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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 ...
A Night of Lyrical Songs, Palace of Arts, 23 November
- 23 Nov 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Best known as the frontman of Kistehén, László Kollár-Klemencz is also a member, along other line-ups, of Budapest Bar, where together with bandleader Róbert Farkas and Marc Dargay, the permanent composer of the Katona József Theatre, he reworks famous songs and chansons.
In the production My Unbridled Horses, they'll perform mainly well-known internationally renowned compositions, but in a ...
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Palace of Arts Budapest, 1 November
- 1 Nov 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
The Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir will furnish us with a long-overdue performance of The Dream of Gerontius, a major work from the English late-Romantic composer Edward Elgar - though rarely played in Hungary, it is one of the most important compositions of the early 20th century.
It is no coincidence that the composition will be performed on All Saints' Day, as the piece is an ...
Novus String Quartet, Liszt Academy Budapest, 30 September
- 30 Oct 2021 7:00 PM
- classical
The quartet is the pinnacle of chamber music playing. It is a field of classical music that requires adaptation and a measure of independence from the performers. Not everyone is suited to the string quartet.
In fact, they say you have to be born for it. Members of one of South Korea’s leading chamber music formations are musicians born for the quartet formation; they generated a real storm ...
Free Style Chamber Orchestra, Fonó Budapest, 29 October
- 29 Oct 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
When Free Style Chamber Orchestra was formed in 2004 it caused quite a stir on the Hungarian jazz scene.
It was the first ongoing professional chamber orchestra in Hungary that included the strings and winds typical of a classical chamber orchestra, along with hurdy-gurdy and a jazz combo.
Director of the ensemble is Erkel Award winning composer Nagy János Yancha. Amongst members of the ...
Romanian Jazz Days, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 27 October
- 27 Oct 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The formation borrowed its name from the Greek language, where Ξενοι or Xenoi means ‘outsiders, strangers’. The word refers to individuals who have not integrated into a particular community, only enjoyed its hospitality for an extended period of time.
At the same time, foreigners who had lost their freedom (slaves, prisoners of war) could not be members of the xenoi group, so freedom is the ...
Tennihe Pineapple Thief (UK), A38 Ship Budapest, 15 October
- 15 Oct 2021 7:30 PM
- contemporary
The Pineapple Thief will be performing in Budapest this fall with their new album. Former Porcupine Tree and current King Crimson drummer Gavin Harrison is now a regular member of the British progressive rock band, the twelfth, the 2018 Dissolution, followed by last year's Hold Our Fire album, and a new album later this year.
The band was formed in 1999 by singer, composer and guitarist Bruce ...
Electroacoustica, Palace of Arts Budapest, 14 October
- 14 Oct 2021 7:32 PM
- contemporary
This exciting late-night concert presents six electroacoustic compositions, which were award-winners at Müpa's composer competition.
The works vividly illustrate the diversity of technological and aesthetic approaches that are open to what is a genre still little known to the public.
Take this adventure of a concert and discover musical materials that blend natural sounds and ...
Liszt Fest 2021, Spotlight On Georges Aperghis, Budapest Music Center, 14 October
- 14 Oct 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
The Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments, which Richard Strauss wrote at the age of seventeen, is one of the works the Péter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation’s mentoring programme for conductors and composers focuses on this year.
The mentored composers, Balázs Kecskés D. and Francisco Domínguez compose new works for a performing force identical with that of the Serenade.
As in former ...
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 ...
A Night of Lyrical Songs, Palace of Arts, 23 November
- 23 Nov 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Best known as the frontman of Kistehén, László Kollár-Klemencz is also a member, along other line-ups, of Budapest Bar, where together with bandleader Róbert Farkas and Marc Dargay, the permanent composer of the Katona József Theatre, he reworks famous songs and chansons.
In the production My Unbridled Horses, they'll perform mainly well-known internationally renowned compositions, but in a ...
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Palace of Arts Budapest, 1 November
- 1 Nov 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
The Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir will furnish us with a long-overdue performance of The Dream of Gerontius, a major work from the English late-Romantic composer Edward Elgar - though rarely played in Hungary, it is one of the most important compositions of the early 20th century.
It is no coincidence that the composition will be performed on All Saints' Day, as the piece is an ...
Novus String Quartet, Liszt Academy Budapest, 30 September
- 30 Oct 2021 7:00 PM
- classical
The quartet is the pinnacle of chamber music playing. It is a field of classical music that requires adaptation and a measure of independence from the performers. Not everyone is suited to the string quartet.
In fact, they say you have to be born for it. Members of one of South Korea’s leading chamber music formations are musicians born for the quartet formation; they generated a real storm ...
Free Style Chamber Orchestra, Fonó Budapest, 29 October
- 29 Oct 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
When Free Style Chamber Orchestra was formed in 2004 it caused quite a stir on the Hungarian jazz scene.
It was the first ongoing professional chamber orchestra in Hungary that included the strings and winds typical of a classical chamber orchestra, along with hurdy-gurdy and a jazz combo.
Director of the ensemble is Erkel Award winning composer Nagy János Yancha. Amongst members of the ...
Romanian Jazz Days, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 27 October
- 27 Oct 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The formation borrowed its name from the Greek language, where Ξενοι or Xenoi means ‘outsiders, strangers’. The word refers to individuals who have not integrated into a particular community, only enjoyed its hospitality for an extended period of time.
At the same time, foreigners who had lost their freedom (slaves, prisoners of war) could not be members of the xenoi group, so freedom is the ...
Tennihe Pineapple Thief (UK), A38 Ship Budapest, 15 October
- 15 Oct 2021 7:30 PM
- contemporary
The Pineapple Thief will be performing in Budapest this fall with their new album. Former Porcupine Tree and current King Crimson drummer Gavin Harrison is now a regular member of the British progressive rock band, the twelfth, the 2018 Dissolution, followed by last year's Hold Our Fire album, and a new album later this year.
The band was formed in 1999 by singer, composer and guitarist Bruce ...
Electroacoustica, Palace of Arts Budapest, 14 October
- 14 Oct 2021 7:32 PM
- contemporary
This exciting late-night concert presents six electroacoustic compositions, which were award-winners at Müpa's composer competition.
The works vividly illustrate the diversity of technological and aesthetic approaches that are open to what is a genre still little known to the public.
Take this adventure of a concert and discover musical materials that blend natural sounds and ...
Liszt Fest 2021, Spotlight On Georges Aperghis, Budapest Music Center, 14 October
- 14 Oct 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
The Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments, which Richard Strauss wrote at the age of seventeen, is one of the works the Péter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation’s mentoring programme for conductors and composers focuses on this year.
The mentored composers, Balázs Kecskés D. and Francisco Domínguez compose new works for a performing force identical with that of the Serenade.
As in former ...