706 result(s) for festival theatre
Invitation: Música, Musique, Musik, Festival Theatre Budapest, 29 March
- 28 Mar 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
"Composer Albert Márkos searches for reciprocal influences in music and lyrics from the 1910s, the 1920s and 1930s from Scandinavia to the Balkans, from the Iberian Peninsula to Eastern Europe, with the assistance of six actors and a band. The actors each represent a nation and begin to approach each other starting from the given culture’s coffee shop music, discovering how the world of salon ...
Looking Back On The Liszt Year In Hungary - In A Nutshell
- 27 Mar 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"In 2011 hundreds of concerts, sereval exhibitions, publications and commemorating events were dedicated to Ferenc Liszt, born 200 years ago. Although we could not be present everywhere, we have covered most of the events in narrative or in pictures.
Handel: Hercules, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 March
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Even by Handel’s standards for high-speed composition, Hercules was completed in record time. Taking the story of Sophocles’s Women of Trachis and Ovid’s Metamorphoses as his basis, the composer began writing the work on 19 July 1744 and finished on 21 August. In the meantime, he sent teasing letters to Charles Jennens, the librettist of the work (and of the oratorio Belshazzar), urging him to ...
Tamás Vásáry & Henriett Tunyogi, Festival Theatre, 23 March
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"In recent years, Henriett Tunyogi and Tamás Vásáry have combined the most refined forms of music to create a very special concert format based on the mutual inspiration of the various genres. These productions exploring the mystical power of breaking through boundaries frequently elevates the audience to the heights of philosophical reflection even as it draws them into uncharted mystical ...
Invitation: 'Muses On Theatre Square', Budapest History Museum Until 2 September
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Pest German Theatre opened on what is now Vörösmarty Square on 9 February 1812, with two plays by Kotzebue, for which the music was composed by Beethoven. The idea for the establishment of the theatre arose during the reign of Josef II, as Pest was gaining in importance and the growing bourgeoisie had an increasing demand for culture.
Jewish Music Festival, Budapest, 18 - 27 March
- 12 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Jewish music festival in Budapest in the Spinoza Theatre for the third time.
New Names In The Line-Up Shine Upon Hegyalja Festival In Hungary
- 12 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"New names snapped out from the ice of winter: the 'Lucky 13' Borsodi Hegyalja Festival will feature Grammy-winner Everlast as well as the Newport-based alternative ragga-metal band Skindred, both to bring their new albums to the fans. Festival goers will be spelled by dark electronic rhythms of Black Sun Empire, and Evil Nine will represent the hip-hop party line at the summer event. Raw and ...
Yvette Bozsik Company: Stravinsky Evening, Festival Theatre Budapest, 7 March
- 6 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Stravinsky wrote his ballet The Firebird in 1910, taking the miraculous bird of Eastern Slav mythology as its motif. According to the magical Russian folk tale, the firebird has the power to subdue evil demons, singing the spectres of hell to sleep with its lullaby. Les Noces was the first piece in the Evening of Passion premièred in the Hungarian State Opera House. The music and visual design ...
Interior Design Trends Exhibition At The Millenáris Budapest
- 2 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Between 2nd and 4th March, the Millenáris will be devoted to contemporary furniture, international design and trend-shaping fashion. Central to the Interior Design Trends Exhibition, the “madeinhungary” show, now in its 11th year, is a series of events featuring the very best work by local designers that have represented Hungary at various fairs, including the 100% Design London exhibition. The ...
Invitation: Música, Musique, Musik, Festival Theatre Budapest, 29 March
- 28 Mar 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
"Composer Albert Márkos searches for reciprocal influences in music and lyrics from the 1910s, the 1920s and 1930s from Scandinavia to the Balkans, from the Iberian Peninsula to Eastern Europe, with the assistance of six actors and a band. The actors each represent a nation and begin to approach each other starting from the given culture’s coffee shop music, discovering how the world of salon ...
Looking Back On The Liszt Year In Hungary - In A Nutshell
- 27 Mar 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"In 2011 hundreds of concerts, sereval exhibitions, publications and commemorating events were dedicated to Ferenc Liszt, born 200 years ago. Although we could not be present everywhere, we have covered most of the events in narrative or in pictures.
Handel: Hercules, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 March
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Even by Handel’s standards for high-speed composition, Hercules was completed in record time. Taking the story of Sophocles’s Women of Trachis and Ovid’s Metamorphoses as his basis, the composer began writing the work on 19 July 1744 and finished on 21 August. In the meantime, he sent teasing letters to Charles Jennens, the librettist of the work (and of the oratorio Belshazzar), urging him to ...
Tamás Vásáry & Henriett Tunyogi, Festival Theatre, 23 March
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"In recent years, Henriett Tunyogi and Tamás Vásáry have combined the most refined forms of music to create a very special concert format based on the mutual inspiration of the various genres. These productions exploring the mystical power of breaking through boundaries frequently elevates the audience to the heights of philosophical reflection even as it draws them into uncharted mystical ...
Invitation: 'Muses On Theatre Square', Budapest History Museum Until 2 September
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Pest German Theatre opened on what is now Vörösmarty Square on 9 February 1812, with two plays by Kotzebue, for which the music was composed by Beethoven. The idea for the establishment of the theatre arose during the reign of Josef II, as Pest was gaining in importance and the growing bourgeoisie had an increasing demand for culture.
Jewish Music Festival, Budapest, 18 - 27 March
- 12 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Jewish music festival in Budapest in the Spinoza Theatre for the third time.
New Names In The Line-Up Shine Upon Hegyalja Festival In Hungary
- 12 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"New names snapped out from the ice of winter: the 'Lucky 13' Borsodi Hegyalja Festival will feature Grammy-winner Everlast as well as the Newport-based alternative ragga-metal band Skindred, both to bring their new albums to the fans. Festival goers will be spelled by dark electronic rhythms of Black Sun Empire, and Evil Nine will represent the hip-hop party line at the summer event. Raw and ...
Yvette Bozsik Company: Stravinsky Evening, Festival Theatre Budapest, 7 March
- 6 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Stravinsky wrote his ballet The Firebird in 1910, taking the miraculous bird of Eastern Slav mythology as its motif. According to the magical Russian folk tale, the firebird has the power to subdue evil demons, singing the spectres of hell to sleep with its lullaby. Les Noces was the first piece in the Evening of Passion premièred in the Hungarian State Opera House. The music and visual design ...
Interior Design Trends Exhibition At The Millenáris Budapest
- 2 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Between 2nd and 4th March, the Millenáris will be devoted to contemporary furniture, international design and trend-shaping fashion. Central to the Interior Design Trends Exhibition, the “madeinhungary” show, now in its 11th year, is a series of events featuring the very best work by local designers that have represented Hungary at various fairs, including the 100% Design London exhibition. The ...