441 result(s) for hungarian composer
Surprising Expats: Danny Bain, Musician, Composer, Storyteller
- 24 Mar 2025 2:18 PM
This is part of a series of in-depth interviews with some of the most surprising members of the expat community in Hungary, written by Marion Merrick.
Ballet in Three Acts: Manon, Opera House Budapest, 18 March
- 18 Mar 2025 6:00 PM
- classical
During his career, Sir Kenneth MacMillan managed to reinvent not just the language of ballet, but also its subject matter: on many occasions he reached for modern, socially and societally charged themes that no one had ever dared to touch in any genre, let alone in dance.
He was met with this criticism also after the 1974 premiere of Manon: even though it won enormous acclaim from audiences, ...
Korossy Quartet, Budapest Music Center, 3 March
- 3 Mar 2025 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Founded in 2018, the Korossy Quartet aims to transmit the famous Hungarian string quartet tradition, and to present the broadest possible repertoire to Hungarian and foreign audiences.
In 2021, the ensemble was awarded 5 different special prizes at the international Bartók World Competition, and a year later they were accepted into the class of Günter Pichler, first violinist of the legendary ...
Composer Kurtag Wins Hungarian Public Media's "Man of the Year" Award
- 21 Feb 2025 9:25 AM
- community & culture
World-renowned composer Gyorgy Kurtag received the Hungarian public media's Man of the Year Award in Budapest.
Surprising Expats: Richard Robinson: Translator, Musician, Teacher
- 19 Feb 2025 4:55 PM
This is part of a series of in-depth interviews with some of the most surprising members of the expat community in Hungary, written by Marion Merrick.
Arnold Schönberg Gurre - Leider, Erkel Theatre Budapest, 15 February
- 15 Feb 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Oratorical song cycle with Hungarian and English surtitles
Hungarian musicians have been able to perform the largest-scale work by the leader of the Second Viennese School only on one occasion, in 1998, under the instruction of Zoltán Kocsis.
Alongside Mahler's Symphony No. 8 and Britten's War Requiem, the opus is one of the works that require the largest ensemble in classical music. ...
Kurtag at 99: Hungarian Public Media Person of Year Celebrated on His Birthday With Concert
- 31 Jan 2025 8:12 AM
- community & culture
Kossuth laureate composer, pianist and teacher Gyorgy Kurtag, who is Public Media Person of the Year in 2024, will celebrate his 99th birthday on Feb 19 with a concert held at the Budapest Music Centre (BMC).
Puccini's Manon Lescaut, Opera House Budapest, 30 January
- 30 Jan 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Puccini's imagination was captivated by the love story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier des Grieux, in which the protagonists defy social norms and the accepted moral law in order to be with each other, as a similar tale of passion had taken place in the composer's own life: his affair with Elvira Bonturi, a liaison that stirred enormous emotions in him but which, owing to the strictness of ...
Cosmic Music & Aristocratic Elegance At The Special English Concert Of The Hungarian State Opera, 2 February
- 30 Jan 2025 5:31 PM
- community & culture
The symphonic concert of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra on 2 February 2025 offers a selection from the finest English musical traditions and delights for film (music) enthusiasts.
Surprising Expats: Danny Bain, Musician, Composer, Storyteller
- 24 Mar 2025 2:18 PM
This is part of a series of in-depth interviews with some of the most surprising members of the expat community in Hungary, written by Marion Merrick.
Ballet in Three Acts: Manon, Opera House Budapest, 18 March
- 18 Mar 2025 6:00 PM
- classical
During his career, Sir Kenneth MacMillan managed to reinvent not just the language of ballet, but also its subject matter: on many occasions he reached for modern, socially and societally charged themes that no one had ever dared to touch in any genre, let alone in dance.
He was met with this criticism also after the 1974 premiere of Manon: even though it won enormous acclaim from audiences, ...
Korossy Quartet, Budapest Music Center, 3 March
- 3 Mar 2025 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Founded in 2018, the Korossy Quartet aims to transmit the famous Hungarian string quartet tradition, and to present the broadest possible repertoire to Hungarian and foreign audiences.
In 2021, the ensemble was awarded 5 different special prizes at the international Bartók World Competition, and a year later they were accepted into the class of Günter Pichler, first violinist of the legendary ...
Composer Kurtag Wins Hungarian Public Media's "Man of the Year" Award
- 21 Feb 2025 9:25 AM
- community & culture
World-renowned composer Gyorgy Kurtag received the Hungarian public media's Man of the Year Award in Budapest.
Surprising Expats: Richard Robinson: Translator, Musician, Teacher
- 19 Feb 2025 4:55 PM
This is part of a series of in-depth interviews with some of the most surprising members of the expat community in Hungary, written by Marion Merrick.
Arnold Schönberg Gurre - Leider, Erkel Theatre Budapest, 15 February
- 15 Feb 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Oratorical song cycle with Hungarian and English surtitles
Hungarian musicians have been able to perform the largest-scale work by the leader of the Second Viennese School only on one occasion, in 1998, under the instruction of Zoltán Kocsis.
Alongside Mahler's Symphony No. 8 and Britten's War Requiem, the opus is one of the works that require the largest ensemble in classical music. ...
Kurtag at 99: Hungarian Public Media Person of Year Celebrated on His Birthday With Concert
- 31 Jan 2025 8:12 AM
- community & culture
Kossuth laureate composer, pianist and teacher Gyorgy Kurtag, who is Public Media Person of the Year in 2024, will celebrate his 99th birthday on Feb 19 with a concert held at the Budapest Music Centre (BMC).
Puccini's Manon Lescaut, Opera House Budapest, 30 January
- 30 Jan 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
Puccini's imagination was captivated by the love story of Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier des Grieux, in which the protagonists defy social norms and the accepted moral law in order to be with each other, as a similar tale of passion had taken place in the composer's own life: his affair with Elvira Bonturi, a liaison that stirred enormous emotions in him but which, owing to the strictness of ...
Cosmic Music & Aristocratic Elegance At The Special English Concert Of The Hungarian State Opera, 2 February
- 30 Jan 2025 5:31 PM
- community & culture
The symphonic concert of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra on 2 February 2025 offers a selection from the finest English musical traditions and delights for film (music) enthusiasts.