137 result(s) for soloists
Budapest Festival Orchestra Reopens, Season Passes Go On Sale For Next Season
- 11 May 2021 4:02 PM
- community & culture
“We are very much looking forward to being able to play in front of a live audience again,” says BFO music director Iván Fischer, who has once again compiled a diverse program for the upcoming 2021-2022 season, featuring familiar works as well as exciting new pieces.
Unforeseen Consequences Concert By Mikamo Chamber Orchestra, Budapest Music Center, 2 May
- 2 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
The soloists of the double clarinet concerto of Péter Eötvös draw acrobatic, levitating curves with parallels and connecting phrases to create an energized and witty musical theatre.
The program features two world premieres. Péter Tornyai’s string orchestra piece plays with the space of the concert hall. Ajtony Csaba’s Ballade for ensemble and solo voice uses a text of Hungarian contemporary ...
Gergely Madaras, Savaria Symphony Orchestra, Palace Of Arts, 10 April
- 10 Apr 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
This concert represents an opportunity to discover two young soloists, a pianist and a flautist, and also offers a unique chance to see the Savaria Symphony Orchestra, a Hungarian symphonic ensemble from outside Budapest.
The flute concerto that appears on the programme is also a rare treat. Conductor Gergely Madaras (1984) has purposely been left off the list of discoveries as he needs no ...
John Eliot Gardiner With English Baroque Soloists, Palace Of Arts, 4 April
- 4 Apr 2021 7:00 PM
- classical
Thirteen years after a thrilling performance, John Eliot Gardiner returns with the St John Passion to Müpa Budapest. If he is the doyen of the early music movement, the world-famous conductor continues to be characterized by a tireless curiosity and energetic attitude.
His albums have lost none of their freshness; made over three decades ago, his first recording of the St John Passion is ...
Requiem, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 12 March
- 12 Mar 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Although in the last 30 years it was quite unusual for a symphony orchestra to start a concert with works by Bach, 20 years earlier this would not have been surprising at all. With the spread of the historically informed performance movement, modern orchestras 'withdrew' from the Baroque repertoire. Today, however, they are reclaiming this area.
The second half of the Hungarian National ...
Classic Music Of The 20th + 21st Centuries, Liszt Academy Budapest, 11 March
- 11 Mar 2021 7:30 PM
- contemporary
The recently established, multinational Alban Berg Ensemble is made up of superb soloists capable of tackling performances demanding a wide variety of instruments. In their choice of name, however, they are predestined to perform primarily Viennese Modernist works.
This they do with Arnold Schönberg’s work dating from 1906, which, however, represents the composer’s early output. With his ...
New Bartók Spring Festival In Budapest To Feature International Stars
- 4 Mar 2021 9:06 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Hungary will launch a new festival celebrating 20th century composer-pianist Béla Bartók this spring, the director of the Palace of Arts (MÜPA), the festival organiser, said.
Opera Live: Terzet-Trio, From Eiffel Studio, 1 March
- 1 Mar 2021 8:00 PM
- classical
This programme entitled Terzett-Trio-Trois gives the chance to the Opera Chrous (chorus master: Gábor Csiki) to sing choral pieces and the Opera Orchestra (general music director: Balázs Kocsár) to play chamber concerts. The 60-90 minute shows are a great opportunity for the artists to prove themselves as soloists as well.
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
- 26 Feb 2021 8:30 PM
- classical
The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra will give an online concert at the Budapest Music Center on February 26 featuring outstanding young talents who have already performed on the important stages of Hungarian classical music life.
The youngest of the soloists is only 11 years old, and all of them have been recognized with numerous awards, with some of them even performing at the famous Carnegie ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra Reopens, Season Passes Go On Sale For Next Season
- 11 May 2021 4:02 PM
- community & culture
“We are very much looking forward to being able to play in front of a live audience again,” says BFO music director Iván Fischer, who has once again compiled a diverse program for the upcoming 2021-2022 season, featuring familiar works as well as exciting new pieces.
Unforeseen Consequences Concert By Mikamo Chamber Orchestra, Budapest Music Center, 2 May
- 2 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
The soloists of the double clarinet concerto of Péter Eötvös draw acrobatic, levitating curves with parallels and connecting phrases to create an energized and witty musical theatre.
The program features two world premieres. Péter Tornyai’s string orchestra piece plays with the space of the concert hall. Ajtony Csaba’s Ballade for ensemble and solo voice uses a text of Hungarian contemporary ...
Gergely Madaras, Savaria Symphony Orchestra, Palace Of Arts, 10 April
- 10 Apr 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
This concert represents an opportunity to discover two young soloists, a pianist and a flautist, and also offers a unique chance to see the Savaria Symphony Orchestra, a Hungarian symphonic ensemble from outside Budapest.
The flute concerto that appears on the programme is also a rare treat. Conductor Gergely Madaras (1984) has purposely been left off the list of discoveries as he needs no ...
John Eliot Gardiner With English Baroque Soloists, Palace Of Arts, 4 April
- 4 Apr 2021 7:00 PM
- classical
Thirteen years after a thrilling performance, John Eliot Gardiner returns with the St John Passion to Müpa Budapest. If he is the doyen of the early music movement, the world-famous conductor continues to be characterized by a tireless curiosity and energetic attitude.
His albums have lost none of their freshness; made over three decades ago, his first recording of the St John Passion is ...
Requiem, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 12 March
- 12 Mar 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Although in the last 30 years it was quite unusual for a symphony orchestra to start a concert with works by Bach, 20 years earlier this would not have been surprising at all. With the spread of the historically informed performance movement, modern orchestras 'withdrew' from the Baroque repertoire. Today, however, they are reclaiming this area.
The second half of the Hungarian National ...
Classic Music Of The 20th + 21st Centuries, Liszt Academy Budapest, 11 March
- 11 Mar 2021 7:30 PM
- contemporary
The recently established, multinational Alban Berg Ensemble is made up of superb soloists capable of tackling performances demanding a wide variety of instruments. In their choice of name, however, they are predestined to perform primarily Viennese Modernist works.
This they do with Arnold Schönberg’s work dating from 1906, which, however, represents the composer’s early output. With his ...
New Bartók Spring Festival In Budapest To Feature International Stars
- 4 Mar 2021 9:06 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Hungary will launch a new festival celebrating 20th century composer-pianist Béla Bartók this spring, the director of the Palace of Arts (MÜPA), the festival organiser, said.
Opera Live: Terzet-Trio, From Eiffel Studio, 1 March
- 1 Mar 2021 8:00 PM
- classical
This programme entitled Terzett-Trio-Trois gives the chance to the Opera Chrous (chorus master: Gábor Csiki) to sing choral pieces and the Opera Orchestra (general music director: Balázs Kocsár) to play chamber concerts. The 60-90 minute shows are a great opportunity for the artists to prove themselves as soloists as well.
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
- 26 Feb 2021 8:30 PM
- classical
The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra will give an online concert at the Budapest Music Center on February 26 featuring outstanding young talents who have already performed on the important stages of Hungarian classical music life.
The youngest of the soloists is only 11 years old, and all of them have been recognized with numerous awards, with some of them even performing at the famous Carnegie ...