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Bachtrack praised the Luxembourgish cellist Benjamin Kruithof, winner of the 2022 Enescu Competition, for his "noble, singing, beautiful” playing. Although it would be impossible to list his previous accolades here, just as one example: his first CD was nominated for the prestigious OPUS KLASSIK 2022 award in four categories.

As a member of the Vienna Boys Choir, the young Austrian pianist Lukas Sternath got the chance to travel the world. After training in his home country, he is now studying with Igor Levit, who himself had the opportunity to introduce himself as a rising star eleven years ago.

The world-famous Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča is one of the most sought-after opera singers of our time. Her vocal and acting abilities are celebrated by audiences all over the world, from Salzburg and Vienna to Paris and New York.

BONIFAZIO ASIOLI: Symphony in F minor
GIOVANNI BATTISTA VIOTTI: Violin Concerto in A minor, No. 22, G. 97
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JOSEPH HAYDN: Symphony No. 104 (D major “London”), Hob. I:104

On this November evening, the guitarist Mike Gotthard, who is equally receptive to the music of jazz, blues, rock and funk, will invite the audience into his own jazz-rock world where the instruments and melodies take centre stage.

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Symphony No. 32 in G major, K. 318
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL: Piano Concert No. 2 in A minor, Op. 85
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JOSEPH HAYDN: Symphony No. 39 in G minor, Hob. I:39

Giuseppe Verdi
FALSTAFF
Comic opera in three acts, in Italian, with Hungarian, English, and Italian subtitles

Stars' recitals with piano
MATTHEW POLENZANI
Song and aria recital in two parts, with Hungarian, English, and same-language surtitles

A magical meeting of two anniversaries on the Müpa Budapest stage: the Talamba Percussion Group is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with a 21st-century arrangement of a piano cycle by Mussorgsky's piano cycle Pictures of an Exhibition as it turns 150 itself: following on the heels of Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Isao Tomita with their versions, they are presenting their own take on the 19th-century masterpiece, this one revised for percussion and electronica, and featuring DJ Bootsie.

Műsor:
Bartók: Táncszvit, BB 86
Gyöngyösi Levente: Világpremier
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Csajkovszkij: 5. (e-moll) szimfónia, op. 64

Concert of the Hungarian National Choir

Born into a family of musicians, the eerily talented American singer Veronica Swift has cut through the stages of her career like a hot knife through butter to release, at the age of 29, her eponymous sixth album, the one that best reflects the full diversity of her personality.

Formed out of the unlikely encounter between a Spanish musician/filmmaker who fell in love with the music of the Khorasan region - located around the modern border between Afghanistan and Iran - and a performer of Persian classical music, the duo known as Badieh followed up their brilliant 2021 debut album by bringing their interpretations of traditional Khorasan music to an even higher level - now as a trio.

The popular folk-rock band MORDÁI, which was founded by Soma Nóvé - who made his name with the group Middlemist Red - feeds on the bedrock of experimental Hungarian folk music of the 1960s and 70s, boldly reconceptualising folk songs and well-known melodies with jazz motifs and elements of improvisation.

Megújult műsorral, új fellépőkkel térnek vissza az Illúzió Mesterei Sopronba!

Megújult műsorral, új fellépőkkel térnek vissza az Illúzió Mesterei Keszthelyre!

Star's recital of Kossuth award winners
RETURN VICTORIOUS!
Festive gala evening with Hungarian, English and same-language surtitles

At the centre of David McVicar's delightfully spectacular staging of Tosca this time we have the Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen, who in just a few short years has become one of New York's biggest opera stars, now irresistibly conquering us in the Italian repertoire as well.

At the centre of David McVicar's delightfully spectacular staging of Tosca this time we have the Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen, who in just a few short years has become one of New York's biggest opera stars, now irresistibly conquering us in the Italian repertoire as well.

JOHANNES BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56
RICHARD STRAUSS: Burleske in D minor for Piano and Orchestra
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HECTOR BERLIOZ: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 – orchestral excerpts (Scène d’amour, La reine Mab scherzo, Roméo seul, Banquet scene)