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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, National Concert Hall Budapest, 26 June
- 26 Jun 2025 4:00 PM
- classical
It was between composing the first and second parts of the Ring cycle and after completing Tristan und Isolde that Wagner wrote his sole comic opera.
With its medieval setting, of course, this work goes far beyond a typical comic opera: it conveys a philosophy of life married to the composer’s own aesthetic principles. This hugely successful Budapest Wagner Days production is being staged ...
Gallery Concert – The Sound of the Organ in a New Dimension, National Concert Hall Budapest, 19 May
- 19 May 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
One hundred instruments played by a single person: what is this all about? The organ is one of the most multifaceted instruments in existence. Now, in the Gallery Concerts series, it will be placed in a new light, both literally and figuratively.
After the canopy above our heads descends, the audience in the gallery will enjoy an unparalleled acoustic experience as they listen to pieces from ...
MÁV Symphony Orchestra: Travels in Italy, National Concert Hall Budapest, 14 May
- 14 May 2025 7:30 PM
- classical
This concert by the MÁV Symphony Orchestra offer a voyage across Italy, first by evoking the celebrated 19th-century double bass virtuoso Giovanni Bottesini with an instrumental excerpt from a Romantic opera of his.
Next comes Ottorino Respighi’s Violin Concerto, inspired by early Christian and Gregorian music. We will conclude with Richard Strauss’s atmospherically rich symphonic poem Aus ...
Bach Marathon with Monika Kecskés, National Concert Hall Budapest, 3 May
- 3 May 2025 5:30 PM
- classical
Bach24 returns! Ten years after the last similar marathon and on occasion of the 340th anniversary of the composer’s birth, Müpa Budapest is once again hosting a 24-hour “Bach shift” from 9 pm on 2 May to 9 pm on 3 May, during the course of which all of Johann Sebastian’s organ works will be performed by musicians young and old, and from Hungary and abroad, on the world-famous instrument in the ...
Random Trip – Divas and Guitarists, Festival Theatre Budapest, 28 April
- 28 Apr 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Tickets to the 16 March Random Trip event that marks Müpa Budapest’s birthday, entitled Time Zones, sold out in seconds.
In view of the huge demand to see one of the country’s most exciting musical projects, Random Trip will be performing another, completely new show, in an even more spacious setting.
This special evening will see charismatic divas and virtuoso guitarists joining forces ...
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 ...
The Legacy of Wayne Shorter, National Concert Hall Budapest, 26 March
- 26 Mar 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Wayne Shorter made his name as a musician in the legendary era of jazz history, before also developing into a true legend himself. Shorter created timeless work at every stage in his career as both a composer and saxophonist.
Arguably the peak of his musical journey, however, came with his quartet alongside Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade. Across 21 years, Shorter’s group won two ...
Femi Kuti & Positive Force, National Concert Hall Budapest, 9 March
- 9 Mar 2025 5:30 PM
- contemporary
Femi Kuti is the oldest son of the Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, though naturally it is not only through his father that Femi has become a well-known and highly acclaimed musician, composer and civil rights activist.
Femi Kuti is a major artist who has brought his spiritual heritage into the modern day and moulded it into a 21st-century form. Femi founded his own band Positive Force in 1980, and ...
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, National Concert Hall Budapest, 26 June
- 26 Jun 2025 4:00 PM
- classical
It was between composing the first and second parts of the Ring cycle and after completing Tristan und Isolde that Wagner wrote his sole comic opera.
With its medieval setting, of course, this work goes far beyond a typical comic opera: it conveys a philosophy of life married to the composer’s own aesthetic principles. This hugely successful Budapest Wagner Days production is being staged ...
Gallery Concert – The Sound of the Organ in a New Dimension, National Concert Hall Budapest, 19 May
- 19 May 2025 7:00 PM
- classical
One hundred instruments played by a single person: what is this all about? The organ is one of the most multifaceted instruments in existence. Now, in the Gallery Concerts series, it will be placed in a new light, both literally and figuratively.
After the canopy above our heads descends, the audience in the gallery will enjoy an unparalleled acoustic experience as they listen to pieces from ...
MÁV Symphony Orchestra: Travels in Italy, National Concert Hall Budapest, 14 May
- 14 May 2025 7:30 PM
- classical
This concert by the MÁV Symphony Orchestra offer a voyage across Italy, first by evoking the celebrated 19th-century double bass virtuoso Giovanni Bottesini with an instrumental excerpt from a Romantic opera of his.
Next comes Ottorino Respighi’s Violin Concerto, inspired by early Christian and Gregorian music. We will conclude with Richard Strauss’s atmospherically rich symphonic poem Aus ...
Bach Marathon with Monika Kecskés, National Concert Hall Budapest, 3 May
- 3 May 2025 5:30 PM
- classical
Bach24 returns! Ten years after the last similar marathon and on occasion of the 340th anniversary of the composer’s birth, Müpa Budapest is once again hosting a 24-hour “Bach shift” from 9 pm on 2 May to 9 pm on 3 May, during the course of which all of Johann Sebastian’s organ works will be performed by musicians young and old, and from Hungary and abroad, on the world-famous instrument in the ...
Random Trip – Divas and Guitarists, Festival Theatre Budapest, 28 April
- 28 Apr 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Tickets to the 16 March Random Trip event that marks Müpa Budapest’s birthday, entitled Time Zones, sold out in seconds.
In view of the huge demand to see one of the country’s most exciting musical projects, Random Trip will be performing another, completely new show, in an even more spacious setting.
This special evening will see charismatic divas and virtuoso guitarists joining forces ...
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 ...
The Legacy of Wayne Shorter, National Concert Hall Budapest, 26 March
- 26 Mar 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Wayne Shorter made his name as a musician in the legendary era of jazz history, before also developing into a true legend himself. Shorter created timeless work at every stage in his career as both a composer and saxophonist.
Arguably the peak of his musical journey, however, came with his quartet alongside Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade. Across 21 years, Shorter’s group won two ...
Femi Kuti & Positive Force, National Concert Hall Budapest, 9 March
- 9 Mar 2025 5:30 PM
- contemporary
Femi Kuti is the oldest son of the Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, though naturally it is not only through his father that Femi has become a well-known and highly acclaimed musician, composer and civil rights activist.
Femi Kuti is a major artist who has brought his spiritual heritage into the modern day and moulded it into a 21st-century form. Femi founded his own band Positive Force in 1980, and ...