Hungarian singer Bea Palya released her album Nő (Woman) in 2014, which was a turning point in her career. "I feel that for the first time, I was able to put together who I am as a whole," she said at the time. The songs tell the story of what...
Ferenc Szijj is one of the most important figures of the post-regime-change generation of Hungarian poets, albeit he usually stays away from the spotlight. Born in 1958, he is an Attila József Prize-winning writer, poet and literary translator. He graduated from the University of Szeged (then: Attila József University) in...
Two romantic opera overtures and two concertos: the upcoming concert of the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra will transport you to the world of a medieval Russian heroic poem and a forest where a German hunter makes deals with the devil. In addition to popular pieces that evoke fantastic stories, two brilliant...
The Bartók Spring Festival's program boasts a real treasure: the premiere of the children's opera, Frau Holle, at Müpa This stage piece by Dániel Csengery, winner of a prize in the institution's 2020 music competition, is a noteworthy addition to the children's opera repertoire, which is still relatively limited. The...
So many Ligeti concerts happen nowadays that you almost get confused about which one you are going to. This centenary year is a good year. You can hear such pieces live, even several times, that you've only read about before, or seen YouTube videos of. Such is the Poème symphonique...
Many generations of Hungarian children have enjoyed István Fekete's 1937 adventure novel, The Agha's Testament, and the film adaptation from thirty years later. These works inspired Benjamin Eredics' moving, turbulent dance music, in which the typical, characteristic figures of the period and the wild and romantic surroundings of the Hungarian...
Perhaps the most numerous and various Hungarian folk customs are connected to the Easter holiday. Although the traditions and the performed home or village "ceremonies" may vary from region to region, the main events and cycle of the holiday are mostly the same everywhere. "I have never seen a more...
Heightened emotions of dance works, written by two 20th century giants, come before and after the work of a world famous contemporary composer at the concert of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra led by Semyon Bychkov. One of Bartók's most popular and most performed plays, The Miraculous Mandarin always has a...
“They often treat organ as an old, museal relic, but if we look closer, we can see that it is a living and breathing organism, still having a lot to say to us” – says brilliant young organist Nathan Laube about the so-called queen of the instruments. He will give...
“Books and life merged for poet Bálint Balassi” (Gábor Tolnai) Bálint Balassi is one of the most ambivalent and mysterious figures of the beginnings of Hungarian poetry. Restless life, running towards death in the battle for the protection of Esztergom, ten days of agony, and around hundred poems left for...
Platon Karataev is a Hungarian musical outfit that has been causing a stir both in their home country and on the international stage. This talented band is known for their eclectic and genre-defying sound that blends elements of indie, post- rock and world music into a unique and compelling musical...
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, born in a Jewish family in Brno and grown to be a child prodigy, changed the Golden age of Hollywood forever. His film music made him famous, his life was also as adventurous as a film, and he also wrote chamber music, songs, concertos, symphonic poems and...
Edina Szvoren, one of the most prominent and innovative writers of contemporary Hungarian short fiction, will be the special guest of the Müpa Literarium in January. Her work has won numerous awards, including 2019's Libri Literary Award. "Her 2010 short story collection Pertu is a distinctive debut, each of her...
For about three years after writing his oratorio The Creation, Joseph Haydn penned his next work, The Seasons, which, because of its text, is considered one of the most sentimental of German idyll oratorios. What makes the work even more exceptional is that Müpa is now presenting it as part...
Kristály (Crystal), a production by Recirquel, has been enchanting the audience in the winter period for five years already. Both children and adults love dwelling in its wonders. The show, which is set in a special space, will be played in a brand new venue this year: the Millenáris Glass...
In the darkest weeks of the year, in the run-up to Advent, even those who don't often deal with transcendental issues tend to turn inwards, open to spiritual experiences. The Messiah and other renowned Advent classics are played in the venues, while Christmas sacred music, carols and psalms resonate with...
One thing I love about historical fiction is that I can learn about real-life personalities whom I haven’t even heard of before. It was Cecilie Enger’s novel The White Map that first made me aware of Bertha Torgersen and Hanna Brummenæs, two intriguing women from the late 19th, early 20th...
Diana Tishchenko and Zoltán Fejérvári enjoy working together both on stage and in the recording studio. She is from Ukraine and he is from Hungary, she is a violinist and he is a pianist, she is part of the Rising Stars programme and he is happy to accompany her there....
Close your eyes and imagine how many colours can come out of a guitar if a very talented musician plays it! Done? All right. How many colours did you see? More than you can count, I guess. Then how about doing the same… with two guitars? It is a great...
It is always an uplifting and touching moment when a senior artist steps on stage with more junior ones. This time pianist Gábor Farkas, cellist László Fenyő and violinist Barnabás Kelemen are honoured to play two-piano pieces and piano trios with legendary pianist Ilona Prunyi. What is in common in...
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