Gergő Borlai: Divided Freedom is a particularly shining jewel
This free improvisational form is one of the most personal things a musician can express in his life – explains Gergő Borlai.
Müpa
Energetic, vibrant, cool, and 50 years old – the Kronos Quartet
Committed to pioneering new approaches, Kronos Quartet has experimented with a wide range of genres and trends since its beginnings.
As if hundred thousand ancestresses were present – interview with Irén Lovász
Irén Lovász has worked on a four-part album series for seventeen years. Release concert of the last one is coming soon!
Liszt Fest programme announced at unusual card game
Liszt Fest returns in 2023 too! The press was invited to attend a gathering where a card game was played and programmes announced.
Let’s Zoom on Rome! Three must-see Italian concerts
A bridge is being built between Budapest and Rome – and the result is a series of exciting concerts with Italian musicians!
A “faithless wife” burnt, her love beheaded: the brutality of old ballads
The performance explains the infidelity of a woman who cannot forget her first and true love and flees her bad marriage.
Antonio Castrignanò: Babilonia is traditional music, not from the past but the future
On this album, Antonio Castrignanò walks around the world and meets a lot of interesting people. Let’s walk with him!
Sándor Márai compared the sea to a mother’s womb
Hungarian writer and thinker Sándor Márai spend a huge part of his life in exile, partly in Italy. Soon we can learn more about those years.
Roberta Gambarini: suddenly I was there, hanging out with James Moody
“It was inevitable for me to move to the US”, Roberta Gambarini explains, “and to learn jazz from the most authentic source.”
About Gods and Heroes: the most popular Wagner works in the Müpa
Wagner’s operas depict passionate stories and dramatic situations: love affairs, human emotions and fateful decisions…
Studio 11 is 60 years old – interview with Gyula Tóth
We try to keep our history alive, and fortunately there are opportunities to do so – says band leader Gyula Tóth about Studio 11.
Bartók meets ska: PASO launches its new album!
Victor Rice met Hungarian PASO through his passion for Bartók. Is Jamaican ska similar to Central and Eastern European music? Come and see!
What childhood fear fantasies did Ligeti have…?
Requiem by Ligeti has an indescribably powerful effect on the listener and brings us to a true catharsis that stays with us for long.
Mísia – and her melancholic, brooding, passionate fado
Mísia uses innovative techniques because she aims to preserve the values of traditional fado while adding something new to the genre.
You might see Martin Grubinger on stage for the last time
Martin Grubinger is famous for practising until he collapses in the rehearsal room, and when he wakes up again, he sits back to the drums…
Bea Palya welcomes Estonian Mari Kalkun to Hungary
Bea Palya and Mari Kalkun in Tallinn and soon found that they understood each other very well, both musically and personally.
Ivan Repušić: I Lombardi and Nabucco are twin plays – an interview
Earlier Verdi operas are rarely performed, but the line-up of the Munich Radio Orchestra is optimal for these works – Ivan Repušić explains.
Ferenc Szijj and the little man lost in the intricate system
Humour, as Ferenc Szijj does it, offers a predominantly absurd and grotesque quality and an ironic tone, similar to István Örkény.
Did Borodin really write Prince Igor?
Married for love, Borodin became a champion of women’s rights under the influence of his wife, the pianist Ekaterina Protapopova.
Frau Holle is a children’s opera this time
The story of Frau Holle describes an important characteristic of being ready for school – a sense of responsibility.
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