386 result(s) for classical festival
Invitation: VeszprémFest2012, Hungary, 13 - 22 July
- 2 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Veszprémfest is a 9-year-old, dynamically developing, large-scale cultural event creating true values for lovers of art and quality music from Veszprém and from the whole country. For several days of every summer the event offers the most accomplished, world-class performers from various musical genres, be it classical music, world music, opera or jazz. Adding up the number of Grammy-Awards ...
The Bards Of Wales, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 29 June
- 25 Jun 2012 2:00 AM
- community & culture
At the invitation of Concert Masters International Budapest (CMI), the world-famous Welsh-born British composer Karl Jenkins recently wrote a large-scale cantata to János Arany’s ballad The Bards of Wales. The English-language world première took place in the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall on 21 June 2011, conducted by the composer himself under the patronage of HRH The Prince of Wales. This ...
Sziget Festival Budapest 20 – A Comprehensive Intro
- 8 May 2012 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Sziget is the place to be in the middle of August. Europe’s Best Major Festival is celebrating its 20th edition, promising not just great programs, but also a new visual concept. The renewed festival is happy to welcome all the fans who enjoyed it in the past, but also tries to set the targets for the next decades. And now it’s official: the 2012 edition of the Budapest-based event will be a day ...
Invitation: Győr Ballet, Festival Theatre Budapest, 3 May
- 2 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Belgian choreographer Ben van Cauwenbergh – previously ballet director of the Hessian State Theatre of Wiesbaden, currently filling the same role at the Aalto Theatre in Essen – has drawn inspiration from the multi-faceted music and vivacity of the rock group Queen, and from the personality of Freddie Mercury. In 2004, he created a unique production that melds rock music with the aesthetics ...
New Stars Announced For The Balaton Sound Festival In Hungary
- 27 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Heineken Balaton Sound is happy to present new names for this year’s line-up, including Knife Party, the electro-house project of Pendulum’s founding members, two-times Brit Awards and one-time Ivor Novello Awards winner Tinie Tempah and one of the most important representatives of the German e-music scene, Sven Väth. And for all of those who don’t know: in 2012 The Sound is a day longer, already ...
Invitation: Bolla Quartett, Budapest Jazz Club, 6 April
- 5 Apr 2012 10:45 AM
- entertainment
"Tenor and soprano sax player, Gábor Bolla (22) is already one of the great stars of the Hungarian jazz world. At the age of ten he started playing the clarinet, at twelve he won first prize in the National Music Schools' Competition. Then he took up the saxophone and, in 2003, he made it to the semi-finals of the World Saxophone Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
Invitation: Nigel Kennedy Quintet, Budapest Congress Center, 28 March
- 28 Mar 2012 9:03 AM
- entertainment
"The Blue Note show repertoire is a selection of music from Nigel Kennedy's celebrated Blue Note Session album and music from the height of the Blue Note era (classic blue note material from the late 60’s / early 70’s period) and would be played by the The Nigel Kennedy Quintet.
Invitation: Loreena McKennitt, Budapest Sportaréna, 27 March
- 25 Mar 2012 9:04 AM
- entertainment
"Internationally acclaimed Canadian singer/composer Loreena McKennitt began her musical career by busking with her harp and started running her own record label, Quinlan Road, from her kitchen table. Now, more than two decades later, Manitoba-born McKennitt has seen her “eclectic Celtic” blend of pop, folk and world music span more than a dozen recordings, three DVDs and a new collection of ...
Invitation: 120 Years Of The Jazz Drum, Palace Of Arts Budapest, Until 25 March
- 14 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"The collection, which is unique in the world, shows the development of jazz and classical percussion instruments from 1900 to the present. Since its establishment in 1992 the museum had numerous professional and amateur visitors, who got an insight into the wonderful world of percussion instruments through exhibitions and presentations that focus on the experience of guests. The museum from ...
Invitation: VeszprémFest2012, Hungary, 13 - 22 July
- 2 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Veszprémfest is a 9-year-old, dynamically developing, large-scale cultural event creating true values for lovers of art and quality music from Veszprém and from the whole country. For several days of every summer the event offers the most accomplished, world-class performers from various musical genres, be it classical music, world music, opera or jazz. Adding up the number of Grammy-Awards ...
The Bards Of Wales, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 29 June
- 25 Jun 2012 2:00 AM
- community & culture
At the invitation of Concert Masters International Budapest (CMI), the world-famous Welsh-born British composer Karl Jenkins recently wrote a large-scale cantata to János Arany’s ballad The Bards of Wales. The English-language world première took place in the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall on 21 June 2011, conducted by the composer himself under the patronage of HRH The Prince of Wales. This ...
Sziget Festival Budapest 20 – A Comprehensive Intro
- 8 May 2012 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Sziget is the place to be in the middle of August. Europe’s Best Major Festival is celebrating its 20th edition, promising not just great programs, but also a new visual concept. The renewed festival is happy to welcome all the fans who enjoyed it in the past, but also tries to set the targets for the next decades. And now it’s official: the 2012 edition of the Budapest-based event will be a day ...
Invitation: Győr Ballet, Festival Theatre Budapest, 3 May
- 2 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Belgian choreographer Ben van Cauwenbergh – previously ballet director of the Hessian State Theatre of Wiesbaden, currently filling the same role at the Aalto Theatre in Essen – has drawn inspiration from the multi-faceted music and vivacity of the rock group Queen, and from the personality of Freddie Mercury. In 2004, he created a unique production that melds rock music with the aesthetics ...
New Stars Announced For The Balaton Sound Festival In Hungary
- 27 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Heineken Balaton Sound is happy to present new names for this year’s line-up, including Knife Party, the electro-house project of Pendulum’s founding members, two-times Brit Awards and one-time Ivor Novello Awards winner Tinie Tempah and one of the most important representatives of the German e-music scene, Sven Väth. And for all of those who don’t know: in 2012 The Sound is a day longer, already ...
Invitation: Bolla Quartett, Budapest Jazz Club, 6 April
- 5 Apr 2012 10:45 AM
- entertainment
"Tenor and soprano sax player, Gábor Bolla (22) is already one of the great stars of the Hungarian jazz world. At the age of ten he started playing the clarinet, at twelve he won first prize in the National Music Schools' Competition. Then he took up the saxophone and, in 2003, he made it to the semi-finals of the World Saxophone Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
Invitation: Nigel Kennedy Quintet, Budapest Congress Center, 28 March
- 28 Mar 2012 9:03 AM
- entertainment
"The Blue Note show repertoire is a selection of music from Nigel Kennedy's celebrated Blue Note Session album and music from the height of the Blue Note era (classic blue note material from the late 60’s / early 70’s period) and would be played by the The Nigel Kennedy Quintet.
Invitation: Loreena McKennitt, Budapest Sportaréna, 27 March
- 25 Mar 2012 9:04 AM
- entertainment
"Internationally acclaimed Canadian singer/composer Loreena McKennitt began her musical career by busking with her harp and started running her own record label, Quinlan Road, from her kitchen table. Now, more than two decades later, Manitoba-born McKennitt has seen her “eclectic Celtic” blend of pop, folk and world music span more than a dozen recordings, three DVDs and a new collection of ...
Invitation: 120 Years Of The Jazz Drum, Palace Of Arts Budapest, Until 25 March
- 14 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"The collection, which is unique in the world, shows the development of jazz and classical percussion instruments from 1900 to the present. Since its establishment in 1992 the museum had numerous professional and amateur visitors, who got an insight into the wonderful world of percussion instruments through exhibitions and presentations that focus on the experience of guests. The museum from ...