The exhibition titled Botany opened at the Várfok Gallery on 16th May and celebrates the seventieth birthday of franyo aatoth.
The first Classical:NEXT in Berlin, Germany ends today on a high note: more than 1400 music professionals from 49 countries made this eleventh edition the largest in the music meeting’s history – in spite of a one-year break after the last Classical:NEXT which took place in Hannover in 2022.
The ISO announces the appointment of Barbara Hannigan for an initial period of three seasons commencing in August 2026.
Gábor Takács-Nagy talked about his years at the Liszt Academy, quartet playing, and his Beethoven discography series released in 2023.
Maxim Rysanov has recorded Dmitri Shostakovich’s last work, the Viola Sonata, for Hungaroton. In connection with the recording, which will be released at the end of April, we spoke to the violist about Shostakovich, chamber music and the war in Ukraine.
ICMA Special Achievement Award winner Sylvain Cambreling has dedicated 50 years to symphonic music and opera.
Three Hungarian composers cooked up their own amusing musical reflections on planet Earth’s sonic history at the Liszt Academy on April 27th.
I usually refrain from writing negative reviews, but sometimes I need to voice my opinion about a performance that had promised to be thrilling, but turned out to be what my ears would consider unsatisfactory.
“G for Gustav, F for Frankreich, and K for Karajan!” instructed maestro Alain Altinoglu as he conducted a ‘symphonic mob’ rehearsal in the middle of a lovely park in Bad Kissingen, a spa town in Bavaria.
“I have a memory from the time before I was born,” writes Swedish clarinetist Martin Fröst. That memory was filled with songs by Scarlatti and Purcell.
A curiously forgotten and fairly prolific Baroque composer, Johann David Heinichen, was a contemporary of Bach; and like him, arose from St. Thomas Church in Leipzig.
Violinist Antje Weithaas and pianist Dénes Várjon each ideally combine the highest degree of enthusiasm and technical refinement.
On January 27th, 2023, Sony releases the second album of the Italo-Ukrainian violinist Anastasiya Petryshak.
The eleventh edition of Classical:NEXT, the world’s largest networking event for classical music professionals, opened last night in Berlin.
This May, FOY highlights the importance of dramaturgy in musical performances through its FOCUS on Performance Dramaturgy workshop.
Pannon Philharmonic performing season series in Pécs, Budapest and Vienna has announced its 2024/2025 season in Budapest under the title „Secret”.
As part of the State of Culture research project, Culture Action Europe (CAE) is launching the State of Culture Barometer survey.
In early May, one of the most sought-after violinists in classical music, Christian Tetzlaff holds a masterclass for outstandingly talented young violinists in Budapest.
Throughout the month of June, the Várfok Gallery will host a series of art events and exhibition with the spirit of the New York avant-garde of the 1950s.
Bruno Monsaingeon was honoured with a Special Achievement Award of ICMA for his huge work in the field of music documentaries and filmed concerts.
Uxia Martinez-Botana shares her thoughts on fulfilling multiple roles in a chamber arrangement of Mozart’s work.
Hungarian-Swiss conductor and composer Mischa Santora, music director of Boston Ballet, was asked by choreographer Ken Ossola to write the score for his new ballet, inspired by Michelangelo.
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