153 result(s) for béla bartók national concert hall budapest
Organ Stories, National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 Nov
- 6 Nov 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
For the fifth instalment of this highly successful series of concerts that has been running for ever since 2009, Pál Mácsai and László Fassang have discovered some astonishing American organ stories from the first half of the 20th century. Unusual tales, anecdotes and legends connected with pieces of music, instruments, composers and performers are spiced with curiosities from the history of the ...
Award-Winning Hungarian Violinist Plans Musical Salon In Budapest – An Interview
- 19 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Bela Bartok’s Sonatas for Violin and Sonata for Violin on audio CD has won the prestigious international Gramophone Award. Zoltan Kocsis (laureate of the Hungarian Kossuth Prize twice) plays the piano and Barnabas Kelemen (Kossuth Prize laureate) plays the piano. Kelemen received the Gramophone Award in London in September.
Invitation: The Silent Woman, National Concert Hall Budapest. 12 October
- 11 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Rarely staged operas performed by the National Philharmonic - R. Strauss: The Silent Woman (Die schweigsame Frau)comic opera in 3 acts With the original libretto by Stefan Zweig in German with Hungarian subtitles on Saturday, 12 October 2013, 18:00 at
Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest
Benkó Dixieland Band, National Cncert Hall Budapest, 3 May
- 30 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
We have become accustomed to the Benkó Dixieland Band appearing with fresh and surprising new collections of music year after year. At this concert, they will indulge their fans by presenting the influential styles that have permeated traditional New Orleans music with a parade of the most popular tunes through the decades. In what promises to be a genuinely agreeable two hours of listening, hits ...
National Philharmonic Orchestra Concert, Budapest, 28 February
- 27 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A selection of works with a connection to Vienna feature at this special concert. Born 115 years ago, Erich Wolfgang Korngold caused a sensation as a composer while still a child – perhaps predestined to do so by his given middle name of Wolfgang. Among the greats of the time, he captured the attention of Mahler, Puccini, Richard Strauss, Sibelius, Arthur Nikisch and Károly Goldmark. He was aged ...
Invitation: Piano Recital By Dezső Ránki, National Concert Hall Budapest, 26 February
- 25 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
At the age of 18, Dezső Ránki won first prize at the Schumann International Competition in Zwickau, and has performed concerts worldwide ever since. Among others, he has played with the Berlin and London Philharmonics, the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam and the Orchestre National in Paris, and under noted conductors including Sir Georg Solti, Sándor Végh, Lorin Maazel and Zubin Mehta.
Invitation: New Year Festive Concert By Concerto Budapest, National Concert Hall, 4 Jan
- 3 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Biblical themes play a central role in the oeuvre of Messiaen, primarily the events in the life of Jesus Christ from the birth of the saviour to the ascension. The composer was organist at the Église de la Sainte-Trinité in Paris from 1931 onwards, so his orchestral works are characterised by both a religious tone and an organist’s sensibility. Each movement of the orchestral version of ...
Budapest Bar Birthday Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 30 December
- 29 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Budapest Bár, a supergroup blending joyful good time music with the sounds of the Hungarian underground, is five years old this year. The ensemble has introduced its audience to a new interpretation of the Gypsy sound, while familiarising us once again with the favourite songs of our grandmothers.
Invitation: Sounds Of Paris In Budapest In November
- 25 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The smart, globe-trotting ambassador of French music Marc Minkowski will be our guest at three concerts of the Budapest Festival Orchestra in early November (2, 3 and 4 November). An outstanding conductor he has already been in Budapest, but this time he will be making music with Iván Fischer's ensemble for the first time, one of the world's most well-known and celebrated symphony orchestras.
Organ Stories, National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 Nov
- 6 Nov 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
For the fifth instalment of this highly successful series of concerts that has been running for ever since 2009, Pál Mácsai and László Fassang have discovered some astonishing American organ stories from the first half of the 20th century. Unusual tales, anecdotes and legends connected with pieces of music, instruments, composers and performers are spiced with curiosities from the history of the ...
Award-Winning Hungarian Violinist Plans Musical Salon In Budapest – An Interview
- 19 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Bela Bartok’s Sonatas for Violin and Sonata for Violin on audio CD has won the prestigious international Gramophone Award. Zoltan Kocsis (laureate of the Hungarian Kossuth Prize twice) plays the piano and Barnabas Kelemen (Kossuth Prize laureate) plays the piano. Kelemen received the Gramophone Award in London in September.
Invitation: The Silent Woman, National Concert Hall Budapest. 12 October
- 11 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Rarely staged operas performed by the National Philharmonic - R. Strauss: The Silent Woman (Die schweigsame Frau)comic opera in 3 acts With the original libretto by Stefan Zweig in German with Hungarian subtitles on Saturday, 12 October 2013, 18:00 at
Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest
Benkó Dixieland Band, National Cncert Hall Budapest, 3 May
- 30 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
We have become accustomed to the Benkó Dixieland Band appearing with fresh and surprising new collections of music year after year. At this concert, they will indulge their fans by presenting the influential styles that have permeated traditional New Orleans music with a parade of the most popular tunes through the decades. In what promises to be a genuinely agreeable two hours of listening, hits ...
National Philharmonic Orchestra Concert, Budapest, 28 February
- 27 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A selection of works with a connection to Vienna feature at this special concert. Born 115 years ago, Erich Wolfgang Korngold caused a sensation as a composer while still a child – perhaps predestined to do so by his given middle name of Wolfgang. Among the greats of the time, he captured the attention of Mahler, Puccini, Richard Strauss, Sibelius, Arthur Nikisch and Károly Goldmark. He was aged ...
Invitation: Piano Recital By Dezső Ránki, National Concert Hall Budapest, 26 February
- 25 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
At the age of 18, Dezső Ránki won first prize at the Schumann International Competition in Zwickau, and has performed concerts worldwide ever since. Among others, he has played with the Berlin and London Philharmonics, the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam and the Orchestre National in Paris, and under noted conductors including Sir Georg Solti, Sándor Végh, Lorin Maazel and Zubin Mehta.
Invitation: New Year Festive Concert By Concerto Budapest, National Concert Hall, 4 Jan
- 3 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Biblical themes play a central role in the oeuvre of Messiaen, primarily the events in the life of Jesus Christ from the birth of the saviour to the ascension. The composer was organist at the Église de la Sainte-Trinité in Paris from 1931 onwards, so his orchestral works are characterised by both a religious tone and an organist’s sensibility. Each movement of the orchestral version of ...
Budapest Bar Birthday Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 30 December
- 29 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Budapest Bár, a supergroup blending joyful good time music with the sounds of the Hungarian underground, is five years old this year. The ensemble has introduced its audience to a new interpretation of the Gypsy sound, while familiarising us once again with the favourite songs of our grandmothers.
Invitation: Sounds Of Paris In Budapest In November
- 25 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The smart, globe-trotting ambassador of French music Marc Minkowski will be our guest at three concerts of the Budapest Festival Orchestra in early November (2, 3 and 4 November). An outstanding conductor he has already been in Budapest, but this time he will be making music with Iván Fischer's ensemble for the first time, one of the world's most well-known and celebrated symphony orchestras.