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Free Outdoor Concert by Budapest Festival Orchestra, Heroes Square, 12 September
- 12 Sep 2026 6:30 PM
- classical
Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO) will give a free open-air concert at Heroes' Square on the evening of Sept 12 to open the autumn season, the orchestra said in a statement.
The concert begins at 6.30pm and will feature Schubert's Eighth, the Unfinished Symphony, as well as works by Arvo Part and Prokofiev. The BFO Children's Choir will perform the Part piece in the ...
Dress Rehearsal – Fischer & The Magic Flute, National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 September
- 7 Sep 2026 6:48 AM
- classical
“The sun drives sin far from the earth!” If there is one opera that gets down to brass tacks and speaks to everyone, it is The Magic Flute.
For the first time since 2015, Iván Fischer is staging Mozart’s philosophical fairy tale that pits good against evil, light against darkness, right against wrong, courage against fear, wisdom against superstition, and revenge against forgiveness. The ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra's Free Family Day on Children's Day, 31 May
- 31 May 2026 10:30 AM
- community
Held at the Aquincumi Museum and Archaeological Park from 10:30 AM to 6:00 PM, this completely free event offers concerts for all ages, hands-on crafts, dancing, collaborative art projects, and games. Alongside the entertainment, visitors will have a convenient opportunity to purchase concert tickets and season passes.
Budapest Festival Orchestra: Mahler, National Concert Hall, 18 May
- 18 May 2026 7:45 PM
- classical
At this concert, the BFO will take us on a musical journey along the Rhine, both to its banks – in the form of Schumann’s symphony inspired by some pleasant experiences there – and its depths, with a scene from Wagner.
The former commemorates a peaceful riverside excursion to the Rhine, and the latter is one of the most famous excerpts from the monumental opera tetralogy The Ring of the ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 19 January
- 19 Jan 2026 7:45 PM
- classical
A true musical polymath, Jörg Widmann is widely regarded as one of the world’s finest living clarinettists, as well as an outstanding composer, arranger and conductor. His own compositions are approachable, engaging and imaginative, while his carefully curated concert programmes are known for their balance and artistic harmony.
Widmann often places his own works alongside those of composers ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 6 October
- 6 Oct 2025 7:45 PM
- classical
Spanish conductor Jaime Martín, whose “infectious enjoyment of the music,” according to The Telegraph, “communicates to the orchestra and audience alike,” will return to helm the BFO through Saint-Saëns’s most popular violin concerto and what Tchaikovsky considered to be his own finest symphonic work.
This concert merits an earworm alert, as both composers are famous for their catchy ...
Morgan James & the Budapest Jazz Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 31 August
- 31 Aug 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Jazz, opera, Broadway musicals: Morgan James is at home in all three. Her amazing voice, enthralling personality and striking on-stage presence were enough to convince Scott Bradlee to invite her to appear in Postmodern Jukebox videos and tour with the band from 2014.
She dedicated her first album, recorded in New York’s Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, to Nina Simone. In 2016, she covered the entire ...
Heroes and Heroines – Popular Excerpts From Wagner Operas, National Concert Hall Budapest, 30 June
- 30 Jun 2025 7:30 PM
- classical
Come hear the most popular melodies, arias and orchestral excerpts from Richard Wagner’s operas at the closing event of the Budapest Wagner Days festival! We first held this highlights concert in 2023 and are now presenting it for the third time, in order to welcome not only fans, but also those who are just getting to know the magic of Wagner’s passionate style.
Taking up the baton for the ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 17 February
- 17 Feb 2025 7:45 PM
- classical
A Czech conductor, three Czech composers and a Czech violinist: in short, a Czech concert. The programme opens with a suite from Janáček’s most unique opera, The Cunning Little Vixen, followed by (Dvořák’s son-in-law) Josef Suk’s Fantasy, which could be considered a kind of violin concerto.
Playing the solo part will be Jan Mráček, whose pinpoint intonation, phenomenal musicality and ...
Free Outdoor Concert by Budapest Festival Orchestra, Heroes Square, 12 September
- 12 Sep 2026 6:30 PM
- classical
Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO) will give a free open-air concert at Heroes' Square on the evening of Sept 12 to open the autumn season, the orchestra said in a statement.
The concert begins at 6.30pm and will feature Schubert's Eighth, the Unfinished Symphony, as well as works by Arvo Part and Prokofiev. The BFO Children's Choir will perform the Part piece in the ...
Dress Rehearsal – Fischer & The Magic Flute, National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 September
- 7 Sep 2026 6:48 AM
- classical
“The sun drives sin far from the earth!” If there is one opera that gets down to brass tacks and speaks to everyone, it is The Magic Flute.
For the first time since 2015, Iván Fischer is staging Mozart’s philosophical fairy tale that pits good against evil, light against darkness, right against wrong, courage against fear, wisdom against superstition, and revenge against forgiveness. The ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra's Free Family Day on Children's Day, 31 May
- 31 May 2026 10:30 AM
- community
Held at the Aquincumi Museum and Archaeological Park from 10:30 AM to 6:00 PM, this completely free event offers concerts for all ages, hands-on crafts, dancing, collaborative art projects, and games. Alongside the entertainment, visitors will have a convenient opportunity to purchase concert tickets and season passes.
Budapest Festival Orchestra: Mahler, National Concert Hall, 18 May
- 18 May 2026 7:45 PM
- classical
At this concert, the BFO will take us on a musical journey along the Rhine, both to its banks – in the form of Schumann’s symphony inspired by some pleasant experiences there – and its depths, with a scene from Wagner.
The former commemorates a peaceful riverside excursion to the Rhine, and the latter is one of the most famous excerpts from the monumental opera tetralogy The Ring of the ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 19 January
- 19 Jan 2026 7:45 PM
- classical
A true musical polymath, Jörg Widmann is widely regarded as one of the world’s finest living clarinettists, as well as an outstanding composer, arranger and conductor. His own compositions are approachable, engaging and imaginative, while his carefully curated concert programmes are known for their balance and artistic harmony.
Widmann often places his own works alongside those of composers ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 6 October
- 6 Oct 2025 7:45 PM
- classical
Spanish conductor Jaime Martín, whose “infectious enjoyment of the music,” according to The Telegraph, “communicates to the orchestra and audience alike,” will return to helm the BFO through Saint-Saëns’s most popular violin concerto and what Tchaikovsky considered to be his own finest symphonic work.
This concert merits an earworm alert, as both composers are famous for their catchy ...
Morgan James & the Budapest Jazz Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 31 August
- 31 Aug 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Jazz, opera, Broadway musicals: Morgan James is at home in all three. Her amazing voice, enthralling personality and striking on-stage presence were enough to convince Scott Bradlee to invite her to appear in Postmodern Jukebox videos and tour with the band from 2014.
She dedicated her first album, recorded in New York’s Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, to Nina Simone. In 2016, she covered the entire ...
Heroes and Heroines – Popular Excerpts From Wagner Operas, National Concert Hall Budapest, 30 June
- 30 Jun 2025 7:30 PM
- classical
Come hear the most popular melodies, arias and orchestral excerpts from Richard Wagner’s operas at the closing event of the Budapest Wagner Days festival! We first held this highlights concert in 2023 and are now presenting it for the third time, in order to welcome not only fans, but also those who are just getting to know the magic of Wagner’s passionate style.
Taking up the baton for the ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 17 February
- 17 Feb 2025 7:45 PM
- classical
A Czech conductor, three Czech composers and a Czech violinist: in short, a Czech concert. The programme opens with a suite from Janáček’s most unique opera, The Cunning Little Vixen, followed by (Dvořák’s son-in-law) Josef Suk’s Fantasy, which could be considered a kind of violin concerto.
Playing the solo part will be Jan Mráček, whose pinpoint intonation, phenomenal musicality and ...