23 result(s) for theatre festival in Events
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall, 29 April
- 29 Apr 2024 7:45 PM
- contemporary
"A three-course gourmet menu,” was how the critic from Bachtrack described the concert conducted by Paavo Järvi, which featured pieces by Sibelius, Tüür and Beethoven. The Grammy Award-winning Estonian-American conductor joins the BFO for a similarly exciting program.
The evening opens with a concert overture-like piece by Erkki-Sven Tüür. The tension of the modern sounding style will be ...
Event Not Just for Kids: 'Brass Circus', Festival Theatre Budapest, 22 April
- 22 Apr 2024 1:00 PM
- classical
This year in April, the Brass Circus awaits children aged 10-14 at Müpa Budapest for a show that is inspired by circus performances and explores the boundaries between music and the art of movement, interwoven with plenty of play and lots of humour. Enhanced by Csaba Méhes's mime artistry, the Brass in the Five brass quintet once again promises an unforgettable shared experience for the youthful ...
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 ...
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 ...
Branka Básits: 'My Csép' - Record Release Concert, Festival Theatre Budapest, 21 February
- 21 Feb 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
Branka Básits is in the fortunate position of having been born in a village with a rich folk music tradition.
And the singer takes advantage of this favorable circumstance: recognising the value of the ancestral cultural heritage that nourished her, she has published her debut album Én Csépem (‘My Csép'), based on her own collections.
Branka has reshaped Szigetcsép's Serbian folk music ...
Budapest Klezmer Band, Dohány Street Synagogue Budapest, 3 September
- 3 Sep 2023 8:00 PM
- contemporary
According to the legendary Ferenc ’Fegya’ Jávori, founder of the now no less legendary Budapest Klezmer Band, „klezmer is a mirror of the relationship between peoples”. Let us add: these peoples are the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe, i.e. Hungarians, Romanians, Slavs and, of course, Jews. But they are Eastern European, multilingual, Yiddish-speaking Jews who were destroyed in the ...
Bánkitó Festival, Bánk, 13 - 15 July
- 13 Jul 2023 2:00 PM
- contemporary
Underscored by eco-consciousness, this green focused festival takes place in the village of Bánk, in Nógrád County north of Budapest - the video below shows (with Hungarian commentary) what went on last year.
Along with theatre performances, games and installations, this year it features performances by underground bands Platon Karataev and Csaknekedkislány.
'The Rhinegold', Palace of Arts Budapest, 15 June
- 15 Jun 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Das Rheingold is the introduction to the storyline, depicting the central conflict. Starting from a primeval state of peace, the opera shows how the original sin was committed, triggering a chain of events that eventually lead to complete annihilation.
Over and over again, one is haunted by the suspicion that the myth is not about gods, giants and dwarfs, but about ourselves: it is not so ...
Recirquel Budapest My Land, Festival Theatre Budapest, 2 June
- 2 Jun 2023 7:00 PM
- contemporary
An award-winner when premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2018. ‘My Land’ shows acclaimed contemporary circus company Recirquel at their very best, exploring the connection between human beings and their homeland.
Starring an all-Ukrainian cast, seven acrobats with outstanding circus skills, this challenging, science-defying show was directed by Recirquel founder and graduate of the Liverpool ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall, 29 April
- 29 Apr 2024 7:45 PM
- contemporary
"A three-course gourmet menu,” was how the critic from Bachtrack described the concert conducted by Paavo Järvi, which featured pieces by Sibelius, Tüür and Beethoven. The Grammy Award-winning Estonian-American conductor joins the BFO for a similarly exciting program.
The evening opens with a concert overture-like piece by Erkki-Sven Tüür. The tension of the modern sounding style will be ...
Event Not Just for Kids: 'Brass Circus', Festival Theatre Budapest, 22 April
- 22 Apr 2024 1:00 PM
- classical
This year in April, the Brass Circus awaits children aged 10-14 at Müpa Budapest for a show that is inspired by circus performances and explores the boundaries between music and the art of movement, interwoven with plenty of play and lots of humour. Enhanced by Csaba Méhes's mime artistry, the Brass in the Five brass quintet once again promises an unforgettable shared experience for the youthful ...
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 ...
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 ...
Branka Básits: 'My Csép' - Record Release Concert, Festival Theatre Budapest, 21 February
- 21 Feb 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
Branka Básits is in the fortunate position of having been born in a village with a rich folk music tradition.
And the singer takes advantage of this favorable circumstance: recognising the value of the ancestral cultural heritage that nourished her, she has published her debut album Én Csépem (‘My Csép'), based on her own collections.
Branka has reshaped Szigetcsép's Serbian folk music ...
Budapest Klezmer Band, Dohány Street Synagogue Budapest, 3 September
- 3 Sep 2023 8:00 PM
- contemporary
According to the legendary Ferenc ’Fegya’ Jávori, founder of the now no less legendary Budapest Klezmer Band, „klezmer is a mirror of the relationship between peoples”. Let us add: these peoples are the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe, i.e. Hungarians, Romanians, Slavs and, of course, Jews. But they are Eastern European, multilingual, Yiddish-speaking Jews who were destroyed in the ...
Bánkitó Festival, Bánk, 13 - 15 July
- 13 Jul 2023 2:00 PM
- contemporary
Underscored by eco-consciousness, this green focused festival takes place in the village of Bánk, in Nógrád County north of Budapest - the video below shows (with Hungarian commentary) what went on last year.
Along with theatre performances, games and installations, this year it features performances by underground bands Platon Karataev and Csaknekedkislány.
'The Rhinegold', Palace of Arts Budapest, 15 June
- 15 Jun 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Das Rheingold is the introduction to the storyline, depicting the central conflict. Starting from a primeval state of peace, the opera shows how the original sin was committed, triggering a chain of events that eventually lead to complete annihilation.
Over and over again, one is haunted by the suspicion that the myth is not about gods, giants and dwarfs, but about ourselves: it is not so ...
Recirquel Budapest My Land, Festival Theatre Budapest, 2 June
- 2 Jun 2023 7:00 PM
- contemporary
An award-winner when premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2018. ‘My Land’ shows acclaimed contemporary circus company Recirquel at their very best, exploring the connection between human beings and their homeland.
Starring an all-Ukrainian cast, seven acrobats with outstanding circus skills, this challenging, science-defying show was directed by Recirquel founder and graduate of the Liverpool ...