Hungary R. Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (orchestral suite) Op.60-IIIa, Ariadne auf Naxos: Soloists, Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor), Müpa Budapest, 8.9.2024. (AK)
Budapest
Iván Fischer’s Budapest Concert for Peace sees and hears music and peace triumph
Hungary Concert for Peace – Read Thomas, Bach, Raichel, Mahler: Mirella Hagen (soprano), Diana Tishchenko (violin), Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin), Idan Raichel (voice), Taiseer Elias (oud), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Heroes’ Square, Budapest, 31.8.2024. (AK)
Iván Fischer’s high-quality free public concert in Budapest’s Heroes Square
Hungary Budapest 150 celebration concert: Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer (conductor). Heroes Square, Budapest, 2.9.2023. (AK)
Salamon Kamp conducts a St Matthew Passion in Budapest which is as near to perfection as possible
Hungary Bach, St Matthew Passion, BWV 244: János Szerekován (tenor, Evangelist), other soloists, children’s choir, Lutherania Chorus, Lutherania Orchestra, Budapest Strings Chamber Orchestra / Dr Salamon Kamp (conductor). Deák Square Lutheran church, Budapest, 2.4.2023. (AK)
Two relatively little-known Bartók pieces feature in a top-quality concert in Budapest
Hungary Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks 2023 festival [2]: Dénes Várjon (pianist), Concerto Budapest / András Keller (conductor). Great Hall of Music Academy, Budapest, 1.4.2023. (AK)
Seong-Jin Cho and Semyon Bychkov’s Czech Philharmonic truly distinguish themselves in Budapest
Hungary Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks 2023 festival [1]: Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Seong-Jin Cho (pianist), Czech Philharmonic. MŰPA, Budapest, 31.3.2023. (AK)
August’s musical delights in Hungary included a Plácido Domingo gala
Hungary A Music Sojourn in Hungary – artists, amongst others, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Radics Band, Szalonna Band, Plácido Domingo (tenor), Central European String Quartet: Various venues in Budapest and Szeged. (AK)
