Strauss’ Zarathustra absorbs you completely
“Zarathustra was thirty years old when he left his native land and the lake of his native land and retreated to the mountains.”
Müpa
Ligeti 100: “Music as frozen time, as an object in imaginary space”
The 1960s and early 1970s were a very productive period for Ligeti. He composed, among other things, the Cello Concerto and Chamber Concerto.
Composer Benjámin Eredics evokes Hungary in Ottoman times
Typical, characteristic figures of the period and the wild and romantic surroundings of the Hungarian castles feature in Eredics ‘s music.
From East to iLand: history of a Hungarian progressive rock band
The songs on the new group’s first album The Island are very cohesive: they are flowing naturally into each other.
Ancient, ritual melodies with Mazaher at the Budapest Ritmo
A fascinating aspect of this ancient ritual is that it is predominantly performed by women, with only a handful of men participating.
The cosmic flight of sixteen swans
As we listen to the swans marching in Symphony No. 5 by Sibelius, we feel very small as part of an infinite universe.
The Miraculous Mandarin: immoral at its time, classic today
“The Mandarin will be diabolic music. The listener would be led from the turmoil of a metropolis to the tramp ranch.”
Nathan Laube: Every organ tells a different story
Nathan Laube has a deep knowledge of every single key, pedal and register of the most important European and American organs.
A love triangle between brothers – Rameau’s Castor and Pollux
Castor and Pollux are indeed twin brothers, but from two different fathers. Pollux, Zeus’ son, is immortal, but Castor is mortal…
Renaissance poet Bálint Balassi meets an actor and an orchestra
Balassi still belonged to the generation who wrote poems to melodies, so they are a great match to early music.
Tromba Veneziana – the attraction of Venice and early music
The Tromba Veneziana concert program, named after Gábor Boldoczki’s album, is set to be performed by the Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra.
Korngold, the genius whom Hollywood loved but Vienna expelled
A heart attack delayed his journey back to Europe with two years. His symphonic serenade was played by the Vienna Philharmonics in 1950.
Prokofiev Marathon: is piano a percussion instrument?!
Prokofiev Marathon in the Müpa! Meet the genius who sometimes composed 14 hours in a row and skipped meals for it…
Edina Szvoren: If I could play Purcell on peppers filled with water…
Edina Szvoren is a master of contemporary Hungarian short stories and one of the most original voices in Hungary.
Anton Gerzenberg: Rachmaninoff, Liszt and Dohnányi fit well together
Rachmaninoff’s music is close to me, which mostly comes from my family – says pianist Anton Gerzenberg before his Budapest concert.
Müpa New Year’s concert – with a surprise from Haydn!
The tradition of performing The Seasons at a New Year’s concert appears to go back a long way: the first performance happened in 1900.
Wonderful Nativity by the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble
This production was born from a mixture of peasant folklore and imagination, and was first performed at Müpa Budapest in 2018.
The atmosphere of medieval Christmas with Catalina Vicens
Catalina Vicens brings us the atmosphere of medieval advent and Christmas to us with authentic tools and the help of the best contributors.
Nesrine Belmokh: now I am cellist and singer at the same time
My music includes where I come from: the Algerian Arabic milieu. It includes European classical music. It includes rock and soul.
Bence Vági: most of all, Kristály is a story of love
Kristály is an ice queen who suffers from a broken heart and freezes the world around her, not wanting to let any emotion in anymore.
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