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.

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.

Miklósa Erika és Balázs János különleges és innovatív együttműködése, közös színpadi létük varázsa nem csak a Cziffra Fesztivál, de a hazai klasszikus zenei élet színfoltjává vált az elmúlt években.

It has been a long time since we thought of Cécile McLorin Salvant as merely the promising winner of the 2010 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. Her expressive voice capable of conveying profound emotions and refined sentiments, her virtuoso improvisation, and her brave, experimental combinations of styles have now come to represent a point of reference to a new generation.

Adventi válogatás több száz év zeneirodalmából

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?

This multi-art production draws on the song, dance and literary traditions of Mezőség (Câmpia Transilvaniei), a region in Transylvania with a very exciting and colourful culture. Musically, the show is centred around movements from Mikrokosmos, Béla Bartók’s piano cycle, as well as the melodies from Mezőség that inspired him.

Don Juan is immortal. The story of the “Seducer from Seville” set off on its journey to conquer the world some time in the 14th century. It was turned into a drama four centuries ago by Tirso de Molina and has since been adapted by dozens of notable authors from Molière to Pushkin, but it was as Don Giovanni that he became the irrepressible playboy we know today – thanks to the Mozart opera.

Carlos Saura is not strictly an ‘opera director’, but he did direct Carmen in 1983. In a flamenco style. That’s only right, Saura knows everything there is to know about flamenco. (He is also a natural when it comes to tango.)

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 szarvassá változott fiú kiáltozása a titkok kapujából – koncertszínházi előadás

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

Milos Forman’s film was a huge success in its day. Even without the eight Oscars. If artistic achievement were measured in awards alone, we’d be in trouble.

What would Don Juan do if he lived among us today? Would he charm us once again and wrap us around his little finger, or would his magic fail him, leaving even the Stone Guest untouched.

TUNED TO A FILM MARATHON – CLASSICS ON SCREEN

Age: 0-3 year

Just like buildings, pieces of music are constructed from small component parts. From sounds, and from tones, obeying the universal laws of music – and sometimes breaking them. But how are the building blocks of music assembled? In what way do individual instruments and solo parts support and complement each other?

Korosztály: 5-9 év

Age: 1,5-3 year

Age: 0-3 year

When we think about words being used to create art, that can mean two things: literature and song lyrics.

Age: 3-7 year

Age: 6-10 year

Adventure-filled dance drama inspired by István Fekete's novel The Testament of Aga Koppanyi

In Ervin Lázár's magical and witty tale, all the residents of the forest listen to the great teller of tall tales with open mouths: the mouse.

The world-class London Symphony Orchestra always comes to Müpa Budapest accompanied by one of the great conductors – and it never fails to dazzle the audience.

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.

Just like buildings, pieces of music are constructed from small component parts. From sounds, and from tones, obeying the universal laws of music – and sometimes breaking them. But how are the building blocks of music assembled? In what way do individual instruments and solo parts support and complement each other?

Those with a penchant for the unusual can expect a remarkably exciting evening full of surprises.

Using an electroacoustic harp of his own design to play his tranquil, hypnotic, gently melodic and primarily instrumental songs, the Swiss Grammy-winner Andreas Vollenweider has stood among the giants of the New Age scene since the late ’70s.

What child hasn’t imagined a playful wedding with a bride, a groom, a best man and wedding guests? At the latest children’s concert by Szilvia Bognár, a familiar face for Müpa’s young audience, this dream becomes reality – complete with plenty of laughter, cheeky songs, teasing games and musical madness!

Without ever knowing, the heroine of this Vincenzo Bellini opera performs death-defying feats at dizzying heights, while the singer tasked with portraying her is only too aware that hers is one of the bel canto repertoire’s most beautiful and risky roles.

Ganavya combines spiritual jazz, the classical music of Southern India, and ambient sounds with the help of her deeply touching voice.

Personalized dancing fashion advice in the Glass Hall!

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.

If we were to sum up Diana Krall in one word, it would probably be ‘beauty’. Beauty perfectly describes her presence, the atmosphere of her records, and the message radiated by her music.