• Popular Hungarian Bandleader Benkó Dies

    • 17 Dec 2015 8:00 AM

    Clarinet player Sándor Benkó, founder of the popular Benkó Dixieland Band, died on Tuesday at the age of 75, his family announced. Benkó started the group while a high school student in 1957. Its first album was certified a gold disc. The band toured the world, took part in many music festivals and received numerous awards. The band has no fewer than 1,800 professional recordings.

  • Domingo Sings At Budapest Opera For The First Time

    • 12 Dec 2015 8:04 AM

    Exclusive Christmas Offer Until 6 January, 2016 on http://www.opera.hu/v/shakespeare-ball/. <br><br> On 6 February, 2016 the special guest star of the Shakespeare Ball organized by the Hungarian State Opera is Plácido Domingo. One important feature of the ball revived in 2014 is that the greatest figures of the world of opera and ballet are invited to this exclusive event. The appearance of Domingo is extraordinary as it is the first time this significant personality of the classical music scene of the 20th and 21st centuries sings on the stage of the Opera House for the first time.

  • Video: Christmas Mood On Budapest Trams

    • 10 Dec 2015 8:11 AM

    Christmas trams, "LightTrams", are back again for for the 7th time this holiday season in Budapest, as it is now a tradition to complement the beauty of the seasonally decorated city until 6 January.