839 result(s) for orchestra
Budapest Dance Festival, National Dance Theatre, Until 11 May
- 26 Apr 2024 4:58 PM
- entertainment
The Budapest Dance Festival is hosting international stars again this year. The two-week festival at the National Dance Theatre will bring together the best of international and national contemporary dance. The most exciting productions from Cuba, Italy and Finland and premieres by the best-known Hungarian dance companies will offer an unmissable programme between 27 April and 11 May.
Historical Psychological Thriller Presented by Hungarian State Opera
- 24 Apr 2024 6:56 AM
- community & culture
On 27 April 2024, the Hungarian State Opera will present Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov with Kossuth Prize recipient Gábor Bretz in the title role. The new production staged by András Almási-Tóth is to be performed in the original (1869) version, for the first time in Hungary, under the baton of Alan Buribayev.
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 ...
'Encore!' A Night With West End Stars, Erkel Theatre Budapest, 13 April
- 9 Apr 2024 5:12 AM
- entertainment
Organisers are thrilled announce that for the first time ever, the magic of London's West End is coming directly to you, making its grand debut at the Erkel Theatre on April 13.
Halsey, Liam Gallagher, Skrillex to Join Headliners at Sziget Fest '24
- 28 Mar 2024 5:23 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- entertainment
Liam Gallagher, Halsey, Skrillex, Janelle Monáe, Raye and Tom Odell are among the nearly fifty acts announced to perform at the Sziget Festival taking place in Budapest from August 7 to 12.
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 ...
Celebrated Hungarian Composer Eötvös Dies at 80 - International Contemporary Music Scene Mourns
- 25 Mar 2024 7:32 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Celebrated Hungarian composer and conductor Péter Eötvös has died, his family told MTI. Eötvös, an eminent personality of the Hungarian and international contemporary music scene, died on Sunday after a long illness, at the age of 80.
Strike Hits Budapest Opera, Performance Proceeds Without Orchestra or Correct Stage Design
- 22 Mar 2024 8:29 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- community & culture
Ferenc Erkel’s opera titled László Hunyadi was performed without an orchestra before the stage design for Mozart’s Don Giovanni of the previous night, at the Opera House on Wednesday evening, as a strike by some members of staff entered its second day.
Rhoda Scott Concert, Dohány Street Synagogue Budapest, 10 March
- 4 Mar 2024 5:28 AM
- entertainment
Organisers are delighted to announce the highly anticipated event, the "Masters & Pieces" concert, featuring four living legends: Rhoda Scott, the Queen of the Hammond organ, Roby Lakatos, the father of "unorthodox" Gypsy fusion music, Lisztes Jenő, the marvelous artist of the cimbalom, and Mexicanu, the emperor of the harmonica.
Budapest Dance Festival, National Dance Theatre, Until 11 May
- 26 Apr 2024 4:58 PM
- entertainment
The Budapest Dance Festival is hosting international stars again this year. The two-week festival at the National Dance Theatre will bring together the best of international and national contemporary dance. The most exciting productions from Cuba, Italy and Finland and premieres by the best-known Hungarian dance companies will offer an unmissable programme between 27 April and 11 May.
Historical Psychological Thriller Presented by Hungarian State Opera
- 24 Apr 2024 6:56 AM
- community & culture
On 27 April 2024, the Hungarian State Opera will present Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov with Kossuth Prize recipient Gábor Bretz in the title role. The new production staged by András Almási-Tóth is to be performed in the original (1869) version, for the first time in Hungary, under the baton of Alan Buribayev.
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 ...
'Encore!' A Night With West End Stars, Erkel Theatre Budapest, 13 April
- 9 Apr 2024 5:12 AM
- entertainment
Organisers are thrilled announce that for the first time ever, the magic of London's West End is coming directly to you, making its grand debut at the Erkel Theatre on April 13.
Halsey, Liam Gallagher, Skrillex to Join Headliners at Sziget Fest '24
- 28 Mar 2024 5:23 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- entertainment
Liam Gallagher, Halsey, Skrillex, Janelle Monáe, Raye and Tom Odell are among the nearly fifty acts announced to perform at the Sziget Festival taking place in Budapest from August 7 to 12.
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 ...
Celebrated Hungarian Composer Eötvös Dies at 80 - International Contemporary Music Scene Mourns
- 25 Mar 2024 7:32 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Celebrated Hungarian composer and conductor Péter Eötvös has died, his family told MTI. Eötvös, an eminent personality of the Hungarian and international contemporary music scene, died on Sunday after a long illness, at the age of 80.
Strike Hits Budapest Opera, Performance Proceeds Without Orchestra or Correct Stage Design
- 22 Mar 2024 8:29 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- community & culture
Ferenc Erkel’s opera titled László Hunyadi was performed without an orchestra before the stage design for Mozart’s Don Giovanni of the previous night, at the Opera House on Wednesday evening, as a strike by some members of staff entered its second day.
Rhoda Scott Concert, Dohány Street Synagogue Budapest, 10 March
- 4 Mar 2024 5:28 AM
- entertainment
Organisers are delighted to announce the highly anticipated event, the "Masters & Pieces" concert, featuring four living legends: Rhoda Scott, the Queen of the Hammond organ, Roby Lakatos, the father of "unorthodox" Gypsy fusion music, Lisztes Jenő, the marvelous artist of the cimbalom, and Mexicanu, the emperor of the harmonica.