25 result(s) for theatre festival in Events
World Music: Samurai Drive and the Crazy 88, Festival Theatre Budapest, 8 June
- 8 Jun 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The duo of singer and guitarist Soma Nóvé, well-known in Hungary from the bands Middlemist Red and Mordái, and Dániel Riederauer, an electronics and bass guitar player, first performed as Samurai Drive in 2019.
Their eponymous debut album, released in 2020, paid tribute to the atmosphere of midnight cinemas in an encounter between electronic music, blues, new wave sounds and a film noir ...
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 ...
Duna Art Ensemble: Székely Gate, Festival Theatre Budapest, 28 May
- 28 May 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
A Székely gate is a symbol of ancient power, faith, hope, belonging to God, a channel of communication between heaven and earth. Its three posts represent the unity of body, soul and spirit, and its carvings are symbols that render protection, grace and blessing.
The Duna Art Ensemble drew inspiration for its production from this wonderful, richly meaningful construction. The creators want ...
Album Launch Concert Tamás Molnár, Festival Theatre Budapest, 12 May
- 12 May 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
Tamás Molnár returns to the stage of the Festival Theatre with intimate acoustic songs, hits evoking a true festival atmosphere, cinematic musical techniques and an amazing stage show.
The launch of the second solo album from this multiple award-winning singer/songwriter active since the '00s promises to be an unforgettable concert experience, thanks to brand-new songs, the bravura leaps from ...
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.
World Music: Samurai Drive and the Crazy 88, Festival Theatre Budapest, 8 June
- 8 Jun 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The duo of singer and guitarist Soma Nóvé, well-known in Hungary from the bands Middlemist Red and Mordái, and Dániel Riederauer, an electronics and bass guitar player, first performed as Samurai Drive in 2019.
Their eponymous debut album, released in 2020, paid tribute to the atmosphere of midnight cinemas in an encounter between electronic music, blues, new wave sounds and a film noir ...
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 ...
Duna Art Ensemble: Székely Gate, Festival Theatre Budapest, 28 May
- 28 May 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
A Székely gate is a symbol of ancient power, faith, hope, belonging to God, a channel of communication between heaven and earth. Its three posts represent the unity of body, soul and spirit, and its carvings are symbols that render protection, grace and blessing.
The Duna Art Ensemble drew inspiration for its production from this wonderful, richly meaningful construction. The creators want ...
Album Launch Concert Tamás Molnár, Festival Theatre Budapest, 12 May
- 12 May 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
Tamás Molnár returns to the stage of the Festival Theatre with intimate acoustic songs, hits evoking a true festival atmosphere, cinematic musical techniques and an amazing stage show.
The launch of the second solo album from this multiple award-winning singer/songwriter active since the '00s promises to be an unforgettable concert experience, thanks to brand-new songs, the bravura leaps from ...
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.