Müpa reopens its gates with international stars
This is not only reopening but rebirth for the leading cultural institution of Hungary. The Müpa leadership team revealed what comes next.
Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor)
A fantastic experience: they dance Vasarely’s paintings! – interview with Balázs Vincze
Vasarely was born in Pécs, so it brings us a great opportunity to celebrate the 60th birthday of our dance company Ballet Pécs with him!
The Concerto reveals a lot about an ill Bartók’s mental and physical state
Interview with dancer-choreographer Tamás Juronics and his artistic partners. How can you dance to Bartók’s Concerto? How do worlds meet?
The music of Bartók is my native language, says violinist Barnabás Kelemen
The Kelemen Quartet is back after three years of break! Consisting of two couples, they bring every violin quartet by Bartók to life now.
Criminal dance drama based on a terrifying story – interview with screenwriter Zsuzsa Zs. Vincze
A Szekler folk ballad tells a universal story about passionate love overwriting everything, marital infidelity, jealousy, and revenge.
Music is not like a 100-metre dash – interview with Charlie Horváth
…And then, in the early summer of 2019, we were on the way home in the bus, and then I suddenly said: OK guys, let’s record an album!
Makám shows so many different faces with its music – interview with Zoltán Krulik
I love contemplative, meditative singing. Also, old Hungarian folk music was an important experience – explains the band leader.
Mozart’s music on a historically accurate instrument! – interview with pianist Mihály Berecz
It is much easier to play the pieces on the instrument they were originally written for – says the young pianist.
I got so much from Félix Lajkó and the Győr Ballet Company – László Velekei on their newest production
We put a new layer on the piece, with an update on the language of dance, and we made it faster and thicker.
New film music accompanies a 1918 silent film – interview with conductor Gergely Dubóczky
It is a great possibility for different eras to meet. The motion picture is ancient yet the accompanying music is contemporary.
Let’s roam around Budapest with a virtual world music festival!
I know a place where contours are blurred, where boundaries are in a constant move, where we meet, reply to each other, melt together.
Conductors from all over Europe – Bartók Spring starts with online broadcasts
They have to break silence, even in front of silent, indifferent cameras. Because they know that behind that camera, there is us…
Ida Nielsen concert for free – one of the ten best bass guitarists of the world
On 30 April, we can recall the powerful and joyful music making of Danish bass guitarist and composer Ida Nielsen from a 2019 concert video.
Baroque friendships, or when composers and writers collaborated
Baroque composers, also popular in their own right, now can meet their old friend Molière, just like other writers of the era.
Let’s greet spring with these refreshing pieces of music!
Müpa has prepared another bunch of musical experiences that bring even more genres and great performers into our homes.
Music of the wild happiness of romance – concerts on the birthday of Béla Bartók
the composer who defined 20th century music fundamentally, not only in his homeland Hungary but internationally, was born 140 years ago.
Bach is the beginning and the end – birthday concerts all weekend
Müpa celebrates JS Bach all weekend: on both Saturday and Sunday night after 19:00 PM (CET), online concerts will be broadcasted.
Crazy party stories from the Irie Maffia
We brought you some rhythmic music, and stories related to them, from Irie Maffia whose concert can be rewatched tonight.
Müpa is 16 years old today
Müpa has held a lot of birthdays already. This time it will be its own! A leading cultural insitution of Hungary is 16 years old today.
Broadcast of Mendelssohn’s Elijah in the midst of Lent
No surprise that Mendelssohn chose him for this monumental piece: Elijah is considered as someone who prepared the way for the Messiah.