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Messa per Rossini, National Concert Hall Budapest
- 1 Nov 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
When Rossini died in 1868, Verdi urged his compatriots to compose a requiem in memory of the departed master, with each composer taking on a single movement.
The work was completed, but the originally planned premiere fell through, and it was not until 1988 that it was first played, in Stuttgart, with Helmuth Rilling conducting.
At this All Saints’ Day concert, the Müpa Budapest audience ...
The Magic Flute, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 31 October
- 31 Oct 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
The Magic Flute is a fable-like story, full of twists and turns. It can be analysed separately in its layers, and we have seen it in countless adaptations and interpretations.
This time, we’re exploring the stages of growing up, the difficulties of finding a partner, the external and internal contradictions involved, and we’re also highlighting the possible consequences of these obstacles. ...
Live Broadcast - Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann, Palace of Arts Budapest, 6 October
- 6 Oct 2024 6:00 PM
- classical
The subject matter is far from the only thing that promises to make this performance of Offenbach’s last work for the stage so fantastic, as we will get to hear some wonderful singers when Bartlett Sher’s captivating 2009 production of Tales of Hoffmann returns to the Met’s series of HD transmissions. The title role of the poet escaping into alcohol goes to today’s top French tenor, Benjamin ...
Gustav Mahler: Symphony no. 8, Opera House Budapest, 1 October
- 1 Oct 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Concert performance in Latin and German with Hungarian, English, and original-language subtitles
Thanks to the spectacular development of our Orchestra and Chorus, since 2020 we have been able to perform Mahler’s enormous creation at the beginning of each season as a sort of preparation. Each year, it is directed by a different conductor. The work was last performed in Hungary 13 years before ...
Duch Focus: Ponga, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 19 September
- 19 Sep 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Ponga is a music group that thrives on the possibilities of free improvisation, which is at the core of everything they play. Their performances blend compositional forms, infectious grooves, and unconventional melodies, often originating from experimentation and free play. In Ponga, every member of the trio – violist Yanna Pelser, guitarist Timon Koomen, and drummer/percussionist Remco Menting – ...
Alto For Two, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 18 September
- 18 Sep 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Alto For Two is a project led by two of the most innovative saxophonists in Europe today: Kika Sprangers and Irene Reig, and it features a repertoire of their own compositions.
The coming together of these two artists, with their unique musical backgrounds, results in an eclectic and distinctive musical offering with a varied sound palette translated into the quintet format. Alto For Two just ...
Hungarian Rhapsody, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 13 September
- 13 Sep 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Rhapsody as a genre is characterized by caprice and the passionate undulation of emotion, thoughts, and the freedom of expression. Hungarian Rhapsody incorporates all of the peculiarities of thegenre, relying on tradition, and drawing inspiration from it, to create a special and unique dance rhapsody.
The colorful diversity of the Hungarian peasant traditions appear in dynamically alternating ...
Mao Legendary Albums - Bill Evans: Waltz For Debby, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 10 September
- 10 Sep 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The trio led by the father of modern jazz piano, Bill Evans (1929-1980) forms a pinnacle of jazz history unlike no other, especially in the outstanding line-up of Scott La Faro on bass and Paul Motian on drums.
They regarded each other as equal as no other group ever before them.
The fourth LP of the trio is based on the recording they made in 1961 at the Village Vanguard, New York, a part ...
György Orbán & His Students, Festival Theatre Budapest, 4 June
- 4 Jun 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
György Orbán taught composition and music theory at Budapest's Liszt Academy between 1982 and 2009.
The three composers whose works we will hear alongside those of their teacher are not only linked to Orbán as students, but also continuously exploit the intellectual capital they received from him. To open the concert, Levente Gyöngyösi will conduct his ensemble Seventeen
Singers in choral ...
Messa per Rossini, National Concert Hall Budapest
- 1 Nov 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
When Rossini died in 1868, Verdi urged his compatriots to compose a requiem in memory of the departed master, with each composer taking on a single movement.
The work was completed, but the originally planned premiere fell through, and it was not until 1988 that it was first played, in Stuttgart, with Helmuth Rilling conducting.
At this All Saints’ Day concert, the Müpa Budapest audience ...
The Magic Flute, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 31 October
- 31 Oct 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
The Magic Flute is a fable-like story, full of twists and turns. It can be analysed separately in its layers, and we have seen it in countless adaptations and interpretations.
This time, we’re exploring the stages of growing up, the difficulties of finding a partner, the external and internal contradictions involved, and we’re also highlighting the possible consequences of these obstacles. ...
Live Broadcast - Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann, Palace of Arts Budapest, 6 October
- 6 Oct 2024 6:00 PM
- classical
The subject matter is far from the only thing that promises to make this performance of Offenbach’s last work for the stage so fantastic, as we will get to hear some wonderful singers when Bartlett Sher’s captivating 2009 production of Tales of Hoffmann returns to the Met’s series of HD transmissions. The title role of the poet escaping into alcohol goes to today’s top French tenor, Benjamin ...
Gustav Mahler: Symphony no. 8, Opera House Budapest, 1 October
- 1 Oct 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Concert performance in Latin and German with Hungarian, English, and original-language subtitles
Thanks to the spectacular development of our Orchestra and Chorus, since 2020 we have been able to perform Mahler’s enormous creation at the beginning of each season as a sort of preparation. Each year, it is directed by a different conductor. The work was last performed in Hungary 13 years before ...
Duch Focus: Ponga, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 19 September
- 19 Sep 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Ponga is a music group that thrives on the possibilities of free improvisation, which is at the core of everything they play. Their performances blend compositional forms, infectious grooves, and unconventional melodies, often originating from experimentation and free play. In Ponga, every member of the trio – violist Yanna Pelser, guitarist Timon Koomen, and drummer/percussionist Remco Menting – ...
Alto For Two, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 18 September
- 18 Sep 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Alto For Two is a project led by two of the most innovative saxophonists in Europe today: Kika Sprangers and Irene Reig, and it features a repertoire of their own compositions.
The coming together of these two artists, with their unique musical backgrounds, results in an eclectic and distinctive musical offering with a varied sound palette translated into the quintet format. Alto For Two just ...
Hungarian Rhapsody, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 13 September
- 13 Sep 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Rhapsody as a genre is characterized by caprice and the passionate undulation of emotion, thoughts, and the freedom of expression. Hungarian Rhapsody incorporates all of the peculiarities of thegenre, relying on tradition, and drawing inspiration from it, to create a special and unique dance rhapsody.
The colorful diversity of the Hungarian peasant traditions appear in dynamically alternating ...
Mao Legendary Albums - Bill Evans: Waltz For Debby, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 10 September
- 10 Sep 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The trio led by the father of modern jazz piano, Bill Evans (1929-1980) forms a pinnacle of jazz history unlike no other, especially in the outstanding line-up of Scott La Faro on bass and Paul Motian on drums.
They regarded each other as equal as no other group ever before them.
The fourth LP of the trio is based on the recording they made in 1961 at the Village Vanguard, New York, a part ...
György Orbán & His Students, Festival Theatre Budapest, 4 June
- 4 Jun 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
György Orbán taught composition and music theory at Budapest's Liszt Academy between 1982 and 2009.
The three composers whose works we will hear alongside those of their teacher are not only linked to Orbán as students, but also continuously exploit the intellectual capital they received from him. To open the concert, Levente Gyöngyösi will conduct his ensemble Seventeen
Singers in choral ...