229 result(s) for budapest festival orchestra in Community & Culture
2015/16 Season At The Opera House In Budapest
- 3 Sep 2015 1:10 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera proudly presents its new (2015/16) season dedicated to William Shakespeare. It once more exceeds all expectations and is worthy of any opera house or cultural institute in the world. Together with our recently reopened second venue, the Erkel Theatre, the Opera offers more programmes than ever. We offer a fascinating range of programmes for lovers of opera, ballet and ...
Bridging Europe Festival In Budapest To Focus On Austrian Culture
- 26 Aug 2015 9:03 AM
- community & culture
This year’s Bridging Europe Festival in Budapest will put the culture and especially the music of Austria in the centre of attention. The festival, which is organized by the Palace of Arts (Müpa) and the Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFZ), will take place between September 11 and 16. Highlights of the festival will include three concerts, with BFZ and German baritone Roman Trekel performing ...
MAV Symphony Orchestra @ Budapest Zoo, 21 August
- 17 Aug 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The MAV Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1945 by the Hungarian State Railways. Shortly after the Second World War, it established its name carrying a series of great concerts to the destroyed towns all over the country. As time passed, the orchestra developed a wide-ranging repertoire from baroque to contemporary music, and is currently ranked among the best professional ensembles in Hungary. On ...
Monumental Concert In Budapest Vigadó - The Legend Of St Elizabeth, 15 August
- 6 Aug 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Reconstructed performance of the 1865 premiere of Franz Liszt's Die Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth. Franz Liszt's grand scale masterpiece dedicated to the memory of Princess Saint Elisabeth of Hungary (1207-1231) was premierred on 15 August, 1865 in the Pesti Vigadó. In 2015 on the same day and in the same place the commemorial concert of the reconstructed original, Hungarian version of the ...
Chico & The Gypsies, Margaret Island Budapest, 22 August
- 4 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In recent years, it was the Buena Vista Social Club that brought a real Mediterranean atmosphere to the Open Air Theatre at Margaret Island. But this year on August 22nd, the founder of the Gypsy Kings’ band, Chico & the Gypsies, will guarantee this feeling.
Uniquely Hungary: The Budapest Festival Orchestra, By Anne Zwack
- 30 Jul 2015 10:30 AM
- community & culture
If asked what is the most famous Hungarian export one might mumble about salami and paprika and foie gras and then look vague. Meanwhile, I wonder how many people know on the other hand that the Budapest Festival Orchestra today is bringing the best of Hungary all over the world.
March Across Budapest Calling For Acceptance Of Sexual Minorities
- 13 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Thousands of people marched across central Budapest on Saturday afternoon to call for acceptance and identical rights for Hungary’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community. The procession saw the crowd, comprised mostly of young people with rainbow flags, coloured balloons and billboards, march from opposite the Opera House on Adrássy út to the Tabán park area in Buda. ...
Vajdahunyad Castle Summer Music Festival Program
- 9 Jul 2015 10:55 AM
- community & culture
This Castle Festival in Budapest is a feast of classical, swing, klezmer and traditional Hungarian gypsy music. The truely beautiful courtyard of the Vajdahunyad Castle provides a romantic background for this annual event. Performances this year are scheduled for Mondays and Thursdays from 9 Juy onwards, starting each time at 8:30pm.
Gramophone Honours Conductor Of The Budapest Festival Orchestra Fischer
- 12 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Iván Fischer, conductor of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, is one of British classical music periodical Gramophone’s ten nominees for the title of Artist of the Year. The winner will be selected by readers of the magazine and announced at an awards ceremony on September 17. Musicians who were particularly successful in the past 12 years were nominated.
2015/16 Season At The Opera House In Budapest
- 3 Sep 2015 1:10 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian State Opera proudly presents its new (2015/16) season dedicated to William Shakespeare. It once more exceeds all expectations and is worthy of any opera house or cultural institute in the world. Together with our recently reopened second venue, the Erkel Theatre, the Opera offers more programmes than ever. We offer a fascinating range of programmes for lovers of opera, ballet and ...
Bridging Europe Festival In Budapest To Focus On Austrian Culture
- 26 Aug 2015 9:03 AM
- community & culture
This year’s Bridging Europe Festival in Budapest will put the culture and especially the music of Austria in the centre of attention. The festival, which is organized by the Palace of Arts (Müpa) and the Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFZ), will take place between September 11 and 16. Highlights of the festival will include three concerts, with BFZ and German baritone Roman Trekel performing ...
MAV Symphony Orchestra @ Budapest Zoo, 21 August
- 17 Aug 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The MAV Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1945 by the Hungarian State Railways. Shortly after the Second World War, it established its name carrying a series of great concerts to the destroyed towns all over the country. As time passed, the orchestra developed a wide-ranging repertoire from baroque to contemporary music, and is currently ranked among the best professional ensembles in Hungary. On ...
Monumental Concert In Budapest Vigadó - The Legend Of St Elizabeth, 15 August
- 6 Aug 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Reconstructed performance of the 1865 premiere of Franz Liszt's Die Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth. Franz Liszt's grand scale masterpiece dedicated to the memory of Princess Saint Elisabeth of Hungary (1207-1231) was premierred on 15 August, 1865 in the Pesti Vigadó. In 2015 on the same day and in the same place the commemorial concert of the reconstructed original, Hungarian version of the ...
Chico & The Gypsies, Margaret Island Budapest, 22 August
- 4 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In recent years, it was the Buena Vista Social Club that brought a real Mediterranean atmosphere to the Open Air Theatre at Margaret Island. But this year on August 22nd, the founder of the Gypsy Kings’ band, Chico & the Gypsies, will guarantee this feeling.
Uniquely Hungary: The Budapest Festival Orchestra, By Anne Zwack
- 30 Jul 2015 10:30 AM
- community & culture
If asked what is the most famous Hungarian export one might mumble about salami and paprika and foie gras and then look vague. Meanwhile, I wonder how many people know on the other hand that the Budapest Festival Orchestra today is bringing the best of Hungary all over the world.
March Across Budapest Calling For Acceptance Of Sexual Minorities
- 13 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Thousands of people marched across central Budapest on Saturday afternoon to call for acceptance and identical rights for Hungary’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community. The procession saw the crowd, comprised mostly of young people with rainbow flags, coloured balloons and billboards, march from opposite the Opera House on Adrássy út to the Tabán park area in Buda. ...
Vajdahunyad Castle Summer Music Festival Program
- 9 Jul 2015 10:55 AM
- community & culture
This Castle Festival in Budapest is a feast of classical, swing, klezmer and traditional Hungarian gypsy music. The truely beautiful courtyard of the Vajdahunyad Castle provides a romantic background for this annual event. Performances this year are scheduled for Mondays and Thursdays from 9 Juy onwards, starting each time at 8:30pm.
Gramophone Honours Conductor Of The Budapest Festival Orchestra Fischer
- 12 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Iván Fischer, conductor of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, is one of British classical music periodical Gramophone’s ten nominees for the title of Artist of the Year. The winner will be selected by readers of the magazine and announced at an awards ceremony on September 17. Musicians who were particularly successful in the past 12 years were nominated.