1,254 result(s) for jazz
Julie Sassoon, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 5 February
- 5 Feb 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
“Sassoon is a fascinating original, her piano world inhabited by Keith Jarrett’s lyricism and driving hooks and Steve Reich’s minimalism … This is music that splices lyrical shapeliness with bursts of take-no-prisoners abstraction, but Sassoon’s sensitivity to that balance is as alert here as her listeners have come to expect.” – John Fordham / The Guardian
Whoever immerses themselves in the ...
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).
Porgy & Bess Opera House Budapest, 25 January
- 25 Jan 2025 6:00 PM
- classical
Pretty much everybody has heard the classic hits I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ and It Ain’t Necessarily So, and, perhaps most famous of all: Summertime. What most people don't realize, however, is that these great songs are not simply old jazz standards.
They started life as the most popular parts of one of the most famous American operas: Porgy and Bess®.
Dating from 1935, this work created by ...
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.
The Budapest Klezmer Band’s New Year's Greetings Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 12 January
- 12 Jan 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
True to the tradition they have established since forming in 1990, the Budapest Klezmer Band will once again ring in the New Year with some rollicking music. With their unique and energetic productions infused with humour, the group keeps fans of traditional Jewish klezmer music highly entertained throughout.
Their guest at their first concert of 2025 will be Adél Jordán, a member of the ...
Transparent Sound New Music Festival in Budapest, on from 11 January for a Month Featuring International Artists
- 6 Jan 2025 10:16 AM
- http://hungarytoday.hu/
- community & culture
On Saturday, January 11, the Transparent Sound New Music Festival will kick off with over twenty programs under a collective theme, with the title “Polychrome,” for almost a month in several Budapest venues, the organizers announced.
Tamás Szarka: Dancing in the Snow, National Concert Hall Budapest, 4 January
- 4 Jan 2025 7:30 PM
- classical
The concerts of the versatile performer, songwriter and poet Tamás Szarka represent the very best of Hungarian culture, which nourishes the roots of his music.
His performance style contains the ancient power of the 'táltos', the Hungarian shaman, while he has been able to reinvent himself from album to album and concert to concert, always speaking to the people of today.
He has composed ...
Jazz Showcase, Palace of Arts Budapest, 7 - 9 February
- 3 Jan 2025 8:09 AM
- entertainment
With this 18th instalment of Jazz Showcase, one of Europe’s most important jazz talent exchanges is coming of age. The free event, which starts at 4.30 pm on each of the three days, will once again bring to the stage six extremely promising up-and-coming bands selected by a preliminary jury from a host of applicants.
Boban Marković Orkestar’s New Year’s Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 2 January
- 2 Jan 2025 3:30 PM
- contemporary
Boban Marković is returning to Müpa Budapest to start off another year with a bang! Performances by the trumpeter and his band are an unmissable part of Central Europe’s music scene: with tens of thousands of fans flocking to hear them wherever in Europe they play, their free and joyous music combining different styles is never boring!
Their Budapest New Year’s concert is no exception, ...
Julie Sassoon, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 5 February
- 5 Feb 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
“Sassoon is a fascinating original, her piano world inhabited by Keith Jarrett’s lyricism and driving hooks and Steve Reich’s minimalism … This is music that splices lyrical shapeliness with bursts of take-no-prisoners abstraction, but Sassoon’s sensitivity to that balance is as alert here as her listeners have come to expect.” – John Fordham / The Guardian
Whoever immerses themselves in the ...
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).
Porgy & Bess Opera House Budapest, 25 January
- 25 Jan 2025 6:00 PM
- classical
Pretty much everybody has heard the classic hits I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ and It Ain’t Necessarily So, and, perhaps most famous of all: Summertime. What most people don't realize, however, is that these great songs are not simply old jazz standards.
They started life as the most popular parts of one of the most famous American operas: Porgy and Bess®.
Dating from 1935, this work created by ...
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.
The Budapest Klezmer Band’s New Year's Greetings Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 12 January
- 12 Jan 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
True to the tradition they have established since forming in 1990, the Budapest Klezmer Band will once again ring in the New Year with some rollicking music. With their unique and energetic productions infused with humour, the group keeps fans of traditional Jewish klezmer music highly entertained throughout.
Their guest at their first concert of 2025 will be Adél Jordán, a member of the ...
Transparent Sound New Music Festival in Budapest, on from 11 January for a Month Featuring International Artists
- 6 Jan 2025 10:16 AM
- http://hungarytoday.hu/
- community & culture
On Saturday, January 11, the Transparent Sound New Music Festival will kick off with over twenty programs under a collective theme, with the title “Polychrome,” for almost a month in several Budapest venues, the organizers announced.
Tamás Szarka: Dancing in the Snow, National Concert Hall Budapest, 4 January
- 4 Jan 2025 7:30 PM
- classical
The concerts of the versatile performer, songwriter and poet Tamás Szarka represent the very best of Hungarian culture, which nourishes the roots of his music.
His performance style contains the ancient power of the 'táltos', the Hungarian shaman, while he has been able to reinvent himself from album to album and concert to concert, always speaking to the people of today.
He has composed ...
Jazz Showcase, Palace of Arts Budapest, 7 - 9 February
- 3 Jan 2025 8:09 AM
- entertainment
With this 18th instalment of Jazz Showcase, one of Europe’s most important jazz talent exchanges is coming of age. The free event, which starts at 4.30 pm on each of the three days, will once again bring to the stage six extremely promising up-and-coming bands selected by a preliminary jury from a host of applicants.
Boban Marković Orkestar’s New Year’s Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 2 January
- 2 Jan 2025 3:30 PM
- contemporary
Boban Marković is returning to Müpa Budapest to start off another year with a bang! Performances by the trumpeter and his band are an unmissable part of Central Europe’s music scene: with tens of thousands of fans flocking to hear them wherever in Europe they play, their free and joyous music combining different styles is never boring!
Their Budapest New Year’s concert is no exception, ...