455 result(s) for hungarian composer
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.
Australia Returns Collection of 'Hungaricum' Documents, Music Scores to Hungary
- 29 Jan 2025 11:14 AM
- community & culture
Hungary says thanks to Australia for its help "in healing the wound that the 20th century caused to us," the deputy state secretary in charge of public collections and cultural development said in the National Széchényi Library (OSZK).
Bartók Spring at Müpa Budapest, Now on Until 13 April
- 21 Jan 2025 3:47 PM
- community & culture
Launched in the spring of 2021, on the 140th anniversary of the birth of Béla Bartók, the world-famous Hungarian composer, the Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks is a unique event series dedicated to the arts.
New Year's @ Opera House Budapest, 19 January
- 19 Jan 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
For the 12th time, the performance of the famous Symphony No. 9 will dominate the OPERA’s New Year celebrations. Back in the day, its Hungarian premiere was directed by the same Ferenc Erkel who was also the OPERA’s first music director.
Every year, a different brilliant composer is selected to direct the masterpiece, and there is nobody at the OPERA who is better acquainted with this work ...
Budapest's House of Music to Host Festival for Upgraded Sound Dome Reopening
- 17 Jan 2025 9:52 AM
- entertainment
The House of Music is hosting a festival this week on the occasion of the reopening of its completely upgraded "immersive" cinematic room, the Sound Dome, the organisers have said.
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.
Australia Returns Collection of 'Hungaricum' Documents, Music Scores to Hungary
- 29 Jan 2025 11:14 AM
- community & culture
Hungary says thanks to Australia for its help "in healing the wound that the 20th century caused to us," the deputy state secretary in charge of public collections and cultural development said in the National Széchényi Library (OSZK).
Bartók Spring at Müpa Budapest, Now on Until 13 April
- 21 Jan 2025 3:47 PM
- community & culture
Launched in the spring of 2021, on the 140th anniversary of the birth of Béla Bartók, the world-famous Hungarian composer, the Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks is a unique event series dedicated to the arts.
New Year's @ Opera House Budapest, 19 January
- 19 Jan 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
For the 12th time, the performance of the famous Symphony No. 9 will dominate the OPERA’s New Year celebrations. Back in the day, its Hungarian premiere was directed by the same Ferenc Erkel who was also the OPERA’s first music director.
Every year, a different brilliant composer is selected to direct the masterpiece, and there is nobody at the OPERA who is better acquainted with this work ...
Budapest's House of Music to Host Festival for Upgraded Sound Dome Reopening
- 17 Jan 2025 9:52 AM
- entertainment
The House of Music is hosting a festival this week on the occasion of the reopening of its completely upgraded "immersive" cinematic room, the Sound Dome, the organisers have said.