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Mozart was insatiably in love with life. He embraced everything considered “sinful”: wine, cards, billiards. And his passion extended to musical ornaments: flowery acciaccaturas, trills, cadences others dared not risk, and chromatic runs.

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.

Age: 6-10 year

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The Kossuth Prize-winning pianist János Balázs was 13 when he was accepted to the Liszt Academy of Music's Special School for Exceptional Young Talents in 2002. By the time he finished at the university, he had racked up victories at six international piano competitions.

A Journey Through the Realm of the Pipes

This programme is like a lavishly laid festive table set in the heart of Krakow: behind the dishes lie deep emotions, rich tradition and special musical seasonings. It kicks off with Stanisław Moniuszko’s fabulous fantasy overture, which combines a pinch of romance and a helping of fairy dust with lots of dramatic magic.

Jazzbois first burst onto the scene at the 2017 Müpa Budapest Jazz Showcase. By 2023, they were hosting Kaláka as guests at the Festival Theatre, and, a couple of years later, they were conquering major international festivals: the Leverkusener Jazztage, the Montreux Jazz Festival, Jazz à Vienne, and the Montreal Jazz Festival, to name but a few. Jamie Cullum also dedicated an entire BBC radio show to the band, including a conversation with Viktor Sági.

A fiatal portugál muzsikusok által Amszterdamban alapított Maat Saxophone Quartet bármit játsszon a fadótól az új zenéig, az egyéniség nem hiányozhat produkciójukból. Az egyebek mellett Portugália és Hollandia legrangosabb zenei versenyein is győzelmet arató együttes már két lemezt is kiadott, a kritika pedig rögtön az elsőről azt írta: „ígéretes, ördögien jó és mennyeien ragályos” .

Bea Palya’s series entitled “My Silks” has been running with great success since 2015. At these concerts, where she also performs with her excellent band, Palya always introduces a female vocalist less familiar to the Hungarian audience. The events focus on bridging musical worlds and the meeting of two voices, as the artists perform both their solo material and together in the form of duets.

„A legnagyobb művésznek sincs oly álma, / amit ne zárna bármely kocka márvány / önnön feleslegébe…” – Michelangelo (Babits fordításában idézett) szonettje ihlette a 2013-ban Trio Chagallként alakult együttes új nevét és művészi hitvallását. Az itáliai trió szerint a művek rejtett szépségét az előadás során kell életre hívni – ahogyan egy szobrász kialakítja a tökéletes formát.

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

The Hungarian National Dance Ensemble’s 2024 production conceived during its time as Ensemble of the Season offers a glimpse into the unbridled and cheerful fun of the carnival.

A 29-year-old female bass player from India. These few words are enough for most people to immediately think of Mohini Dey. Despite her young age, pages could be filled listing all the artists and festivals she has performed with and at since the age of nine. It was her father, also a bass player, who started her on her professional path, a journey which has so far brought her into contact with Steve Vai, Zakir Hussain, Quincy Jones, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Gergő Borlai.

Miles Davis, one of the most recognisable figures in jazz history, would have celebrated his hundredth birthday in 2026. To mark the occasion, a star trumpet player in the world of contemporary jazz, Ambrose Akinmusire, has come together with the Brussels Jazz Orchestra to embark on a joint tour, honour the giant of the genre, pay tribute to his legacy, and go beyond it by creating new works and inventive arrangements that reimagine the Miles Davis’s genius in the context of modern jazz.

Soutoungoumba Diarra, aka Djely Tapa, originally moved from Mali to Canada to study aeronautics. It soon became clear to her, however, that she could not escape the family tradition of making music she had picked up during childhood.

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance – March No. 1, Op. 39 Britten: Matinées musicales, Op. 24 Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4 Elgar: The Crown of India, Op. 66 – March of the Mogul Emperors

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

Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Elgar: Seranade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20

The dice and the stopwatch will be coming out again at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall as it hosts another round of musical ‘battle’. When we talk about instrumental duels in the Hungarian capital these days, it is no longer necessarily Bach and Marchand, or even Liszt and Thalberg, that we are thinking of, because we have our own riveting concert series right here at Müpa Budapest.

The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic are a unique ensemble, composed exclusively of instrumentalists from the cello section of one of the world’s top symphony orchestras.

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Mozart’s Kyrie in D minor is a rarity, as is the incidental music to Thamos, King in Egypt, from which the Hungarian National Philharmonic will perform the instrumental suite on the fourth evening of its Kocsis season ticket.

Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – cross-section

Whether we’re talking textiles or literature, “English” is a hallmark of excellence, and the island nation’s music rightfully deserves similar recognition.

BACH / MESSIAEN / LIGETI / BEETHOVEN // Kodály Kórus / Keller J. S. BACH: Ricercar a 6 (A Musikalischen Opferből, Webern feldolgozásában) MESSIAEN: Les Offrandes oubliées LIGETI: Lux Aeterna BEETHOVEN: 9. szimfónia, op. 125

What makes the Mass in B minor so unique is the fact that in it Bach – most unusually for a Lutheran composer – set the liturgical texts of the entire mass cycle to music.

Together with her internationally successful early music ensemble, L’Arpeggiata, harpist and theorbo-player Christina Pluhar are renowned for fashioning each and every concert programme out of a unique project. For this occasion, they have chosen one of the greatest masterpieces from the Baroque opera literature:

The Clair-Obscur project is the coming together of two storied ensembles, and a unique interplay between two musical traditions.

A French evening in the spirit of refinement, colours, moods – and pathos. The Debussy work, L’Après-midi d’un Faune, heralds the birth of impressionism and the two Saint-Saëns compositions, the Cello Concerto in A minor and the hugely popular Organ Symphony, represent romanticism – the latter of which is heavily influenced by Liszt. It is not just the composers who are French: so are the conductor and the soloist.