477 result(s) for music in Events
'Carmina Burana', Opera House Budapest, 16 April
- 16 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Scenic cantata, in the original languages, with Hungarian and English surtitles.
O Fortuna. Everyone knows the overwhelmingly powerful opening motifs of Carl Orff's most famous work. What fewer people know is that Carmina Burana was not intended to be an oratorical work, but was instead expressly meant for the stage.
This becomes clear from the piece's (originally Latin) subtitle: “Secular ...
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 ...
FlamenCorazónArte Dance Theatre: Caminos, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 12 April
- 12 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Carmen is the symbol of freedom. Her story is the drama of inextinguishable, uninhibited love.
"Carmen's story, the characters' world of extreme emotions and Bizet's music is very powerful Wherever I go, I take the place, the culture, the faces and the momentswith me forever.
The experiences come with me, just as we also take the past with us. What is my present today will become my past ...
Willany Leó impro Nights, Trafó Studio Budapest, 10 April
- 10 Apr 2024 9:30 PM
- contemporary
Those who perform here can be seen in the dark!
Experimenting, rethinking, renewing: these words are connected to improvisation just as much as to Willany Leó.
In the company’s 15th season there are several different types of programmes where you can meet the artists: regular Willany Leó improvisation nights at Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, online creatives, research presentations, ...
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 ...
Richard Wagner: Parsifal, Hungarian State Opera Budapest, 31 March
- 31 Mar 2024 4:00 PM
- classical
In Parsifal, his final music drama, Wagner embeds fear of the temptations of the world and sinful desires into a tale of redemption. The work is indeed a festival play for the stage rather than an opera.
Many viewers – perhaps out of their own fears – criticised Wagner, who wrote both the libretto and the music, for what could be called the piece’s virtue and remarkable complexity, which is ...
Colour Concerts, Palace of Arts Budapest, 30 March
- 30 Mar 2024 5:00 PM
- contemporary
A broad spectrum of musical genres can be heard in and around the Foyer in the afternoons: visitors stopping by and wishing to hear music in Müpa Budapest may listen to the young representatives of popular music, jazz and folk on Tuesdays and classical genres on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The Colour Concert series gives students of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy and other music schools an ...
BMC Records Album Release Concert, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 28 March
- 28 Mar 2024 8:01 PM
- contemporary
The new album of Shadowlands, out on BMC Records this March, features traditional songs and contemporary poems. Inspired by a mixture of early music, folk and plainsong as well as the painting of Jackie Berridge, Lauren Kinsella, Robin Fincker, and Kit Downes offer chamber and contemporary music.
The three vibrant voices of the European creative music scenes, followers of crossroads between ...
Punnany Massif - Punnany, National Concert Hall Budapest, 27 March
- 27 Mar 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
Hailing from Pécs, Punnany Massif have enjoyed a monumental journey in the 20 action-packed years since the band established from the initial pairing of two MCs, Máté Felcser (RendbenMan) and Roland Farkas (Wolfie) got together in 2003.
By the 2010s, they had won the hearts of the Hungarian masses with their self-blended, trendsetting musical cocktail.
Following their anniversary year in ...
'Carmina Burana', Opera House Budapest, 16 April
- 16 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Scenic cantata, in the original languages, with Hungarian and English surtitles.
O Fortuna. Everyone knows the overwhelmingly powerful opening motifs of Carl Orff's most famous work. What fewer people know is that Carmina Burana was not intended to be an oratorical work, but was instead expressly meant for the stage.
This becomes clear from the piece's (originally Latin) subtitle: “Secular ...
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 ...
FlamenCorazónArte Dance Theatre: Caminos, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 12 April
- 12 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Carmen is the symbol of freedom. Her story is the drama of inextinguishable, uninhibited love.
"Carmen's story, the characters' world of extreme emotions and Bizet's music is very powerful Wherever I go, I take the place, the culture, the faces and the momentswith me forever.
The experiences come with me, just as we also take the past with us. What is my present today will become my past ...
Willany Leó impro Nights, Trafó Studio Budapest, 10 April
- 10 Apr 2024 9:30 PM
- contemporary
Those who perform here can be seen in the dark!
Experimenting, rethinking, renewing: these words are connected to improvisation just as much as to Willany Leó.
In the company’s 15th season there are several different types of programmes where you can meet the artists: regular Willany Leó improvisation nights at Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, online creatives, research presentations, ...
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 ...
Richard Wagner: Parsifal, Hungarian State Opera Budapest, 31 March
- 31 Mar 2024 4:00 PM
- classical
In Parsifal, his final music drama, Wagner embeds fear of the temptations of the world and sinful desires into a tale of redemption. The work is indeed a festival play for the stage rather than an opera.
Many viewers – perhaps out of their own fears – criticised Wagner, who wrote both the libretto and the music, for what could be called the piece’s virtue and remarkable complexity, which is ...
Colour Concerts, Palace of Arts Budapest, 30 March
- 30 Mar 2024 5:00 PM
- contemporary
A broad spectrum of musical genres can be heard in and around the Foyer in the afternoons: visitors stopping by and wishing to hear music in Müpa Budapest may listen to the young representatives of popular music, jazz and folk on Tuesdays and classical genres on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The Colour Concert series gives students of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy and other music schools an ...
BMC Records Album Release Concert, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 28 March
- 28 Mar 2024 8:01 PM
- contemporary
The new album of Shadowlands, out on BMC Records this March, features traditional songs and contemporary poems. Inspired by a mixture of early music, folk and plainsong as well as the painting of Jackie Berridge, Lauren Kinsella, Robin Fincker, and Kit Downes offer chamber and contemporary music.
The three vibrant voices of the European creative music scenes, followers of crossroads between ...
Punnany Massif - Punnany, National Concert Hall Budapest, 27 March
- 27 Mar 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
Hailing from Pécs, Punnany Massif have enjoyed a monumental journey in the 20 action-packed years since the band established from the initial pairing of two MCs, Máté Felcser (RendbenMan) and Roland Farkas (Wolfie) got together in 2003.
By the 2010s, they had won the hearts of the Hungarian masses with their self-blended, trendsetting musical cocktail.
Following their anniversary year in ...