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You might see Martin Grubinger on stage for the last time

Martin Grubinger is famous for practising until he collapses in the rehearsal room, and when he wakes up again, he sits back to the drums…

#Bea Palya #Mari Kalkun #Müpa #My Silks

Bea Palya welcomes Estonian Mari Kalkun to Hungary

Bea Palya and Mari Kalkun in Tallinn and soon found that they understood each other very well, both musically and personally.

#Giuseppe Verdi #I Lombardi #Ivan Repušić #Müpa

Ivan Repušić: I Lombardi and Nabucco are twin plays – an interview

Earlier Verdi operas are rarely performed, but the line-up of the Munich Radio Orchestra is optimal for these works – Ivan Repušić explains.

#Anna Zöllner #Ferenc Szijj #Müpa #poetry

Ferenc Szijj and the little man lost in the intricate system

Humour, as Ferenc Szijj does it, offers a predominantly absurd and grotesque quality and an ironic tone, similar to István Örkény.

#Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin #János Mátyás Stark #Müpa #Tamta Magradze #Zsuzsanna Deák

Did Borodin really write Prince Igor?

Married for love, Borodin became a champion of women’s rights under the influence of his wife, the pianist Ekaterina Protapopova.

#Anna Rácz #Bartók Spring #children's opera #Frau Holle #Müpa #Nóra Fehér

Frau Holle is a children’s opera this time

The story of Frau Holle describes an important characteristic of being ready for school – a sense of responsibility.

#Anna Rácz #Der Rosenkavalier #Metropolitan #Müpa #Nóra Fehér #Richard Strauss

A wise woman gives up her younger love for the heiress

A wise woman who, realising her age, gives up her much younger love for a young and beautiful heiress in Der Rosenkavalier.

#Justin Adams #Mauro Durante #Müpa

Adams and Durante: musicians of deep emotions

Adams and Durante investigate the common ground between the music of the two sides of the Mediterranean: North Africa and South Italy.

#Also sprach Zarathustra #Bartók Spring #Ernő Dohnányi Symphonic Orchestra Budafok #Gábor Hollerung #Levente Gyöngyösi #Müpa #Richard Strauss #Zsuzsanna Deák

Strauss’ Zarathustra absorbs you completely

“Zarathustra was thirty years old when he left his native land and the lake of his native land and retreated to the mountains.”

#Bartók Spring #György Ligeti #Klangforum Wien #Müpa #Péter Eötvös

Ligeti 100: “Music as frozen time, as an object in imaginary space”

The 1960s and early 1970s were a very productive period for Ligeti. He composed, among other things, the Cello Concerto and Chamber Concerto.

#Anna Rácz #Bartók Spring #Benjámin Eredics #Müpa

Composer Benjámin Eredics evokes Hungary in Ottoman times

Typical, characteristic figures of the period and the wild and romantic surroundings of the Hungarian castles feature in Eredics ‘s music.

#East #iLand #Müpa #progressive rock #The Island

From East to iLand: history of a Hungarian progressive rock band

The songs on the new group’s first album The Island are very cohesive: they are flowing naturally into each other.

#Anna Rácz #Budapest Ritmo #Egypt #Mazaher #Müpa #Nóra Fehér

Ancient, ritual melodies with Mazaher at the Budapest Ritmo

A fascinating aspect of this ancient ritual is that it is predominantly performed by women, with only a handful of men participating.

#Bartók Spring #Jean Sibelius #Kristóf Baráti #Müpa #Santtu-Matias Rouvali #Symphony No. 5 #Zsuzsanna Deák

The cosmic flight of sixteen swans

As we listen to the swans marching in Symphony No. 5 by Sibelius, we feel very small as part of an infinite universe.

#Anna Rácz #Bartók Spring #Easter #Géza Róheim #Hungarian State Folk Ensemble

Rural people were keeping touch with the dead at Easter

There are different variations for the Easter “splashing”, from immersing the person in a lot of water to to some slight sprinkling.

#Alice Diop #Dora Endre #Saint Omer

Saint Omer: Terribly Human Monsters

Saint Omer is an edgy and emotionally turbulent courtroom drama painted with thick brushstrokes of mystery.

#Bartók Spring #Béla Bartók #Igor Stravinsky #Müpa #Semyon Bychkov #Seong-Jin Cho #Thierry Escaich #Zsuzsanna Deák

The Miraculous Mandarin: immoral at its time, classic today

“The Mandarin will be diabolic music. The listener would be led from the turmoil of a metropolis to the tramp ranch.”

#Brad Pitt #Dora Endre #Miriam Toews #Women Talking

Women Talking ~ a review by Dora Endre

The narration underlines the importance of early formative experience as well as the lingering presence of transgenerational traumas.

#Müpa #Nathan Laube #organ #Zsuzsanna Deák

Nathan Laube: Every organ tells a different story

Nathan Laube has a deep knowledge of every single key, pedal and register of the most important European and American organs.

#Anna Rácz #Castor et Pollux #Jean-Philippe Rameau #Müpa #Nóra Fehér

A love triangle between brothers – Rameau’s Castor and Pollux

Castor and Pollux are indeed twin brothers, but from two different fathers. Pollux, Zeus’ son, is immortal, but Castor is mortal…

#Anna Rácz #Artúr Kálid #Bálint Balassi #early music #Müpa #Tercina

Renaissance poet Bálint Balassi meets an actor and an orchestra

Balassi still belonged to the generation who wrote poems to melodies, so they are a great match to early music.

#Nóra Fehér #Platon Karataev

Platon Karataev takes you on an unpredictable musical journey

While their international career was progressing, the incorporation of Hungarian language has further elevated the band’s musical appeal.

#Charlotte Vendermeersch #Dora Endre #Felix van Groeningen #The Eight Mountains

The Eight Mountains – Ode to the Friendships That Anchor Us

Following up on a promise Bruno has made to him, the two – now grown men – have the task to build a stone house in the mountains.

#Dora Endre #Emily the Criminal #John Patton Ford

Emily the Criminal ~ a review by Dora Endre

Ford’s drama-thriller offers a strong social commentary – in relation to the hopelessness of career starters.

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Did Borodin really write Prince Igor?

Frau Holle is a children’s opera this time

A wise woman gives up her younger love for the heiress

Adams and Durante: musicians of deep emotions

Strauss’ Zarathustra absorbs you completely

Ligeti 100: “Music as frozen time, as an object in imaginary space”

Composer Benjámin Eredics evokes Hungary in Ottoman times

From East to iLand: history of a Hungarian progressive rock band

Ancient, ritual melodies with Mazaher at the Budapest Ritmo

The cosmic flight of sixteen swans

Rural people were keeping touch with the dead at Easter

Saint Omer: Terribly Human Monsters

The Miraculous Mandarin: immoral at its time, classic today

Women Talking ~ a review by Dora Endre

Nathan Laube: Every organ tells a different story

A love triangle between brothers – Rameau’s Castor and Pollux

Renaissance poet Bálint Balassi meets an actor and an orchestra

Platon Karataev takes you on an unpredictable musical journey

The Eight Mountains – Ode to the Friendships That Anchor Us

Emily the Criminal ~ a review by Dora Endre

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