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2017/18 Season Of Hungarian State Opera: "Around The Ring"
- 7 Mar 2017 6:10 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera’s 2017/18 season will get off to an unusual start, since the Opera House will not be opening its doors in September. The modernisation means that the season will start at the Erkel Theatre, and while there will be fewer programmes than usual, their diversity will match that of previous years: In this season inspired by Wagner’s Ring cycle, there will be 28 opera and ...
Interview 2: Richard Dyer, Former Principal, The British International School, Budapest
- 6 Feb 2017 11:00 AM
What's been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Brahms Marathon, Mupa, 22 January
- 12 Jan 2017 7:50 AM
- community & culture
Traditionally, every year we present the best works from an outstanding composer as part of a marathon stream of concerts. Müpa Budapest has been organising these composer marathons, in cooperation with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, since 2008, allowing audiences to experience a fully comprehensive showcase of the amazing world of the legends of classical music history with the help of ...
Celebrated Pianist, Conductor Zoltán Kocsis Dies Aged 64
- 7 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Celebrated Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer Zoltán Kocsis has died at the age of 64 after a long illness, spokeswoman for the National Philharmonic Julia Bukta told MTI on Sunday.
Budapest Festival Orchestra Stages Musical Demonstration In Downtown Budapest
- 9 May 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
The internationally celebrated Budapest Festival Orchestra staged a musical demonstration in downtown Budapest on Saturday to protest against the Municipal Assembly’s decision to reduce funding for the ensemble. “First and foremost, we are here to demonstrate that we really love Budapest and we know that Budapest, too, really loves the Budapest Festival Orchestra,” Iván Fischer, the director, ...
Budapest Spring Festival Starts Soon
- 7 Apr 2016 3:00 AM
- community & culture
This special festival, held in 2016 between April 8 and 24, offers expats many cultural programmes in a variety of categories, ranging from orchestral concerts through to opera and dance performances, and contemporary crossover productions.
Budapest Festival Orchestra: 2017 Season Overview
- 28 Mar 2016 5:00 AM
- community & culture
The programme Iván Fischer has compiled will guide audiences through the bohemian world of the artists of Montmartre: audiences will encounter the impressionists Debussy and Ravel alongside the emotional and endearing eccentric Erik Satie; a journey to the second half of the twentieth century will lead to Henri Dutilleux, whose centenary was celebrated by the musical world in January 2016.
Sunwook Kim Korean Pianists in Budapest Music Center, 8 February
- 20 Jan 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Korean Cultural Center in Budapest proudly presents one of the best Korean pianists in Budapest Music Center. Sunwook Kim won the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition, aged 18, becoming the competition’s youngest winner for 40 years, as well as its first Asian winner.
Szaloncukor, The Hungarian Christmas Candy
- 15 Dec 2015 8:06 AM
- food & drink
From the end of November or beginning of December the Hungarian postal services send innumerable packages to addresses all over the world, because not a single Hungarian family living in the diaspora should have to miss out on the typical candy Christmas tree decoration or Hungarian szaloncukor.
2017/18 Season Of Hungarian State Opera: "Around The Ring"
- 7 Mar 2017 6:10 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera’s 2017/18 season will get off to an unusual start, since the Opera House will not be opening its doors in September. The modernisation means that the season will start at the Erkel Theatre, and while there will be fewer programmes than usual, their diversity will match that of previous years: In this season inspired by Wagner’s Ring cycle, there will be 28 opera and ...
Interview 2: Richard Dyer, Former Principal, The British International School, Budapest
- 6 Feb 2017 11:00 AM
What's been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Brahms Marathon, Mupa, 22 January
- 12 Jan 2017 7:50 AM
- community & culture
Traditionally, every year we present the best works from an outstanding composer as part of a marathon stream of concerts. Müpa Budapest has been organising these composer marathons, in cooperation with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, since 2008, allowing audiences to experience a fully comprehensive showcase of the amazing world of the legends of classical music history with the help of ...
Celebrated Pianist, Conductor Zoltán Kocsis Dies Aged 64
- 7 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Celebrated Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer Zoltán Kocsis has died at the age of 64 after a long illness, spokeswoman for the National Philharmonic Julia Bukta told MTI on Sunday.
Budapest Festival Orchestra Stages Musical Demonstration In Downtown Budapest
- 9 May 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
The internationally celebrated Budapest Festival Orchestra staged a musical demonstration in downtown Budapest on Saturday to protest against the Municipal Assembly’s decision to reduce funding for the ensemble. “First and foremost, we are here to demonstrate that we really love Budapest and we know that Budapest, too, really loves the Budapest Festival Orchestra,” Iván Fischer, the director, ...
Budapest Spring Festival Starts Soon
- 7 Apr 2016 3:00 AM
- community & culture
This special festival, held in 2016 between April 8 and 24, offers expats many cultural programmes in a variety of categories, ranging from orchestral concerts through to opera and dance performances, and contemporary crossover productions.
Budapest Festival Orchestra: 2017 Season Overview
- 28 Mar 2016 5:00 AM
- community & culture
The programme Iván Fischer has compiled will guide audiences through the bohemian world of the artists of Montmartre: audiences will encounter the impressionists Debussy and Ravel alongside the emotional and endearing eccentric Erik Satie; a journey to the second half of the twentieth century will lead to Henri Dutilleux, whose centenary was celebrated by the musical world in January 2016.
Sunwook Kim Korean Pianists in Budapest Music Center, 8 February
- 20 Jan 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Korean Cultural Center in Budapest proudly presents one of the best Korean pianists in Budapest Music Center. Sunwook Kim won the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition, aged 18, becoming the competition’s youngest winner for 40 years, as well as its first Asian winner.
Szaloncukor, The Hungarian Christmas Candy
- 15 Dec 2015 8:06 AM
- food & drink
From the end of November or beginning of December the Hungarian postal services send innumerable packages to addresses all over the world, because not a single Hungarian family living in the diaspora should have to miss out on the typical candy Christmas tree decoration or Hungarian szaloncukor.