Budapest Spring Festival 2011

About the festival

The Spring Festival in 2011 will be celebrating its 31st anniversary with renown musicians and artists. Since January 1996 the Budapest Festival Center Kht. has been the official organizer of various cultural events of the Municipality of Budapest. The three major annual festivals of Budapest—the Spring Festival, the Budapest Fair and the Autumn Festival have been organized, as the exclusive coordinator, by the Budapest Festival Center Kht.

Program

18 March 2011
7:00 pm Gyula Fekete: EXCELSIOR! – world première
The Ascension of Franz Liszt
Venue: Thália Theatre - Main Stage

7:00 pm Márton Kovács–István Mohácsi–János Mohácsi: We Only Live Once, or The Sea Now Seems Nothing / Cheer Up in three parts
Venue: National Theatre - Main Stage

7:30 pm Mischa Maisky and the Prague Chamber Orchestra
Venue: Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

19 March 2011
7:00 pm Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Venue: Hungarian State Opera House

7:30 pm
Zukerman ChamberPlayers
Venue: Thália Theatre - Main Stage

7:30 pm Máté Szabó: Havanna – première
Venue: Thália Theatre - Arizona Studio

20 March 2011
7:00 pm Gyula Fekete: EXCELSIOR!
Franz Liszt going to Heaven
Venue: Thália Theatre - Main Stage

7:30 pm Recital by Gábor Boldoczki (trumpet) and Gergely Bogányi (piano)
Venue: Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

7:30 pm Recital by Pepe Romero
Venue: Uránia National Cinema Palace

21 March 2011
7:00 pm Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice
Guest performance by Jugoslovensko Dramsko Pozorište (Belgrade)
Venue: Új Theatre

7:30 pm Wiener Symphoniker
Venue: Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

7:30 pm Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
Venue: Hungarian State Opera House

7:30 pm Máté Szabó: Havanna
Venue: Thália Theatre - Arizona Studio

22 March 2011
7:00 pm Verdi: Macbeth – première
Venue: Hungarian State Opera House

7:00 pm Shakespeare: Macbeth
Guest performance by Cheek by Jowl
Venue: National Theatre - Main Stage

7:00 pm 60 YEARS
Performance by the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble
Venue: Thália Theatre - Main Stage

7:30 pm Liszt and Literature
Venue: Kogart House

23 March 2011
7:00 pm Liszt Evening by Tamás Vásáry (piano) and Henriett Tunyogi (dance)
Venue: Palace of Arts - Festival Theatre

7:00 pm Shakespeare: Macbeth
Guest performance by Cheek by Jowl
Venue: National Theatre - Main Stage

7:30 pm Thomas Quasthoff (voice) and Camerata Salzburg
Venue: Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

24 March 2011
7:00 pm Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Venue: Hungarian State Opera House

7:30 pm Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso – concert performance
Venue: Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

7:30 pm Albee: Peter and Jerry/ The Zoo Story – première
Venue: Thália Theatre - Arizona Studio

7:30 pm Franz Liszt in Pest-Buda
Venue: Hungarian Heritage House

25 March 2011
7:00 pm Liszt: Dante Symphony / Don Sanche – première
Venue: Thália Theatre - Main Stage

7:00 pm Johann Strauss: A Night in Venice, or War of the Balls – première
Venue: Budapest Operetta Theatre

7:30 pm An Evening with the Hungarian National Philharmonic on the Anniversary of Bartók’s Birth
Venue: Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

7:30 pm Esterházy Trio
Venue: Kogart House

7:30 pm Albee: Peter and Jerry/ The Zoo Story
Venue: Thália Theatre - Arizona Studio

26 March 2011
3:00 pm 100-Member Gypsy Orchestra
Venue: Thália Theatre - Main Stage

7:00 pm Johann Strauss: A Night in Venice, or War of the Balls
Venue: Budapest Operetta Theatre

7:00 pm Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Venue: Hungarian State Opera House

7:00 pm Molnár: Liliom
Guest performance by Schauspielhaus Graz
Venue: National Theatre - Main Stage

7:30 pm 100-Member Gypsy Orchestra
Venue: Thália Theatre - Main Stage

7:30 pm Young and Old LISZT
Venue: Kogart House

8:00 pm Max Raabe & Palast Orchester
Venue: Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

8:00 pm Cantate Domino
Venue: St Stephen's Basilica

27 March 2011

7:00 pm Liszt: Dante Symphony / Don Sanche
Venue: Thália Theatre - Main Stage

7:00 pm Molnár: Liliom
Guest performance by Schauspielhaus Graz
Venue: National Theatre - Main Stage

7:30 pm Talamba Percussion Group and the Terem Quartet
Venue: Uránia National Cinema Palace

7:30 pm Piano Recital by Erika Mikami
Venue: Marble Hall of the Hungarian Radio

7:30 pm Winners of the Fugato Orchestra's Composer Competition
Venue: Thália Theatre - Arizona Studio

8:00 pm Zugló Philharmonia – King Stephen Symphony Orchestra and Oratorio Choir
Venue: Inner City St Michael's Churc

28 March 2011
7:00 pm This Dance Is a Life
Tribute to choreographer Ferenc Novák on his 80th birthday
Venue: Vígszínház (Comedy Theatre)

7:30 pm Recital by Ágnes Szakály (cimbalom) and István Dominkó (piano)
Venue: Kogart House

7:30 pm Acoustic Guitar Recital by Bálint Horváth and Gergely Nagy
Venue: Thália Theatre - Arizona Studio

7:30 pm  Concert by the Orchestra of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music
Venue: Museum of Applied Arts

8:00 pm Church Music of Franz Liszt
Venue: Inner City St Michael's Church

29 March 2011
7:00 pm The Antonio Gades Company – Getafe
Carmen
Venue: Thália Theatre - Main Stage

7:00 pm Liszt: Christus
Venue: Palace of Arts - Festival Theatre

8:00 pm Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Venue: Inner City St Michael's Church

30 March 2011
7:00 pm The Antonio Gades Company – Getafe
Carmen
Venue: Thália Theatre - Main Stage

7:30 pm Piano recital by Alexander Seredenko
Venue: Museum of Applied Arts

7:30 pm Recital by Éva Bátori (voice) and György Selmeczi (piano)
Venue: Kogart House

7:45 pm Budapest Festival Orchestra
Venue: Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

30 March 2011
7:00 pm The Antonio Gades Company – Getafe
Carmen
Venue: Thália Theatre - Main Stage

7:30 pm New Tallinn Trio
Venue: Kogart House

8:00 pm Szokolay 80
Concert on the composer’s birthday
Venue: Inner City St Michael's Church

8:00 pm Kammerchor Stuttgart
Venue: St Stephen's Basilica

31 March 2011
7:00 pm The Antonio Gades Company – Getafe
Carmen
Venue: Thália Theatre - Main Stage

7:30 pm Piano recital by Alexander Seredenko
Venue: Museum of Applied Arts

7:30 pm Recital by Éva Bátori (voice) and György Selmeczi (piano)
Venue: Kogart House

7:45 pm Budapest Festival Orchestra
Venue: Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

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