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Legendary Albums Series: Ornette Coleman, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 14 May
- 14 May 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Modern Art Orchestra’s Legendary Albums series presents the most important and unique albums of jazz history. By learning and playing these compositions and arrangements, the musicians are paying tribute to the jazz legends and are undergoing an intense process of musical improvement.
The band absorbs the material of the original recordings, sticking to the arrangements, forms and ...
Korossy Quartet, Budapest Music Center, 13 May
- 13 May 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Founded in 2018, the Korossy Quartet aims to transmit the famous Hungarian string quartet tradition, and to present the broadest possible repertoire to Hungarian and foreign audiences.
In 2021, the ensemble was awarded 5 different special prizes at the international Bartók World Competition, and a year later they were accepted into the class of Günter Pichler, first violinist of the legendary ...
Stephen, the King , Opera House Budapest, 3 May
- 3 May 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Rock-opera production in two parts, in Hungarian, with Hungarian and English surtitles
By far the most successful of the Hungarian crop of rock operas, ever since its original album release Stephen, the King has had not only symphonic features but has also been pervaded by the vocal, closed number structure characteristic of traditional operas, the presence of large tableaus, and ...
Angélique Kidjo: Mother Nature - World Music, National Concert Hall, 1 May
- 1 May 2024 7:45 PM
- contemporary
As incredible as it may sound, the multifaceted Afropop star Angélique Kidjo, one of the pivotal African performing artists of the past more than thirty years, is still yet to make an appearance in Hungary.
Until now, that is, as we are fortunate that her tour celebrating a career of over forty years will take her to Müpa Budapest, where the five-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter ...
Budapest Dance Festival, National Dance Theatre, Until 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.
'Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks', Müpa Budapest, 4 - 14 April
- 9 Apr 2024 5:13 AM
- community & culture
Launched in the spring of 2021, on the 140th anniversary of the birth of Béla Bartók, the world-famous Hungarian composer, the Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks is a unique event series dedicated to the arts.
Mayerling, Opera House Budapest, 3 April
- 3 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Ballet in three acts
Kenneth MacMillan's fourth full-length ballet relates the tragic story of the heir to the Austrian throne and his mistress.
The choreographer's treatment of the 1889 double suicide of Crown Prince Rudolf and Mary Vetsera in light of the social, political and personal pressures that beset the two protagonists resulted in an extraordinarily shocking work, one widely ...
Celebrated Hungarian Composer Eötvös Dies at 80 - International Contemporary Music Scene Mourns
- 25 Mar 2024 7:32 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Celebrated Hungarian composer and conductor Péter Eötvös has died, his family told MTI. Eötvös, an eminent personality of the Hungarian and international contemporary music scene, died on Sunday after a long illness, at the age of 80.
Loreena McKennitt: 'The Visit Revisited', MVM Dome Budapest, 24 March
- 24 Mar 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Internationally acclaimed Canadian singer/composer returns to Budapest on the evening of March 24, 2024, at 8 o'clock, so we can enjoy the eclectic Celtic, pop, and world music art of Loreena McKennitt at MVM Dome.
Legendary Albums Series: Ornette Coleman, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 14 May
- 14 May 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Modern Art Orchestra’s Legendary Albums series presents the most important and unique albums of jazz history. By learning and playing these compositions and arrangements, the musicians are paying tribute to the jazz legends and are undergoing an intense process of musical improvement.
The band absorbs the material of the original recordings, sticking to the arrangements, forms and ...
Korossy Quartet, Budapest Music Center, 13 May
- 13 May 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Founded in 2018, the Korossy Quartet aims to transmit the famous Hungarian string quartet tradition, and to present the broadest possible repertoire to Hungarian and foreign audiences.
In 2021, the ensemble was awarded 5 different special prizes at the international Bartók World Competition, and a year later they were accepted into the class of Günter Pichler, first violinist of the legendary ...
Stephen, the King , Opera House Budapest, 3 May
- 3 May 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Rock-opera production in two parts, in Hungarian, with Hungarian and English surtitles
By far the most successful of the Hungarian crop of rock operas, ever since its original album release Stephen, the King has had not only symphonic features but has also been pervaded by the vocal, closed number structure characteristic of traditional operas, the presence of large tableaus, and ...
Angélique Kidjo: Mother Nature - World Music, National Concert Hall, 1 May
- 1 May 2024 7:45 PM
- contemporary
As incredible as it may sound, the multifaceted Afropop star Angélique Kidjo, one of the pivotal African performing artists of the past more than thirty years, is still yet to make an appearance in Hungary.
Until now, that is, as we are fortunate that her tour celebrating a career of over forty years will take her to Müpa Budapest, where the five-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter ...
Budapest Dance Festival, National Dance Theatre, Until 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.
'Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks', Müpa Budapest, 4 - 14 April
- 9 Apr 2024 5:13 AM
- community & culture
Launched in the spring of 2021, on the 140th anniversary of the birth of Béla Bartók, the world-famous Hungarian composer, the Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks is a unique event series dedicated to the arts.
Mayerling, Opera House Budapest, 3 April
- 3 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Ballet in three acts
Kenneth MacMillan's fourth full-length ballet relates the tragic story of the heir to the Austrian throne and his mistress.
The choreographer's treatment of the 1889 double suicide of Crown Prince Rudolf and Mary Vetsera in light of the social, political and personal pressures that beset the two protagonists resulted in an extraordinarily shocking work, one widely ...
Celebrated Hungarian Composer Eötvös Dies at 80 - International Contemporary Music Scene Mourns
- 25 Mar 2024 7:32 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Celebrated Hungarian composer and conductor Péter Eötvös has died, his family told MTI. Eötvös, an eminent personality of the Hungarian and international contemporary music scene, died on Sunday after a long illness, at the age of 80.
Loreena McKennitt: 'The Visit Revisited', MVM Dome Budapest, 24 March
- 24 Mar 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Internationally acclaimed Canadian singer/composer returns to Budapest on the evening of March 24, 2024, at 8 o'clock, so we can enjoy the eclectic Celtic, pop, and world music art of Loreena McKennitt at MVM Dome.