In the birthday program of the Talamba Percussion Ensemble, founded 25 years ago, they will not only perform a 21st century adaptation of Mussorgsky’s legendary 150-year-old work Pictures of an Exhibition, but with Sena Dagadu and the Cantemus Mixed Choir, who will join the second part of the evening, will also show the impact of percussion instruments and sixty harmonies of the human voice.
In the evening the opera singer Elina Garanca, as well as details of French operas and Spanish zarzuelas, as well as Neapolitan songs, Berlioz, Massenet, Saint-Saëns, Lecuona et al. Orchestral pieces by Johann Strauss will be performed under the direction of Karel Mark Chichon.
Müpa commemorates Péter Eötvös, who died in March, with a concert worthy of his life’s work. Those who are interested will hear a selection of the work of the composer who won the Kossuth prize twice, and received the Order of St. Stephen, performed by famous Hungarian jazz artists. There will also be a premiere in the evening: the orchestral series based on the music of Le Balcon, an opera written in 2002 based on Jean Genet’s drama, arranged by Kornél Fekete-Kovács.
The Dresden Staatskapelle, listed as one of the oldest ensembles in the world, arrives in Budapest with its new artistic director, Daniele Gatti, and will be joined as a guest by violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann . In November, Philippe Herreweghe, one of Müpa’s favorite conductors, returns to conduct Beethoven’s works at his own prestigious workshops, the Collegium Vocale Gent and the Orchester des Champs-Elysées . The soloist is Kristian Bezuidenhout, an expert on old keyboard instruments.
Mikko Franck and the French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra will show the three faces of romanticism through one work each by Berlioz, Tchaikovsky and César Franck, Hilary Hahn is the soloist.
In December, the Choir of St John’s College in Cambridge, which was founded in 1670, will perform, conducted by Christopher Gray.
Csaba Káel confirmed that this season’s artists are jazz guitarist Ferenc Snétberger, composer and music talent manager, and violinist Kelemen Barnabás. In the next period, the audience will be able to meet both of them several times.
Dance and new circus productions were also included in the season. The Pécs Ballet will present their new dance drama Faust, the damnation, to the Budapest audience, among the amazing cirque danse performances of Recirquel, Ima will continue to appear, and from October, a new show will explore a legend the rebirth, Paradisum, awaits. those who are interested.
Younger audiences are welcomed by the Opera matiné series, which includes the return of Szaffi, the matinee performances have European flavors, and at Christmas, a dance play can be seen Csodaváró Betlehemes at the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble.
Gábor Kosztolánczy, deputy general manager of Müpa, said that the institution provides many discounts and pre-purchase options for participants of the Müpa+ loyalty program.
