461 result(s) for festival orchestra
Season Highlights At Hungarian State Opera & Erkel Theatre In Budapest
- 19 Sep 2013 12:45 PM
- community & culture
Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff - Comic opera in three acts - Première 21 September: A combined marvel of creative force, of the serene wisdom of advanced age and of artistic renewal. Giuseppe Verdi’s final opera is denser, richer and more entertaining – and more worthy of the spirit of Shakespeare – than is the playwright’s original comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor. The message from a nearly 80-old ...
Invitation: Czech Contemporary Evening With Budapest Festival Orchestra, 19 September
- 17 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Born in 1959, Martin Smolka is one of the leading figures on the Czech music scene. He describes the piece here, composed in 2007, as “a poetical idea of angels sitting in their angelic cars and sounding their horns, reminding us of Jericho’s trumpets.” In 2011, František Chaloupka (born 1981) took part in a workshop in Frankfurt led by Péter Eötvös and the Ensemble Modern, which focused on the ...
Invitation: Budapest Festival Orchestra Season Opening Gala Dinner, 15 September
- 12 Sep 2013 12:35 PM
- community & culture
Gala Patron: Princess Michael of Kent; special guest: Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission.
The BFO will open its Anniversary Season with an exclusive gala on 15 September, which follows the Le Nozze di Figaro performance - the “highlight of the New York opera season” is a great milestone for the Orchestra. Read on for full details.
Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Figaro Is “Crazy Good”
- 28 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The “Le Nozze di Figaro” staged concerts conducted and directed by Iván Fischer with the Budapest Festival Orchestra was considered as “highlight of the New York opera season” by The New York Times. After the major triumph of the 2011 debut of an extraordinary Don Giovanni Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra once again received standing ovations and were highly praised by the press.
Day 3 - Daily Recommender – Sziget Festival Budapest
- 9 Aug 2013 8:01 AM
- entertainment
On Friday Sziget will bring legends, big comebacks and some of the freshest new acts around on every stage, once again. To help you find your way among the names and stages here’s our recommender for Friday!
Live From Sziget Festival Main Stage – Day 2
- 9 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- entertainment
You will experience a colourful mix of music today live on sziget.hu at the Ustream Simple Sziget 2013 live stream. Hip-hop, punk, guitar-pop, ska, electronics played by Polish, Dutch, British, Algerian or American artists live for you at home on sziget.com!
Hungary's Flower Festival In Debrecen, 16 - 21 August
- 8 Aug 2013 2:00 AM
- entertainment
"The Debrecen Flower Festival is the best-known cultural event in Debrecen, and also one of the biggest in Hungary. In the past years, it has expanded into a week-long extravaganza of entertainment. It has earned both domestic and international renown for the past four decades. The event won the Prize of Excellence in the category of special festivals in 2009. This is the most popular touristic ...
Simple Sziget: Festival In Budapest Online Festival Alive
- 6 Aug 2013 9:03 AM
- entertainment
If you feel like getting a taste of the Island of Freedom, but can’t make it to Sziget on the given day, check out the live stream of the festival, brought to you by OTP Bank with the help of Ustream. If you like what you see, but still miss the beers and the bass kick from your stomach, you’re never too late to join the party!
Evergreens & Classicals Slightly Differently, Városmajor Open-air Stage Budapest
- 22 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The Roma Hungaricum State Ensemble will perform a colorful programme on 11 August (Sunday) 2013, 8pm. Gypsy music is known and recognized worldwide as a Hungarian cultural treasure though the music is not identical with gypsy folklore; it comprises of a unique performing style, orchestration and sound. Today Hungarian gypsy music is a national and European cultural value which Hungary has every ...
Season Highlights At Hungarian State Opera & Erkel Theatre In Budapest
- 19 Sep 2013 12:45 PM
- community & culture
Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff - Comic opera in three acts - Première 21 September: A combined marvel of creative force, of the serene wisdom of advanced age and of artistic renewal. Giuseppe Verdi’s final opera is denser, richer and more entertaining – and more worthy of the spirit of Shakespeare – than is the playwright’s original comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor. The message from a nearly 80-old ...
Invitation: Czech Contemporary Evening With Budapest Festival Orchestra, 19 September
- 17 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Born in 1959, Martin Smolka is one of the leading figures on the Czech music scene. He describes the piece here, composed in 2007, as “a poetical idea of angels sitting in their angelic cars and sounding their horns, reminding us of Jericho’s trumpets.” In 2011, František Chaloupka (born 1981) took part in a workshop in Frankfurt led by Péter Eötvös and the Ensemble Modern, which focused on the ...
Invitation: Budapest Festival Orchestra Season Opening Gala Dinner, 15 September
- 12 Sep 2013 12:35 PM
- community & culture
Gala Patron: Princess Michael of Kent; special guest: Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission.
The BFO will open its Anniversary Season with an exclusive gala on 15 September, which follows the Le Nozze di Figaro performance - the “highlight of the New York opera season” is a great milestone for the Orchestra. Read on for full details.
Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Figaro Is “Crazy Good”
- 28 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The “Le Nozze di Figaro” staged concerts conducted and directed by Iván Fischer with the Budapest Festival Orchestra was considered as “highlight of the New York opera season” by The New York Times. After the major triumph of the 2011 debut of an extraordinary Don Giovanni Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra once again received standing ovations and were highly praised by the press.
Day 3 - Daily Recommender – Sziget Festival Budapest
- 9 Aug 2013 8:01 AM
- entertainment
On Friday Sziget will bring legends, big comebacks and some of the freshest new acts around on every stage, once again. To help you find your way among the names and stages here’s our recommender for Friday!
Live From Sziget Festival Main Stage – Day 2
- 9 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- entertainment
You will experience a colourful mix of music today live on sziget.hu at the Ustream Simple Sziget 2013 live stream. Hip-hop, punk, guitar-pop, ska, electronics played by Polish, Dutch, British, Algerian or American artists live for you at home on sziget.com!
Hungary's Flower Festival In Debrecen, 16 - 21 August
- 8 Aug 2013 2:00 AM
- entertainment
"The Debrecen Flower Festival is the best-known cultural event in Debrecen, and also one of the biggest in Hungary. In the past years, it has expanded into a week-long extravaganza of entertainment. It has earned both domestic and international renown for the past four decades. The event won the Prize of Excellence in the category of special festivals in 2009. This is the most popular touristic ...
Simple Sziget: Festival In Budapest Online Festival Alive
- 6 Aug 2013 9:03 AM
- entertainment
If you feel like getting a taste of the Island of Freedom, but can’t make it to Sziget on the given day, check out the live stream of the festival, brought to you by OTP Bank with the help of Ustream. If you like what you see, but still miss the beers and the bass kick from your stomach, you’re never too late to join the party!
Evergreens & Classicals Slightly Differently, Városmajor Open-air Stage Budapest
- 22 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The Roma Hungaricum State Ensemble will perform a colorful programme on 11 August (Sunday) 2013, 8pm. Gypsy music is known and recognized worldwide as a Hungarian cultural treasure though the music is not identical with gypsy folklore; it comprises of a unique performing style, orchestration and sound. Today Hungarian gypsy music is a national and European cultural value which Hungary has every ...