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.
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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?
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 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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.