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Fonó Spring: Muzsik & Volkova, Fonó Music House, 12 May
- 12 May 2021 7:30 PM
- contemporary
A trio known as Záhony Unplugged Project was formed in 2007. They worked together as such and also under the name of Z.U.P. for a decade with a repertoire of successful, exciting arrangements and also original compositions.
In 2016 the founder-composer-lyricist siblings continued working together as a duet: Farkas Krisztina (Volkova) and Farkas János (Muzsik). Muzsik and Volkova have created ...
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 ...
Clifford Brown Sextet, Opus Jazz Club Event, 11 May
- 11 May 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
While in Paris with Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra, trumpeter Clifford Brown teamed up with altoist Gigi Gryce and a top-notch rhythm section (pianist Henri Renaud, guitarist Jimmy Gourley, bassist Pierre Michelot, and drummer Jean-Louis Viale) for two fine sessions on this enjoyable LP. Although Gryce was not a major soloist, he held his own with the trumpeter and was a talented composer.
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.
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 ...
'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 ...
Pocsai Kriszta Quartet, Budapest Jazz Club, 1 May
- 1 May 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Pocsai Kriszta possesses one of the most beautiful voices in jazz. She has rapidly gained an impressive reputation on the Hungarian music scene as one of the most impressive singers of her generation.
Widening her musical range to include pop, funk and Latin as well as jazz, she produced three albums to which she contributed a number of songs as composer as well as lyricist in which latter ...
'La Lumière Comique', Palace Of Arts, 29 April
- 29 Apr 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
It has been said many times that great music does not necessarily require the highest quality text, and some go so far as to say that some music can even be hindered from developing fully when the melody is paired with words that claim a position of equal rank.
Of course, it is still pleasing to find the notes of the greatest composers coupled with literary source material of exceptional ...
The Operas Of Richard Strauss Conducted By Zoltán Kocsis, Palace Of Arts, 23 April
- 23 Apr 2021 6:00 PM
- classical
Zoltán Kocsis deliberately and methodically set about presenting composers' complete oeuvres. In the course of interpreting the symphonic poems of Richard Strauss, he discovered the invaluable masterpieces that Strauss wrote as an opera composer.
This led to his embarking on the massive undertaking of mounting, one after the other and as joint productions between the Hungarian National ...
Fonó Spring: Muzsik & Volkova, Fonó Music House, 12 May
- 12 May 2021 7:30 PM
- contemporary
A trio known as Záhony Unplugged Project was formed in 2007. They worked together as such and also under the name of Z.U.P. for a decade with a repertoire of successful, exciting arrangements and also original compositions.
In 2016 the founder-composer-lyricist siblings continued working together as a duet: Farkas Krisztina (Volkova) and Farkas János (Muzsik). Muzsik and Volkova have created ...
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 ...
Clifford Brown Sextet, Opus Jazz Club Event, 11 May
- 11 May 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
While in Paris with Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra, trumpeter Clifford Brown teamed up with altoist Gigi Gryce and a top-notch rhythm section (pianist Henri Renaud, guitarist Jimmy Gourley, bassist Pierre Michelot, and drummer Jean-Louis Viale) for two fine sessions on this enjoyable LP. Although Gryce was not a major soloist, he held his own with the trumpeter and was a talented composer.
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.
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 ...
'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 ...
Pocsai Kriszta Quartet, Budapest Jazz Club, 1 May
- 1 May 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Pocsai Kriszta possesses one of the most beautiful voices in jazz. She has rapidly gained an impressive reputation on the Hungarian music scene as one of the most impressive singers of her generation.
Widening her musical range to include pop, funk and Latin as well as jazz, she produced three albums to which she contributed a number of songs as composer as well as lyricist in which latter ...
'La Lumière Comique', Palace Of Arts, 29 April
- 29 Apr 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
It has been said many times that great music does not necessarily require the highest quality text, and some go so far as to say that some music can even be hindered from developing fully when the melody is paired with words that claim a position of equal rank.
Of course, it is still pleasing to find the notes of the greatest composers coupled with literary source material of exceptional ...
The Operas Of Richard Strauss Conducted By Zoltán Kocsis, Palace Of Arts, 23 April
- 23 Apr 2021 6:00 PM
- classical
Zoltán Kocsis deliberately and methodically set about presenting composers' complete oeuvres. In the course of interpreting the symphonic poems of Richard Strauss, he discovered the invaluable masterpieces that Strauss wrote as an opera composer.
This led to his embarking on the massive undertaking of mounting, one after the other and as joint productions between the Hungarian National ...