336 result(s) for béla bartók
Anima Sound System, Mupa, 16 November
- 15 Nov 2016 8:02 AM
- entertainment
Anima Sound System, the first Hungarian electronic dance band, winner of numerous awards - including the Golden Giraffe, the Fonogram Award and the VIVA Comet - has had audiences dancing for 23 years now, but is now taking the stage together with a symphony orchestra for the first time.
Organ Recital By Xavér Varnus, National Concert Hall, 27 October
- 24 Oct 2016 9:04 AM
- entertainment
"Xavér is an unusually sweet scoundrel: he can persuade me to do anything. You can guess how small I feel next to him to be standing here babbling out a few verses after he's been playing so beautifully, it breaks your heart,” said actress Mari Törőcsik from the pulpit of the jam-packed Great Presbyterian Church of Debrecen, there to follow Bach's demonic runs with her narration, in her ...
Bartók, Polish Culture, 1956 In Focus At Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival, Now On Until 23 October
- 21 Oct 2016 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Béla Bartók and Polish culture will be central elements of the Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival held between Oct. 7 and 23, the head of the organising committee said. The festival, the largest of its kind in central and eastern Europe, will also feature events commemorating the 60th anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution, Csaba Káel said.
Yann Tiersen, National Concert Hall, 19 October
- 17 Oct 2016 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Violinist, pianist, accordionist and composer Yann Tiersen is one of today's most popular French musicians. World fame came with his music for the film Amélie. His finely woven, understated, sensitive and emotional music resists easy genre classification.
Contemporary Arts Festival, Now On Until 23 October
- 14 Oct 2016 5:35 AM
- community & culture
The CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival presents some of the greatest contemporary performers from Hungary and abroad, including Yann Tiersen, Hiromi, Plaid and the Southbank Gamelan Players, Squarepusher’s project band, Shobaleader One, Krzysztof Penderecki, Yellowjackets, the FAMILIE FLÖZ and Krisztián Gergye’s Company.
Bartók Exhibition, Ludwig Museum, From 8 October
- 7 Oct 2016 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The 135th anniversary of Béla Bartók’s birth is a time for remembering and looking back, as well as for ceaseless rediscovery. Timed for the current Bartók Memorial Year, Ludwig Museum’s international exhibition looks at the composer’s legacy through the means of contemporary art.
Plaid & Southbank Gamelan Players, Mupa, 10 October
- 7 Oct 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
Most of the members of the Southbank Gamelan Players studied in Java or the island of Bali. The group often collaborates with great figures of Southeast-Asian performing art, dancers or puppeteers, as well as with artists seeking new directions, such as Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino, Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk, and English composer Alec Roth.
Cancelled: Juliette Gréco: "Merci", 28 September
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- entertainment
"When I stand on stage, I'm not tired at all,” declared Juliette Gréco in autumn 2015 at the age of 88. The vitality of the "black mouse,” who became a symbolic figure of wild and rebellious youth in Paris following the Second World War, has not diminished since. When Jean-Paul Sartre discovered Gréco singing in a Parisian cellar nightclub, he predicted a great career ahead and had two of his own ...
Parisian Impressions, Mupa, 24 September
- 20 Sep 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
It was no coincidence that artists from every corner of the world tended to flock to Paris; even if they had to go hungry and live in poverty, they would accumulate plenty of experience there - it was impossible to imagine a more exciting place in days gone by.
Anima Sound System, Mupa, 16 November
- 15 Nov 2016 8:02 AM
- entertainment
Anima Sound System, the first Hungarian electronic dance band, winner of numerous awards - including the Golden Giraffe, the Fonogram Award and the VIVA Comet - has had audiences dancing for 23 years now, but is now taking the stage together with a symphony orchestra for the first time.
Organ Recital By Xavér Varnus, National Concert Hall, 27 October
- 24 Oct 2016 9:04 AM
- entertainment
"Xavér is an unusually sweet scoundrel: he can persuade me to do anything. You can guess how small I feel next to him to be standing here babbling out a few verses after he's been playing so beautifully, it breaks your heart,” said actress Mari Törőcsik from the pulpit of the jam-packed Great Presbyterian Church of Debrecen, there to follow Bach's demonic runs with her narration, in her ...
Bartók, Polish Culture, 1956 In Focus At Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival, Now On Until 23 October
- 21 Oct 2016 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Béla Bartók and Polish culture will be central elements of the Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival held between Oct. 7 and 23, the head of the organising committee said. The festival, the largest of its kind in central and eastern Europe, will also feature events commemorating the 60th anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution, Csaba Káel said.
Yann Tiersen, National Concert Hall, 19 October
- 17 Oct 2016 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Violinist, pianist, accordionist and composer Yann Tiersen is one of today's most popular French musicians. World fame came with his music for the film Amélie. His finely woven, understated, sensitive and emotional music resists easy genre classification.
Contemporary Arts Festival, Now On Until 23 October
- 14 Oct 2016 5:35 AM
- community & culture
The CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival presents some of the greatest contemporary performers from Hungary and abroad, including Yann Tiersen, Hiromi, Plaid and the Southbank Gamelan Players, Squarepusher’s project band, Shobaleader One, Krzysztof Penderecki, Yellowjackets, the FAMILIE FLÖZ and Krisztián Gergye’s Company.
Bartók Exhibition, Ludwig Museum, From 8 October
- 7 Oct 2016 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The 135th anniversary of Béla Bartók’s birth is a time for remembering and looking back, as well as for ceaseless rediscovery. Timed for the current Bartók Memorial Year, Ludwig Museum’s international exhibition looks at the composer’s legacy through the means of contemporary art.
Plaid & Southbank Gamelan Players, Mupa, 10 October
- 7 Oct 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
Most of the members of the Southbank Gamelan Players studied in Java or the island of Bali. The group often collaborates with great figures of Southeast-Asian performing art, dancers or puppeteers, as well as with artists seeking new directions, such as Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino, Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk, and English composer Alec Roth.
Cancelled: Juliette Gréco: "Merci", 28 September
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- entertainment
"When I stand on stage, I'm not tired at all,” declared Juliette Gréco in autumn 2015 at the age of 88. The vitality of the "black mouse,” who became a symbolic figure of wild and rebellious youth in Paris following the Second World War, has not diminished since. When Jean-Paul Sartre discovered Gréco singing in a Parisian cellar nightclub, he predicted a great career ahead and had two of his own ...
Parisian Impressions, Mupa, 24 September
- 20 Sep 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
It was no coincidence that artists from every corner of the world tended to flock to Paris; even if they had to go hungry and live in poverty, they would accumulate plenty of experience there - it was impossible to imagine a more exciting place in days gone by.