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Zoltán Kodály: The Spinning Room, Opera House Budapest, 19 June
- 19 Jun 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Folk scenes in Hungarian, with Hungarian and English subtitles
“A people can best be known through their folk songs,” claimed Zoltán Kodály, one of the crucial proponents of Hungarian music, whose main ambition as a composer, collector of folk songs and music teacher was to inculcate a love for Hungarian folk song and to cultivate a knowledgeable audience.
The Spinning Room is the epitome ...
György Orbán & His Students, Festival Theatre Budapest, 4 June
- 4 Jun 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
György Orbán taught composition and music theory at Budapest's Liszt Academy between 1982 and 2009.
The three composers whose works we will hear alongside those of their teacher are not only linked to Orbán as students, but also continuously exploit the intellectual capital they received from him. To open the concert, Levente Gyöngyösi will conduct his ensemble Seventeen
Singers in choral ...
Recital By Csilla Csővári & Gábor Csalog, Budapest Music Center, 27 May
- 27 May 2024 6:00 PM
- contemporary
From time to time, Gábor Csalog presents his new works for voice and piano together with Csilla Csővári, a singer rarely heard in Hungary. This concert will feature three world premieres, mostly set to Hungarian texts, framed by two sets of songs: the concert will start with selections from one of the Csalog's favourite composers, Charles Ives, and close with a selection of works by Franz ...
The Daughter of the Regiment, Opera House Budapest, 22 May
- 22 May 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Comic opera in two acts, in French, with spoken dialogues in Hungarian, with Hungarian, English, and French subtitles
Since being orphaned as a small child, the young and plucky Marie has grown up in the French army. Unaware of her aristocratic origins, she falls in love with a handsome peasant lad. Will she really marry him out of love?
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, La fille du régiment ...
Legendary Albums Series: Ornette Coleman, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 14 May
- 14 May 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Modern Art Orchestra’s Legendary Albums series presents the most important and unique albums of jazz history. By learning and playing these compositions and arrangements, the musicians are paying tribute to the jazz legends and are undergoing an intense process of musical improvement.
The band absorbs the material of the original recordings, sticking to the arrangements, forms and ...
Korossy Quartet, Budapest Music Center, 13 May
- 13 May 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Founded in 2018, the Korossy Quartet aims to transmit the famous Hungarian string quartet tradition, and to present the broadest possible repertoire to Hungarian and foreign audiences.
In 2021, the ensemble was awarded 5 different special prizes at the international Bartók World Competition, and a year later they were accepted into the class of Günter Pichler, first violinist of the legendary ...
Angélique Kidjo: Mother Nature - World Music, National Concert Hall, 1 May
- 1 May 2024 7:45 PM
- contemporary
As incredible as it may sound, the multifaceted Afropop star Angélique Kidjo, one of the pivotal African performing artists of the past more than thirty years, is still yet to make an appearance in Hungary.
Until now, that is, as we are fortunate that her tour celebrating a career of over forty years will take her to Müpa Budapest, where the five-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter ...
Mayerling, Opera House Budapest, 3 April
- 3 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Ballet in three acts
Kenneth MacMillan's fourth full-length ballet relates the tragic story of the heir to the Austrian throne and his mistress.
The choreographer's treatment of the 1889 double suicide of Crown Prince Rudolf and Mary Vetsera in light of the social, political and personal pressures that beset the two protagonists resulted in an extraordinarily shocking work, one widely ...
Loreena McKennitt: 'The Visit Revisited', MVM Dome Budapest, 24 March
- 24 Mar 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Internationally acclaimed Canadian singer/composer returns to Budapest on the evening of March 24, 2024, at 8 o'clock, so we can enjoy the eclectic Celtic, pop, and world music art of Loreena McKennitt at MVM Dome.
Zoltán Kodály: The Spinning Room, Opera House Budapest, 19 June
- 19 Jun 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Folk scenes in Hungarian, with Hungarian and English subtitles
“A people can best be known through their folk songs,” claimed Zoltán Kodály, one of the crucial proponents of Hungarian music, whose main ambition as a composer, collector of folk songs and music teacher was to inculcate a love for Hungarian folk song and to cultivate a knowledgeable audience.
The Spinning Room is the epitome ...
György Orbán & His Students, Festival Theatre Budapest, 4 June
- 4 Jun 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
György Orbán taught composition and music theory at Budapest's Liszt Academy between 1982 and 2009.
The three composers whose works we will hear alongside those of their teacher are not only linked to Orbán as students, but also continuously exploit the intellectual capital they received from him. To open the concert, Levente Gyöngyösi will conduct his ensemble Seventeen
Singers in choral ...
Recital By Csilla Csővári & Gábor Csalog, Budapest Music Center, 27 May
- 27 May 2024 6:00 PM
- contemporary
From time to time, Gábor Csalog presents his new works for voice and piano together with Csilla Csővári, a singer rarely heard in Hungary. This concert will feature three world premieres, mostly set to Hungarian texts, framed by two sets of songs: the concert will start with selections from one of the Csalog's favourite composers, Charles Ives, and close with a selection of works by Franz ...
The Daughter of the Regiment, Opera House Budapest, 22 May
- 22 May 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Comic opera in two acts, in French, with spoken dialogues in Hungarian, with Hungarian, English, and French subtitles
Since being orphaned as a small child, the young and plucky Marie has grown up in the French army. Unaware of her aristocratic origins, she falls in love with a handsome peasant lad. Will she really marry him out of love?
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, La fille du régiment ...
Legendary Albums Series: Ornette Coleman, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 14 May
- 14 May 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Modern Art Orchestra’s Legendary Albums series presents the most important and unique albums of jazz history. By learning and playing these compositions and arrangements, the musicians are paying tribute to the jazz legends and are undergoing an intense process of musical improvement.
The band absorbs the material of the original recordings, sticking to the arrangements, forms and ...
Korossy Quartet, Budapest Music Center, 13 May
- 13 May 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Founded in 2018, the Korossy Quartet aims to transmit the famous Hungarian string quartet tradition, and to present the broadest possible repertoire to Hungarian and foreign audiences.
In 2021, the ensemble was awarded 5 different special prizes at the international Bartók World Competition, and a year later they were accepted into the class of Günter Pichler, first violinist of the legendary ...
Angélique Kidjo: Mother Nature - World Music, National Concert Hall, 1 May
- 1 May 2024 7:45 PM
- contemporary
As incredible as it may sound, the multifaceted Afropop star Angélique Kidjo, one of the pivotal African performing artists of the past more than thirty years, is still yet to make an appearance in Hungary.
Until now, that is, as we are fortunate that her tour celebrating a career of over forty years will take her to Müpa Budapest, where the five-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter ...
Mayerling, Opera House Budapest, 3 April
- 3 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Ballet in three acts
Kenneth MacMillan's fourth full-length ballet relates the tragic story of the heir to the Austrian throne and his mistress.
The choreographer's treatment of the 1889 double suicide of Crown Prince Rudolf and Mary Vetsera in light of the social, political and personal pressures that beset the two protagonists resulted in an extraordinarily shocking work, one widely ...
Loreena McKennitt: 'The Visit Revisited', MVM Dome Budapest, 24 March
- 24 Mar 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Internationally acclaimed Canadian singer/composer returns to Budapest on the evening of March 24, 2024, at 8 o'clock, so we can enjoy the eclectic Celtic, pop, and world music art of Loreena McKennitt at MVM Dome.