373 result(s) for budapest festival orchestra
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall, 26 April
- 26 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 ...
Budapest Dance Festival, National Dance Theatre, 27 April - 11 May
- 26 Apr 2024 4:58 PM
- entertainment
The Budapest Dance Festival is hosting international stars again this year. The two-week festival at the National Dance Theatre will bring together the best of international and national contemporary dance. The most exciting productions from Cuba, Italy and Finland and premieres by the best-known Hungarian dance companies will offer an unmissable programme between 27 April and 11 May.
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 ...
Halsey, Liam Gallagher, Skrillex to Join Headliners at Sziget Fest '24
- 28 Mar 2024 5:23 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- entertainment
Liam Gallagher, Halsey, Skrillex, Janelle Monáe, Raye and Tom Odell are among the nearly fifty acts announced to perform at the Sziget Festival taking place in Budapest from August 7 to 12.
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 ...
'Budapest Wagner Days', Palace of Arts, 14 - 29 June
- 19 Mar 2024 7:28 AM
- community & culture
“No Tickets for Bayreuth? Budapest Has a Wagner Festival, Too.” So read the headline from the effusive 2013 New York Times review of the Budapest Wagner Days.
Annual Spring Festival in Budapest To Feature Over 40 Events
- 8 Mar 2024 7:02 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
The Budapest Spring Festival will feature over forty events at thirty venues, including theatres, exhibition and concert halls between April 29 and May 12.
Rhoda Scott Concert, Dohány Street Synagogue Budapest, 10 March
- 4 Mar 2024 5:28 AM
- entertainment
Organisers are delighted to announce the highly anticipated event, the "Masters & Pieces" concert, featuring four living legends: Rhoda Scott, the Queen of the Hammond organ, Roby Lakatos, the father of "unorthodox" Gypsy fusion music, Lisztes Jenő, the marvelous artist of the cimbalom, and Mexicanu, the emperor of the harmonica.
Internationally Renowned Don Giovanni Production at Opera House in Budapest
- 22 Feb 2024 5:20 AM
- community & culture
Following Salzburg, Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid, and Paris, Claus Guth's critically acclaimed 2008 adaptation of Don Giovanni is being presented at the National Opera House in Hungary. The title role of this provocative, youthful production is performed by Gábor Bretz and Károly Szemerédy, the ensembles of the Hungarian State Opera are conducted by principal conductor Martin Rajna.
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall, 26 April
- 26 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 ...
Budapest Dance Festival, National Dance Theatre, 27 April - 11 May
- 26 Apr 2024 4:58 PM
- entertainment
The Budapest Dance Festival is hosting international stars again this year. The two-week festival at the National Dance Theatre will bring together the best of international and national contemporary dance. The most exciting productions from Cuba, Italy and Finland and premieres by the best-known Hungarian dance companies will offer an unmissable programme between 27 April and 11 May.
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 ...
Halsey, Liam Gallagher, Skrillex to Join Headliners at Sziget Fest '24
- 28 Mar 2024 5:23 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- entertainment
Liam Gallagher, Halsey, Skrillex, Janelle Monáe, Raye and Tom Odell are among the nearly fifty acts announced to perform at the Sziget Festival taking place in Budapest from August 7 to 12.
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 ...
'Budapest Wagner Days', Palace of Arts, 14 - 29 June
- 19 Mar 2024 7:28 AM
- community & culture
“No Tickets for Bayreuth? Budapest Has a Wagner Festival, Too.” So read the headline from the effusive 2013 New York Times review of the Budapest Wagner Days.
Annual Spring Festival in Budapest To Feature Over 40 Events
- 8 Mar 2024 7:02 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
The Budapest Spring Festival will feature over forty events at thirty venues, including theatres, exhibition and concert halls between April 29 and May 12.
Rhoda Scott Concert, Dohány Street Synagogue Budapest, 10 March
- 4 Mar 2024 5:28 AM
- entertainment
Organisers are delighted to announce the highly anticipated event, the "Masters & Pieces" concert, featuring four living legends: Rhoda Scott, the Queen of the Hammond organ, Roby Lakatos, the father of "unorthodox" Gypsy fusion music, Lisztes Jenő, the marvelous artist of the cimbalom, and Mexicanu, the emperor of the harmonica.
Internationally Renowned Don Giovanni Production at Opera House in Budapest
- 22 Feb 2024 5:20 AM
- community & culture
Following Salzburg, Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid, and Paris, Claus Guth's critically acclaimed 2008 adaptation of Don Giovanni is being presented at the National Opera House in Hungary. The title role of this provocative, youthful production is performed by Gábor Bretz and Károly Szemerédy, the ensembles of the Hungarian State Opera are conducted by principal conductor Martin Rajna.