455 result(s) for hungarian composer
'Bach24' Organ Festival, Palace of Arts Budapest, 2 - 3 May
- 23 Apr 2025 5:47 AM
- community & culture
It has been 340 years since the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach. To mark the occasion, Müpa is embarking on a 24-hour Bach ‘shift’, now for the second time. From 9 pm on 2 May to 9 pm on 3 May, name Hungarian and international organists will perform all of Bach’s organ works following a carefully structured thematic timeline.
Magic Wall: New Interactive 'Music Lexicon' at Budapest's 'House of Music'
- 10 Apr 2025 7:01 AM
- entertainment
The diverse world of Hungarian music, from classical masters to the most famous figures of pop, rock, jazz and electronic music, can be explored with the help of the new interactive installation of the House of Music Hungary.
Special Easter Monday Concert at Pannonhalma Basilica
- 7 Apr 2025 1:06 PM
- community & culture
Organist István Mátyás and soprano singer Genoveva dos Santos will give a concert on April 21, Easter Monday, at the Szent Márton Basilica in Pannonhalma.
Kristóf Bacsó Triad, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 2 April
- 2 Apr 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Saxophonist-composer Kristóf Bacsó occasionally extends his musical horizon with guest musicians, as was the case when he recorded an album with bassist Lionel Loueke (Pannon Blue), creating a kind of fusion of Hungarian-focused contemporary jazz and West African-influenced improvisational music, and then, with his own band, Kristóf Bacsó Triad, he recorded another album together with guest ...
Charles Gounod: Faust, Opera House Budapest, 29 March
- 29 Mar 2025 6:00 PM
- classical
Gounod’s French grand opera has been an indispensable element of any self-respecting opera company’s repertoire, and to this day remains among the most frequently performed operas.
The composer's aim was not an operatic adaptation of Goethe’s masterpiece. Born from the libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré was a perfumed and smoky drama spiced with elements of romance and horror, as well ...
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.
'Bach24' Organ Festival, Palace of Arts Budapest, 2 - 3 May
- 23 Apr 2025 5:47 AM
- community & culture
It has been 340 years since the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach. To mark the occasion, Müpa is embarking on a 24-hour Bach ‘shift’, now for the second time. From 9 pm on 2 May to 9 pm on 3 May, name Hungarian and international organists will perform all of Bach’s organ works following a carefully structured thematic timeline.
Magic Wall: New Interactive 'Music Lexicon' at Budapest's 'House of Music'
- 10 Apr 2025 7:01 AM
- entertainment
The diverse world of Hungarian music, from classical masters to the most famous figures of pop, rock, jazz and electronic music, can be explored with the help of the new interactive installation of the House of Music Hungary.
Special Easter Monday Concert at Pannonhalma Basilica
- 7 Apr 2025 1:06 PM
- community & culture
Organist István Mátyás and soprano singer Genoveva dos Santos will give a concert on April 21, Easter Monday, at the Szent Márton Basilica in Pannonhalma.
Kristóf Bacsó Triad, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 2 April
- 2 Apr 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Saxophonist-composer Kristóf Bacsó occasionally extends his musical horizon with guest musicians, as was the case when he recorded an album with bassist Lionel Loueke (Pannon Blue), creating a kind of fusion of Hungarian-focused contemporary jazz and West African-influenced improvisational music, and then, with his own band, Kristóf Bacsó Triad, he recorded another album together with guest ...
Charles Gounod: Faust, Opera House Budapest, 29 March
- 29 Mar 2025 6:00 PM
- classical
Gounod’s French grand opera has been an indispensable element of any self-respecting opera company’s repertoire, and to this day remains among the most frequently performed operas.
The composer's aim was not an operatic adaptation of Goethe’s masterpiece. Born from the libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré was a perfumed and smoky drama spiced with elements of romance and horror, as well ...
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.