18 result(s) for russia in Events
Chamber Thursday: Napfonat, Trafó Budapest, 21 October
- 21 Oct 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Napfonat is an energetic, women’s a capella ensemble, filled out with percussion instruments. Five separate voices weave together to create so much more. Napfonat searches for answers to ancient questions working from the common basis of Hungarian and other peoples’ music.
Their polyphonic unit sometimes sounds with the energy of a chorus, other times a soft individual voice comes forward. ...
Song Recital by Michael Volle, Palace of Arts Budapest, 14 June
- 14 Jun 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
In recent years, the Budapest Wagner Days festival has been enriched with new colours: in addition to works for the stage, it now also features a song recital performed, naturally, by a singer whose career and work are connected to the Wagnerian repertoire and who will be bringing a programme that is similarly well suited to the oeuvre of the great German composer of works for the musical stage. ...
Kelemen Quartet Concert, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 23 May
- 23 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
After a break of nearly three years, Kelemen Quartet takes to the stage in a new form, though Barnabás Kelemen and Katalin Kokas did not turn their backs on the genre in recent times. They formed ad hoc ensembles with such great musicians as Vilde Frang (Norway), Nicolas Altstaedt (Germany), Mon Puo Lee (Taiwan) and Dmitry Smirnov (Russia).
As they now join forces with Greek violinist Jonian ...
Bartók Spring Series: Kelemen Quartett Concert, Budapest Music Center, 20 May
- 20 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
After a break of nearly three years, Kelemen Quartet takes to the stage in a new form, though Barnabás Kelemen and Katalin Kokas did not turn their backs on the genre in recent times.
They formed ad hoc ensembles with such great musicians as Vilde Frang (Norway), Nicolas Altstaedt (Germany), Mon Puo Lee (Taiwan) and Dmitry Smirnov (Russia).
As they now join forces with Greek violinist ...
Vasily Petrenko & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 17 May
- 17 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Born in 1976, he started his music education at his native St Petersburg's Capella Boys Music School, Russia's oldest music school, then went on to study at the city's Conservatoire.
He has appeared in concert with some of the world's most famous orchestras, and he is much sought after as an opera conductor. In this latter role he made his debut at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 2010, and ...
Matsuev & Friends' Jazz Concert, Palace Of Arts, 20 April
- 20 Apr 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The world-famous Russian pianist Denis Matsuev has been a close associate, in fact a friend, of Budapest audiences for 20 years, regularly performing at Müpa Budapest, including as the Artist of the 2018/19 Season.
We have had the chance to hear him play both as a soloist in recitals and concertos and in chamber music productions, where he has demonstrated how robustly he plays Mussorgsky, ...
Riccardo Chailly & Filarmonica Della Scala, Palace Of Arts, 8 April
- 8 Apr 2021 7:00 PM
- classical
The ensemble of the Filarmonica della Scala was formed in 1982 by musicians of the opera orchestra of Milan's famous La Scala, on the encouragement of Claudio Abbado. Carlo Maria Giulini and Riccardo Muti were the formative conductors of the first two decades; Georges Prêtre, Lorin Maazel and Wolfgang Sawallisch have also worked with the orchestra.
This concert, whose programme includes the ...
'Stravinsky Marathon', Palace Of Arts, 3 April
- 3 Apr 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
The Capriccio for piano and orchestra was composed by Stravinsky between 1926 and 1929. The piece was revised in 1949.
Like the Piano Concerto with wind accompaniment, Stravinsky composed this virtuoso piece to make a living when he was forced to emigrate to Western Europe after the Russian revolution. In the Capriccio, the composer continues the easy-going tone of the concluding movement of ...
Tamás Érdi Piano Recital, Liszt Academy, 15 March
- 15 Mar 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Pianist Tamás Érdi lost his eyesight as a result of an oxygen overdose in a defective incubator. His interest in music was discovered at a very young age. His teachers use a unique method called “the structural method” to teach Tamás play the piano, whereby he virtually “recomposes” the music he is introduced to.
At 15, he plays a Mozart piano concerto at the prestigious Budapest Spring ...
Chamber Thursday: Napfonat, Trafó Budapest, 21 October
- 21 Oct 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Napfonat is an energetic, women’s a capella ensemble, filled out with percussion instruments. Five separate voices weave together to create so much more. Napfonat searches for answers to ancient questions working from the common basis of Hungarian and other peoples’ music.
Their polyphonic unit sometimes sounds with the energy of a chorus, other times a soft individual voice comes forward. ...
Song Recital by Michael Volle, Palace of Arts Budapest, 14 June
- 14 Jun 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
In recent years, the Budapest Wagner Days festival has been enriched with new colours: in addition to works for the stage, it now also features a song recital performed, naturally, by a singer whose career and work are connected to the Wagnerian repertoire and who will be bringing a programme that is similarly well suited to the oeuvre of the great German composer of works for the musical stage. ...
Kelemen Quartet Concert, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 23 May
- 23 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
After a break of nearly three years, Kelemen Quartet takes to the stage in a new form, though Barnabás Kelemen and Katalin Kokas did not turn their backs on the genre in recent times. They formed ad hoc ensembles with such great musicians as Vilde Frang (Norway), Nicolas Altstaedt (Germany), Mon Puo Lee (Taiwan) and Dmitry Smirnov (Russia).
As they now join forces with Greek violinist Jonian ...
Bartók Spring Series: Kelemen Quartett Concert, Budapest Music Center, 20 May
- 20 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
After a break of nearly three years, Kelemen Quartet takes to the stage in a new form, though Barnabás Kelemen and Katalin Kokas did not turn their backs on the genre in recent times.
They formed ad hoc ensembles with such great musicians as Vilde Frang (Norway), Nicolas Altstaedt (Germany), Mon Puo Lee (Taiwan) and Dmitry Smirnov (Russia).
As they now join forces with Greek violinist ...
Vasily Petrenko & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 17 May
- 17 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Born in 1976, he started his music education at his native St Petersburg's Capella Boys Music School, Russia's oldest music school, then went on to study at the city's Conservatoire.
He has appeared in concert with some of the world's most famous orchestras, and he is much sought after as an opera conductor. In this latter role he made his debut at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 2010, and ...
Matsuev & Friends' Jazz Concert, Palace Of Arts, 20 April
- 20 Apr 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The world-famous Russian pianist Denis Matsuev has been a close associate, in fact a friend, of Budapest audiences for 20 years, regularly performing at Müpa Budapest, including as the Artist of the 2018/19 Season.
We have had the chance to hear him play both as a soloist in recitals and concertos and in chamber music productions, where he has demonstrated how robustly he plays Mussorgsky, ...
Riccardo Chailly & Filarmonica Della Scala, Palace Of Arts, 8 April
- 8 Apr 2021 7:00 PM
- classical
The ensemble of the Filarmonica della Scala was formed in 1982 by musicians of the opera orchestra of Milan's famous La Scala, on the encouragement of Claudio Abbado. Carlo Maria Giulini and Riccardo Muti were the formative conductors of the first two decades; Georges Prêtre, Lorin Maazel and Wolfgang Sawallisch have also worked with the orchestra.
This concert, whose programme includes the ...
'Stravinsky Marathon', Palace Of Arts, 3 April
- 3 Apr 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
The Capriccio for piano and orchestra was composed by Stravinsky between 1926 and 1929. The piece was revised in 1949.
Like the Piano Concerto with wind accompaniment, Stravinsky composed this virtuoso piece to make a living when he was forced to emigrate to Western Europe after the Russian revolution. In the Capriccio, the composer continues the easy-going tone of the concluding movement of ...
Tamás Érdi Piano Recital, Liszt Academy, 15 March
- 15 Mar 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Pianist Tamás Érdi lost his eyesight as a result of an oxygen overdose in a defective incubator. His interest in music was discovered at a very young age. His teachers use a unique method called “the structural method” to teach Tamás play the piano, whereby he virtually “recomposes” the music he is introduced to.
At 15, he plays a Mozart piano concerto at the prestigious Budapest Spring ...