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Classical Favourites - League of Legends, National Concert Hall Budapest, 4 May
- 4 May 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
There exist certain great and universally-known milestones of classical music that define our entire culture. It is legends like these that take centre stage at this traditional spring concert presented jointly by Klasszik Radio and the Danubia Orchestra.
Szeged Contemporary Dance Company: Black Swan, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 2 May
- 2 May 2024 7:30 PM
- contemporary
The evoked era in the performance coincides with the time of the original premiere of Swan Lake. At the same time the second half of the 19th century was also a period known for the spreading of mental hospitals; patients 'possessed' by animal spirits and treatments of mental illnesses by torture and other bizarre methods.
Angélique Kidjo: Mother Nature - World Music, National Concert Hall, 1 May
- 1 May 2024 7:45 PM
- contemporary
As incredible as it may sound, the multifaceted Afropop star Angélique Kidjo, one of the pivotal African performing artists of the past more than thirty years, is still yet to make an appearance in Hungary.
Until now, that is, as we are fortunate that her tour celebrating a career of over forty years will take her to Müpa Budapest, where the five-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter ...
Badora Dance Company: Melinda, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 30 April
- 30 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Melinda dreamed of a Homeland where she could live in peace. A place that she wouldn’t have to run away from, like she and her two brothers fled their homeland, Spain, because their lives were in danger.
She believed that in Hungary she had found a home where she would never have to be afraid again.
Melinda was wrong.
Melinda dreamed of a husband with whom she would grow old and in ...
'Carmina Burana', Opera House Budapest, 16 April
- 16 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Scenic cantata, in the original languages, with Hungarian and English surtitles.
O Fortuna. Everyone knows the overwhelmingly powerful opening motifs of Carl Orff's most famous work. What fewer people know is that Carmina Burana was not intended to be an oratorical work, but was instead expressly meant for the stage.
This becomes clear from the piece's (originally Latin) subtitle: “Secular ...
Tan Dun: Buddha Passion - Hungarian premiere, National Concert Hall Budapest, 14 April
- 14 Apr 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
Commissioned by the Dresden Music Festival, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, this monumental, six-part Buddha Passion was written in 2018.
The piece has a Chinese and Sanskrit libretto, and employs solo singers, a choir and an orchestra. It was first performed in Dresden by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the ...
Sakura Festival, Fűvészkert Budapest, 13 - 14 April.
- 13 Apr 2024 9:00 AM
- community
This year the Füvészkert Botanical Garden in Hungary's capital is hosting the annual Sakura (national flower of Japan) Celebration of cherry blossom on 13 - 14 April.
FlamenCorazónArte Dance Theatre: Caminos, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 12 April
- 12 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Carmen is the symbol of freedom. Her story is the drama of inextinguishable, uninhibited love.
"Carmen's story, the characters' world of extreme emotions and Bizet's music is very powerful Wherever I go, I take the place, the culture, the faces and the momentswith me forever.
The experiences come with me, just as we also take the past with us. What is my present today will become my past ...
Feledi Project: Liliom, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 5 April
- 5 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Written in 1909,‘Liliom, or the Life and Death of a Villain' captivates audiences everywhere. It tells the story of a powerful and chaotic love affair between a maid and a carousel operator.
It’s a story of misery, raw emotions and fragility. The characters take ownership of their fate and lock themselves in their failures; it is as if they’ve been down the same road a hundred times without ...
Classical Favourites - League of Legends, National Concert Hall Budapest, 4 May
- 4 May 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
There exist certain great and universally-known milestones of classical music that define our entire culture. It is legends like these that take centre stage at this traditional spring concert presented jointly by Klasszik Radio and the Danubia Orchestra.
Szeged Contemporary Dance Company: Black Swan, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 2 May
- 2 May 2024 7:30 PM
- contemporary
The evoked era in the performance coincides with the time of the original premiere of Swan Lake. At the same time the second half of the 19th century was also a period known for the spreading of mental hospitals; patients 'possessed' by animal spirits and treatments of mental illnesses by torture and other bizarre methods.
Angélique Kidjo: Mother Nature - World Music, National Concert Hall, 1 May
- 1 May 2024 7:45 PM
- contemporary
As incredible as it may sound, the multifaceted Afropop star Angélique Kidjo, one of the pivotal African performing artists of the past more than thirty years, is still yet to make an appearance in Hungary.
Until now, that is, as we are fortunate that her tour celebrating a career of over forty years will take her to Müpa Budapest, where the five-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter ...
Badora Dance Company: Melinda, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 30 April
- 30 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Melinda dreamed of a Homeland where she could live in peace. A place that she wouldn’t have to run away from, like she and her two brothers fled their homeland, Spain, because their lives were in danger.
She believed that in Hungary she had found a home where she would never have to be afraid again.
Melinda was wrong.
Melinda dreamed of a husband with whom she would grow old and in ...
'Carmina Burana', Opera House Budapest, 16 April
- 16 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Scenic cantata, in the original languages, with Hungarian and English surtitles.
O Fortuna. Everyone knows the overwhelmingly powerful opening motifs of Carl Orff's most famous work. What fewer people know is that Carmina Burana was not intended to be an oratorical work, but was instead expressly meant for the stage.
This becomes clear from the piece's (originally Latin) subtitle: “Secular ...
Tan Dun: Buddha Passion - Hungarian premiere, National Concert Hall Budapest, 14 April
- 14 Apr 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
Commissioned by the Dresden Music Festival, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, this monumental, six-part Buddha Passion was written in 2018.
The piece has a Chinese and Sanskrit libretto, and employs solo singers, a choir and an orchestra. It was first performed in Dresden by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the ...
Sakura Festival, Fűvészkert Budapest, 13 - 14 April.
- 13 Apr 2024 9:00 AM
- community
This year the Füvészkert Botanical Garden in Hungary's capital is hosting the annual Sakura (national flower of Japan) Celebration of cherry blossom on 13 - 14 April.
FlamenCorazónArte Dance Theatre: Caminos, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 12 April
- 12 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Carmen is the symbol of freedom. Her story is the drama of inextinguishable, uninhibited love.
"Carmen's story, the characters' world of extreme emotions and Bizet's music is very powerful Wherever I go, I take the place, the culture, the faces and the momentswith me forever.
The experiences come with me, just as we also take the past with us. What is my present today will become my past ...
Feledi Project: Liliom, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 5 April
- 5 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Written in 1909,‘Liliom, or the Life and Death of a Villain' captivates audiences everywhere. It tells the story of a powerful and chaotic love affair between a maid and a carousel operator.
It’s a story of misery, raw emotions and fragility. The characters take ownership of their fate and lock themselves in their failures; it is as if they’ve been down the same road a hundred times without ...