music

27/12/2014

Budapest Opera closes year with record number of visitors, performances in 25 years

Budapest (MTI) – The Hungarian State Opera will close 2014 with a record high number of visitors, performances and ticket sales revenue for the past 25 […]
24/12/2014

Sziget Festival 2015: The First Names

The first news of Sziget 2015 have arrived. Although, among the names only Florence and the Machine is prime time, the list clearly shows that the […]
20/12/2014

Sziget AfterMovie – The Best Moments of the Summer – WATCH HERE

Sziget Festival was not accidentally chosen as one of the favourite festivals of visitors and international stars as well. The AfterMovie also proves that the visitors […]
16/12/2014

Largest Club of the City of Budapest Has Opened

After long preparation, Tesla, the newest and biggest club of the party district has opened in the place of the former Electrotechnical Museum in Kazinczy Street. […]
02/12/2014

VIDEO: Hungarian dance crew blows away Britain – again!

Attraction – the dance team that won a talent show in the United Kingdom – charmed the audience on the National Lottery’s 20th anniversary gala, origo.hu […]
30/11/2014

Morcheeba Concert in Budapest – SOON

British band Morcheeba celebrates the 20th anniversary of their career this year. In the middle of the 90s the Godfrey brothers (DJ Paul and Ross) founded […]
05/11/2014

Ivan Fischer to Programme, Conduct Berlin Wall Concert Commemoration

Budapest (MTI) – The German government has commissioned Hungarian conductor Ivan Fischer, who is music director and chief conductor of both the Berlin Konzerthaus and the […]
26/10/2014

Balog Takes over Womex Baton in Spain

Santiago de Compostela (MTI) – Minister of Human Resources Zoltan Balog took over the World Music Expo (Womex) baton from Santiago de Compostela late on Friday […]
18/10/2014

Public TV Starts Classical Music Talent Contest

Budapest (MTI) – Public television M1 will on Friday start the broadcast of a talent contest for classical music which has attracted applications from nearly two […]
16/10/2014

On This Weekend: Kylie Minogue Will Be in Budapest

The tour opened in the UK and comprise 31 shows in 15 countries – including Hungary, on October 18th in the Budapest Arena. Famous for her […]
27/09/2014

Hip-hop audience breaks Guinness record with plastic rod orchestra

(MTI) – The hip-hop band Punnany Massif and its audience broke a Guinness record at their concert in Budapest on Friday night when 4,000 people played […]
26/09/2014

Budapest State Opera to Celebrate 130th Anniversary with Gala

(MTI) – The Hungarian State Opera House will celebrate the 130th anniversary of its opening with a gala evening on September 27. The programme will begin […]
19/09/2014

Hungarian Istvan Vardai is the World’s Best Cellist

Istvan Vardai won first place in Munich where one of the word’s most prestigious classical music competitions took place, szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu reports. A total of 312 musicians […]
05/09/2014

State Opera commemorates opening of Hungarian-Austrian border

Budapest, September 5 (MTI) – The Hungarian State Opera House is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Austrian-Hungarian border with an international conference […]
18/08/2014

The Music Box of Hungary: the Kodály Institute and the Carillon of Kecskemét

The legacy of Hungary’s world famous composer who also created the Kodály method is preserved in the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music […]
18/08/2014

Sziget Festival Sets New Record With over 410,000 Visitors – Photo Gallery

Budapest, August 18 (MTI) – The week-long Sziget Festival in northern Budapest’s Obuda Island attracted record many visitors this year and even though final figures are […]
03/08/2014

Cup Song Record at Children’s Summer Camp in Hungary

Summer camp participants set a Hungarian record , 294 people played the Cup Song at the same time, szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu reports. The runners-up of the 2014 local […]
01/08/2014

SZIGET Festival 2014 – Your interactive Map to the Island

Now you can check out the new Sziget map! Take a closer look, so you won’t get lost, find your favorite venues, and discover the new […]
29/07/2014

Beach Boys Is Coming To Budapest In November

The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961 and they are going to have their first concert with two Beach […]
27/07/2014

„Let Kazinczy be a pedestrian street.” – Interview with Ábel Zsendovits, chairman of the Azért7 Organisation

Interview with Ábel Zsendovits, chairman of the Azért7 Organisation. Related article: The ‘ruin pubs’ of Budapest Exclusive Interview: Abel ‘Szimpla’ Zsendovits, Who Created The Ruin Pubs […]