Tannhäuser
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, or Tannhäuser for short, is a Richard Wagner opera in three acts. The libretto was written by the composer...
Bartók Béla National Concert Hall
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Götterdämmerung
The Norns, daughters of Erda, can no longer see into the future. The world tree Yggdrasil, its branches broken to pieces, awaits the coming cataclysm....
Siegfried
Wagner originally intended to limit the story of the dramatic tetralogy to the death of Siegfried, but, while working on this opera, he eventually elaborated...
Piotr Anderszewski and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Piotr Anderszewski, one of the most extraordinary personalities among living pianists today, has links to Hungary that go beyond mere family connections. Now in his...
Hommage à Ligeti – Requiem
Of all the many traditions at the Palace of Arts, perhaps one of the most beautiful is the May concert of the UMZE Chamber Ensemble...
Kristóf Baráti and Enrico Pace
Acquiring fame is difficult, but remaining famous is even harder. How many young musicians have we heard about who appear suddenly, sweep us off our...
J. S. Bach: St Matthew Passion
“I draw the line at Mozart’s death,” says Ton Koopman, one of the outstanding representatives of the historically informed performance movement that blossomed in the...
Faces of Romanticism – Alexander Ullman and the Danubia Orchestra Óbuda
The future belongs to the young, so they say, but we might also add that so does the present. The international music scene is kept...
Miklós Perényi, Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi and the MR Symphonics
Kodály: Dances of Galánta Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, op. 33 Orff: Carmina Burana...
The Paganini of the Organ – Cameron Carpenter
When we see a punk with bulging triceps playing the organ in a sleeveless vest and spangled leggings, and producing a veritable orgy of sound...
Sol Gabetta and the Basel Chamber Orchestra
Born in Argentina of Russian and French parentage, and now living in Switzerland, Sol Gabetta is an artist who has surmounted her initial challenges and...
Dénes Várjon, Tabea Zimmermann and Jörg Widmann
Star-studded occasions in chamber music come when the diverse paths of great artists cross on the concert stage for an evening of music together –...
Contrasts – Organ Recital by Bernhard Haas
Works by Georg Muffat, John Cage, Louis Couperin, Iannis Xenakis Liszt: Sonata in B minor (transcription by the performer)...
Péter Eötvös: Paradise Reloaded (Lilith)
It would appear that the opera genre is experiencing a new golden age: each year, the musical dramas of Péter Eötvös play to packed houses...
Hommage à Beethoven – Géza Legoczky and the Kodály Philharmonic
Including Beethoven’s last symphony on a concert programme is often a headache for organisers. While insufficient in length to fill an entire evening, it represents...
In the Light of Bach
Balázs Szabó, our guide on an interesting workshop tour through the past of organ music, is still shy of his 30th year and yet has...
Telemann and Bach – Collegium Musicum 90
There lived a composer in the 18th century who was more greatly revered than Bach in his time, but of whom posterity makes very little...
Balázs Fülei and the Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok
Philip Glass: Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra László Dubrovay: Piano Concerto No. 3 Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14...
Parisian Breeze – János Pálúr and Nuria Rial
Charles-Marie Widor and Louis Vierne were giants of French organ music, and figures who cannot be ignored in the second half of the 19th century...
Formations – Amadinda and the Pannon Philharmonic
A thirst for musical adventure, unusual combinations of works and bold innovation are the hallmarks of the Pannon Philharmonic, the symphony orchestra of the city...
Drama Queens
Love, revenge, jealousy, wrath, joy, tenderness, lust for power or authority, responsibility: so many emotions and sensations whirl in the heart of a ruler, even...
Krzysztof Penderecki and Concerto Budapest
Penderecki: Concerto doppio for violin, viola and orchestra (Hungarian première) Penderecki: Symphony No. 8 for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra (Hungarian première)...
Miklós Perényi and Gergely Bogányi
Those attending this evening at the Palace of Arts will bear witness with their eyes and ears to an extraordinary encounter. Neither of the two...
Richard Strauss: The Silent Woman
R. Strauss: The Silent Woman - A comic opera in three acts, op. 80...
Mark Padmore and the Britten Sinfonia
It is not just Verdi and Wagner celebrating their bicentennials; 2013 is also the 100th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Britten, a central figure...
In the title role: Edita Gruberova
The performance is realised in cooperation with Košice, European Capital of Culture 2013....
Calvinist Hymns XII
“The Calvinist Hymns concert, organised annually since 2002, is the largest musical celebration of the Calvinist Church in the Carpathian Basin. The event is held...
El Camino Youth Symphony Orchestra (USA)
Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, the El Camino Youth Symphony Orchestra comprises the most gifted young musicians from San Francisco’s Bay Area. Featuring talented soloists trained...
Budapest Festival Orchestra
The Piano Concerto in B-flat minor is perhaps the most popular work by Tchaikovsky, who originally wrote the piece for Nikolai Rubinstein. However, the pianist...
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
The list is nearly complete: the repertoire of “Bayreuth by the Danube” – the Budapest Wagner Days festival held annually at the Palace of Arts...
The 20-year-old Csillagszem? Dance Ensemble
The Csillagszem? Dance Ensemble was founded by Sándor Tímár and Böske Tímár in 1993. A private company with a uniquely large membership in Hungary of...
Die Walküre
In the Ring Cycle, which holds a resonance for the fate of man today, the curse of the gold with power over all destroys the...
Das Rheingold
The gigantic operatic saga of Der Ring des Nibelungen begins in the cool depths of the Rhine with the frolicking of the three water nymphs...
Verdi: Attila
In 2013, the world celebrates the anniversaries of two giants of the operatic genre: the bicentennials of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner....
Organ Guided Tour
The 92-register monumental organ of the Palace of Arts is demonstrated by organist László Fassang to those interested. Visitors can get first-hand information on the...
René Jacobs, Gustav Mahler Chor Wien, Orfeo Orchestra
The New Year’s Concert is a highly successful tradition of several years standing at the Palace of Arts. In 2013, we had the opportunity to...