Vajdahunyad Castle Summer Music Festival Program

  • 9 Jul 2015 10:55 AM
Vajdahunyad Castle Summer Music Festival Program
This Castle Festival in Budapest is a feast of classical, swing, klezmer and traditional Hungarian gypsy music. The truely beautiful courtyard of the Vajdahunyad Castle provides a romantic background for this annual event. Performances this year are scheduled for Mondays and Thursdays from 9 Juy onwards, starting each time at 8:30pm.

Vajdahunyad Castle, or Vajdahunyad vára, is a castle in City Park, Budapest, Hungary, that was built between 1896 and 1908, designed by Ignác Alpár. It is a copy in part of a castle in Transylvania, Romania, that is also called Vajdahunyad, though it is also a display of different architectural styles: Romanic, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque.

Originally it was made from cardboard and wood for the millennial exhibition in 1896 but it became so popular that it was rebuilt from stone and brick. Today it houses the Agricultural Museum.

The statue of Anonymus, also displayed in the Castle court, was a chronicler in the XII century (probably of King Béla III). He wrote the first history books on the ancient Hungarians, mostly based on legends.

Program:

Thursday 9 July - 8.30 p.m. Máv Symphony Orchestra

Monday 13 July - 8.30 p.m. - Zoltán Orosz (accordion) and Kornál Horváth (percussion)

Thursday July 16 - 8.30 pm - Hungarian Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra

Monday 20 July - 8.30 pm - Edina Mókus Szirtes And Her Orchestra

Thursday 23 July - 8.30 pm - Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra

Monday 27 July- 8.30 pm - Budapest Strings

Monday 30 July - 8.30 pm - 100 Member Gypsy Orchestra

Thursday 3 August - 8.30 p.m. - Budapest Bar

Source: vajdahunyad.hu

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