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Donald Trump greets Hungarian violinist in a letter: ‘May God bless you and your family!’
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Former US President Donald J. Trump greeted the Ferenc Liszt Prize-winning and world-renowned Hungarian violinist Zoltán Mága with a personal letter of congratulations on the occasion of his 50th birthday. Last December, at the traditional end-of-year gala of the Republican Club, Mága dazzled the audience with his violin playing, and it seems like Trump has not forgotten him ever since.
Trump congratulated Mága with a handshake last December
The artist played at a gala in Manhattan, one of the oldest Republican clubs in the US, last December and wowed Trump with his performance.
“It was a great honour for me that one of the most influential people in the world, the former leader of one of the most powerful and largest countries on earth, thanked me for my performance at the gala evening – almost the first to get up from his table – with a round of applause, and then called me over and congratulated me with a friendly handshake,” the Hungarian violinist told Blikk.
“We also exchanged a few words with the President, who was very direct and good-humoured.
He mentioned that he was campaigning with my name, referring to MAGA, the slogan ‘Make America Great Again’,”
Mága added.
Mága is a well-known Hungarian violinist
According to the Hungarian tabloid, Mága is no stranger to the overseas art world and audiences. His two solo shows on PBS, and his annual US and Canadian tour series receive considerable media attention and a high level of interest from music-loving audiences.
Whether it’s Carnegie Hall in New York, the temple of music, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles or the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, home of the Academy Awards, his concerts are always packed to capacity, with standing ovations and roaring applause for the violin playing of the Hungarian artist.
If you want to be a successful musician or actor in Hungary you need to be a “party man/woman.” You will be shut out of theatres, concert halls, etc if you do not support Fidesz. Maga Zoltan showed up in Toronto for a performance and finished by asking the audience to rise from their seats and cheer for the Fidesz party. It is fascism that Fidesz has brought to Hungary but Hungarians as we know were always somewhat amenable to fascism. It runs in their blood.
This at the Met or Women´s club??? Republican Womens Club in NYC actually hosts quite a few other “clubs” and even embassies at their premises. Fab location by Rockefeller Center. Used to have a pain in the // dress code – jacket and tie required, even had rooms for rent …
Donald Trump and god should not be mentioned in the same sentence…..it is blasphemy!