State Opera Kicks Off New Season Focusing on English Themes In the 2024-2025 season, the Hungarian State Opera will celebrate Anglo-Saxon culture with its English100 theme, featuring the Hungarian premieres... 2024.03.22.
Franz Schmidt: His Hungarian Roots and the Legacy of Late Romanticism 85 years ago, on February 11, 1939, Hungarian-born composer Franz Schmidt (b. 1874) passed away in Perchtoldsdorf near Vienna. A... 2024.02.11.
First Winter Festival in Lillafüred Awaits Visitors with Classical Concerts The first FAB Winterfest winter festival starts on Friday at the Hotel Palota in Lillafüred (part of Miskolc, northeastern Hungary),... 2024.01.30.
Folk Music Concert in Honor of 98-Year-Old Composer György Kurtág On the occasion of his 98th birthday, György Kurtág, Kossuth Prize-winning Hungarian composer and pianist, will be celebrated with a... 2024.01.22.
Turkish Cultural Season Begins with President Erdoğan at Opening Event The Hungarian-Turkish cultural season kicked off with a gala performance on Monday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Hungary... 2023.12.19.
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Celebrates 80th Anniversary The Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra will commemorate its 80th anniversary on December 19 at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall... 2023.12.14.
International Performers Await Spectators at the Night of Music in Budapest For the seventh time, Budapest's popular cafés and pubs will be filled with classical music on the Night of Music... 2023.11.13.
Budapest Violinist to Tour with World-Famous Orchestra and Conductor Violinist Barnabás Kelemen will embark on a five-stop tour with the Utopia Orchestra, one of the world's most extraordinary ensembles,... 2023.11.07.
Prof. E. Sylvester Vizi Recipient of 2023 Hungarian American Coalition Award Former President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) Prof. E. Sylvester Vizi has been awarded the 2023 Hungarian American... 2023.10.24.
Trombonist from Békéscsaba Triumphs at World Grand Prix Music Competition At the World Grand Prix Music online competition, trombonist Zoltán Kalmár from Békéscsaba won the absolute first place in the... 2023.10.12.
Mihály Berecz Wins the Kissingen Piano Olympics Mihály Berecz playing the piano 26-year-old Mihály Berecz has won first place at the 2023 Kissingen Piano Olympics (Kissinger Klavier... 2023.10.11.
Hungarian Folk Ensemble Performs Traditional Dance on the Great Wall of China More than 7,000 people shared a video of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble on Facebook, posted from China, writes Magyar... 2023.09.23.
Budapest Festival Orchestra among the Top Ten in the World In 2015, for the first time, Bachtrack was asked by music critics from major European and American newspapers to rank... 2023.09.14.
The Best Violinists to Shine at the Bartók World Competition The Concert Hall at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music After the first six-year cycle, the 2023 Bartók World Competition... 2023.09.04.
European Bridges Festival: Rome in Focus This year, Rome will be the focus of the Bridges of Europe. Müpa Budapest and the Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO)... 2023.06.23.
Theater Olympics to Close with an Evening of Art The 10th Theater Olympics will close on Saturday with an evening of comprehensive art and a program for Midsummer's Eve... 2023.06.22.
“There is always someone worth singing for” – Birthday Talk with Éva Marton Ms. Éva Marton and Mr. E. Sylvester Vizi (L), Friends of Hungary Foundation Chairman The Hungarian news portalKultura.hu recently conducted... 2023.06.19.
Young Talents Apply from All over the World for Bartók World Competition 97 applications from 26 countries have been received for the 2023 Bartók World Competition for young violinists at the Liszt... 2023.06.06.
Exhibition of Eight Modernist Female Painters Opens in Pécs In 1931, eight modernist painters presented themselves to the public at the National Salon. Their work, and those of other... 2023.05.23.
World Stars in the Program of the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra The Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra (PFZ) will present several new conductors and world-famous soloists at its concerts in the 2023/2024 season,... 2023.05.04.
Huge Windstorm Wreaks Havoc across the Country Firefighters intervened in more than five hundred cases due to Monday's storm: mostly due to trees falling on roads and... 2023.03.28.