1,025 result(s) for classical
Vasily Petrenko & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 17 May
- 17 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Born in 1976, he started his music education at his native St Petersburg's Capella Boys Music School, Russia's oldest music school, then went on to study at the city's Conservatoire.
He has appeared in concert with some of the world's most famous orchestras, and he is much sought after as an opera conductor. In this latter role he made his debut at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 2010, and ...
Ksenia Wallenstein, Ceramic Artist
- 17 May 2021 3:58 PM
Independent ceramic artist born in Russia, Bogorodsk with focus on unique tableware and interior objects. Ksenia works mostly with naked clay bodies and natural colours; her works can be find in restaurants and coffee houses all over the world, in private collections and European museums.
Man Of Gold - World Premiere, Palace Of Arts, 12 May
- 12 May 2021 2:29 PM
- contemporary
Bence Farkas's work was an award-winner of Müpa Budapest's autumn competition for composers, in the film music category.
Sándor Korda's classic of cinematic history presents a special challenge to the modern composer of incidental music: "This early silent film can easily prove demanding for today's watcher: it seems slow-paced, but it is still difficult to follow; the actors keep making ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra Reopens, Season Passes Go On Sale For Next Season
- 11 May 2021 4:02 PM
- community & culture
“We are very much looking forward to being able to play in front of a live audience again,” says BFO music director Iván Fischer, who has once again compiled a diverse program for the upcoming 2021-2022 season, featuring familiar works as well as exciting new pieces.
István Várdai & Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Palace Of Arts, 10 May
- 10 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
The modern accepted principles for structuring concert programmes were developed in the second half of the 20th century.
Prior to that, a more liberal logic for planning concerts prevailed. It used to be common to play just one or two movements from longer works or to embellish a lengthy work by inserting excerpts from another piece in the middle and then resuming the original music as though ...
Concert By Students Of Liszt Academy, Palace Of Arts, 9 May
- 9 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Particularly challenging chamber pieces by Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály will be performed by Junior Prima Prize-winning artists, Gergely Devich (cello), Gergely Kovács and Krisztián Kocsis (piano), Korossy Quartet, a group that was formed recently but has already garnered considerable critical acclaim, and Zoltán Schwartz, who is the concertmaster of the Bayreuth Youth Orchestra.
The ...
René Jacobs & Kammerorchester Basel, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 8 May
- 8 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Streamed from their own concert hall, the performance of the Kammerorchester Basel will feature great solo singers. The celebrated ensemble is as much at home in the historically informed performance of baroque music as in contemporary music.
It bears testimony to the orchestra's commitment to Haydn's work that by 2032, the composer's 300th birthday, they and the Italian Il Giardino Armonico ...
Riccardo Chailly & The Filarmonica della Scala, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 7 May
- 7 May 2021 7:00 PM
- classical
The ensemble of the Filarmonica della Scala was formed in 1982 by musicians of the opera orchestra of Milan's famous La Scala, on the encouragement of Claudio Abbado.
Carlo Maria Giulini and Riccardo Muti were the formative conductors of the first two decades; Georges Prêtre, Lorin Maazel and Wolfgang Sawallisch have also worked with the orchestra.
This concert, whose programme includes ...
'Aranjuez Concerto', Palace Of Arts, 6 May
- 6 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Three works, three bits of magic - and all of them different!
The French Impressionist composer's Petite suite is a gallant evocation of the past, while the Spaniard's guitar concerto invites us on a journey to exotic Iberian lands and the symphony by the future composer of Carmen - written over a short period when he was an adolescent - whisks us off to a world of uninhibitedly liberated ...
Vasily Petrenko & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 17 May
- 17 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Born in 1976, he started his music education at his native St Petersburg's Capella Boys Music School, Russia's oldest music school, then went on to study at the city's Conservatoire.
He has appeared in concert with some of the world's most famous orchestras, and he is much sought after as an opera conductor. In this latter role he made his debut at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 2010, and ...
Ksenia Wallenstein, Ceramic Artist
- 17 May 2021 3:58 PM
Independent ceramic artist born in Russia, Bogorodsk with focus on unique tableware and interior objects. Ksenia works mostly with naked clay bodies and natural colours; her works can be find in restaurants and coffee houses all over the world, in private collections and European museums.
Man Of Gold - World Premiere, Palace Of Arts, 12 May
- 12 May 2021 2:29 PM
- contemporary
Bence Farkas's work was an award-winner of Müpa Budapest's autumn competition for composers, in the film music category.
Sándor Korda's classic of cinematic history presents a special challenge to the modern composer of incidental music: "This early silent film can easily prove demanding for today's watcher: it seems slow-paced, but it is still difficult to follow; the actors keep making ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra Reopens, Season Passes Go On Sale For Next Season
- 11 May 2021 4:02 PM
- community & culture
“We are very much looking forward to being able to play in front of a live audience again,” says BFO music director Iván Fischer, who has once again compiled a diverse program for the upcoming 2021-2022 season, featuring familiar works as well as exciting new pieces.
István Várdai & Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Palace Of Arts, 10 May
- 10 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
The modern accepted principles for structuring concert programmes were developed in the second half of the 20th century.
Prior to that, a more liberal logic for planning concerts prevailed. It used to be common to play just one or two movements from longer works or to embellish a lengthy work by inserting excerpts from another piece in the middle and then resuming the original music as though ...
Concert By Students Of Liszt Academy, Palace Of Arts, 9 May
- 9 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Particularly challenging chamber pieces by Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály will be performed by Junior Prima Prize-winning artists, Gergely Devich (cello), Gergely Kovács and Krisztián Kocsis (piano), Korossy Quartet, a group that was formed recently but has already garnered considerable critical acclaim, and Zoltán Schwartz, who is the concertmaster of the Bayreuth Youth Orchestra.
The ...
René Jacobs & Kammerorchester Basel, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 8 May
- 8 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Streamed from their own concert hall, the performance of the Kammerorchester Basel will feature great solo singers. The celebrated ensemble is as much at home in the historically informed performance of baroque music as in contemporary music.
It bears testimony to the orchestra's commitment to Haydn's work that by 2032, the composer's 300th birthday, they and the Italian Il Giardino Armonico ...
Riccardo Chailly & The Filarmonica della Scala, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 7 May
- 7 May 2021 7:00 PM
- classical
The ensemble of the Filarmonica della Scala was formed in 1982 by musicians of the opera orchestra of Milan's famous La Scala, on the encouragement of Claudio Abbado.
Carlo Maria Giulini and Riccardo Muti were the formative conductors of the first two decades; Georges Prêtre, Lorin Maazel and Wolfgang Sawallisch have also worked with the orchestra.
This concert, whose programme includes ...
'Aranjuez Concerto', Palace Of Arts, 6 May
- 6 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Three works, three bits of magic - and all of them different!
The French Impressionist composer's Petite suite is a gallant evocation of the past, while the Spaniard's guitar concerto invites us on a journey to exotic Iberian lands and the symphony by the future composer of Carmen - written over a short period when he was an adolescent - whisks us off to a world of uninhibitedly liberated ...