On 15 April, the outstanding young pianist Dániel Villányi will give a concert at the Bartók Spring Festival. We spoke to the composer who is preparing for the performance of two Bach suites, as well as a Bartók and a Prokofev sonata. How did you organise the programme for this...
You might remember some details of the life and times of Robert Schumann. For instance, the story of his marriage is so novelistic as if it was written by one of his contemporary friends. Clara Wieck’s father, Friedrich Wieck, did not want the couple to marry, so the two betrothed...
With his matchless smile, his tireless, ever-renewing performances spanning more than half a century, Chick Corea was the music of pure joy. He has been gone since last year, but his legacy is alive and well, and indeed he has left one last gift especially for Hungarian fans. On 14...
The Müpa Budapest Concert Hall offers a series of new discoveries on the evening of 10 March. We will meet a young Hungarian conductor, Kornél Thomas, who is also a composer, and his work, conducted by himself, is a prize-winner in the Müpa music competition. Luis Aracama, young Spanish soloist...
The Müpa Budapest Crazy About Jazz series continues with its sixth season, in which a selection of Hungarian cultural figures confess their passion for jazz, with a musical twist. The hostess of the evenings, Erika Náray, a wonderful actress and singer, has previously been the host of a series of...
When I say Smetana, you'll get it: Moldova. But the composer who wrote the exuberantly romantic, patriotic symphonic poem, a favourite of classical music radio stations, was also open to folksy merriment. Now at Müpa Budapest, we can laugh and thrill our way through this comedy full of amusing twists,...
A Hungarian and an Italian singer: Evelin Tóth and Maria Mazzotta. They are going to stand on the same stage on 18 February, one as the front person of a band, the other as a soloist. Where did the organisers of the concert get the idea from putting them next...
Aficionados of the king of instruments can listen to organist Wayne Marshall at Müpa Budapest on 8 February. This instrument, with its extremely wide range of registers, never fails to impress, and it's no wonder that not only classical musicians but even bands such as Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd...
The Krylov-Knyazev-Lugansky Trio: Chamber Music by Brahms. 31 January 2022, 7:30pm On the last day of January, the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall of Müpa Budapest will host a special event: although the artists are frequent guests in Budapest, the fact that they will perform together in chamber formation, interpreting...
I have had the opportunity to talk to many composers, but Béla Zsoldos is one of the most, if not the most versatile. His instruments include classical percussive instruments, jazz vibraphone, percussion and drums. He is an artistic director and composer, working with Hungarian and foreign music personalities. Béla Zsoldos,...
Kinga Wojdalska and the Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra - a joint concert Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Carl August Nielsen are both late composers whose works are a bit in the background when compared to bigger ‘classics’. This time, the Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra brings them to the audience of the Müpa on...
There are many ways to play Mozart, but for me one of the most authentic interpretations has always been the legendary Daniel Barenboim. He's the kind of musician who, when playing, can be seen as the reincarnation of the erstwhile child prodigy. For those who don't believe it, now is...
One of the most enigmatic and celebrated works in the history of music will be performed at the Bartók Spring Festival in April by legendary Dutch conductor Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir, founded by him. Why did the Lutheran composer and choirmaster of St Thomas's Church...
In the run-up to the holidays when we rush around, Dóra Pétery and the baroque chamber ensemble Aura Musicale, founded in 1995, will help us to tune in to the spirituality of the holiday season. They give a concert on 21 December at Müpa Budapest, where the specialties of early...
When you' re having a rough start to the day or feeling drowsy in the afternoon, you can drink a strong cup of coffee, do some push-ups or start the free YouTube film Swing, Sing and Think, in which David Fray plays Bach concertos. The energy, zest for life and...
In case you have never heard of Portuguese fado music, Lina Cardoso Rodrigues should be your authentic source to get to know it! She has been singing these beautiful songs for many years and even personified a legendary fado singer on stage. Her recent cooperation with musician, composer and producer...
Although we are just entering winter, Müpa Budapest is already preparing for its 2nd Bartók Spring International Art Weeks, an all-arts festival in April 2022, which will feature many well-known figures from the Hungarian and international art scene, and a host of premieres. The first names of the festival were...
The music of Bach, the magnificent and exquisite Requiem by Duruflé, as well as contemporary organ works will be performed at Müpa Budapest on Tuesday evening, 30 November, in a concert that crosses eras, genres and generations. The beautiful organ, the focal point of Müpa's Béla Bartók National Concert Hall,...
Famous Hungarian and foreign songs will be performed in new Hungarian translations in the lyrical song recitals of László Kollár-Klemencz (vocals, guitar), Marcell Dargay (piano) and Róbert Farkas (violin, viola, accordion, guitar, buzuki) under the title Zabolátlan lovaim (My Unbridled Horses). The ensemble will perform songs by Jacques Brel, Yves...
Four and a half years ago, I had a very impressive discussion with Levon Eskenian, leader of Armenian Gurdjieff Ensemble (with a Hungarian article as a result). They were founded to play ethnographically authentic arrangements of the music of the legendary spiritual leader G. I. Gurdjieff, but through that work,...
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