424 result(s) for budapest festival orchestra
Invitation: Czech Contemporary Evening With Budapest Festival Orchestra, 19 September
- 17 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Born in 1959, Martin Smolka is one of the leading figures on the Czech music scene. He describes the piece here, composed in 2007, as “a poetical idea of angels sitting in their angelic cars and sounding their horns, reminding us of Jericho’s trumpets.” In 2011, František Chaloupka (born 1981) took part in a workshop in Frankfurt led by Péter Eötvös and the Ensemble Modern, which focused on the ...
Invitation: Budapest Festival Orchestra Season Opening Gala Dinner, 15 September
- 12 Sep 2013 12:35 PM
- community & culture
Gala Patron: Princess Michael of Kent; special guest: Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission.
The BFO will open its Anniversary Season with an exclusive gala on 15 September, which follows the Le Nozze di Figaro performance - the “highlight of the New York opera season” is a great milestone for the Orchestra. Read on for full details.
Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Figaro Is “Crazy Good”
- 28 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The “Le Nozze di Figaro” staged concerts conducted and directed by Iván Fischer with the Budapest Festival Orchestra was considered as “highlight of the New York opera season” by The New York Times. After the major triumph of the 2011 debut of an extraordinary Don Giovanni Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra once again received standing ovations and were highly praised by the press.
Day 3 - Daily Recommender – Sziget Festival Budapest
- 9 Aug 2013 8:01 AM
- entertainment
On Friday Sziget will bring legends, big comebacks and some of the freshest new acts around on every stage, once again. To help you find your way among the names and stages here’s our recommender for Friday!
Simple Sziget: Festival In Budapest Online Festival Alive
- 6 Aug 2013 9:03 AM
- entertainment
If you feel like getting a taste of the Island of Freedom, but can’t make it to Sziget on the given day, check out the live stream of the festival, brought to you by OTP Bank with the help of Ustream. If you like what you see, but still miss the beers and the bass kick from your stomach, you’re never too late to join the party!
Evergreens & Classicals Slightly Differently, Városmajor Open-air Stage Budapest
- 22 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The Roma Hungaricum State Ensemble will perform a colorful programme on 11 August (Sunday) 2013, 8pm. Gypsy music is known and recognized worldwide as a Hungarian cultural treasure though the music is not identical with gypsy folklore; it comprises of a unique performing style, orchestration and sound. Today Hungarian gypsy music is a national and European cultural value which Hungary has every ...
European Medical Students Perform Carmina Burana For Charity In Hungary
- 10 Jul 2013 12:04 PM
- community & culture
Not less than 160 participants will stand on the stages of the Open-Air Festival (SZEGED) and the Italian Institute of Culture (BUDAPEST) to give two charity concerts at the end of July, 2013. The performers are brought together by the European Medical Students’ Orchestra and Choir (EMSOC), an international cultural project where medical students and young doctors come together to practise their ...
Hungarian Conductor Ivan Fischer Became Honorary Member Of Royal Academy Of Music
- 1 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Ivan Fischer, Music Director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Konzerthaus Berlin, was awarded with an Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music. The Honorary Membership is limited to 300 persons; Mendelssohn, Liszt, Stravinsky and Casals are amongst those who received this honour.
Flooding Delays Margaret Island's Open-Air Theatre Opening In Budapest
- 7 Jun 2013 9:06 AM
- community & culture
In accordance with the Local and National Government ordered flood emergency and the evacuation of Margaret Island due to vis major / acts of God, the “superior forces of nature”, the Open-air Stage regretfully announces the cancellation of the following outdoor stage performances in June: Verdi&Wagner 200 - festive opening concert (14 June), Balkan Fanatik (15 June), Freedom Day (19 June), ...
Invitation: Czech Contemporary Evening With Budapest Festival Orchestra, 19 September
- 17 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Born in 1959, Martin Smolka is one of the leading figures on the Czech music scene. He describes the piece here, composed in 2007, as “a poetical idea of angels sitting in their angelic cars and sounding their horns, reminding us of Jericho’s trumpets.” In 2011, František Chaloupka (born 1981) took part in a workshop in Frankfurt led by Péter Eötvös and the Ensemble Modern, which focused on the ...
Invitation: Budapest Festival Orchestra Season Opening Gala Dinner, 15 September
- 12 Sep 2013 12:35 PM
- community & culture
Gala Patron: Princess Michael of Kent; special guest: Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission.
The BFO will open its Anniversary Season with an exclusive gala on 15 September, which follows the Le Nozze di Figaro performance - the “highlight of the New York opera season” is a great milestone for the Orchestra. Read on for full details.
Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Figaro Is “Crazy Good”
- 28 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The “Le Nozze di Figaro” staged concerts conducted and directed by Iván Fischer with the Budapest Festival Orchestra was considered as “highlight of the New York opera season” by The New York Times. After the major triumph of the 2011 debut of an extraordinary Don Giovanni Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra once again received standing ovations and were highly praised by the press.
Day 3 - Daily Recommender – Sziget Festival Budapest
- 9 Aug 2013 8:01 AM
- entertainment
On Friday Sziget will bring legends, big comebacks and some of the freshest new acts around on every stage, once again. To help you find your way among the names and stages here’s our recommender for Friday!
Simple Sziget: Festival In Budapest Online Festival Alive
- 6 Aug 2013 9:03 AM
- entertainment
If you feel like getting a taste of the Island of Freedom, but can’t make it to Sziget on the given day, check out the live stream of the festival, brought to you by OTP Bank with the help of Ustream. If you like what you see, but still miss the beers and the bass kick from your stomach, you’re never too late to join the party!
Evergreens & Classicals Slightly Differently, Városmajor Open-air Stage Budapest
- 22 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The Roma Hungaricum State Ensemble will perform a colorful programme on 11 August (Sunday) 2013, 8pm. Gypsy music is known and recognized worldwide as a Hungarian cultural treasure though the music is not identical with gypsy folklore; it comprises of a unique performing style, orchestration and sound. Today Hungarian gypsy music is a national and European cultural value which Hungary has every ...
European Medical Students Perform Carmina Burana For Charity In Hungary
- 10 Jul 2013 12:04 PM
- community & culture
Not less than 160 participants will stand on the stages of the Open-Air Festival (SZEGED) and the Italian Institute of Culture (BUDAPEST) to give two charity concerts at the end of July, 2013. The performers are brought together by the European Medical Students’ Orchestra and Choir (EMSOC), an international cultural project where medical students and young doctors come together to practise their ...
Hungarian Conductor Ivan Fischer Became Honorary Member Of Royal Academy Of Music
- 1 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Ivan Fischer, Music Director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Konzerthaus Berlin, was awarded with an Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music. The Honorary Membership is limited to 300 persons; Mendelssohn, Liszt, Stravinsky and Casals are amongst those who received this honour.
Flooding Delays Margaret Island's Open-Air Theatre Opening In Budapest
- 7 Jun 2013 9:06 AM
- community & culture
In accordance with the Local and National Government ordered flood emergency and the evacuation of Margaret Island due to vis major / acts of God, the “superior forces of nature”, the Open-air Stage regretfully announces the cancellation of the following outdoor stage performances in June: Verdi&Wagner 200 - festive opening concert (14 June), Balkan Fanatik (15 June), Freedom Day (19 June), ...