On Sunday evening, the 9th Festival Academy Budapest Summerfest concluded with great success in the Grand Hall of the Liszt Academy.
The 5th Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition for musicians under 22 years of age was held in Budapest from July 4 to 14.
Tuesday, 2 July. Three buses arrive: Concerto Budapest is going on tour to play two concerts at the storied Ljubljana Festival.
Till Brönner, the world-renowned jazz trumpeter, present himself in a different genre at the Ludwig Museum – as a photographer. The artist is no stranger in Hungary as his exhibition, Identity-European Vision shows. we asked him about the challenges of portrait photography and the meeting points of music and photography.
We had the chance to interview Thomas Wally, one of the founders of the Vienna-based string quartet ensemble LUX.
One of the world’s most sought-after violinists, Augustin Hadelich, will join Concerto Budapest on 28 May at Müpa Budapest.
Tenor Jonathan Tetelman makes his recital debut on July 30 at the Margit Island Open-Air Theatre.
The Wagner Ring Cycle (Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung) once again rang through the hallowed halls of Müpa Budapest on June 20-23.
“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 European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO) is delighted to announce Iván Fischer as the Orchestra’s new Music Director, with immediate effect.
After Vienna and Budapest, the 20th jubilee Design Without Borders exhibition and event series will close with an exhibition in Bratislava.
The Huelgas Ensemble gave a concert in the Matthias Church on 27 June to mark the handover of the EU Presidency.
The Balaton Wine & Gourmet gastronomic festival will be held for the third time this year in Veszprémliget.
As part of the Veszprém-Balaton 2023 several festivals have been organised in 2023, which will continue in the Bakony-Balaton region.
From 5 to 7 June, over 100 representatives from more than 20 European countries came together in Sofia, for the 12th edition of the European Forum on Music.
This year’s diploma exhibition at MOME features a variety of innovative projects including a bed for lifelong use, revitalised buildings, self-exploratory photography projects.
For the 2024 edition of the George Enescu International Competition, running from August 31 to September 27, 2024 in Bucharest, Romania, organizers have announced the preselection results for the three instrumental divisions.
The third production at the Latvian National Opera, directed by Vincent Boussard and his creative team, is available until 15 June 2025.
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