Category: Concert

We wish all our readers and visitors a happy new year from a freezing cold Budapest. Around midnight as 2008 turned into 2009 it was around -10 Celsius in Budapest, and as I checked out our weatherpage this morning it showed -8 Celsius. That is quite cold, so if you are in the city, or on the way to Budapest, make sure to dress up!

I am not sure if you have set any goals for 2009, but we have a goal to become an even better Guide to Budapest, so that we can serve our visitors with more and better information about what is going on in the city, and suggestions for programs, museums and attractions to visit in the city. Yesterday we also updated our page with information about concerts happening in big cities nearby Budapest (Prague, Munich, Vienna, Bratislava), and we hope to be able to keep this updated as well.

I agree; Munich is quite far from Budapest, but if you like driving (fast), it can still be done in a day to visit the city for a concert, and then drive back afterwards (you will arrive early in the morning the next day, but it can work at least).

Have you got any wish/desire for 2009?
Feel free to share it with us by posting a comment below telling us about it!

The world’s biggest Abba show is on a world tour again. In 2009 they gained some much interest in Hungary that the first show became sold out in days and another Budapest concert had to be booked. Thanks to the unbelieveable succes Abba-The Show comes back to Hungary in 2010 too. Since we can’t travel back in time to see Abba you should check out the group which truely brings back the spirit of Abba on stage. Now not only in Budapest but in Debrecen too. The traveling circus that comes with 6 trucks and with a crew of fifty after playing Wembley and the Royal Albert Hall plays Sportaréna again in Budapest and Főnix Hall in Debrecen the first time. There’s no doubt that these shows are going to be the most promising shows of the carnival season.

If you like gispy music, or if you are just looking for something to do on the 30 December, then this might be a good option. For the 11th time this concert is arranged in the Budapest Congress & World Trade Center. The visitors are promised that they will hear music from Offenbach, Rossini, Khachaturian, Liszt, Strauss as well as wonderful examples of folk music and spectacular folk-show elements.

Program:
18.00 Wine tasting and folk dance show
19.00 Concert, part 1
20.20 Concert part 2

Concert tickets:
Tickets – with dinner: Stalls 29 800 HUF
Tickets – concert and wine tasting: Gallery, rows 1-4
Tickets – concert and wine tasting: Gallery, rows 5-9 16 500, 14 500HUF

Further information and ticket sales:
V.I.P. Arts Management: 13-15 Hajós street, Budapest, H-1065
Phone/fax: +36-1-332-4816, +36-1-302-4290
[email protected]
www.viparts.hu

With the aim of starting a new tradition, the Palace of Arts decided to celebrate the new year of 20008 not by the usual, light music played in other places but with the exquisite oratory of Joseph Haydn which involves the magic of the creation and which has been a constant favourite with audiences for 210 years.

The orchestra will be led by Ádám Fischer, who is the most experienced and most inventive representative of the composer’s music. The orchestra is the famous London Philharmonic Orchestra founded by Sir Thomas Beecham, accompanied by the London Philharmonic Choir. The invitation of the London orchestras and choir is not a coincidence: Haydn composed the Creation in London.

The large-scale composition took Haydn two years to complete; it was first shown in Vienna at the end of April 1798. It meant him a huge artistic acknowledgement and financial success. “Since then the Creation has become one of the emblematic masterpieces of European music, an icon. But the respect that surrounds the composition is not the only reason for gaining a place amongst the “compulsory” pieces – such as the passions of Bach, oratorio of Handel and the Missa solemnise of Beethoven of the repertoires in the music life of the world. We actually need the Creation. We need somebody to show us the beauties of the world and convey the message that living on Earth is a good thing.” (András Batta)

Ticket prices: 4000.- 6300.- 8300.- 9900.- HUF.
You can get hold of tickets from Interticket (be aware: the page is hard to use, and the english is not too good)
Source: Budapestinfo.hu

Other concerts and events in Budapest

“Music and Atmosphere” is the title of a forthcoming series of concerts to be given by Hungarian Virtuosi in the Domed Hall of the Hungarian Parliament. Featured composers include Mozart, Händel, Vivaldi, Liszt, Saint-Saëns and Bach.
The concerts are all on Friday evenings and begin at 6 o’clock. Ticket holders arriving at 5 o’clock are invited to enjoy a guided tour of the Parliament building (with commentary in three languages).

HUNGARIAN VIRTUOSI CONCERTS

Violin soloist and conductor: Miklós Szenthelyi

17 october 2008, 6 p.m.
Vivaldi: G-major symphony
Vivaldi: B-major concerto for violin and cello
Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals – The Swan
Bach: D – moll concerto for two violins
Bach: E-major violin concerto

28 November 2008, 6 p.m.
Handel: Passacaglia
Vivaldi: B- major concerto for violin and cello
Vivaldi: B-major concerto for two violins
Mozart: D-major Divertimento
Liszt: II. Hungarian Rhapsody

12 December 2008, 6 p.m.
Vivaldi: G-major symphony
Vivaldi: B-major concerto for violin and cello
Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals – The Swan
Bach: D – moll concerto for two violins
Bach: E-major violin concerto

Concert ticket holders are invited to arrive on the evening of the concert at 5.0 p.m. for the opportunity to take part in a guided tour of the Parliament building. English-, German- and Hungarian speaking guides will lead visitors on a short tour including the grand staircase, the domed hall, the main reception rooms and, providing it is not in use, the debating chamber of the upper house. Photography is allowed, but the use of flashes is not permitted by the Crown Jewels.

Promoter of the concert series:
Bacchus Arts Studio
1055 Budapest Kossuth Lajos tér 1-3.
Tel: +36 1 488-7093
[email protected]

Source: Budapestinfo.hu

More concerts in Budapest

AC/DC is going on a world tour, and all around the world the tickets disappear within seconds. The tickets for the Budapest concert were sold out after two weeks, and now TicketPro has no more tickets. There are though some companies offering tickets for the concert, so if you are looking for tickets for the AC/DC concert, WorldTicketShop claim to have free tickets.

AC/DC tickets for Budapest
WorldTicketShop

The concert will be 23. March 2009, in Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena!

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