22 result(s) for festival theatre budapest in Events
An Hour of Jazz, Festival Theatre Budapest, 6 May
- 6 May 2024 1:00 PM
- classical
You can live without jazz, but why would you want to? The musical style formed in New Orleans at the start of the previous century conquered the world at lightning speed.
And though its descendants have moved far from the genre's early Afro-American roots, it could be no other way, given that versatility, formability and a high degree of adaptability are the very essence of jazz.
This ...
Tan Dun: Buddha Passion - Hungarian premiere, National Concert Hall Budapest, 14 April
- 14 Apr 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
Commissioned by the Dresden Music Festival, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, this monumental, six-part Buddha Passion was written in 2018.
The piece has a Chinese and Sanskrit libretto, and employs solo singers, a choir and an orchestra. It was first performed in Dresden by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 25 March
- 25 Mar 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
One of two surviving Bach passions, the Saint Matthew Passion, which can be considered the zenith of Protestant church music, is often performed today as a purely musical piece, even though it really is an example of applied music at its best, or as Iván Fischer describes it, "a ritual with spiritual content.”
When it was first presented on Good Friday 1727, the work was paused between its ...
Branka Básits: 'My Csép' - Record Release Concert, Festival Theatre Budapest, 21 February
- 21 Feb 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
Branka Básits is in the fortunate position of having been born in a village with a rich folk music tradition.
And the singer takes advantage of this favorable circumstance: recognising the value of the ancestral cultural heritage that nourished her, she has published her debut album Én Csépem (‘My Csép'), based on her own collections.
Branka has reshaped Szigetcsép's Serbian folk music ...
Budapest Klezmer Band, Dohány Street Synagogue Budapest, 3 September
- 3 Sep 2023 8:00 PM
- contemporary
According to the legendary Ferenc ’Fegya’ Jávori, founder of the now no less legendary Budapest Klezmer Band, „klezmer is a mirror of the relationship between peoples”. Let us add: these peoples are the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe, i.e. Hungarians, Romanians, Slavs and, of course, Jews. But they are Eastern European, multilingual, Yiddish-speaking Jews who were destroyed in the ...
Bánkitó Festival, Bánk, 13 - 15 July
- 13 Jul 2023 2:00 PM
- contemporary
Underscored by eco-consciousness, this green focused festival takes place in the village of Bánk, in Nógrád County north of Budapest - the video below shows (with Hungarian commentary) what went on last year.
Along with theatre performances, games and installations, this year it features performances by underground bands Platon Karataev and Csaknekedkislány.
'The Rhinegold', Palace of Arts Budapest, 15 June
- 15 Jun 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Das Rheingold is the introduction to the storyline, depicting the central conflict. Starting from a primeval state of peace, the opera shows how the original sin was committed, triggering a chain of events that eventually lead to complete annihilation.
Over and over again, one is haunted by the suspicion that the myth is not about gods, giants and dwarfs, but about ourselves: it is not so ...
Recirquel Budapest My Land, Festival Theatre Budapest, 2 June
- 2 Jun 2023 7:00 PM
- contemporary
An award-winner when premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2018. ‘My Land’ shows acclaimed contemporary circus company Recirquel at their very best, exploring the connection between human beings and their homeland.
Starring an all-Ukrainian cast, seven acrobats with outstanding circus skills, this challenging, science-defying show was directed by Recirquel founder and graduate of the Liverpool ...
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 ...
An Hour of Jazz, Festival Theatre Budapest, 6 May
- 6 May 2024 1:00 PM
- classical
You can live without jazz, but why would you want to? The musical style formed in New Orleans at the start of the previous century conquered the world at lightning speed.
And though its descendants have moved far from the genre's early Afro-American roots, it could be no other way, given that versatility, formability and a high degree of adaptability are the very essence of jazz.
This ...
Tan Dun: Buddha Passion - Hungarian premiere, National Concert Hall Budapest, 14 April
- 14 Apr 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
Commissioned by the Dresden Music Festival, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, this monumental, six-part Buddha Passion was written in 2018.
The piece has a Chinese and Sanskrit libretto, and employs solo singers, a choir and an orchestra. It was first performed in Dresden by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 25 March
- 25 Mar 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
One of two surviving Bach passions, the Saint Matthew Passion, which can be considered the zenith of Protestant church music, is often performed today as a purely musical piece, even though it really is an example of applied music at its best, or as Iván Fischer describes it, "a ritual with spiritual content.”
When it was first presented on Good Friday 1727, the work was paused between its ...
Branka Básits: 'My Csép' - Record Release Concert, Festival Theatre Budapest, 21 February
- 21 Feb 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
Branka Básits is in the fortunate position of having been born in a village with a rich folk music tradition.
And the singer takes advantage of this favorable circumstance: recognising the value of the ancestral cultural heritage that nourished her, she has published her debut album Én Csépem (‘My Csép'), based on her own collections.
Branka has reshaped Szigetcsép's Serbian folk music ...
Budapest Klezmer Band, Dohány Street Synagogue Budapest, 3 September
- 3 Sep 2023 8:00 PM
- contemporary
According to the legendary Ferenc ’Fegya’ Jávori, founder of the now no less legendary Budapest Klezmer Band, „klezmer is a mirror of the relationship between peoples”. Let us add: these peoples are the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe, i.e. Hungarians, Romanians, Slavs and, of course, Jews. But they are Eastern European, multilingual, Yiddish-speaking Jews who were destroyed in the ...
Bánkitó Festival, Bánk, 13 - 15 July
- 13 Jul 2023 2:00 PM
- contemporary
Underscored by eco-consciousness, this green focused festival takes place in the village of Bánk, in Nógrád County north of Budapest - the video below shows (with Hungarian commentary) what went on last year.
Along with theatre performances, games and installations, this year it features performances by underground bands Platon Karataev and Csaknekedkislány.
'The Rhinegold', Palace of Arts Budapest, 15 June
- 15 Jun 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Das Rheingold is the introduction to the storyline, depicting the central conflict. Starting from a primeval state of peace, the opera shows how the original sin was committed, triggering a chain of events that eventually lead to complete annihilation.
Over and over again, one is haunted by the suspicion that the myth is not about gods, giants and dwarfs, but about ourselves: it is not so ...
Recirquel Budapest My Land, Festival Theatre Budapest, 2 June
- 2 Jun 2023 7:00 PM
- contemporary
An award-winner when premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2018. ‘My Land’ shows acclaimed contemporary circus company Recirquel at their very best, exploring the connection between human beings and their homeland.
Starring an all-Ukrainian cast, seven acrobats with outstanding circus skills, this challenging, science-defying show was directed by Recirquel founder and graduate of the Liverpool ...
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 ...