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Composer Kurtag Wins Hungarian Public Media's "Man of the Year" Award
- 21 Feb 2025 9:25 AM
- community & culture
World-renowned composer Gyorgy Kurtag received the Hungarian public media's Man of the Year Award in Budapest.
Surprising Expats: Richard Robinson: Translator, Musician, Teacher
- 19 Feb 2025 4:55 PM
This is part of a series of in-depth interviews with some of the most surprising members of the expat community in Hungary, written by Marion Merrick.
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 17 February
- 17 Feb 2025 7:45 PM
- classical
A Czech conductor, three Czech composers and a Czech violinist: in short, a Czech concert. The programme opens with a suite from Janáček’s most unique opera, The Cunning Little Vixen, followed by (Dvořák’s son-in-law) Josef Suk’s Fantasy, which could be considered a kind of violin concerto.
Playing the solo part will be Jan Mráček, whose pinpoint intonation, phenomenal musicality and ...
Arnold Schönberg Gurre - Leider, Erkel Theatre Budapest, 15 February
- 15 Feb 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Oratorical song cycle with Hungarian and English surtitles
Hungarian musicians have been able to perform the largest-scale work by the leader of the Second Viennese School only on one occasion, in 1998, under the instruction of Zoltán Kocsis.
Alongside Mahler's Symphony No. 8 and Britten's War Requiem, the opus is one of the works that require the largest ensemble in classical music. ...
Julie Sassoon, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 5 February
- 5 Feb 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
“Sassoon is a fascinating original, her piano world inhabited by Keith Jarrett’s lyricism and driving hooks and Steve Reich’s minimalism … This is music that splices lyrical shapeliness with bursts of take-no-prisoners abstraction, but Sassoon’s sensitivity to that balance is as alert here as her listeners have come to expect.” – John Fordham / The Guardian
Whoever immerses themselves in the ...
The Orfeo Orchestra & Purcell Choir, National Concert Hall Budapest, 2 February
- 2 Feb 2025 9:00 PM
- classical
A composer of grand oratorios and heart-wrenching operas, not only was Handel a brilliant musician, he also demonstrated great talent as a businessman. In 2025, the music world commemorates the 340th anniversary of the birth of George Frederic Handel. Müpa Budapest’s February marathon presents a colourful cross-section of his rich oeuvre, and much else besides that too, since never before will so ...
Kurtag at 99: Hungarian Public Media Person of Year Celebrated on His Birthday With Concert
- 31 Jan 2025 8:12 AM
- community & culture
Kossuth laureate composer, pianist and teacher Gyorgy Kurtag, who is Public Media Person of the Year in 2024, will celebrate his 99th birthday on Feb 19 with a concert held at the Budapest Music Centre (BMC).
Puccini's Manon Lescaut, Opera House Budapest, 30 January
- 30 Jan 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Puccini's imagination was captivated by the love story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier des Grieux, in which the protagonists defy social norms and the accepted moral law in order to be with each other, as a similar tale of passion had taken place in the composer's own life: his affair with Elvira Bonturi, a liaison that stirred enormous emotions in him but which, owing to the strictness of ...
Cosmic Music & Aristocratic Elegance At The Special English Concert Of The Hungarian State Opera, 2 February
- 30 Jan 2025 5:31 PM
- community & culture
The symphonic concert of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra on 2 February 2025 offers a selection from the finest English musical traditions and delights for film (music) enthusiasts.
Composer Kurtag Wins Hungarian Public Media's "Man of the Year" Award
- 21 Feb 2025 9:25 AM
- community & culture
World-renowned composer Gyorgy Kurtag received the Hungarian public media's Man of the Year Award in Budapest.
Surprising Expats: Richard Robinson: Translator, Musician, Teacher
- 19 Feb 2025 4:55 PM
This is part of a series of in-depth interviews with some of the most surprising members of the expat community in Hungary, written by Marion Merrick.
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 17 February
- 17 Feb 2025 7:45 PM
- classical
A Czech conductor, three Czech composers and a Czech violinist: in short, a Czech concert. The programme opens with a suite from Janáček’s most unique opera, The Cunning Little Vixen, followed by (Dvořák’s son-in-law) Josef Suk’s Fantasy, which could be considered a kind of violin concerto.
Playing the solo part will be Jan Mráček, whose pinpoint intonation, phenomenal musicality and ...
Arnold Schönberg Gurre - Leider, Erkel Theatre Budapest, 15 February
- 15 Feb 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Oratorical song cycle with Hungarian and English surtitles
Hungarian musicians have been able to perform the largest-scale work by the leader of the Second Viennese School only on one occasion, in 1998, under the instruction of Zoltán Kocsis.
Alongside Mahler's Symphony No. 8 and Britten's War Requiem, the opus is one of the works that require the largest ensemble in classical music. ...
Julie Sassoon, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 5 February
- 5 Feb 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
“Sassoon is a fascinating original, her piano world inhabited by Keith Jarrett’s lyricism and driving hooks and Steve Reich’s minimalism … This is music that splices lyrical shapeliness with bursts of take-no-prisoners abstraction, but Sassoon’s sensitivity to that balance is as alert here as her listeners have come to expect.” – John Fordham / The Guardian
Whoever immerses themselves in the ...
The Orfeo Orchestra & Purcell Choir, National Concert Hall Budapest, 2 February
- 2 Feb 2025 9:00 PM
- classical
A composer of grand oratorios and heart-wrenching operas, not only was Handel a brilliant musician, he also demonstrated great talent as a businessman. In 2025, the music world commemorates the 340th anniversary of the birth of George Frederic Handel. Müpa Budapest’s February marathon presents a colourful cross-section of his rich oeuvre, and much else besides that too, since never before will so ...
Kurtag at 99: Hungarian Public Media Person of Year Celebrated on His Birthday With Concert
- 31 Jan 2025 8:12 AM
- community & culture
Kossuth laureate composer, pianist and teacher Gyorgy Kurtag, who is Public Media Person of the Year in 2024, will celebrate his 99th birthday on Feb 19 with a concert held at the Budapest Music Centre (BMC).
Puccini's Manon Lescaut, Opera House Budapest, 30 January
- 30 Jan 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Puccini's imagination was captivated by the love story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier des Grieux, in which the protagonists defy social norms and the accepted moral law in order to be with each other, as a similar tale of passion had taken place in the composer's own life: his affair with Elvira Bonturi, a liaison that stirred enormous emotions in him but which, owing to the strictness of ...
Cosmic Music & Aristocratic Elegance At The Special English Concert Of The Hungarian State Opera, 2 February
- 30 Jan 2025 5:31 PM
- community & culture
The symphonic concert of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra on 2 February 2025 offers a selection from the finest English musical traditions and delights for film (music) enthusiasts.