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For Hungarian audiences, Okvsho is more than just one of the most promising and exciting bands on the vibrant European jazz scene.

Nagyszerű tanáregyéniség, méltatlanul elfeledett remekművek és kortárs kompozíciók ihletett felfedezője, a magyar zenésztársadalom egyik legkedveltebb kiválósága – Prunyi Ilona valamennyi minőségében megérdemli az ünneplést.

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

Vladimir Kostadinović has come a long way since being introduced to the Hungarian audience as a young talent at the 2013 Jazz Showcase.

Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, Söndörgő is Müpa Budapest’s Ensemble of the Season, which means it will be giving several concerts that break with tradition in the course of the 2025-26 season. Among these will be an evening founded on international collaboration that features three outstanding musicians from the world-renowned progressive jazz-funk-fusion band Snarky Puppy: Michael League, Jay Jennings, and Chris Bullock.

An international collection of soloists gathers for this All Saints’ Day celebration to sing the requiems by Michael Haydn and Antonio Salieri with the world-famous Zürcher Sing-Akademie and the Orfeo Orchestra.

The Oscar-winning composer Tan Dun’s landmark opera blends Eastern philosophy with the language of Western music. This is the first time the work will be heard in Hungary, and it will be conducted by the composer himself. Set in the 7th century, it tells the story of the passionate love of a Japanese prince and a Chinese princess, and of their fateful quest for the legendary The Classic of Tea by Lu Yu.

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.

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.

In 2026, Müpa Budapest will be spotlighting Hungarian jazz talent through the Jazz Showcase for the nineteenth year running. Alongside established performers, countless young artists have been introduced in recent years to dazzle the jury and captivate audiences. Now, for this special occasion, they return as a one-of-a-kind big band, like members of a large family.

Age: 0-3 year

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

A tbiliszi születésű Giorgi Gigashvili sokáig álmodni sem mert zongoraművészi karrierről, mégis az elmúlt években sorra nyerte a nemzetközi versenyeket, kezdve a vigói megmérettetéssel, ahol idolja, Martha Argerich volt a zsűrielnök.

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

Vincenzo Bellini’s final opera is a veritable apotheosis of bel canto that should only be presented to an audience with performers displaying impeccable technique and stylistic sensibilities.

Taking the stage together with one of the world’s most celebrated orchestras at this concert will be two illustrious sons of musical families: Paavo Järvi, who hails from a family of conductors, and Alexandre Kantorow, a pianist born to violinist parents.

Age: 6-10 year

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.

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.

Gondoltad volna, hogy idén húsz éves a legendás koncertsorozat? Immár két évtizede, hogy Jamie Winchester és Hrutka Róbert szimfonikus zenekarral dolgozta fel dalait a Müpa színpadán a „Wood and Strings” koncert keretein belül.

Age: 3-7 year

The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra has never been to Müpa Budapest, so the introduction of one of Asia’s most significant ensembles, one that can look back on a history of over a century, promises to be an enthralling experience.

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.

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.

A swing és a vagányság ad egymásnak randevút ezen az estén, ahol Frank Sinatra megunhatatlan dalait hallhatjuk a három Tróger és a BJC Big Band előadásában.

Korosztály: 5-9 év

Drumming is fun. It has helped forge communities for thousands of years, even among those who are not necessarily music enthusiasts. Károly Fehér and the members of the Ethnosound team's Drumming Experience session is also based on an ancient human characteristic.

Franco Zeffirelli’s staging of La Bohème has been a New York favourite since 1981, and this enchantingly lyrical, vibrantly youthful and extremely touching production is now making its fourth appearance on the programme of the MET’s global broadcasts.

Franco Zeffirelli’s staging of La Bohème has been a New York favourite since 1981, and this enchantingly lyrical, vibrantly youthful and extremely touching production is now making its fourth appearance on the programme of the MET’s global broadcasts.

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.

Now 89 years old, and active since the 50s, the Brazilian Hermeto Pascoal is one of the biggest living legends in the Latin jazz world, yet he has never performed in Budapest before. He started out making music with the stars of the local scene in the 60s, and was making records with Miles Davis by 1971.

Az Európai Hangversenytermek Szervezete (ECHO) Rising Stars sorozatába bekerülni kiváltság, hiszen komoly kritériumoknak kell megfelelniük a fiatal muzsikusoknak, akiket a kontinens rangos koncerttermei jelölnek.

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.

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” .