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In January 2025, a new temporary exhibition will follow the highly successful Divas & Icons traveling exhibition from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, which attracted over 50,000 visitors. In the meantime, a free pop-up exhibition in honor of the world-famous Hungarian pianist György Cziffra will open in the foyer of the House of Music Hungary in early November, the institution announced.
“The exhibition, that will transform the foyer in a spectacular way, will be built around a gigantic piano. Together with János Balázs, pianist, artistic director of the Cziffra Festival and fellow curator, we would like to show visitors Cziffra’s eventful life full of difficulties, his unique personality and his genius, blessed with dazzling improvisational skills,” the press release quoted András Batta, executive director of the House of Music Hungary and co-curator of the exhibition, as saying.
The exhibition will be accompanied by András Batta’s series Szubjektív! (Subjective!), in which the music historian will explore the world of virtuosos from different perspectives in three sessions.
Márton Horn, the director of the institution, pointed out that their traveling music education program A dal a miénk! (The song is ours!) has been launched, enabling them to reach school children who would find it difficult or impossible to visit the House of Music Hungary due to geographical distance or financial constraints. During the sessions, the children will learn and transcribe a Hungarian and a Gypsy folk song, a classical style song and a pop song, singing their own stories, feelings, and thoughts. “Our goal is to provide local teachers with a developed methodology and a toolkit that will make music education more colorful and enjoyable,” said Márton Horn.
House of Music Hungary in Budapest. Photo: Wikipedia
As for the other exciting events on the institution’s offer, the fall’s classical and contemporary music program will include a special treat on October 18: Monteverdi’s opera Orfeo, composed in 1607, will be performed by four artists from the German ensemble Continuum – without singers, but with visual elements.
The outstanding guitarist of 21st century jazz, American Kurt Rosenwinkel, will present his 2001 album (The Next Step) on October 25. Another major figure in the genre, Polish clarinetist Waclaw Zimpel, will be in Budapest with his Saagara group on November 15.
On October 26, Kim Gordon, one of the founders of the legendary American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, will give a concert at the institution. The international collaboration between the world-famous American band Sun Kil Moon (Mark Kozelek) and the Hungarian band Amoeba will be launched on November 23 at the House of Music Hungary.
A trio including world-famous American actor John Malkovich and Russian-born pianist Anastasia Tyerenkova will perform three times at the House of Music Hungary.
The Infamous Ramirez Hoffman, based on a work by Roberto Bolano, will be performed on November 17-18.
On November 8, German violinist Kirill Troussov will perform with his musician friends at the musical institution. They will perform two chamber works, Mendelssohn’s Sextet in D major and Glinka’s Sextet in E flat major. Also in November, flutist Dominika Ács and jazz pianist Krisztián Oláh will perform a concert, bringing bring seven Greek goddess archetypes to life, directed by Niké Kurta. Before Christmas, the Mikamo Central-European Chamber Orchestra will reimagine Karlheinz Stockhausen’s “park music” Sternklang for the House of Music Hungary.
Via MTI, Featured image: MTI/Balogh Zoltán