67 result(s) for hungarian folk music in Events
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 ...
Subcarpați & Obadu, House of Music Budapest, 10 October
- 10 Oct 2025 7:30 PM
- contemporary
Subcarpați is one of the most popular contemporary Romanian bands, founded by Marius Alexe, also known as MC Bean, in 2010. It is a vibrant, constantly changing, large hip-hop-electronic-traditional music collective, which blends the old with the new, traditional folk music with the modern — continuously preserving and renewing.
They pair folk instruments (kaval, flutes, cimbalom) with live ...
Borbély – Dresch Quartet, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 1 October
- 1 Oct 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
“The band is a joint project of Mihály Borbély and Mihály Dresch, two of the greatest wind instrument players in Hungarian ethno-jazz, where they create a new quality that transcends usual formulas and genre definitions. Their shared musical world is sometimes melancholic, yet characterized by countless musical flavors and emotional richness, featuring elements of jazz as well as motifs from the ...
'The World of Rogues', National Dance Theatre Budapest, 14 September
- 14 Sep 2025 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Rogues and highwaymen are typical characters of Hungarian folk traditions. Folk songs, folk tales and ballads preserve the memories of our most famous highwaymen and they feature as a popular topic in folk art. They are often idealised as heroes in folk memory.
This is how “Hungarian Robin Hoods”, our legendary rogues were born: Jóska Sóbri, Imre Bogár, Márton Vidróczky, Bandi Angyal and, ...
Clara Barry, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 5 September
- 5 Sep 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
A captivating musical project, Clara Barry Sings Bartók blends tradition and innovation. Accompanied by Emil Spányi (piano) and Alistair Peel (double bass), Clara Barry transforms Bartók’s folksongs into a unique musical journey.
With ingenious arrangements, Clara Barry has infused elements of jazz, creating a harmonious fusion between Hungarian musical traditions and the audacity of ...
Boggie & Petruska, Festival Theatre Budapest, 11 June
- 11 Jun 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The popular songwriter and performer Boggie, who is a key figure on the Hungarian artpop scene and sings in three languages, first performed with the virtuoso guitar-playing talent Petruska in 2023, when they represented Hungary at a festival in South Korea.
This marked the beginning of their joint production. The show’s organising force comes from the performers’ love of Hungarian folk music ...
Pure Source, National Concert Hall Budapest, 13 April
- 13 Apr 2025 7:30 PM
- classical
In this magnificent vision of dance history, the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble and the Ballet Company of Győr explore the extremely compelling and complex relationship of folk dance and composed music in the 17th and 18th centuries, and through the art of Béla Bartók, the folk music experience of 20th-century modernism.
Wherever he collected folk music, Bartók always showed great interest in ...
Jan Garbarek Group: Trilok Gurtu, National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 April
- 7 Apr 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The Norwegian saxophonist has been one of the most influential European jazz artists, who chose to disengage himself from the American roots of the genre and developed a distinctive compositional and performing style of his own, drawing on sources as diverse as medieval Gregorian chant, folk melodies and the music of the East.
Jan Garbarek’s concerts have an inimitable, dense atmosphere, and ...
Tony Lakatos Budapest–Seoul Connection, Festival Theatre Budapest, 25 February
- 25 Feb 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
In December 2023, a group of Korean musicians invited Tony Lakatos to be a guest artist on a longer tour of South Korea.
The tour was a huge success in the Asian country – now the time has come to present the material in Europe, too.
In addition to Tony Lakatos’s own compositions, the concert will also feature a performance of two Koreans – Kim Daeho and Kim Minchan, no relation – and two ...
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 ...
Subcarpați & Obadu, House of Music Budapest, 10 October
- 10 Oct 2025 7:30 PM
- contemporary
Subcarpați is one of the most popular contemporary Romanian bands, founded by Marius Alexe, also known as MC Bean, in 2010. It is a vibrant, constantly changing, large hip-hop-electronic-traditional music collective, which blends the old with the new, traditional folk music with the modern — continuously preserving and renewing.
They pair folk instruments (kaval, flutes, cimbalom) with live ...
Borbély – Dresch Quartet, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 1 October
- 1 Oct 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
“The band is a joint project of Mihály Borbély and Mihály Dresch, two of the greatest wind instrument players in Hungarian ethno-jazz, where they create a new quality that transcends usual formulas and genre definitions. Their shared musical world is sometimes melancholic, yet characterized by countless musical flavors and emotional richness, featuring elements of jazz as well as motifs from the ...
'The World of Rogues', National Dance Theatre Budapest, 14 September
- 14 Sep 2025 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Rogues and highwaymen are typical characters of Hungarian folk traditions. Folk songs, folk tales and ballads preserve the memories of our most famous highwaymen and they feature as a popular topic in folk art. They are often idealised as heroes in folk memory.
This is how “Hungarian Robin Hoods”, our legendary rogues were born: Jóska Sóbri, Imre Bogár, Márton Vidróczky, Bandi Angyal and, ...
Clara Barry, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 5 September
- 5 Sep 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
A captivating musical project, Clara Barry Sings Bartók blends tradition and innovation. Accompanied by Emil Spányi (piano) and Alistair Peel (double bass), Clara Barry transforms Bartók’s folksongs into a unique musical journey.
With ingenious arrangements, Clara Barry has infused elements of jazz, creating a harmonious fusion between Hungarian musical traditions and the audacity of ...
Boggie & Petruska, Festival Theatre Budapest, 11 June
- 11 Jun 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The popular songwriter and performer Boggie, who is a key figure on the Hungarian artpop scene and sings in three languages, first performed with the virtuoso guitar-playing talent Petruska in 2023, when they represented Hungary at a festival in South Korea.
This marked the beginning of their joint production. The show’s organising force comes from the performers’ love of Hungarian folk music ...
Pure Source, National Concert Hall Budapest, 13 April
- 13 Apr 2025 7:30 PM
- classical
In this magnificent vision of dance history, the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble and the Ballet Company of Győr explore the extremely compelling and complex relationship of folk dance and composed music in the 17th and 18th centuries, and through the art of Béla Bartók, the folk music experience of 20th-century modernism.
Wherever he collected folk music, Bartók always showed great interest in ...
Jan Garbarek Group: Trilok Gurtu, National Concert Hall Budapest, 7 April
- 7 Apr 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The Norwegian saxophonist has been one of the most influential European jazz artists, who chose to disengage himself from the American roots of the genre and developed a distinctive compositional and performing style of his own, drawing on sources as diverse as medieval Gregorian chant, folk melodies and the music of the East.
Jan Garbarek’s concerts have an inimitable, dense atmosphere, and ...
Tony Lakatos Budapest–Seoul Connection, Festival Theatre Budapest, 25 February
- 25 Feb 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
In December 2023, a group of Korean musicians invited Tony Lakatos to be a guest artist on a longer tour of South Korea.
The tour was a huge success in the Asian country – now the time has come to present the material in Europe, too.
In addition to Tony Lakatos’s own compositions, the concert will also feature a performance of two Koreans – Kim Daeho and Kim Minchan, no relation – and two ...