Concert, music

Blessed with a ‘golden voice’, Jonathan Tetelman’s meteoric career has taken him to the world’s leading opera houses, while his records have picked up a succession of awards. We heard him alongside Elīna Garanča in 2021 at Müpa Budapest, and he has since become one of the most sought-after singers of Puccini.

A filmzene műfaja egyidős a mozgóképpel: már a némafilmeket is kísérte zongora vagy orgona – hol improvizációval, hol ismert klasszikusokkal. A későbbiek során pedig számos olyan mű vált filmzenévé, amely eredetileg teljesen más célból született.

Úgy tűnik, a hazai popzenei életbe nemrég berobbant Saya Noé munkásságáról az utóbbi évek alapján egyet már biztosan elmondhatunk: mindig meglepi a közönségét.

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In the 25 years since the foundation of the Balázs Elemér Group, the band has celebrated every significant anniversary at Müpa Budapest.

The world-class London Symphony Orchestra always comes to Müpa Budapest accompanied by one of the great conductors – and it never fails to dazzle the audience.

What child hasn’t imagined a playful wedding with a bride, a groom, a best man and wedding guests? At the latest children’s concert by Szilvia Bognár, a familiar face for Müpa’s young audience, this dream becomes reality – complete with plenty of laughter, cheeky songs, teasing games and musical madness!

Tickets to their concert on 9 October sold out almost right away, so Andreas Vollenweider and his friends will return to Müpa Budapest to meet the enormous demand on 17 October.

Without ever knowing, the heroine of this Vincenzo Bellini opera performs death-defying feats at dizzying heights, while the singer tasked with portraying her is only too aware that hers is one of the bel canto repertoire’s most beautiful and risky roles.

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If we were to sum up Diana Krall in one word, it would probably be ‘beauty’. Beauty perfectly describes her presence, the atmosphere of her records, and the message radiated by her music.

Without ever knowing, the heroine of this Vincenzo Bellini opera performs death-defying feats at dizzying heights, while the singer tasked with portraying her is only too aware that hers is one of the bel canto repertoire’s most beautiful and risky roles.

Gondoltad volna, hogy idén húsz éves a legendás koncertsorozat? Immár két évtizede, hogy Jamie Winchester és Hrutka Róbert szimfonikus zenekarral dolgozta fel dalait a Müpa színpadán a „Wood and Strings” koncert keretein belül.

The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra has never been to Müpa Budapest, so the introduction of one of Asia’s most significant ensembles, one that can look back on a history of over a century, promises to be an enthralling experience.

There are times when it is not silence that makes us recall something, but music. A familiar sound. A melody that takes you home. On All Souls' Day, we think not only of those who are no longer with us, but also of what they left us with: stories, scents, sentences, sounds.

A harmincéves brit orgonaművész, Anna Lapwood új generációs világsztár, 741 ezer követővel az Instagramon. A Royal Albert Hall rezidense, akit természetes zeneisége segít át a műfajok határain. „Sokkal több mint tehetséges orgonista, kóruskarnagy és a közösségi média szenzációja: egy sztár, akinek küldetése van” – írta róla a The Sunday Times.

A swing és a vagányság ad egymásnak randevút ezen az estén, ahol Frank Sinatra megunhatatlan dalait hallhatjuk a három Tróger és a BJC Big Band előadásában.

A japán származású, New Yorkban élő jazztrombitás, Takuya Kuroda nem ismeretlen a Müpa közönsége előtt, hiszen korábban Barabás Lőrinc vendégeként lépett fel az intézményben, zenekarával Veszprémben is koncertezett, mi több, egy Mörk-dalban is közreműködött már.

Drumming is fun. It has helped forge communities for thousands of years, even among those who are not necessarily music enthusiasts. Károly Fehér and the members of the Ethnosound team's Drumming Experience session is also based on an ancient human characteristic.

Franco Zeffirelli’s staging of La Bohème has been a New York favourite since 1981, and this enchantingly lyrical, vibrantly youthful and extremely touching production is now making its fourth appearance on the programme of the MET’s global broadcasts.

Franco Zeffirelli’s staging of La Bohème has been a New York favourite since 1981, and this enchantingly lyrical, vibrantly youthful and extremely touching production is now making its fourth appearance on the programme of the MET’s global broadcasts.

We are delighted to be able to welcome back to Müpa Budapest one of the world’s most successful orchestras. The Vienna Symphony Orchestra, which turns 125 this year, raised the roof at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in 2021.

Now 89 years old, and active since the 50s, the Brazilian Hermeto Pascoal is one of the biggest living legends in the Latin jazz world, yet he has never performed in Budapest before. He started out making music with the stars of the local scene in the 60s, and was making records with Miles Davis by 1971.

A tbiliszi születésű Giorgi Gigashvili sokáig álmodni sem mert zongoraművészi karrierről, mégis az elmúlt években sorra nyerte a nemzetközi versenyeket, kezdve a vigói megmérettetéssel, ahol idolja, Martha Argerich volt a zsűrielnök.

Openness and attention to detail are the hallmarks of the Austrian cellist Valerie Fritz’s musical philosophy, whether we are talking gut strings or electronic instruments, early music or contemporary works. She believes that the way to communicate effectively with the audience is through carefully compiled programmes and original concert formats.

A fiatal portugál muzsikusok által Amszterdamban alapított Maat Saxophone Quartet bármit játsszon a fadótól az új zenéig, az egyéniség nem hiányozhat produkciójukból. Az egyebek mellett Portugália és Hollandia legrangosabb zenei versenyein is győzelmet arató együttes már két lemezt is kiadott, a kritika pedig rögtön az elsőről azt írta: „ígéretes, ördögien jó és mennyeien ragályos” .

Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s last joint opera, Arabella is a cheerful and poignant farewell to a bygone, peaceful Vienna. It now returns to the MET’s repertoire in Otto Schenk’s 1983 production, following his sad passing this year.

Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s last joint opera, Arabella is a cheerful and poignant farewell to a bygone, peaceful Vienna. It now returns to the MET’s repertoire in Otto Schenk’s 1983 production, following his sad passing this year.

It has been a long time since we thought of Cécile McLorin Salvant as merely the promising winner of the 2010 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. Her expressive voice capable of conveying profound emotions and refined sentiments, her virtuoso improvisation, and her brave, experimental combinations of styles have now come to represent a point of reference to a new generation.

Dare we say in advance that the 41-year-old pianist’s concert will be a wonderful experience? In this case, misleading predictions are not something we need be wary of, the programme and performer are sure to deliver catharsis.

Like her previous shows, Advent Adventures promises an exciting line-up, this time focusing specifically on the upcoming holidays, with Eszter Bíró and her ensemble relating the folk and urban customs of the weeks before Christmas with lots of games, catchy melodies, and an initiation that relies on the active participation of the young audience, with discussion also being devoted to the singer's appealing themes of the passage of time and the meaning of letters.

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