THE ART OF DANCE, FESTIVAL STYLE | 2010-03-06
We welcome the return of big and important names and a famous and prestigious company making its first appearance in Hungary, in the programme of the Budapest Spring Festival.
We welcome the return of big and important names and a famous and prestigious company making its first appearance in Hungary, in the programme of the Budapest Spring Festival.
The ideal thirty-year-old | 2010-03-06
She is dynamic and thoughtful, energetic and level-headed, relaxed and serious, impulsive and aware, bold and responsible. She still has one foot in unbridled youth, but she has already made a few big decisions influencing her whole life. What she says carries weight, but no one expects her to feign a straight face. She understands her young cousin’s odd way of talking and thinking, but nowadays she prefers to share a drink with her uncles and aunts. She enjoys being able to act as a bridge between generations. At least this is how we imagine the ideal thirty-year-old.
She is dynamic and thoughtful, energetic and level-headed, relaxed and serious, impulsive and aware, bold and responsible. She still has one foot in unbridled youth, but she has already made a few big decisions influencing her whole life. What she says carries weight, but no one expects her to feign a straight face. She understands her young cousin’s odd way of talking and thinking, but nowadays she prefers to share a drink with her uncles and aunts. She enjoys being able to act as a bridge between generations. At least this is how we imagine the ideal thirty-year-old.
The example of Denmark | 2010-03-01
In territory and population Denmark is a small country, half the size of Hungary which is also a small country. But Denmark has made and is still making an indelible imprint in literature, philosophy, music, dance, the fine arts and film, firmly refuting the views often held about the complexes of small nations. In 2010 the Spring Festival will be host to this “little big country”, its art and artists. The programmes presenting this Scandinavian country are an exemplary and harmonious blend of past and present, national pride in traditions and contemporary experiments able to boldly face the problems of today and express doubts.
In territory and population Denmark is a small country, half the size of Hungary which is also a small country. But Denmark has made and is still making an indelible imprint in literature, philosophy, music, dance, the fine arts and film, firmly refuting the views often held about the complexes of small nations. In 2010 the Spring Festival will be host to this “little big country”, its art and artists. The programmes presenting this Scandinavian country are an exemplary and harmonious blend of past and present, national pride in traditions and contemporary experiments able to boldly face the problems of today and express doubts.
Thinking in terms of opera | 2010-02-21
Opera is the strangest and most complicated European genre. But one thing not strange in opera is that it says the most human things with almost banal simplicity but with unquestionable credibility. Opera speaks to everyone at once, and sometimes everyone speaks at once in opera.
Opera is the strangest and most complicated European genre. But one thing not strange in opera is that it says the most human things with almost banal simplicity but with unquestionable credibility. Opera speaks to everyone at once, and sometimes everyone speaks at once in opera.
Budapest Spring Festival
March 19 – April 5, 2010
| 2010-02-01
In March 2010, for the thirtieth time, we will once again bid farewell to winter with a festival. We are preparing for a modest celebration; we would not like to fall into a mood of nostalgia and we do not intend to draw up a balance of the last three decades either as that is not our task. But the Stravinsky Evening to be given by our “twin”, the 30-year-old Gyõr Ballet will in a way be a reminder of the early days of our festival, but even more of the mutual inspiration of Classicism and Modernity that could even be the motto of the festival. We have always considered it important to transmit classical values on a high standard and to ensure scope for new impulses. For three decades the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Hungarian National Philharmonics have been stable pillars of the Budapest celebration of spring. The former figures in the programme with a Beethoven Evening and the latter with a Bartók concert traditionally held on the anniversary of the composer’s birth and this time promising surprises. The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra too was there at the beginning; this year at the final concert of the festival they will appear with two world famous young artists, pianist Denis Matsuev and trumpet player, Gábor Boldoczki.
In March 2010, for the thirtieth time, we will once again bid farewell to winter with a festival. We are preparing for a modest celebration; we would not like to fall into a mood of nostalgia and we do not intend to draw up a balance of the last three decades either as that is not our task. But the Stravinsky Evening to be given by our “twin”, the 30-year-old Gyõr Ballet will in a way be a reminder of the early days of our festival, but even more of the mutual inspiration of Classicism and Modernity that could even be the motto of the festival. We have always considered it important to transmit classical values on a high standard and to ensure scope for new impulses. For three decades the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Hungarian National Philharmonics have been stable pillars of the Budapest celebration of spring. The former figures in the programme with a Beethoven Evening and the latter with a Bartók concert traditionally held on the anniversary of the composer’s birth and this time promising surprises. The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra too was there at the beginning; this year at the final concert of the festival they will appear with two world famous young artists, pianist Denis Matsuev and trumpet player, Gábor Boldoczki.
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