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David Fray will play Beethoven in Budapest after 7 years
#David Fray #Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra #Müpa #Nóra Fehér #Zsuzsanna Deák

David Fray will play Beethoven in Budapest after 7 years

When you' re having a rough start to the day or feeling drowsy in the afternoon, you can drink a strong cup of coffee, do some push-ups or start the free YouTube film Swing, Sing and Think, in which David Fray plays Bach concertos. The energy, zest for life and...
#Beethoven250Challenge – a few coffee breaks with the great composer!
#Anna Rácz #Beethoven250Challenge #classical music #Ludwig van Beethoven #Müpa #video

#Beethoven250Challenge – a few coffee breaks with the great composer!

If we could travel in time, I would gladly have a few cup of coffees with the Master who - as we can know from Ádám Bősze’s presentations - always ordered his staff, in times when he had it, to take sixty coffee beans to make his drink. He wasn’t...
„Oppenheimer” Review: A Naive Genius and His Moral Quandaries
#Dora Endre #Oppenheimer

„Oppenheimer” Review: A Naive Genius and His Moral Quandaries

Inventive, creative and „engineering” filmmaker Christopher Nolan (Inception) brings us J. Robert Oppenheimer’s jaw dropping story in IMAX. One of the most important figures of the last century, Oppenheimer is in the center stage of Nolan’s ambitious new film. Oppenheimer was in charge of the Los Alamos Laboratory operated by...
Did Borodin really write Prince Igor?
#Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin #János Mátyás Stark #Müpa #Tamta Magradze #Zsuzsanna Deák

Did Borodin really write Prince Igor?

Two romantic opera overtures and two concertos: the upcoming concert of the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra will transport you to the world of a medieval Russian heroic poem and a forest where a German hunter makes deals with the devil. In addition to popular pieces that evoke fantastic stories, two brilliant...
The cosmic flight of sixteen swans
#Bartók Spring #Jean Sibelius #Kristóf Baráti #Müpa #Santtu-Matias Rouvali #Symphony No. 5 #Zsuzsanna Deák

The cosmic flight of sixteen swans

Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali and his world-renowned Philharmonia Orchestra will perform one of the most iconic and important works of their homeland, Sibelius' magnificent and cosmic Symphony No. 5, on 16 April as part of the Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks. The symphony will be preceded by Beethoven's Leonora Overture...
Diana Tishchenko: my music delivers messages in support of the Ukrainians
#Diana Tishchenko #Müpa #Rising Stars #ukraine #war #Zoltán Fejérvári

Diana Tishchenko: my music delivers messages in support of the Ukrainians

Diana Tishchenko and Zoltán Fejérvári enjoy working together both on stage and in the recording studio. She is from Ukraine and he is from Hungary, she is a violinist and he is a pianist, she is part of the Rising Stars programme and he is happy to accompany her there....
Sergei Krylov from Witches’ Sabbath to a naughty folk song
#Bartók Spring #Müpa #Nóra Fehér #Sergei Krylov #Zsuzsanna Deák

Sergei Krylov from Witches’ Sabbath to a naughty folk song

At the end of April, another world star will arrive in Hungary: Sergei Krylov will play Mendelssohn s Violin concerto and Bartók's Rhapsody No.1 for the audience in Győr and Debrecen, but the concert will also feature a terrifying Witches' Sabbath and a naughty Hungarian folk song. The Russian violinist's...
Song of the Earth: Mahler’s wonderful message about eternity
#Earth Day #Gustav Mahler #Müpa #Zsuzsanna Deák

Song of the Earth: Mahler’s wonderful message about eternity

Müpa celebrates Earth Day with one of the most monumental and unforgettable pieces from the history of music. Leonard Bernstein called Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth) Mahler’s greatest symphony which contrasts the everlasting beauty of nature with the short and insignificant human existence. Nowadays, when climate...
Monsieur Bartók: The influence of Béla Bartók in contemporary jazz
#Bartók Spring #Béla Bartók #Gábor Köves #jazz #Müpa #Uri Caine

Monsieur Bartók: The influence of Béla Bartók in contemporary jazz

In the afterlife of Béla Bartók’s music, the expiry of copyright protection for his works (2016) brought a significant change. In the years that have elapsed since, there have been a number of outstanding adaptations of his compositions, into which new life has been breathed – not surprisingly – in...
Dániel Villányi: I pondered how my concert relates to the war
#Bartók Spring #Dániel Villányi #Győző Nagy #Müpa #Nóra Fehér

Dániel Villányi: I pondered how my concert relates to the war

On 15 April, the outstanding young pianist Dániel Villányi will give a concert at the Bartók Spring Festival. We spoke to the composer who is preparing for the performance of two Bach suites, as well as a Bartók and a Prokofev sonata. How did you organise the programme for this...
Dénes Várjon speaks beautifully about Bartók’s music
#Anna Rácz #Bartók Spring #Béla Bartók #Dénes Várjon #Müpa #Nóra Fehér

Dénes Várjon speaks beautifully about Bartók’s music

Imagine a premiere where the audience is screaming in outrage, throwing stink bombs, and the noise they make is so loud that the orchestra can't be heard. This is what we would have seen and heard if we had entered the Cologne Opera House in 1926 for the premiere of...
Reorganised Robert Schumann songs tell a romantic story
#Alexander Schmalcz #Kammerorchester Basel #Matthias Goerne #Müpa #Robert Schumann

Reorganised Robert Schumann songs tell a romantic story

You might remember some details of the life and times of Robert Schumann. For instance, the story of his marriage is so novelistic as if it was written by one of his contemporary friends. Clara Wieck’s father, Friedrich Wieck, did not want the couple to marry, so the two betrothed...
The Power of Music – an essay by Nóra Fehér
#essay #music #Nóra Fehér

The Power of Music – an essay by Nóra Fehér

The Power of Music - an essay by Nóra Fehér Ancient Greek philosophers played soothing flute tunes for manic patients; while depressed individuals were treated with the soothing sound of the dulcimer (a folk instrument similar to the citera). The overture to Boléro by Ravel, one of the most influential...
Wayne Marshall and his music that crawls under our skin
#Anna Rácz #Müpa #Nóra Fehér #organ #Wayne Marshall

Wayne Marshall and his music that crawls under our skin

Aficionados of the king of instruments can listen to organist Wayne Marshall at Müpa Budapest on 8 February. This instrument, with its extremely wide range of registers, never fails to impress, and it's no wonder that not only classical musicians but even bands such as Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd...
Leader of The Krylov Trio is in love with Hungary
#chamber music #Győző Nagy #Johannes Brahms #Krylov-Knyazev-Lugansky #Müpa #Nóra Fehér

Leader of The Krylov Trio is in love with Hungary

The Krylov-Knyazev-Lugansky Trio: Chamber Music by Brahms. 31 January 2022, 7:30pm On the last day of January, the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall of Müpa Budapest will host a special event: although the artists are frequent guests in Budapest, the fact that they will perform together in chamber formation, interpreting...
Kinga Wojdalska will play music by the composer of Star Wars
#Ernő Dohnányi Symphonic Orchestra Budafok #John Williams #Kinga Wojdalska #Müpa #viola

Kinga Wojdalska will play music by the composer of Star Wars

Kinga Wojdalska and the Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra - a joint concert Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Carl August Nielsen are both late composers whose works are a bit in the background when compared to bigger ‘classics’. This time, the Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra brings them to the audience of the Müpa on...
Bartók Spring comes with a Bosch exhibition and special premieres
#Bartók Spring #Müpa #Nóra Fehér #Zsolt Várkonyi

Bartók Spring comes with a Bosch exhibition and special premieres

Although we are just entering winter, Müpa Budapest is already preparing for its 2nd Bartók Spring International Art Weeks, an all-arts festival in April 2022, which will feature many well-known figures from the Hungarian and international art scene, and a host of premieres. The first names of the festival were...
Norbert Káel: it was a part of Liszt’s rockstar image to be charming
#Anna Rácz #Jazzical Trio #Liszt Fest #Nóra Fehér #Norbert Káel

Norbert Káel: it was a part of Liszt’s rockstar image to be charming

When Liszt was once questioned whether he had ever considered writing the story of his life, he replied gloomily that such a life was enough to live through. He was a man of passion, a virtuoso, an innovator, and we could go on and on. According to Norbert Káel, internationally...
Zubin Mehta’s long and adventurous life with the focus on four cities
#conductor #Müpa #Rudolf Buchbinder #Zubin Mehta

Zubin Mehta’s long and adventurous life with the focus on four cities

"The 85-year-old Maestro came out to the stage with a cane and you could see him happy and inspired by what was coming (or maybe by those who have come?). One way or another, once the long welcoming applause faded, he didn’t need a cane anymore, he didn’t even need...
The music of Bartók is my native language, says violinist Barnabás Kelemen
#Barnabás Kelemen #Bartók Spring #Jonian Ilias Kadesha #Katalin Kokas #Vashti Mimosa Hunter #Zsuzsanna Deák

The music of Bartók is my native language, says violinist Barnabás Kelemen

The power couple of Hungarian music scene, Barnabás Kelemen and Katalin Kokas, celebrate the return of post-lockdown life with a Béla Bartók marathon. The violinist husband and wife play every single violin quartet by Bartók (the first part was on 20 May and the second will be on 23 May)...

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