26 result(s) for national concert hall in Events
Gallery Concert - The Sound of the Organ in a New Dimension, National Concert Hall Budapest, 4 April
- 4 Apr 2024 9:00 PM
- classical
Organ music? What do people think when they hear the word? Whatever it is, it is high time to do away with the stereotypes.
Offering us the opportunity to do exactly that is Müpa Budapest's new Gallery Concert series, the brainchild of László Fassang.
In the view of the institution's resident organist, these concerts are primarily distinguished by their sense of freedom and directness. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mahler: ‘Symphony of a Thousand', National Concert Hall, 23 March
- 14 Mar 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
It is a cause for celebration for any conductor and any orchestra when they get the chance to perform Mahler's Eighth Symphony in front of an audience: the world premiere of the work, conducted by Mahler himself, employed more than a thousand participants on stage.
Although the composer never embraced the name ‘Symphony of a Thousand', this phrase still captures something of the extraordinary ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra: Brahms, Festival Theatre Budapest, 15 February
- 15 Feb 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
A grim face, long beard, conservative music - that's how Brahms lives in many people's minds. On tghis occasion, the BFO paints a cheerful portrait of Brahms by performing two large-scale compositions, each accompanied by a Hungarian Dance. Pianist Yefim Bronfman is a recurring guest of the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
"His fluid playing and rich romantic colour filled the music with passion ...
'Ligeti 100', Palace of Arts Budapest, 22 June
- 22 Jun 2023 7:00 PM
- contemporary
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of György Ligeti, one of the most exciting composers of the 20th century, a constant seeker of new paths forward.
Originally from Transylvania, he studied at Budapest's Liszt Academy and, after emigrating in 1956, produced his mature work in Western Europe.
Concerto Budapest and the Hungarian Radio Choir are commemorating the artist with ...
'The Rhinegold', Palace of Arts Budapest, 15 June
- 15 Jun 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Das Rheingold is the introduction to the storyline, depicting the central conflict. Starting from a primeval state of peace, the opera shows how the original sin was committed, triggering a chain of events that eventually lead to complete annihilation.
Over and over again, one is haunted by the suspicion that the myth is not about gods, giants and dwarfs, but about ourselves: it is not so ...
'OrganExpedition', National Concert Hall Budapest, 6 February
- 6 Feb 2023 11:00 AM
- community
Those with a thirst for knowledge can gain some insight into the "secrets” of one of Müpa Budapest's most exciting features under the guidance of organist László Fassang.
The head of the OrganExpedition programme is a teacher at both the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and the Conservatoire de Paris, as well as being the programmer of Müpa Budapest's organ concerts.
Here, he will ...
'The Moods of Italy', Béla Bartók Concert Hall Budapest, 30 November
- 30 Nov 2022 7:30 PM
- classical
On this evening, almost everything and everyone is Italian. Except now and then you will find a 'stowaway'. Though it is true that posterity has Cherubini down as a French composer, he was actually born in Tuscany.
Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony may have been written by a German composer, but the work is bursting with the joy of Italy.
And Sergei Krylov? Biographically speaking, he is ...
Gallery Concert - The Sound of the Organ in a New Dimension, National Concert Hall Budapest, 4 April
- 4 Apr 2024 9:00 PM
- classical
Organ music? What do people think when they hear the word? Whatever it is, it is high time to do away with the stereotypes.
Offering us the opportunity to do exactly that is Müpa Budapest's new Gallery Concert series, the brainchild of László Fassang.
In the view of the institution's resident organist, these concerts are primarily distinguished by their sense of freedom and directness. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mahler: ‘Symphony of a Thousand', National Concert Hall, 23 March
- 14 Mar 2024 8:00 PM
- classical
It is a cause for celebration for any conductor and any orchestra when they get the chance to perform Mahler's Eighth Symphony in front of an audience: the world premiere of the work, conducted by Mahler himself, employed more than a thousand participants on stage.
Although the composer never embraced the name ‘Symphony of a Thousand', this phrase still captures something of the extraordinary ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra: Brahms, Festival Theatre Budapest, 15 February
- 15 Feb 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
A grim face, long beard, conservative music - that's how Brahms lives in many people's minds. On tghis occasion, the BFO paints a cheerful portrait of Brahms by performing two large-scale compositions, each accompanied by a Hungarian Dance. Pianist Yefim Bronfman is a recurring guest of the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
"His fluid playing and rich romantic colour filled the music with passion ...
'Ligeti 100', Palace of Arts Budapest, 22 June
- 22 Jun 2023 7:00 PM
- contemporary
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of György Ligeti, one of the most exciting composers of the 20th century, a constant seeker of new paths forward.
Originally from Transylvania, he studied at Budapest's Liszt Academy and, after emigrating in 1956, produced his mature work in Western Europe.
Concerto Budapest and the Hungarian Radio Choir are commemorating the artist with ...
'The Rhinegold', Palace of Arts Budapest, 15 June
- 15 Jun 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Das Rheingold is the introduction to the storyline, depicting the central conflict. Starting from a primeval state of peace, the opera shows how the original sin was committed, triggering a chain of events that eventually lead to complete annihilation.
Over and over again, one is haunted by the suspicion that the myth is not about gods, giants and dwarfs, but about ourselves: it is not so ...
'OrganExpedition', National Concert Hall Budapest, 6 February
- 6 Feb 2023 11:00 AM
- community
Those with a thirst for knowledge can gain some insight into the "secrets” of one of Müpa Budapest's most exciting features under the guidance of organist László Fassang.
The head of the OrganExpedition programme is a teacher at both the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and the Conservatoire de Paris, as well as being the programmer of Müpa Budapest's organ concerts.
Here, he will ...
'The Moods of Italy', Béla Bartók Concert Hall Budapest, 30 November
- 30 Nov 2022 7:30 PM
- classical
On this evening, almost everything and everyone is Italian. Except now and then you will find a 'stowaway'. Though it is true that posterity has Cherubini down as a French composer, he was actually born in Tuscany.
Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony may have been written by a German composer, but the work is bursting with the joy of Italy.
And Sergei Krylov? Biographically speaking, he is ...