director (2013), András Urbán, director (2014), Helmut Stürmer, set designer (2015), Martin Chocholoušek, set designer (2016), Yuri Kordonsky, director (2017), Adrian Sitaru (2018).
The official award ceremony for the Miklós Bánffy Award will take place at a later date, as will the panel discussions related to the Vlad Mugur Award.
Our heartfelt congratulations to all the award recipients!