Concert, music

As a member of the Vienna Boys Choir, the young Austrian pianist Lukas Sternath got the chance to travel the world. After training in his home country, he is now studying with Igor Levit, who himself had the opportunity to introduce himself as a rising star eleven years ago.

BONIFAZIO ASIOLI: Symphony in F minor
GIOVANNI BATTISTA VIOTTI: Violin Concerto in A minor, No. 22, G. 97
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JOSEPH HAYDN: Symphony No. 104 (D major “London”), Hob. I:104

The world-famous Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča is one of the most sought-after opera singers of our time. Her vocal and acting abilities are celebrated by audiences all over the world, from Salzburg and Vienna to Paris and New York.

On this November evening, the guitarist Mike Gotthard, who is equally receptive to the music of jazz, blues, rock and funk, will invite the audience into his own jazz-rock world where the instruments and melodies take centre stage.

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Symphony No. 32 in G major, K. 318
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL: Piano Concert No. 2 in A minor, Op. 85
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JOSEPH HAYDN: Symphony No. 39 in G minor, Hob. I:39

The Budapest Festival Orchestra's Brahms series continues with a juxtaposition of grueling pursuit and easy success, as Hungarian dances precede weighty compositions.

Mitra Kotte – zongora
Budafoki Dohnányi Zenekar
Vezényel: Guido Mancusi

Schubert: Az ördög kéjlaka – nyitány
Beethoven: III. zongoraverseny
Mozart: D-dúr (Prágai) szimfónia KV 504

Not only is the Staatskapelle Dresden one of the oldest orchestras in the world, it is also among the very best, helmed in recent decades by such conductors as Giuseppe Sinopoli, Bernard Haitink, Fabio Luisi and Christian Thielemann.

Stars' recitals with piano
MATTHEW POLENZANI
Song and aria recital in two parts, with Hungarian, English, and same-language subtitles

Műsor:
Bartók: Táncszvit, BB 86
Gyöngyösi Levente: Világpremier
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Csajkovszkij: 5. (e-moll) szimfónia, op. 64

Concert of the Hungarian National Choir

Formed out of the unlikely encounter between a Spanish musician/filmmaker who fell in love with the music of the Khorasan region - located around the modern border between Afghanistan and Iran - and a performer of Persian classical music, the duo known as Badieh followed up their brilliant 2021 debut album by bringing their interpretations of traditional Khorasan music to an even higher level - now as a trio.

The popular folk-rock band MORDÁI, which was founded by Soma Nóvé - who made his name with the group Middlemist Red - feeds on the bedrock of experimental Hungarian folk music of the 1960s and 70s, boldly reconceptualising folk songs and well-known melodies with jazz motifs and elements of improvisation.

Star's recital of Kossuth award winners
RETURN VICTORIOUS!
Festive gala evening with Hungarian, English and same-language surtitles

At the centre of David McVicar's delightfully spectacular staging of Tosca this time we have the Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen, who in just a few short years has become one of New York's biggest opera stars, now irresistibly conquering us in the Italian repertoire as well.

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56
RICHARD STRAUSS: Burleske in D minor for Piano and Orchestra
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HECTOR BERLIOZ: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 – orchestral excerpts (Scène d’amour, La reine Mab scherzo, Roméo seul, Banquet scene)

The 80-year-old jazz pianist Kenny Barron is not a legend of the genre simply because of his age, or the fact that he played in Dizzy Gillespie's band for an extended period in the 1960s.

Taking the stage at Müpa Budapest on this evening will be the creative spirit Philippe Herreweghe joined by the world-famous workshops he founded: the Collegium Vocale Gent and the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées.