684 result(s) for classical music
Budapest Dance Festival, National Dance Theatre, Until 11 May
- 26 Apr 2024 4:58 PM
- entertainment
The Budapest Dance Festival is hosting international stars again this year. The two-week festival at the National Dance Theatre will bring together the best of international and national contemporary dance.
Tan Dun: Buddha Passion - Hungarian premiere, National Concert Hall Budapest, 14 April
- 14 Apr 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
Commissioned by the Dresden Music Festival, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, this monumental, six-part Buddha Passion was written in 2018.
The piece has a Chinese and Sanskrit libretto, and employs solo singers, a choir and an orchestra. It was first performed in Dresden by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the ...
'Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks', Müpa Budapest, 4 - 14 April
- 9 Apr 2024 5:13 AM
- community & culture
Launched in the spring of 2021, on the 140th anniversary of the birth of Béla Bartók, the world-famous Hungarian composer, the Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks is a unique event series dedicated to the arts.
Colour Concerts, Palace of Arts Budapest, 30 March
- 30 Mar 2024 5:00 PM
- contemporary
A broad spectrum of musical genres can be heard in and around the Foyer in the afternoons: visitors stopping by and wishing to hear music in Müpa Budapest may listen to the young representatives of popular music, jazz and folk on Tuesdays and classical genres on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The Colour Concert series gives students of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy and other music schools an ...
Punnany Massif - Punnany, National Concert Hall Budapest, 27 March
- 27 Mar 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
Hailing from Pécs, Punnany Massif have enjoyed a monumental journey in the 20 action-packed years since the band established from the initial pairing of two MCs, Máté Felcser (RendbenMan) and Roland Farkas (Wolfie) got together in 2003.
By the 2010s, they had won the hearts of the Hungarian masses with their self-blended, trendsetting musical cocktail.
Following their anniversary year in ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 25 March
- 25 Mar 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
One of two surviving Bach passions, the Saint Matthew Passion, which can be considered the zenith of Protestant church music, is often performed today as a purely musical piece, even though it really is an example of applied music at its best, or as Iván Fischer describes it, "a ritual with spiritual content.”
When it was first presented on Good Friday 1727, the work was paused between its ...
An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Book 2, Chapter 4.
- 24 Mar 2024 7:12 AM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
Amadeus Reimagined: New Series Filmed in Budapest Brings Mozart’s Genius to Life Again
- 21 Mar 2024 5:30 AM
- entertainment
Budapest is poised to become the cinematic stand-in for 18th century Vienna as it sets the stage for the upcoming TV series “Amadeus,” produced by Sky Max and brought to life through a collaborative effort by Two Cities Television and STV Studios.
Rhoda Scott Concert, Dohány Street Synagogue Budapest, 10 March
- 4 Mar 2024 5:28 AM
- entertainment
Organisers are delighted to announce the highly anticipated event, the "Masters & Pieces" concert, featuring four living legends: Rhoda Scott, the Queen of the Hammond organ, Roby Lakatos, the father of "unorthodox" Gypsy fusion music, Lisztes Jenő, the marvelous artist of the cimbalom, and Mexicanu, the emperor of the harmonica.
Budapest Dance Festival, National Dance Theatre, Until 11 May
- 26 Apr 2024 4:58 PM
- entertainment
The Budapest Dance Festival is hosting international stars again this year. The two-week festival at the National Dance Theatre will bring together the best of international and national contemporary dance.
Tan Dun: Buddha Passion - Hungarian premiere, National Concert Hall Budapest, 14 April
- 14 Apr 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
Commissioned by the Dresden Music Festival, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, this monumental, six-part Buddha Passion was written in 2018.
The piece has a Chinese and Sanskrit libretto, and employs solo singers, a choir and an orchestra. It was first performed in Dresden by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the ...
'Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks', Müpa Budapest, 4 - 14 April
- 9 Apr 2024 5:13 AM
- community & culture
Launched in the spring of 2021, on the 140th anniversary of the birth of Béla Bartók, the world-famous Hungarian composer, the Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks is a unique event series dedicated to the arts.
Colour Concerts, Palace of Arts Budapest, 30 March
- 30 Mar 2024 5:00 PM
- contemporary
A broad spectrum of musical genres can be heard in and around the Foyer in the afternoons: visitors stopping by and wishing to hear music in Müpa Budapest may listen to the young representatives of popular music, jazz and folk on Tuesdays and classical genres on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The Colour Concert series gives students of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy and other music schools an ...
Punnany Massif - Punnany, National Concert Hall Budapest, 27 March
- 27 Mar 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
Hailing from Pécs, Punnany Massif have enjoyed a monumental journey in the 20 action-packed years since the band established from the initial pairing of two MCs, Máté Felcser (RendbenMan) and Roland Farkas (Wolfie) got together in 2003.
By the 2010s, they had won the hearts of the Hungarian masses with their self-blended, trendsetting musical cocktail.
Following their anniversary year in ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 25 March
- 25 Mar 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
One of two surviving Bach passions, the Saint Matthew Passion, which can be considered the zenith of Protestant church music, is often performed today as a purely musical piece, even though it really is an example of applied music at its best, or as Iván Fischer describes it, "a ritual with spiritual content.”
When it was first presented on Good Friday 1727, the work was paused between its ...
An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Book 2, Chapter 4.
- 24 Mar 2024 7:12 AM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
Amadeus Reimagined: New Series Filmed in Budapest Brings Mozart’s Genius to Life Again
- 21 Mar 2024 5:30 AM
- entertainment
Budapest is poised to become the cinematic stand-in for 18th century Vienna as it sets the stage for the upcoming TV series “Amadeus,” produced by Sky Max and brought to life through a collaborative effort by Two Cities Television and STV Studios.
Rhoda Scott Concert, Dohány Street Synagogue Budapest, 10 March
- 4 Mar 2024 5:28 AM
- entertainment
Organisers are delighted to announce the highly anticipated event, the "Masters & Pieces" concert, featuring four living legends: Rhoda Scott, the Queen of the Hammond organ, Roby Lakatos, the father of "unorthodox" Gypsy fusion music, Lisztes Jenő, the marvelous artist of the cimbalom, and Mexicanu, the emperor of the harmonica.