Love is all there is: The latest production by Recirquel, Hungary's leading contemporary circus company, brings forth the only primeval energy that spans space and time to connect us all.

Recirquel’s new production, Paradisum explores the myth of rebirth following the silence of a destroyed world, where the means of communication is the body, and the only common language is movement.

Globally acclaimed music phenomenon Africa Express began in 2006 in Mali, connecting local stars Toumani Diabaté, Bassekou Kouyaté and Amadou & Mariam with visiting artists including Martha Wainwright, Fatboy Slim and co-founder Damon Albarn. Now it is a globally-known project, yet it never loses its capacity to surprise, each live show is unique, filled with spontaneous moments of magic, collaboration and discovery.

A szenegáli Youssou N'Dour nemcsak hazája, de általában az afrikai zene egyik legnagyobb hatású alakja, aki nagy befolyást gyakorolt arra, hogy a nyugati világban ismertté váljanak olyan afrikai stílusok, mint a mbalax és a wolof music. Mi több, előbbit, ezt a szenegáli tánczenét ő maga fejlesztette tökélyre, és rajta keresztül jutott el Peter Gabrielig és Paul Simonig, onnan meg a popzene főáramába.

Úgy tűnik, a hazai popzenei életbe nemrég berobbant Saya Noé munkásságáról az utóbbi évek alapján egyet már biztosan elmondhatunk: mindig meglepi a közönségét.

Wagner
Parsifal – festive musical stage play in three acts (German-language performance, with Hungarian surtitles)

People magazine once suggested that Eliane Elias does more to shore up international relations than the UN. This pianist, singer, composer and arranger with several Grammies and Latin Grammies to her name has created a unique and instantly recognisable musical world by fusing jazz and Brazilian music.

Tickets to their concert on 9 October sold out almost right away, so Andreas Vollenweider and his friends will return to Müpa Budapest to meet the enormous demand on 17 October.

One of the founders of bebop, Dizzy Gillespie was a fantastic musician with a wonderful personality. It is by keeping these values front and centre that the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band continues the tradition started by the legendary trumpet-playing songwriter and band leader.

Jazz, opera, Broadway musicals: Morgan James is at home in all three. Her amazing voice, enthralling personality and striking on-stage presence were enough to convince Scott Bradlee to invite her to appear in Postmodern Jukebox videos and tour with the band from 2014.

Wandering Gypsies leading adventurous lives and gallant yet ridiculous nobles abusing their power are the main characters of the animated film Szaffi. This adaptation of Mór Jókai's classic novel The Gypsy Baron is by now familiar to several generations of Hungarians.

There are times when it is not silence that makes us recall something, but music. A familiar sound. A melody that takes you home. On All Souls' Day, we think not only of those who are no longer with us, but also of what they left us with: stories, scents, sentences, sounds.

The music to one of the most successful films of recent years and one of the most popular television series of all time were both scored by South Korea’s Jung Jae-il.

Pursuing happiness, love and affection through countless adventures across this great wide world, but still eventually finding a final peace in the arms of his beloved, Peer Gynt is one of the most complex characters in 19th-century drama.

Covering the songs of Weather Report, one of the most influential bands in jazz history, is a pleasure for any musician, but when Kurt Elling, one of the leading baritones of our time, takes on this task, and joins creative forces with Yellowjackets, the flagship of fusion jazz still going strong with unflagging energy after nearly five decades, the event becomes a veritable celebration of the genre.

In the 25 years since the foundation of the Balázs Elemér Group, the band has celebrated every significant anniversary at Müpa Budapest.

Veronika Harcsa’s response to the relentless growth of AI: IA, that is, InterAction.

A japán származású, New Yorkban élő jazztrombitás, Takuya Kuroda nem ismeretlen a Müpa közönsége előtt, hiszen korábban Barabás Lőrinc vendégeként lépett fel az intézményben, zenekarával Veszprémben is koncertezett, mi több, egy Mörk-dalban is közreműködött már.

Program:
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major (‘Eroica’), Op. 55

Evoking the excitement of anticipation and waltzing with angels in the bright starlight, to playfully immerse yourself in the Christmas wonderland.

Rembetiko is often referred to as the “Greek blues”. This traditional music with foundations in Asia minor and incorporating elements of Greek folklore, nonetheless, has deep roots in urban culture.

A december végi időpont ellenére forró estére számíthatnak, akik ellátogatnak a Söndörgő harmincéves jubileumi koncertjére.

Why is the 400-year-old story of Romeo and Juliette, the world’s best known romantic tragedy, still so relevant today? Because love is eternal, the rebelliousness of youth persists, and the world is still filled with inexplicable contraditions.

A Székely gate is a symbol of ancient power, faith, hope, belonging to God, a channel of communication between heaven and earth. Its three posts represent the unity of body, soul and spirit, and its carvings are symbols that render protection, grace and blessing.

A filmzene műfaja egyidős a mozgóképpel: már a némafilmeket is kísérte zongora vagy orgona – hol improvizációval, hol ismert klasszikusokkal. A későbbiek során pedig számos olyan mű vált filmzenévé, amely eredetileg teljesen más célból született.

A harmincéves brit orgonaművész, Anna Lapwood új generációs világsztár, 741 ezer követővel az Instagramon. A Royal Albert Hall rezidense, akit természetes zeneisége segít át a műfajok határain. „Sokkal több mint tehetséges orgonista, kóruskarnagy és a közösségi média szenzációja: egy sztár, akinek küldetése van” – írta róla a The Sunday Times.

The members of any orchestra feel most confident playing under the batons of conductors who know from personal experience the ins and outs of performing instrumental music.

We are delighted to be able to welcome back to Müpa Budapest one of the world’s most successful orchestras. The Vienna Symphony Orchestra, which turns 125 this year, raised the roof at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in 2021.

One evening – two dance productions by the Szeged Contemporary Dance Company.

TUNED TO A FILM MARATHON – CLASSICS ON SCREEN

Openness and attention to detail are the hallmarks of the Austrian cellist Valerie Fritz’s musical philosophy, whether we are talking gut strings or electronic instruments, early music or contemporary works. She believes that the way to communicate effectively with the audience is through carefully compiled programmes and original concert formats.

First there was The Graduate (1967) and then there was the rest of the graduate’s life. The story of a one-night stand set in 1962, George Lucas’s second film was nominated for five Oscars, including those for best film, best director and best screenplay.

This full-evening "crime story" of a dance drama takes as its starting point Barcsai's Lover, one of the most estimable of Hungary's balladic treasures. After cuckolding her husband, a wife awaits a terrible punishment. But how did things actually get to this point?

The Senegalese griot singer-songwriter Ablaye Cissoko was born into one of the largest West African kora-playing dynasties, and researched his family’s musical traditions in the 2011 documentary film Griot, which explored the ways of telling stories and passing them on from father to son through music.