88 result(s) for composer in Events
'Ligeti 100', Palace of Arts Budapest, 22 June
- 22 Jun 2023 7:00 PM
- contemporary
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of György Ligeti, one of the most exciting composers of the 20th century, a constant seeker of new paths forward.
Originally from Transylvania, he studied at Budapest's Liszt Academy and, after emigrating in 1956, produced his mature work in Western Europe.
Concerto Budapest and the Hungarian Radio Choir are commemorating the artist with ...
The Ligeti String Quartet, House of Hungarian Music, 1 February
- 1 Feb 2023 7:30 PM
- classical
In 2023 it will be 100 years since the birth of the Kossuth Prize-winning Hungarian composer György Ligeti.
The anniversary year will be marked by a series of events entitled Ligeti 100, beginning with this event at the House of Music Hungary. The Accord Quartet will play Ligeti's string quartets as the composer intended – complete with hair-raising bowing techniques.
Fourteen years passed ...
Musical Dissection: Monteverdi & Lóci, Festival Theatre Budapest, 30 January
- 30 Jan 2023 1:00 PM
- contemporary
The Musical Dissection programme series explores the conduits between what we call classical music and the "light" pop music favoured mostly by young people today.
The parallels are not forced: for example, this event moderated by musicologist Gergely Fazekas will reveal how accompaniment consisting of a repeated four-chord harmonic progression can be found both in Monteverdi's madrigal for ...
'Transparent Sound' Series, Budapest Jazz Club, 26 January
- 26 Jan 2023 6:30 PM
- contemporary
EZMMi is the new joint project of the Liszt Academy of Music and Budapest Music Center which presents electro-acoustic music pieces based on the latest technology.
The project also offers detailed introductory lectures for the audience about the pieces performed.
On January 26, the work in focus will be Trevor Wishart's surround opera, Encounters in the Republic of Heaven, composed for ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra's: Christmas Fair, 17 & 18 December
- 17 Dec 2022 10:00 AM
- community
For the first time, the Budapest Festival Orchestra will be holding a musical Christmas fair. On the fourth weekend of Advent, December 17 and 18, classical music lovers are welcome to join us in our rehearsal room to really get in tune for the holidays.
The latest products of the BFO Shop, discount concert tickets, unique jewelry and children's books will also be on offer. Come and enjoy the ...
'On Tiptoe' - About Music and Dance, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 11 December
- 11 Dec 2022 7:30 PM
- classical
Dance and music: they are inseparable at first sight (and hearing). Still, the relationship between choreographers and composers has been quite stormy and fluctuating over the past centuries.
The performance series by dance critic Léna Megyeri and music historian Ádám Bősze flash episodes from the shared history of the two arts by reviving legendary collaborations, great competitions and ...
Modern Art Orchestra Plays Music Of Mao’s Composers, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 24 November
- 24 Nov 2022 2:01 PM
- contemporary
The Modern Art Orchestra brings outstanding Hungarian contemporary composers to the Opus Jazz Club in the 2022/23 season.
In its six-part concert series MAO works with musicians who experiment with orchestral sound, and search for unique, out-of-the box tunes.
This time, the members of MAO’s composing workshop will introduce themselves with their own compositions. The concert’s repertoire ...
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Eiffel Art Studios Budapest, 6 February
- 6 Feb 2022 7:00 PM
- classical
Opera in three parts, in English, with Hungarian surtitles
British music is often faulted for having failed to produce a significant composer for three hundred years after Purcell.
If ever a later composer felt it incumbent on himself to look back into England’s past and write a piece based on the work of its most world-famous artistic genius, Shakespeare, it was Benjamin Britten, the ...
Yvette Bozsik Company: 'Antigone', National Dance Theatre Budapest, 27 December
- 27 Dec 2021 7:00 PM
- contemporary
The Antigone, like Oedipus Rex, is based on the Theban plays.
In Sophocles’s drama, on the basis of which the musical was composed, Antigone's brothers die by each other's hands, the King calls one of them a traitor, but Antigone wants to bury him despite his command.
In the ancient Greek story, morality comes to power, love is trying to overcome the law, but the story eventually ends up ...
'Ligeti 100', Palace of Arts Budapest, 22 June
- 22 Jun 2023 7:00 PM
- contemporary
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of György Ligeti, one of the most exciting composers of the 20th century, a constant seeker of new paths forward.
Originally from Transylvania, he studied at Budapest's Liszt Academy and, after emigrating in 1956, produced his mature work in Western Europe.
Concerto Budapest and the Hungarian Radio Choir are commemorating the artist with ...
The Ligeti String Quartet, House of Hungarian Music, 1 February
- 1 Feb 2023 7:30 PM
- classical
In 2023 it will be 100 years since the birth of the Kossuth Prize-winning Hungarian composer György Ligeti.
The anniversary year will be marked by a series of events entitled Ligeti 100, beginning with this event at the House of Music Hungary. The Accord Quartet will play Ligeti's string quartets as the composer intended – complete with hair-raising bowing techniques.
Fourteen years passed ...
Musical Dissection: Monteverdi & Lóci, Festival Theatre Budapest, 30 January
- 30 Jan 2023 1:00 PM
- contemporary
The Musical Dissection programme series explores the conduits between what we call classical music and the "light" pop music favoured mostly by young people today.
The parallels are not forced: for example, this event moderated by musicologist Gergely Fazekas will reveal how accompaniment consisting of a repeated four-chord harmonic progression can be found both in Monteverdi's madrigal for ...
'Transparent Sound' Series, Budapest Jazz Club, 26 January
- 26 Jan 2023 6:30 PM
- contemporary
EZMMi is the new joint project of the Liszt Academy of Music and Budapest Music Center which presents electro-acoustic music pieces based on the latest technology.
The project also offers detailed introductory lectures for the audience about the pieces performed.
On January 26, the work in focus will be Trevor Wishart's surround opera, Encounters in the Republic of Heaven, composed for ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra's: Christmas Fair, 17 & 18 December
- 17 Dec 2022 10:00 AM
- community
For the first time, the Budapest Festival Orchestra will be holding a musical Christmas fair. On the fourth weekend of Advent, December 17 and 18, classical music lovers are welcome to join us in our rehearsal room to really get in tune for the holidays.
The latest products of the BFO Shop, discount concert tickets, unique jewelry and children's books will also be on offer. Come and enjoy the ...
'On Tiptoe' - About Music and Dance, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 11 December
- 11 Dec 2022 7:30 PM
- classical
Dance and music: they are inseparable at first sight (and hearing). Still, the relationship between choreographers and composers has been quite stormy and fluctuating over the past centuries.
The performance series by dance critic Léna Megyeri and music historian Ádám Bősze flash episodes from the shared history of the two arts by reviving legendary collaborations, great competitions and ...
Modern Art Orchestra Plays Music Of Mao’s Composers, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 24 November
- 24 Nov 2022 2:01 PM
- contemporary
The Modern Art Orchestra brings outstanding Hungarian contemporary composers to the Opus Jazz Club in the 2022/23 season.
In its six-part concert series MAO works with musicians who experiment with orchestral sound, and search for unique, out-of-the box tunes.
This time, the members of MAO’s composing workshop will introduce themselves with their own compositions. The concert’s repertoire ...
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Eiffel Art Studios Budapest, 6 February
- 6 Feb 2022 7:00 PM
- classical
Opera in three parts, in English, with Hungarian surtitles
British music is often faulted for having failed to produce a significant composer for three hundred years after Purcell.
If ever a later composer felt it incumbent on himself to look back into England’s past and write a piece based on the work of its most world-famous artistic genius, Shakespeare, it was Benjamin Britten, the ...
Yvette Bozsik Company: 'Antigone', National Dance Theatre Budapest, 27 December
- 27 Dec 2021 7:00 PM
- contemporary
The Antigone, like Oedipus Rex, is based on the Theban plays.
In Sophocles’s drama, on the basis of which the musical was composed, Antigone's brothers die by each other's hands, the King calls one of them a traitor, but Antigone wants to bury him despite his command.
In the ancient Greek story, morality comes to power, love is trying to overcome the law, but the story eventually ends up ...