455 result(s) for hungarian composer
Péter Cseh & Hidak Trio, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 22 January
- 22 Jan 2026 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Following his trio, which has been performing since 2019, guitarist Péter Cseh has formed a new band, which will make its debut on the Day of Hungarian Culture.
True to its name, the HIDAK (Bridges) Trio strives to connect different points: the members of the band with each other, the performer with the listener, and tradition with innovation.
The band's sound covers a wide range, and ...
Immersive Sound Dome Festival Brought Back by House of Music in Budapest
- 22 Jan 2026 10:47 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian House of Music is bringing back its immersive Sound Dome Festival this winter, offering a week of live music, concert films, special screenings and audience discussions inside one of Budapest’s most distinctive cultural venues.
Stephen the King, Opera House Budapest, 9 January
- 9 Jan 2026 7:00 PM
- classical
By far the most successful of the Hungarian crop of rock operas, ever since its original album release Stephen, the King has had not only symphonic features but has also been pervaded by the vocal, closed number structure characteristic of traditional operas, the presence of large tableaus, and instrumentation that gives the rock music universal perspectives.
The poems for Levente Szörényi, ...
David Byrne Returns to Budapest on 18 June
- 2 Jan 2026 10:04 AM
- entertainment
His career began as a founding member of Talking Heads, but after the band’s breakup he went on to build a legendary solo career as well, with songs that reflect the colourful imprint of his creative, ever-restless mind.
Song Cycle, Vígszínház Budapest, 18 December
- 18 Dec 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The song cycle Sommerreise will be presented at Víg Szalon, performed by Csilla Radnay and directed by Ági Jókai. The work by composer Péter Wolf and lyricist Péter Fábri is a novel counterpart to Schubert’s Winterreise, written from a female perspective.
Sommerreise is the reverse of Schubert’s epoch-making Winterreise. “What’s the original song cycle? Winterreise. That’s already been ...
Hungarian State Opera Commemorates 1025 Years of Hungary with Special Performances
- 18 Dec 2025 4:31 PM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera is marking the 1025th anniversary of the founding of the Hungarian state with a series of special performances celebrating Saint Stephen, Hungary’s first king.
Hungarian Christmas, Opera House, 17 & 18 December
- 17 Dec 2025 3:00 PM
- classical
Jenő Ádám, a student of Kodály’s and perhaps his greatest contemporary admirer, was also the one who structured and developed his pedagogical method: his Christmas one-act was the first work at the Opera House, which placed the pure Hungarian folk song on the same stage as the works of the great figures of classical music history.
On Christmas 1931, Hungarian Christmas premiered with the ...
Gábor Csalog Sundays, Budapest Music Center
- 23 Nov 2025 6:00 PM
- contemporary
The two most significant song writers of classical music engage in dialogue on this evening, two composers who were socialized in Vienna and shaped by the intellectual milieu of the Habsburg imperial city: Gustav Mahler and Franz Schubert.
Mahler, who was an admirer of Schubert, spent many years studying the Des Knaben Wunderhorn, a collection of folk song lyrics published in 1805, during ...
Donizetti's Don Pasquale, Opera House Budapest, 19 November
- 19 Nov 2025 6:30 PM
- classical
There are evenings when our Opera House cannot perform because rehearsals are ongoing on stage until the evening. There are audience members who can only afford to hear their favourite pieces with a discount. And there are works that, although very popular, cannot be staged every season due to the congestion of productions.
All these issues can be solved at once by the Hungarian State Opera’s ...
Péter Cseh & Hidak Trio, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 22 January
- 22 Jan 2026 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Following his trio, which has been performing since 2019, guitarist Péter Cseh has formed a new band, which will make its debut on the Day of Hungarian Culture.
True to its name, the HIDAK (Bridges) Trio strives to connect different points: the members of the band with each other, the performer with the listener, and tradition with innovation.
The band's sound covers a wide range, and ...
Immersive Sound Dome Festival Brought Back by House of Music in Budapest
- 22 Jan 2026 10:47 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian House of Music is bringing back its immersive Sound Dome Festival this winter, offering a week of live music, concert films, special screenings and audience discussions inside one of Budapest’s most distinctive cultural venues.
Stephen the King, Opera House Budapest, 9 January
- 9 Jan 2026 7:00 PM
- classical
By far the most successful of the Hungarian crop of rock operas, ever since its original album release Stephen, the King has had not only symphonic features but has also been pervaded by the vocal, closed number structure characteristic of traditional operas, the presence of large tableaus, and instrumentation that gives the rock music universal perspectives.
The poems for Levente Szörényi, ...
David Byrne Returns to Budapest on 18 June
- 2 Jan 2026 10:04 AM
- entertainment
His career began as a founding member of Talking Heads, but after the band’s breakup he went on to build a legendary solo career as well, with songs that reflect the colourful imprint of his creative, ever-restless mind.
Song Cycle, Vígszínház Budapest, 18 December
- 18 Dec 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The song cycle Sommerreise will be presented at Víg Szalon, performed by Csilla Radnay and directed by Ági Jókai. The work by composer Péter Wolf and lyricist Péter Fábri is a novel counterpart to Schubert’s Winterreise, written from a female perspective.
Sommerreise is the reverse of Schubert’s epoch-making Winterreise. “What’s the original song cycle? Winterreise. That’s already been ...
Hungarian State Opera Commemorates 1025 Years of Hungary with Special Performances
- 18 Dec 2025 4:31 PM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera is marking the 1025th anniversary of the founding of the Hungarian state with a series of special performances celebrating Saint Stephen, Hungary’s first king.
Hungarian Christmas, Opera House, 17 & 18 December
- 17 Dec 2025 3:00 PM
- classical
Jenő Ádám, a student of Kodály’s and perhaps his greatest contemporary admirer, was also the one who structured and developed his pedagogical method: his Christmas one-act was the first work at the Opera House, which placed the pure Hungarian folk song on the same stage as the works of the great figures of classical music history.
On Christmas 1931, Hungarian Christmas premiered with the ...
Gábor Csalog Sundays, Budapest Music Center
- 23 Nov 2025 6:00 PM
- contemporary
The two most significant song writers of classical music engage in dialogue on this evening, two composers who were socialized in Vienna and shaped by the intellectual milieu of the Habsburg imperial city: Gustav Mahler and Franz Schubert.
Mahler, who was an admirer of Schubert, spent many years studying the Des Knaben Wunderhorn, a collection of folk song lyrics published in 1805, during ...
Donizetti's Don Pasquale, Opera House Budapest, 19 November
- 19 Nov 2025 6:30 PM
- classical
There are evenings when our Opera House cannot perform because rehearsals are ongoing on stage until the evening. There are audience members who can only afford to hear their favourite pieces with a discount. And there are works that, although very popular, cannot be staged every season due to the congestion of productions.
All these issues can be solved at once by the Hungarian State Opera’s ...