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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.

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.

Are you ready for some more Beatles? True, this one is an animation film, but it still has the group playing the lead roles – themselves.

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.

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.

Képzeljük el, hogy egy elegáns angol fogadáson veszünk részt, ahol a zenei élmények épp olyan kifinomultak, mint a teázás klasszikus hagyományai a szigetországban.

An example of how to turn 400,000 dollars into 40 million. And a surprising one, too: Easy Rider is a counterculture film to its core.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

A road movie with a surprising amount in common with Easy Rider.

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.

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.

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.

When the name of Mór Jókai is heard by Hungarians in any context, it is highly unlikely to garner a neutral response. Beyond the experience of compulsory reading assignments at school, he has a remarkably rich body of work, and was also an exciting literary character.

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.

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 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.

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” .

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.

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.

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.

Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s last joint opera, Arabella is a cheerful and poignant farewell to a bygone, peaceful Vienna. It now returns to the MET’s repertoire in Otto Schenk’s 1983 production, following his sad passing this year.

Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s last joint opera, Arabella is a cheerful and poignant farewell to a bygone, peaceful Vienna. It now returns to the MET’s repertoire in Otto Schenk’s 1983 production, following his sad passing this year.

And then something suddenly happens; something extraordinary that makes the entire industry and reading community take notice at once: the novel entitled Lesz majd minden (Everything Shall Be) is published by two identical twins, mainly known until then as playwrights.