266 result(s) for national concert hall budapest
Omar Faruk Tekbilek & His Ensemble, National Concert Hall, 23 April
- 23 Apr 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Despite growing up surrounded by musical instruments, it took quite a long time for him to eventually settle on a career in music. Always powerfully drawn to the sacred, Omar Faruk Tekbilek is one of Turkey's most influential performers of world music, and at Müpa Budapest in April he will bring new life to the noblest musical traditions of the Middle East.
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 ...
Pure Source - Works by Bartók, National Concert Hall Budapest, 9 April
- 9 Apr 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
Béla Bartók is the most important figure in Hungarian music literature. His folk music collections were indispensable for the following generations' efforts to preserve the values of Hungarian culture: the melodies he recorded continue to define traditional folk and classical music to this day, and keep inspiring the world of jazz and world music.
Bartók was keenly interested in the music of ...
Punnany Massif - Punnany, National Concert Hall Budapest, 27 March
- 27 Mar 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
Hailing from Pécs, Punnany Massif have enjoyed a monumental journey in the 20 action-packed years since the band established from the initial pairing of two MCs, Máté Felcser (RendbenMan) and Roland Farkas (Wolfie) got together in 2003.
By the 2010s, they had won the hearts of the Hungarian masses with their self-blended, trendsetting musical cocktail.
Following their anniversary year in ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 25 March
- 25 Mar 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
One of two surviving Bach passions, the Saint Matthew Passion, which can be considered the zenith of Protestant church music, is often performed today as a purely musical piece, even though it really is an example of applied music at its best, or as Iván Fischer describes it, "a ritual with spiritual content.”
When it was first presented on Good Friday 1727, the work was paused between its ...
Events Related to 15 March Commemoration of 1848 Hungarian Revolution in Budapest
- 14 Mar 2024 7:17 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
On March 15, 1848 - as part of the European revolutionary wave - a revolution broke out in Pest-Buda, and it triumphed without bloodshed with the slogans of national sovereignty and civil transformation ("equality, freedom, brotherhood"). Modern parliamentary Hungary was born, and the process leading to the War of Independence began, aiming to abolish Habsburg rule and achieve independence and ...
Xploring Budapest: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
- 29 Feb 2024 5:57 PM
- getting around
The Franz Liszt Academy of Music often abbreviated as Zeneakadémia in Hungarian, is a music university and a concert hall in Budapest, founded on November 14, 1875.
Al Di Meola & Friends: 'A Night in Budapest', National Concert Hall, 14 & 16 March
- 27 Feb 2024 2:48 PM
- entertainment
This remarkable evening promises an encounter between the dreams of the world-famous guitar virtuoso Al Di Meola and those of Müpa Budapest.
Eliades Ochoa, Palace of Arts Budapest, 29 May
- 16 Feb 2024 11:28 AM
- entertainment
Eliades Ochoa's performance at Müpa Budapest is sure to be one of the most exciting concerts of 2024. Although the Cuban singer/guitarist has been a famous musician in his native country since the 1970s, it was only at the turn of the millennium that the wider world first encountered his name, thanks to the Wim Wenders documentary on the Buena Vista Social Club.
Omar Faruk Tekbilek & His Ensemble, National Concert Hall, 23 April
- 23 Apr 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Despite growing up surrounded by musical instruments, it took quite a long time for him to eventually settle on a career in music. Always powerfully drawn to the sacred, Omar Faruk Tekbilek is one of Turkey's most influential performers of world music, and at Müpa Budapest in April he will bring new life to the noblest musical traditions of the Middle East.
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 ...
Pure Source - Works by Bartók, National Concert Hall Budapest, 9 April
- 9 Apr 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
Béla Bartók is the most important figure in Hungarian music literature. His folk music collections were indispensable for the following generations' efforts to preserve the values of Hungarian culture: the melodies he recorded continue to define traditional folk and classical music to this day, and keep inspiring the world of jazz and world music.
Bartók was keenly interested in the music of ...
Punnany Massif - Punnany, National Concert Hall Budapest, 27 March
- 27 Mar 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
Hailing from Pécs, Punnany Massif have enjoyed a monumental journey in the 20 action-packed years since the band established from the initial pairing of two MCs, Máté Felcser (RendbenMan) and Roland Farkas (Wolfie) got together in 2003.
By the 2010s, they had won the hearts of the Hungarian masses with their self-blended, trendsetting musical cocktail.
Following their anniversary year in ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 25 March
- 25 Mar 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
One of two surviving Bach passions, the Saint Matthew Passion, which can be considered the zenith of Protestant church music, is often performed today as a purely musical piece, even though it really is an example of applied music at its best, or as Iván Fischer describes it, "a ritual with spiritual content.”
When it was first presented on Good Friday 1727, the work was paused between its ...
Events Related to 15 March Commemoration of 1848 Hungarian Revolution in Budapest
- 14 Mar 2024 7:17 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
On March 15, 1848 - as part of the European revolutionary wave - a revolution broke out in Pest-Buda, and it triumphed without bloodshed with the slogans of national sovereignty and civil transformation ("equality, freedom, brotherhood"). Modern parliamentary Hungary was born, and the process leading to the War of Independence began, aiming to abolish Habsburg rule and achieve independence and ...
Xploring Budapest: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
- 29 Feb 2024 5:57 PM
- getting around
The Franz Liszt Academy of Music often abbreviated as Zeneakadémia in Hungarian, is a music university and a concert hall in Budapest, founded on November 14, 1875.
Al Di Meola & Friends: 'A Night in Budapest', National Concert Hall, 14 & 16 March
- 27 Feb 2024 2:48 PM
- entertainment
This remarkable evening promises an encounter between the dreams of the world-famous guitar virtuoso Al Di Meola and those of Müpa Budapest.
Eliades Ochoa, Palace of Arts Budapest, 29 May
- 16 Feb 2024 11:28 AM
- entertainment
Eliades Ochoa's performance at Müpa Budapest is sure to be one of the most exciting concerts of 2024. Although the Cuban singer/guitarist has been a famous musician in his native country since the 1970s, it was only at the turn of the millennium that the wider world first encountered his name, thanks to the Wim Wenders documentary on the Buena Vista Social Club.