The award-winning production, the best contemporary dance performance of 2015, Drip Canon – How’s it going, Heraclitus?, will be performed at Müpa Budapest. The piece, directed by Gábor Goda, combines the art of tai chi with contemporary dance. While the stage is flooded with rain, a seventeen-member choir is heard...
Year after year, the Rising Stars series showcases Europe's most promising young musicians in the continent's most prestigious concert halls. Thanks to the initiative of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO), an association of the most outstanding performing arts institutions, five talented musicians will be performing at Müpa Budapest again...
I think many people don't like Halloween because they don't understand what it's really about. It's not just about scaring each other for the fun of it, but more about making fun of our greatest fears, passing and death, on the eve of All Saints Day, and thereby being set...
Dancer and choreographer Dóra Barta, who has received several prestigious awards and the title of Merited Artist, founded her own company in 2008 under the name Badora Dance Company. This time, the independent theatre company is preparing a monumental, disturbing and philosophical show entitled Falling Out of Time, which will...
Two Requiems. In one case, the composer died during the process, and in the other, fortunately, both the composer and the recipient are alive and well. I talked to György Orbán, a contemporary composer born in Marosvásárhely (Târgu Mures), about how his 2004 Artisjus Prize-winning Requiem came about, and what...
We have had a sad anniversary on 2 October: it has been more than one year now since Béla Szakcsi Lakatos passed away. A man whose life work is literally impenetrable and incomprehensible, who continuously shaped and reformed Hungarian musical life, and who is considered an eternal inspiration by thousands...
Two years ago during our interview, Levon Eskenian, leader of the Gurdjieff Ensemble, explained how they had to change their concert programme because his wife, pianist Lusine Grigoryan, was not allowed to travel to Budapest in the midst of the pandemic. Time did justice to her, however, as she will...
Gergő Borlai, renowned and popular drummer both in the Hungarian and international scene, is organising a third concert called 'Divided' already. What is the story behind this series, who was and will be on stage with him, and why will this experience be truly unique? We talked to the Artisjus-awarded...
One of the world's most famous string quartets will be in Budapest for a concert at the Liszt Fest on 19 October. An evening not to be missed by lovers of world music and crossover, The legendary Kronos Quartet will be joined by the magical-voiced and magical Iranian singer Mahsa...
"Don't Look Now" is a cinematic gem from 1973, based on Daphne du Maurier's 1971 short story. Du Maurier, renowned for her blend of romance and thriller elements, particularly in works like "Rebecca," captivated audiences with her storytelling. The film's 50th-anniversary milestone invites us to revisit this strangely beautiful and...
Irén Lovász has worked on her four-part record series Healing Voices for seventeen years. After Sacred Voice, Inner Voice and Female Voice, the final piece, Healing Voice, arrived this year, completing the collection. I talked to the Kossuth Prize-winning singer about the album release concert on 8 October, but of...
In the beginning of our conversation, this renowned History of Music Professor talks about an opera performance in my home city with sparkling eyes and like a little boy standing in front of a huge Christmas tree. Although David Trippett has already given many interviews about the reconstruction of Sardanapalo,...
Performances to go down in music history, featuring legendary ensembles as well as contemporary productions: Here is the full programme of the third Liszt Fest to evoke the composer’s spirit Franz Liszt not only reshaped the history of music in the 19th century, but his influence is still clearly felt...
It was once the centre of the world for Europeans – or is it still? This year, one of the most exciting capitals, Rome, will be linked to Budapest as part of the Bridging Europe programme. And through the Eternal City, also the whole of Italy, thanks to the fantastic...
The story of an investigation: the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble's grand premiere at Müpa Budapest, The Faithless Wife, works with the gloominess of ballads but in a contemporary way. One of the most treasured pieces in old Hungarian ballad repertoire, Barcsai's Lover is the starting point for a full-length crime...
The story of Pelléas and Mélisande embodied the ideal libretto for Debussy. The composer, who was determined to fight Wagnerism and follow the Impressionist line in music and especially in opera, was fascinated by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck’s play, which was presented in 1892. A true rebel, who valued only...
"Renfield" ventures into a semi-uncharted territory by combining horror and goofball comedy, and does it with a great result. This unique experiment delivers an entertaining and hilarious cinematic experience with graphic violence and cartoonish action, which keeps you choking on your movie snack. Right from the opening scene, a classic...
If you have a bit of time today to get out of the everyday rush, sit down for a few hours and being completely absorbed by something, it should definitely be the album Babilonia by Antonio Castrignanò! The multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer started his career in the early 2000s in...
"It's good to write like this, not sitting in a study but at the beach, in sunlight and wind. This is how Homer wrote, and Virgil too" - Sándor Márai wrote in 1948, during his first year of his Italian emigration. Italy became one of the most important places in...
Once upon a time there was an Italian girl who loved jazz, had a wonderful voice, and dreamed of learning from the best jazz musicians - so she moved to the United States. Since her immigration in 1998, Roberta Gambarini built a successful career and is seen as one of...
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