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...
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....
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, one of the most extraordinary personalities among living pianists today, has links to Hungary that go beyond mere family connections. Now in his...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
Kodály: Dances of Galánta Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, op. 33 Orff: Carmina Burana...
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...
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...
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 –...
Works by Georg Muffat, John Cage, Louis Couperin, Iannis Xenakis Liszt: Sonata in B minor (transcription by the performer)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Philip Glass: Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra László Dubrovay: Piano Concerto No. 3 Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14...
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...
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...
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...
Penderecki: Concerto doppio for violin, viola and orchestra (Hungarian première) Penderecki: Symphony No. 8 for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra (Hungarian première)...
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...
R. Strauss: The Silent Woman - A comic opera in three acts, op. 80...
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...
The performance is realised in cooperation with Košice, European Capital of Culture 2013....
“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...
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...
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...
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 Csillagszem? Dance Ensemble was founded by Sándor Tímár and Böske Tímár in 1993. A private company with a uniquely large membership in Hungary of...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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