288 result(s) for the festival orchestra
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble Is Touring The US, Has Ambitious Plans
- 3 Dec 2013 12:00 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble is touring the United States; there will be a concert to help elderly musicians who are stewards of traditions; a new full-size program featuring dances from Sub-Carpathia will be compiled; and decision has been made to expand the Museum of Applied Folk Art. We have interviewed László Kelemen, director-general of the Hungarian Heritage House in Budapest.
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra (US), A38 Ship Budapest, 10 November
- 28 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Amanda Palmer, formerly of the Dresden Dolls, returns with her brand new band The Grand Theft Orchestra’ Amanda Palmer, who by misfortune had to cancel her spirng tour is coming live and kicking in autumn to the Ship! Amanda often compared to Lady Gaga, is actually a much harsher personality and a more profound musician, who will take you onto a punk cabaret ride where you will see early XXth ...
The Night Of Contemporary Galleries In Budapest, 17 October
- 17 Oct 2013 10:40 AM
- community & culture
Organized with the participation of more than twenty art galleries, the Night of Contemporary Galleries turns the white cube into an agora, a marketplace of the intellect that encourages the exchange of ideas and impulses, a place that is dominated not by the objects that “speak for themselves,” but by the moods, sentiments and ideas they prompt. With doors thrown wide open, the galleries await ...
Jazz Lovers Guide To Budapest For October 2013
- 3 Oct 2013 10:35 AM
- entertainment
Beautiful collisions of screaming horns, deep bass beats, soulful guitars, and other instruments of transcendent audio chaos continually reverberate across Budapest’s diverse jazz soundscape. This month boogies with an especially bountiful selection of jazz performances by local musicians and acclaimed international acts, happening in venues ranging from the country’s grandest music hall to ...
Season Highlights At Hungarian State Opera & Erkel Theatre In Budapest
- 19 Sep 2013 12:45 PM
- community & culture
Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff - Comic opera in three acts - Première 21 September: A combined marvel of creative force, of the serene wisdom of advanced age and of artistic renewal. Giuseppe Verdi’s final opera is denser, richer and more entertaining – and more worthy of the spirit of Shakespeare – than is the playwright’s original comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor. The message from a nearly 80-old ...
Invitation: Czech Contemporary Evening With Budapest Festival Orchestra, 19 September
- 17 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Born in 1959, Martin Smolka is one of the leading figures on the Czech music scene. He describes the piece here, composed in 2007, as “a poetical idea of angels sitting in their angelic cars and sounding their horns, reminding us of Jericho’s trumpets.” In 2011, František Chaloupka (born 1981) took part in a workshop in Frankfurt led by Péter Eötvös and the Ensemble Modern, which focused on the ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Figaro Is “Crazy Good”
- 28 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The “Le Nozze di Figaro” staged concerts conducted and directed by Iván Fischer with the Budapest Festival Orchestra was considered as “highlight of the New York opera season” by The New York Times. After the major triumph of the 2011 debut of an extraordinary Don Giovanni Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra once again received standing ovations and were highly praised by the press.
Day 3 - Daily Recommender – Sziget Festival Budapest
- 9 Aug 2013 8:01 AM
- entertainment
On Friday Sziget will bring legends, big comebacks and some of the freshest new acts around on every stage, once again. To help you find your way among the names and stages here’s our recommender for Friday!
Holland Meets Hungary At Sziget Festival 2013
- 19 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget Festival is happy to announce that the Holland meets Hungary stage is once again part of the event’s program. The aim of this venue is to enable an open-minded cooperation between Dutch and Hungarian artists, including concerts, jam sessions, dance performances and DJ sets.
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble Is Touring The US, Has Ambitious Plans
- 3 Dec 2013 12:00 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble is touring the United States; there will be a concert to help elderly musicians who are stewards of traditions; a new full-size program featuring dances from Sub-Carpathia will be compiled; and decision has been made to expand the Museum of Applied Folk Art. We have interviewed László Kelemen, director-general of the Hungarian Heritage House in Budapest.
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra (US), A38 Ship Budapest, 10 November
- 28 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Amanda Palmer, formerly of the Dresden Dolls, returns with her brand new band The Grand Theft Orchestra’ Amanda Palmer, who by misfortune had to cancel her spirng tour is coming live and kicking in autumn to the Ship! Amanda often compared to Lady Gaga, is actually a much harsher personality and a more profound musician, who will take you onto a punk cabaret ride where you will see early XXth ...
The Night Of Contemporary Galleries In Budapest, 17 October
- 17 Oct 2013 10:40 AM
- community & culture
Organized with the participation of more than twenty art galleries, the Night of Contemporary Galleries turns the white cube into an agora, a marketplace of the intellect that encourages the exchange of ideas and impulses, a place that is dominated not by the objects that “speak for themselves,” but by the moods, sentiments and ideas they prompt. With doors thrown wide open, the galleries await ...
Jazz Lovers Guide To Budapest For October 2013
- 3 Oct 2013 10:35 AM
- entertainment
Beautiful collisions of screaming horns, deep bass beats, soulful guitars, and other instruments of transcendent audio chaos continually reverberate across Budapest’s diverse jazz soundscape. This month boogies with an especially bountiful selection of jazz performances by local musicians and acclaimed international acts, happening in venues ranging from the country’s grandest music hall to ...
Season Highlights At Hungarian State Opera & Erkel Theatre In Budapest
- 19 Sep 2013 12:45 PM
- community & culture
Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff - Comic opera in three acts - Première 21 September: A combined marvel of creative force, of the serene wisdom of advanced age and of artistic renewal. Giuseppe Verdi’s final opera is denser, richer and more entertaining – and more worthy of the spirit of Shakespeare – than is the playwright’s original comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor. The message from a nearly 80-old ...
Invitation: Czech Contemporary Evening With Budapest Festival Orchestra, 19 September
- 17 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Born in 1959, Martin Smolka is one of the leading figures on the Czech music scene. He describes the piece here, composed in 2007, as “a poetical idea of angels sitting in their angelic cars and sounding their horns, reminding us of Jericho’s trumpets.” In 2011, František Chaloupka (born 1981) took part in a workshop in Frankfurt led by Péter Eötvös and the Ensemble Modern, which focused on the ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Figaro Is “Crazy Good”
- 28 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The “Le Nozze di Figaro” staged concerts conducted and directed by Iván Fischer with the Budapest Festival Orchestra was considered as “highlight of the New York opera season” by The New York Times. After the major triumph of the 2011 debut of an extraordinary Don Giovanni Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra once again received standing ovations and were highly praised by the press.
Day 3 - Daily Recommender – Sziget Festival Budapest
- 9 Aug 2013 8:01 AM
- entertainment
On Friday Sziget will bring legends, big comebacks and some of the freshest new acts around on every stage, once again. To help you find your way among the names and stages here’s our recommender for Friday!
Holland Meets Hungary At Sziget Festival 2013
- 19 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget Festival is happy to announce that the Holland meets Hungary stage is once again part of the event’s program. The aim of this venue is to enable an open-minded cooperation between Dutch and Hungarian artists, including concerts, jam sessions, dance performances and DJ sets.