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#Anna Rácz #Don Giovanni #Müpa #opera #Péter Kálmán #Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Péter Kálmán: I won’t be the usual Don Giovanni but a wizard

Director András Hábetler and myself are childhood friends, so he tailored the character of Don Giovanni to match my personality.

#Anna Rácz #Gabi Szűcs #jazz #Müpa

Gabi Szűcs: the femme fatale has no success in finding happiness

Jazz singer Gabi Szűcs investigates in her concert what is really like to be labelled as femme fatale. Are these women better lovers than wives?

#János Gonda #jazz #Müpa #Zsuzsanna Deák

Jazz musicians need to be as open as the genre itself! – remembering János Gonda

He did so many things that it is almost impossible to imagine how it could be only one person’s life work.

#call #fine arts

Call for Entries: Artist for Residency Programme

November and May each year, the Foundation provides accommodation and use of the studio of the Villa Tosa di Sotto in San Sano.

#Metropolitan #Müpa #opera #Zsuzsanna Deák

Brilliant Metropolitan broadcasts coming to Müpa’s new season too

Broadcasts help us concentrate on the content rather than the externalities: the HD quality makes them almost as good as an opera experience on stage.

#conductor #Müpa #Rudolf Buchbinder #Zubin Mehta

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

“Once the applause faded, he didn’t need a cane anymore. On stage he was flying. And he easily took the whole large orchestra and his audience with him.”

#Bence Vági #Müpa #My Land #Recirquel

We were born in this land yet strive for the sky: story of the My Land

In stories seemingly from Eastern European countries, Bence Vági found the universal, human; something relatable to his life in Hungary, too.

#jazz #Müpa #trumpet #Wynton Marsalis

The second Marsalis son speaks his mind about music, family, or society

Wynton Marsalis seems like the a true prototype of being a “musical second born” – both in terms of subversion and innovation.

#Elina Garanca #Karel Mark Chichon #Müpa #opera singer

Is she the best Carmen? Elīna Garanča between two worlds

According to reviewers, she is among the most authentic personifications of Carmen and an inevitable part of European opera life.

#33 virtues #Billi Thanner #Himmelsleiter #Vienna

Himmelsleiter in St Stephan’s Vienna extended until September 2021

Since Easter Sunday 2021, Billi Thanner’s Himmelsleiter rises into the Viennese sky illuminated in neon gold on the south tower of St. Stephan’s Cathedral.

#Gustav Mahler #Klagenfurt #Mahler Forum

Event by recently established Mahler Forum is coming soon in Klagenfurt

The Mahler Forum invites you to the Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt and to the Gustav Mahler Composer’s House Maiernigg.

#Budapest Wagner Days #Müpa #Müpa Home #Richard Wagner #Zsuzsanna Deák

Budapest Wagner Days goes online again – good news for fans all around the world!

Budapest Wagner Days goes online for the second consecutive year already. This means that it can be watched from everywhere around the world!

#Müpa #new season #Zsolt Várkonyi

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.

#Anna Rácz #Balázs Vincze #Ballet Pécs #Bartók Spring #Victor Vasarely

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!

#Bartók Spring #Concerto #Müpa #Tamás Juronics #Tamás Márok

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?

#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 Kelemen Quartet is back after three years of break! Consisting of two couples, they bring every violin quartet by Bartók to life now.

#Bartók Spring #femicide #The Faithless Wife #Zsuzsa Zs Vincze #Zsuzsanna Deák

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.

#Bartók Spring #Charlie Horváth #László Sallai #Müpa

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!

#Bartók Spring #Makám #world music #Zoltán Krulik #Zsolt Várkonyi

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.

#Anna Rácz #Bartók Spring #Mihály Berecz #Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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.

#Attila Szűcs #Erika Deák Gallery #exhibition

Abundance of Doubt and Wonder: Attila Szűcs’s recent paintings showcased

The miracles of Surrealist, post-conceptual and postmedia painting may also emerge beyond the vital, panpsychic cosmos of romanticism.

#Anna Rácz #ballet #Bartók Spring #László Velekei #online event

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.

#Anna Rácz #Bartók Spring #composer #Gergely Dubóczky #Hungarian film #online event

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.

#Bartók Spring #Budapest Ritmo #online festival #world music

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.

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Péter Kálmán: I won’t be the usual Don Giovanni but a wizard

Gabi Szűcs: the femme fatale has no success in finding happiness

Jazz musicians need to be as open as the genre itself! – remembering János Gonda

Call for Entries: Artist for Residency Programme

Brilliant Metropolitan broadcasts coming to Müpa’s new season too

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

We were born in this land yet strive for the sky: story of the My Land

The second Marsalis son speaks his mind about music, family, or society

Is she the best Carmen? Elīna Garanča between two worlds

Himmelsleiter in St Stephan’s Vienna extended until September 2021

Event by recently established Mahler Forum is coming soon in Klagenfurt

Budapest Wagner Days goes online again – good news for fans all around the world!

Müpa reopens its gates with international stars

A fantastic experience: they dance Vasarely’s paintings! – interview with Balázs Vincze

The Concerto reveals a lot about an ill Bartók’s mental and physical state

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

Criminal dance drama based on a terrifying story – interview with screenwriter Zsuzsa Zs. Vincze

Music is not like a 100-metre dash – interview with Charlie Horváth

Makám shows so many different faces with its music – interview with Zoltán Krulik

Mozart’s music on a historically accurate instrument! – interview with pianist Mihály Berecz

Abundance of Doubt and Wonder: Attila Szűcs’s recent paintings showcased

I got so much from Félix Lajkó and the Győr Ballet Company – László Velekei on their newest production

New film music accompanies a 1918 silent film – interview with conductor Gergely Dubóczky

Let’s roam around Budapest with a virtual world music festival!

A series of Susan Anwin’s short stories is launching at Art Here Art Now tomorrow

Films to be broadcast in the Berlinale Classics 2018

Body as more than a mere object of desire – Jan Němec about František Drtikol

The story of El Paso lived in me in a brilliant way – interview with Winston Groom

Baroque Soap Opera Reloaded

Here are the winners of the Stage Awards 2018!

Branford Marsalis: Playing with Sting for four years was a great experience

A series of Susan Anwin’s short stories is launching at Art Here Art Now tomorrow

Govt earmarks HUF 106 m for Subotica synagogue revamp

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Best of 2021: Dora Endre’s list of movies IV.

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood: The One Who Listens Understands

„You Hurt My Feelings”: No Man Wants a V-Neck Sweater

“Saltburn”: Oliver Twist and the Slutty Fairies