25 result(s) for budapest festival orchestra in Events
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 ...
Free Open-Air Concert: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Heroes' Square, 4 September
- 4 Sep 2023 6:30 PM
- classical
Heroes’ Square is not only an emblematic attraction for Budapest but also for the Budapest Festival Orchestra, which has treated audiences to a number of memorable concerts there.
On 4 September, the BFO celebrates the city’s 150th birthday by performing an overture composed specifically for the occasion.
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 ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra: Music Fair & Family Day, Aquincum, 3 June
- 3 Jun 2023 11:00 AM
- community
The BFO stage a day of free, family-friendly musical interaction at the Aquincum Museum and Archaeological Park.
Each 20-minute session takes place on the hour, from noon to 6pm, when top-notch violinists, woodwind players and a harpist perform in intimate surroundings, allowing the young ones to see how musicians actually play.
There will also be a Music Castle for kids and chamber ...
Surprize Concert by Festival Orchestra, Budapest Congress Center, 26 December
- 26 Dec 2022 7:45 PM
- classical
A great concert is always a gift. But what is hidden inside the packaging? The Festival Orchestra’s Christmas concert is the biggest musical surprise during the holidays.
Never out of ideas, Iván Fischer creates a program each year, not to be disclosed in advance, that makes maximum use of the ensemble’s versatility, and sometimes even of the characteristics of the environment.
It will ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra's: Christmas Fair, 17 & 18 December
- 17 Dec 2022 10:00 AM
- community
For the first time, the Budapest Festival Orchestra will be holding a musical Christmas fair. On the fourth weekend of Advent, December 17 and 18, classical music lovers are welcome to join us in our rehearsal room to really get in tune for the holidays.
The latest products of the BFO Shop, discount concert tickets, unique jewelry and children's books will also be on offer. Come and enjoy the ...
World Music with Nesrine, Festival Theatre Budapest, 14 December
- 14 Dec 2022 4:18 PM
- contemporary
The Franco-Algerian cellist and singer/songwriter Nesrine Belmokh first emerged in 2018 together with her trio, NES, and an impactful record crossing North African music with vocal jazz.
She released her second album in 2020 as a soloist marked by her distinctive sound, with her cello playing merging North African traditions and finely textured jazz. Songs of sheer beauty unite and bring the ...
'Little Night of Horrors', Palace of Arts Budapest, 10 October
- 31 Oct 2022 8:00 PM
- contemporary
This Halloween concert is the result of a new initiative of the Budafok Dohnanyi Orchestra that they believe will prove to be a creative and joyful one for many people. Instead of attempting to evoke the commercialized American folk festival, it harkens back to the ancient Celtic tradition, lining up music that ranges from terrifying to cathartic to playful.
"Basically, we have a very strange, ...
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 ...
Free Open-Air Concert: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Heroes' Square, 4 September
- 4 Sep 2023 6:30 PM
- classical
Heroes’ Square is not only an emblematic attraction for Budapest but also for the Budapest Festival Orchestra, which has treated audiences to a number of memorable concerts there.
On 4 September, the BFO celebrates the city’s 150th birthday by performing an overture composed specifically for the occasion.
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 ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra: Music Fair & Family Day, Aquincum, 3 June
- 3 Jun 2023 11:00 AM
- community
The BFO stage a day of free, family-friendly musical interaction at the Aquincum Museum and Archaeological Park.
Each 20-minute session takes place on the hour, from noon to 6pm, when top-notch violinists, woodwind players and a harpist perform in intimate surroundings, allowing the young ones to see how musicians actually play.
There will also be a Music Castle for kids and chamber ...
Surprize Concert by Festival Orchestra, Budapest Congress Center, 26 December
- 26 Dec 2022 7:45 PM
- classical
A great concert is always a gift. But what is hidden inside the packaging? The Festival Orchestra’s Christmas concert is the biggest musical surprise during the holidays.
Never out of ideas, Iván Fischer creates a program each year, not to be disclosed in advance, that makes maximum use of the ensemble’s versatility, and sometimes even of the characteristics of the environment.
It will ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra's: Christmas Fair, 17 & 18 December
- 17 Dec 2022 10:00 AM
- community
For the first time, the Budapest Festival Orchestra will be holding a musical Christmas fair. On the fourth weekend of Advent, December 17 and 18, classical music lovers are welcome to join us in our rehearsal room to really get in tune for the holidays.
The latest products of the BFO Shop, discount concert tickets, unique jewelry and children's books will also be on offer. Come and enjoy the ...
World Music with Nesrine, Festival Theatre Budapest, 14 December
- 14 Dec 2022 4:18 PM
- contemporary
The Franco-Algerian cellist and singer/songwriter Nesrine Belmokh first emerged in 2018 together with her trio, NES, and an impactful record crossing North African music with vocal jazz.
She released her second album in 2020 as a soloist marked by her distinctive sound, with her cello playing merging North African traditions and finely textured jazz. Songs of sheer beauty unite and bring the ...
'Little Night of Horrors', Palace of Arts Budapest, 10 October
- 31 Oct 2022 8:00 PM
- contemporary
This Halloween concert is the result of a new initiative of the Budafok Dohnanyi Orchestra that they believe will prove to be a creative and joyful one for many people. Instead of attempting to evoke the commercialized American folk festival, it harkens back to the ancient Celtic tradition, lining up music that ranges from terrifying to cathartic to playful.
"Basically, we have a very strange, ...