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Frau Holle is a children’s opera this time

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 21:58:45 +0000

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

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Strauss’ Zarathustra absorbs you completely

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 11:58:30 +0000

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

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

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 11:21:13 +0000

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

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Composer Benjámin Eredics evokes Hungary in Ottoman times

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 18:01:01 +0000

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

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The cosmic flight of sixteen swans

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:07:28 +0000

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

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Rural people were keeping touch with the dead at Easter

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:45:43 +0000

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

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The Miraculous Mandarin: immoral at its time, classic today

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:57:14 +0000

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

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Arturo Sandoval, a trumpeter with a vibrant personality

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 14:08:10 +0000

Arturo Sandoval's life is rich in stories and notes. His music is just as vibrant as it was decades ago. Hear it for yourself!

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Ramón Vargas – a tenor who sings for special needs children

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 17:14:03 +0000

Ramón Vargas, Mexican-born star tenor, has been active for more than 35 years. He will give two concerts in Hungary soon.

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Sergei Krylov from Witches’ Sabbath to a naughty folk song

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 19:10:39 +0000

"Sergei Krylov is one of the five greatest violinists of our time", wrote Mstislav Rostropovich about him.

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Vengerov: the instrument teaches you to play, not the other way round

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 23:43:05 +0000

Vengerov about music: "It has a healing power because it can help us learn something not only about music, but also about ourselves."

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Sleepless: gloomy yet beautiful Péter Eötvös opera in the Müpa

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 20:00:35 +0000

Péter Eötvös adapted Jon Fosse's Trilogy. The story of precarious couple Alida and Asle is childishly innocent yet deeply sinful...

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Honorary Hungarian Uri Caine plays the Bartók Project with friends

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 06:00:58 +0000

Hungarian Project, which was introduced in the Trafó in 2006, has already made Uri Caine an honorary Hungarian.

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Péter Eötvös: I ran away from Bartók’s works to avoid falling into repetition

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 22:52:54 +0000

For me the genre of opera is an absolute miracle - says Péter Eötvös before the premiere of his newest opera Sleepless.

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Monsieur Bartók: The influence of Béla Bartók in contemporary jazz

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 05:00:02 +0000

Béla Bartók made a huge contribution to the evolution of jazz, helping it to get to where it is today after a journey of some 130 years.

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We all use the falsetto register – interview with opera singer Anthony Roth Costanzo

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:00:08 +0000

Anthony Roth Costanzo will sing at Bartók Spring on 7 April. Now he reveals what contemporary opera changed his life...

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Dániel Villányi: I pondered how my concert relates to the war

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 18:00:32 +0000

Dániel Villányi: "This sonata by Prokofiev, although it won a Stalin Prize, is in fact against the Stalinist regime..."

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Dénes Várjon speaks beautifully about Bartók’s music

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 22:39:20 +0000

When I was a child, I had a very different image of Bartók, and that image has been imprinted on people in general - says the musician.

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Ensemble Mini: club concerts if you don’t want to fight

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 21:57:47 +0000

Ensemble Mini, a formation by British conductor Joolz Gale, building upon Schönberg's Society for Private Musical Performances.

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Parade for the music of Boban Marković! – interview with Attila Egerházi

Sophie Hacsek (Managing Editor) — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 23:50:18 +0000

I have been planning to work with Boban Marković for a very long time, and now it is time - says Attila Egerházi.

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