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Jazz Showcase, Palace of Arts Budapest, 7 - 9 February
- 3 Jan 2025 8:09 AM
- entertainment
With this 18th instalment of Jazz Showcase, one of Europe’s most important jazz talent exchanges is coming of age. The free event, which starts at 4.30 pm on each of the three days, will once again bring to the stage six extremely promising up-and-coming bands selected by a preliminary jury from a host of applicants.
Haydn: The Seasons, National Concert Hall Budapest, 1 January
- 1 Jan 2025 7:30 PM
- classical
Always an eagerly awaited event, Müpa Budapest’s next New Year’s concert, ringing in 2025, promises to be especially so. Ádám Fischer, the permanent conductor of the annual event, will take the podium to present Haydn’s The Seasons, which is heard much less frequently at Müpa Budapest than the composer’s other great oratorio, The Creation.
Appearing as special guests this time will be the ...
Ludwig van Beethoven – Gustav Mahler: New Year's, Opera House Budapest, 1 January
- 1 Jan 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
For the 12th time, the performance of the famous Symphony No. 9 will dominate the OPERA’s New Year celebrations. Back in the day, its Hungarian premiere was directed by the same Ferenc Erkel who was also the OPERA’s first music director.
Every year, a different brilliant composer is selected to direct the masterpiece, and there is nobody at the OPERA who is better acquainted with this work ...
Star Sound – Promenade Concert, House Of Music In Budapest, 20 December
- 17 Dec 2024 5:01 PM
- entertainment
Karlheinz Stockhausen's "park music" Sternklang was reimagined by the MIKAMO Central European Chamber Orchestra for the Hungarian Music House.
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 9 December
- 9 Dec 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
A rarely heard suite, a classical concerto, a tribute to Bach and the capstone of a symphonic oeuvre.
This is what this sometimes fiery concert flowing with the air of Northern Europe and conducted by regular BFO guest conductor Robin Ticciati has to offer. Bookending the programme are two works by Sibelius: the first incidental music he wrote for a theatrical play and his Seventh Symphony, ...
The Biggest Family Christmas Concert in Budapest, Sportaréna Budapest, 22 December
- 6 Dec 2024 1:46 PM
- entertainment
A true holiday favorite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams' charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the Hungarian Studio Orchestra.
Falstaff, Opera House Budapest, 5 December
- 5 Dec 2024 6:30 PM
- classical
Comic opera in three acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles
Performance length: 3 hours 15 minutes, with 2 intermissions.
"There is only one way to end your career more splendidly than with Otello, and that is to end it with Falstaff!" So Verdi was told by his librettist and good friend, Arrigo Boito.
Although the elderly master had not tried his hand at ...
A Silent Film Classic: The Three Musketeers, National Concert Hall Budapest, 2 December
- 2 Dec 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
A silent film classic at Müpa Budapest! Fred Niblo directed ‘The Three Musketeers’, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas and starring the ‘king of Hollywood’, Douglas Fairbanks, as d’Artagnan, in 1921.
More than two hours in length, the work will come to life through a ‘historical’ interpretation using an organ, true to the custom of the time, to accompany the images.
Taking on the role ...
The Flavours of Europe, National Concert Hall Budapest, 10 November
- 10 Nov 2024 11:00 AM
- classical
The first concert of a series showcasing the celebrated musical landscapes of Europe will take us north to present the unique world, colours and flavours of the people of Scandinavia.
The musical theme of Sibelius’s symphonic poem, which presents historical events, has become a national song for the Finnish people. Grieg learnt much from the German composers of his era. In his Piano Concerto ...
Jazz Showcase, Palace of Arts Budapest, 7 - 9 February
- 3 Jan 2025 8:09 AM
- entertainment
With this 18th instalment of Jazz Showcase, one of Europe’s most important jazz talent exchanges is coming of age. The free event, which starts at 4.30 pm on each of the three days, will once again bring to the stage six extremely promising up-and-coming bands selected by a preliminary jury from a host of applicants.
Haydn: The Seasons, National Concert Hall Budapest, 1 January
- 1 Jan 2025 7:30 PM
- classical
Always an eagerly awaited event, Müpa Budapest’s next New Year’s concert, ringing in 2025, promises to be especially so. Ádám Fischer, the permanent conductor of the annual event, will take the podium to present Haydn’s The Seasons, which is heard much less frequently at Müpa Budapest than the composer’s other great oratorio, The Creation.
Appearing as special guests this time will be the ...
Ludwig van Beethoven – Gustav Mahler: New Year's, Opera House Budapest, 1 January
- 1 Jan 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
For the 12th time, the performance of the famous Symphony No. 9 will dominate the OPERA’s New Year celebrations. Back in the day, its Hungarian premiere was directed by the same Ferenc Erkel who was also the OPERA’s first music director.
Every year, a different brilliant composer is selected to direct the masterpiece, and there is nobody at the OPERA who is better acquainted with this work ...
Star Sound – Promenade Concert, House Of Music In Budapest, 20 December
- 17 Dec 2024 5:01 PM
- entertainment
Karlheinz Stockhausen's "park music" Sternklang was reimagined by the MIKAMO Central European Chamber Orchestra for the Hungarian Music House.
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 9 December
- 9 Dec 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
A rarely heard suite, a classical concerto, a tribute to Bach and the capstone of a symphonic oeuvre.
This is what this sometimes fiery concert flowing with the air of Northern Europe and conducted by regular BFO guest conductor Robin Ticciati has to offer. Bookending the programme are two works by Sibelius: the first incidental music he wrote for a theatrical play and his Seventh Symphony, ...
The Biggest Family Christmas Concert in Budapest, Sportaréna Budapest, 22 December
- 6 Dec 2024 1:46 PM
- entertainment
A true holiday favorite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams' charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the Hungarian Studio Orchestra.
Falstaff, Opera House Budapest, 5 December
- 5 Dec 2024 6:30 PM
- classical
Comic opera in three acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles
Performance length: 3 hours 15 minutes, with 2 intermissions.
"There is only one way to end your career more splendidly than with Otello, and that is to end it with Falstaff!" So Verdi was told by his librettist and good friend, Arrigo Boito.
Although the elderly master had not tried his hand at ...
A Silent Film Classic: The Three Musketeers, National Concert Hall Budapest, 2 December
- 2 Dec 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
A silent film classic at Müpa Budapest! Fred Niblo directed ‘The Three Musketeers’, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas and starring the ‘king of Hollywood’, Douglas Fairbanks, as d’Artagnan, in 1921.
More than two hours in length, the work will come to life through a ‘historical’ interpretation using an organ, true to the custom of the time, to accompany the images.
Taking on the role ...
The Flavours of Europe, National Concert Hall Budapest, 10 November
- 10 Nov 2024 11:00 AM
- classical
The first concert of a series showcasing the celebrated musical landscapes of Europe will take us north to present the unique world, colours and flavours of the people of Scandinavia.
The musical theme of Sibelius’s symphonic poem, which presents historical events, has become a national song for the Finnish people. Grieg learnt much from the German composers of his era. In his Piano Concerto ...