Concert, music

Concert-format opera performance in two acts, with one intermission, in Italian

A brácsás viccek ideje lejárt! Erre a sokoldalú francia-holland muzsikus, Sào Soulez Larivière az élő példa: szenvedélyes kamarazenész, új műveket mutat be és átiratokat készít, tanít a salzburgi Mozarteumban.

Having only recently left behind winning prizes at prestigious competitions, Carlos Ferreira is already serving as the first clarinettist of the Orchestre National de France and plays chamber music with such partners as Emmanuel Pahud and Hilary Hahn.

A BBC Magazine ötcsillagos lemezkritikája szerint „intenzív kifejezéssel és roppant melegséggel” játszik tavaly megjelent debütáló albumán a muzikalitásával és színpadi jelenlétével is magával ragadó Matilda Lloyd, aki számos koncertje mellett mesterkurzusokat tart, podcast-sorozatot vezet, és Afrikában jótékonykodik.

Bartók hat vonósnégyese hat kvartett előadásában, más szerzők társaságában

André Rieu, the world-famous Dutch violinist, returns to Budapest after 7 years to the MVM Dome. During the concert, Rieu and the 60-member Johann Strauss Orchestra, the world's largest private orchestra, take the audience on a stunning orchestral journey.

When we hear the sounds of both a Guarneri and a Stradivarius emanating from a string quartet, this is often a good indication of the skill of the hands playing them.

Bachtrack praised the Luxembourgish cellist Benjamin Kruithof, winner of the 2022 Enescu Competition, for his "noble, singing, beautiful” playing. Although it would be impossible to list his previous accolades here, just as one example: his first CD was nominated for the prestigious OPUS KLASSIK 2022 award in four categories.

As a member of the Vienna Boys Choir, the young Austrian pianist Lukas Sternath got the chance to travel the world. After training in his home country, he is now studying with Igor Levit, who himself had the opportunity to introduce himself as a rising star eleven years ago.

The world-famous Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča is one of the most sought-after opera singers of our time. Her vocal and acting abilities are celebrated by audiences all over the world, from Salzburg and Vienna to Paris and New York.

BONIFAZIO ASIOLI: Symphony in F minor
GIOVANNI BATTISTA VIOTTI: Violin Concerto in A minor, No. 22, G. 97
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JOSEPH HAYDN: Symphony No. 104 (D major “London”), Hob. I:104

On this November evening, the guitarist Mike Gotthard, who is equally receptive to the music of jazz, blues, rock and funk, will invite the audience into his own jazz-rock world where the instruments and melodies take centre stage.

Kelemen Barnabás évtizedek óta a magyar és a nemzetközi zeneélet ünnepelt művésze, aki szólistaként és kamaramuzsikusként világszerte sikereket arat. Számos verseny győztese, játékát díjnyertes hanglemezek - köztük a Bartók Új Sorozat CD-i - örökítették meg.

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Symphony No. 32 in G major, K. 318
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL: Piano Concert No. 2 in A minor, Op. 85
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JOSEPH HAYDN: Symphony No. 39 in G minor, Hob. I:39

The Budapest Festival Orchestra's Brahms series continues with a juxtaposition of grueling pursuit and easy success, as Hungarian dances precede weighty compositions.

Not only is the Staatskapelle Dresden one of the oldest orchestras in the world, it is also among the very best, helmed in recent decades by such conductors as Giuseppe Sinopoli, Bernard Haitink, Fabio Luisi and Christian Thielemann.

Giuseppe Verdi
FALSTAFF
Comic opera in three acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles

Stars' recitals with piano
MATTHEW POLENZANI
Song and aria recital in two parts, with Hungarian, English, and same-language surtitles

A magical meeting of two anniversaries on the Müpa Budapest stage: the Talamba Percussion Group is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with a 21st-century arrangement of a piano cycle by Mussorgsky's piano cycle Pictures of an Exhibition as it turns 150 itself: following on the heels of Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Isao Tomita with their versions, they are presenting their own take on the 19th-century masterpiece, this one revised for percussion and electronica, and featuring DJ Bootsie.

Műsor:
Bartók: Táncszvit, BB 86
Gyöngyösi Levente: Világpremier
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Csajkovszkij: 5. (e-moll) szimfónia, op. 64

Concert of the Hungarian National Choir

Born into a family of musicians, the eerily talented American singer Veronica Swift has cut through the stages of her career like a hot knife through butter to release, at the age of 29, her eponymous sixth album, the one that best reflects the full diversity of her personality.

Formed out of the unlikely encounter between a Spanish musician/filmmaker who fell in love with the music of the Khorasan region - located around the modern border between Afghanistan and Iran - and a performer of Persian classical music, the duo known as Badieh followed up their brilliant 2021 debut album by bringing their interpretations of traditional Khorasan music to an even higher level - now as a trio.

The popular folk-rock band MORDÁI, which was founded by Soma Nóvé - who made his name with the group Middlemist Red - feeds on the bedrock of experimental Hungarian folk music of the 1960s and 70s, boldly reconceptualising folk songs and well-known melodies with jazz motifs and elements of improvisation.