293 result(s) for the festival orchestra
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 Conductor Ivan Fischer Became Honorary Member Of Royal Academy Of Music
- 1 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Ivan Fischer, Music Director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Konzerthaus Berlin, was awarded with an Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music. The Honorary Membership is limited to 300 persons; Mendelssohn, Liszt, Stravinsky and Casals are amongst those who received this honour.
VOLT Festival Hungary Program Is Complete - Starts On 3 July
- 28 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Only three weeks before the 21st VOLT Festival, the organizers revealed the program of 10 new venues. Such venues will enrich the time at VOLT as a wine festival, gastronomic experiences, talkfests, presentations, new music venues, amusement park, fine art studio and for the first time a theater. Thanks to the main sponsor, we can enter festival on a giants slide. Telekom also sponsors the live ...
Flooding Delays Margaret Island's Open-Air Theatre Opening In Budapest
- 7 Jun 2013 9:06 AM
- community & culture
In accordance with the Local and National Government ordered flood emergency and the evacuation of Margaret Island due to vis major / acts of God, the “superior forces of nature”, the Open-air Stage regretfully announces the cancellation of the following outdoor stage performances in June: Verdi&Wagner 200 - festive opening concert (14 June), Balkan Fanatik (15 June), Freedom Day (19 June), ...
Invitation: Jazzy Tower Concerts, Margaret Island Budapest This Summer
- 27 May 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
We are expecting our guests, who desires for memorable moments of a magical summer night in the court of the Water Tower. Among the performers, there will be the most famous Hungarian jazz, folk, soul and swing musicians, singers and bands.
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 Conductor Ivan Fischer Became Honorary Member Of Royal Academy Of Music
- 1 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Ivan Fischer, Music Director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Konzerthaus Berlin, was awarded with an Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music. The Honorary Membership is limited to 300 persons; Mendelssohn, Liszt, Stravinsky and Casals are amongst those who received this honour.
VOLT Festival Hungary Program Is Complete - Starts On 3 July
- 28 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Only three weeks before the 21st VOLT Festival, the organizers revealed the program of 10 new venues. Such venues will enrich the time at VOLT as a wine festival, gastronomic experiences, talkfests, presentations, new music venues, amusement park, fine art studio and for the first time a theater. Thanks to the main sponsor, we can enter festival on a giants slide. Telekom also sponsors the live ...
Flooding Delays Margaret Island's Open-Air Theatre Opening In Budapest
- 7 Jun 2013 9:06 AM
- community & culture
In accordance with the Local and National Government ordered flood emergency and the evacuation of Margaret Island due to vis major / acts of God, the “superior forces of nature”, the Open-air Stage regretfully announces the cancellation of the following outdoor stage performances in June: Verdi&Wagner 200 - festive opening concert (14 June), Balkan Fanatik (15 June), Freedom Day (19 June), ...
Invitation: Jazzy Tower Concerts, Margaret Island Budapest This Summer
- 27 May 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
We are expecting our guests, who desires for memorable moments of a magical summer night in the court of the Water Tower. Among the performers, there will be the most famous Hungarian jazz, folk, soul and swing musicians, singers and bands.