Freud was suspicious about Dalí’s obsession with him
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Sergei Krylov from Witches’ Sabbath to a naughty folk song
“Sergei Krylov is one of the five greatest violinists of our time”, wrote Mstislav Rostropovich about him.
Song of the Earth: Mahler’s wonderful message about eternity
The Song of the Earth was written in the most difficult period in Mahler’s life and is based on a collection of ancient Chinese poems.
What is the best music to fall asleep to?
Music can play an important role in reducing our daily anxiety, which is essential for improving sleep quality.
Vengerov: the instrument teaches you to play, not the other way round
Vengerov about music: “It has a healing power because it can help us learn something not only about music, but also about ourselves.”
Sleepless: gloomy yet beautiful Péter Eötvös opera in the Müpa
Péter Eötvös adapted Jon Fosse’s Trilogy. The story of precarious couple Alida and Asle is childishly innocent yet deeply sinful…
Honorary Hungarian Uri Caine plays the Bartók Project with friends
Hungarian Project, which was introduced in the Trafó in 2006, has already made Uri Caine an honorary Hungarian.
Péter Eötvös: I ran away from Bartók’s works to avoid falling into repetition
For me the genre of opera is an absolute miracle – says Péter Eötvös before the premiere of his newest opera Sleepless.
Monsieur Bartók: The influence of Béla Bartók in contemporary jazz
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.
We all use the falsetto register – interview with opera singer Anthony Roth Costanzo
Anthony Roth Costanzo will sing at Bartók Spring on 7 April. Now he reveals what contemporary opera changed his life…
Dániel Villányi: I pondered how my concert relates to the war
Dániel Villányi: “This sonata by Prokofiev, although it won a Stalin Prize, is in fact against the Stalinist regime…”
Endre Domonkos: An Economic History of Hungary from 1867
Endre Domonkos, in his current work, summarises the economic history of Hungary in 10 chapters and more than 200 pages, richly illustrated.
Dénes Várjon speaks beautifully about Bartók’s music
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.