The 120-seat event room on the second floor regularly houses concerts, film presentations, talks on music and other events. The room is equipped with state-of-the-art multimedia devices, and also houses a Steinway grand piano for solo and chamber music performances. The round "theatron" in the garden is a venue for open-air concerts.

Concert Calendar - Spring 2010 (March - July)

Last updated: 6 April 2010

SPECIAL CONCERT
CONCERT BY THE SHIR AMI ENSEMBLE
11 am Saturday, 24 April 2010
Program
Poster

BACH and BEETHOVEN 3/3

11 am Sunday, 14 March 2010

Matinee concert - Gabor Csalog piano

Beethoven: Sonata E major op. 109
Bach: Four Preludes and Fugues from the volumes of the "Wohltemperiertes Klavier"
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Bach: Four Preludes and Fugues from the volumes of the "Wohltemperiertes Klavier"
Beethoven: Sonata C minor op.111

Entry: HUF 2000

CONCERT 33 - MVM CONCERTS

6 pm Friday, 19 March 2010

Concert series by the "Junior Prima" Prize winners / Part 4
Violin recital by Katalin Kokas

- Joint production with the Jakobi Koncert Kft. -

THE BEATITUDES

6 pm Wednesday, 24 March 2010

Concert by Dániel Gryllus and Vilmos Gryllus
Before the songs, the quotations of the Bible will be read out by Károly Mécs

Songs on the Gospel of Matthew
Music: Dániel Gryllus
Versets: Zoltán Sumonyi

Entry: HUF 1000

"BARTOK HAS PLAYED IT, TOO"

6 pm Thursday, 25 March 2010

Piano recital by Balazs Fülei
- on the birthday of the composer

Purcell: Suite D major
Domenico Zipoli: Suite B minor no.1
Beethoven: Variations F major op. 34
Liszt: Variationen über ein Motiv (basso ostinato) aus der Kantate "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" und dem "Crucifixus" der h-Moll Messe von J. S. Bach
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Ravel: Three pieces from the Series "Miroirs"
Rumanian Christmas Songs I and II
Improvisations on Hungarian peasant songs Op. 20

- Joint production with the Starlet Music Management -

Entry: HUF 1000

BALL SCENES

6 pm Friday, 26 March 2010

Four hand Piano Recital by Monika Egri and Attila Pertis

Massenet: Ball scenes
Schumann: Ball scenes - selection
Schubert: Eight variations on the themes of Herold's opera "Marie" D. 908
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Rubinstein: Masquerade ball - excerpts
Dohnanyi: Waltz op.3
Liszt: Pester Karneval

Entry: HUF 1500

BARTOK'S COMPLETE PIANO WORKS / 6

6 pm Friday, 16 April, 2010

Piano recital by Csaba Király

BARTÓK:

Nine small piano pieces
Microcosmos II
Microcosmos III
Three burlesques
Petite suite

CSABA KIRALY: Improvisation in the style of Bartók

Entry: HUF 1500

CONCERT 33 - MVM CONCERTS

11 am Saturday, 17 April 2010

The world of the instruments the history of the flute

Concert by Bela Drahos (flute)

- Joint production with the Jakobi Koncert Kft. -

Entry: HUF 2000, 1000, 500

MICHEL SOGNY'S MATINÉES IN BUDAPEST

11 am Sunday, 18 April 2010

Piano recital by Laura Mikkola

Two Impromptus by Sibelius: op. 5 no. 2 and 5
Bartók: Sonata (1926)
Ravel: Sonatina
Ravel: Jeaux d’eau
Michel Sogny: Entrevisions
Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole

- Organized by the Abisso Kft. -

Entry: HUF 1000 Ft, pensioners HUF 500

"BE THE JOY OF PIANO PLAYING FOR EVERYBODY"

15 pm Sunday, 18 April 2010

Michel Sogny's Teaching Method

Presentation and Concert
Leader teacher: Gabriella Szentpeteri

- Organized by the Abisso Kft. -

Entry free

CONCERT 33 - MVM CONCERTS

6 pm Tuesday, 20 April 2010

Concert series by the "Junior Prima" Prize winners
Concert by Júlia Hajnóczy (voice) and Andrea Vígh (harp)

Songs and arias by
Pergolesi, Durante, Bellini, Donizetti,
Csajkovszkij, Fauré, Debussy and Verdi

- Joint production with the Jakobi Koncert Kft. -

Entry: HUF 2000, 1000, 500

BARTÓK'S MUSIC ACADEMY 2/1

6 pm Thuersday, 22 April 2010

Concert by the composers Máté Bella and Péter Tornyai
(Winners of the Composer Competition of the Academy of Music, Budapest 2009

Editor: Benedek Héja

- Sponsored by NKA (National Cultural Fond) -

Entry: HUF 1000

CONCERT BY THE SHIR AMI ENSEMBLE

11 am Saturday, 24 April 2010

Members:
Orsolya Korcsolán (violin), Jason Calloway (chello),
Emese Mali (piano)

Josef Bonime: Dance hebraique (Korcsolán, Mali)
Leo Zeitlin: Eli, Eli (Calloway, Mali)
Erwin Schulhoff: Duo (Korcsolán, Calloway)
Marc Lavry: Three Jewish Dances (Korcsolán, Mali)
Sosztakovics: Trio in C minor op. 67. no. 2

- Main sponsor: Pro Arte Judaica Foundation -

Entry with museum ticket: HUF 1000

MASTER PIECES, CURIOSITIES 2/1

6 pm Wednesday, 28 April 2010

Piano recital by Imre Hargitai
Partners: Tamás Rónaszéki (violin), György Déri (chello)

Schubert: Sonata in A flat major D. 557
Bartók: Rumanian Christmas Carols I and II
Haydn: Sonata in E flat major Hob.XVI:49
Gyula Bericzay: Piano trio

Entry: HUF 1500

CHAMBER CONCERTS WITH THE BUDAPEST STRINGS 3/1

6 pm Friday, 30 April 2010

Orsolya Szabó (piano), Béla Bánfalvi, Györgyi Papp (violin),
Emil Ludmány (viola), Károly Botvay (chello)

Goldmark: Piano quintet D flat major op. 54
Schumann: Piano quintet E flat major op. 44

- Joint production with the Budapest Chamber Music Association and Budapest Strings -

Entry: HUF 2000

BARTÓK'S MUSIC ACADEMY 2/2

6 pm Wednesday, 5 May 2010

"Benjamins"
Concert by the pupils of the School of Exceptionally Talented Students
of the Franz Liszt Music Academy, Budapest

Editor: Benedek Héja

- Sponsored by NKA (National Cultural Fond) -

Entry: HUF 1000

J. S. BACH'S PARTITAS 2/1

6 pm Thuersday, 6 May 2010

Piano recital by Carciente Andrés

B flat major BWV 825
C minor BWV 826
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D major BWV 828

Entry: HUF 1500

CHAMBER CONCERTS WITH THE BUDAPEST STRINGS 3/2

6 pm Friday, 7 May 2010

Orsolya Szabó (piano), Béla Bánfalvi, Györgyi Papp (violin),
Emil Ludmány (viola), Károly Botvay (chello)

Artistic leader: Károly Botvay

Haydn: String quartet in B flat major op. 76 no. 4
Mozart: String quartet in D major K 575
Dvorak: String quartet in G major op. 77

- Joint production with the Budapest Chamber Music Association and Budapest Strings -

Entry: HUF 2000

MUSICAL MORNINGS 2/1

11 am Saturday, 8 May 2010

Matinée of the Semmelweis String Quartet

Members: Dr. László Kelemen, Dr. György Székely (violin),
Dr. Gyula Ostoros (viola), Dr. Richard Asbóth (chello)

Csilla Varga (piano)

Haydn: String quartet in E flat major, "The joke" op. 33 No. 2 HOB III:38
Dohnányi: Piano quintet in C minor op.1

Entry with museum ticketl

J. S. BACH'S PARTITAS 2/2

6 pm Thuersday, 13 May 2010

Piano recital by Carciente Andrés

A minor BWV 827
G major BWV 829
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E minor BWV 830

Entry: HUF 1500

CHAMBER CONCERTS WITH THE BUDAPEST STRINGS 3/3

6 pm Friday, 14 May 2010

Orsolya Szabó (piano), Béla Bánfalvi, Györgyi Papp (violin),
Emil Ludmány (viola), Károly Botvay (chello)

Artistic leader: Károly Botvay

Mozart: String quartet "Hunting" in B flat major K 458
Beethoven: String quartet in A major op. 18 No. 5
Dvorak: String quartet "Negro" in F major op. 96

- Joint production with the Budapest Chamber Music Association and Budapest Strings -

Entry: HUF 2000

CHAMBER MUSIC WITH MÁRTA GULYÁS 2/1

6 pm Friday, 21 May 2010

Concert by Fruzsina Varga (flute) and Márta Gulyás (piano)

Partner: Krisztina Faludy (bassoon)

Weber: Trio
Saint-Saens: Sonata
Debussy: The Afternoon of a Faun (transcription of Karl Lenski)
Dutilleux: Sonatina
Paul Taffanel: Fantaisie sur l'opera de C.M.von Weber's "Der Freischütz"

Entry: HUF 1500

GEMS OF THE HUNGARIAN CHAMBER MUSIC - CONCERT SERIES

5 pm Saturday, 22 May 2010

Concert by the Csaba Szabó International Society

Béla Bartók: Hungarian folk-songs (selection from the "Twenty Hungarian Folk-songs") - Ágota Lénárt (piano), Tünde Szabóki (soprano)
Ernõ Dohnányi: Ruralia Hungarica Op. 32/d - Zsuzsa Kollár (piano), Péter Szabó (chello)
Csaba Szabó: Petite suite Zsuzsa Kollár (piano)
Csaba Szabó: Suite for solo chello with bells - Péter Szabó (chello)
Csaba Szabó: Songs - Tünde Szabóki (soprano), Ágota Lénárt (piano)
Csaba Szabó: Three spring ditties - Ildikó Szabó (chello), Tünde Szabóki (soprano)
Ágota Lénárt (piano)
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Csaba Szabó: Four miniatures - Zsuzsa Kollár (piano)
László Tihanyi: Petal - Zsuzsa Kollár (piano)
Máté Hollós: Canto Nostalgico - Péter Szabó (chello)
Gyula Bánkövi: Two songs on Puskin's poems - Tünde Szabóki (soprano), Ágota Lénárt (piano)
Csaba Szabó: Four in the space - Accord Quartet: Mezõ Péter (violin), Csongor Veér (violin), Péter Kondor (viola), Mátyás Ölveti (chello)

Tickets at the venue of the concert. Entry: HUF 1000
Free for members of the Csaba Szabó International Society

DIPLOMA CONCERTS

5 pm Tuesday, 25 May 2010

Concert by the students of the Harpsichord Department of the Franz Liszt Music Academy, Budapest

Program by Fruzsina Csonka

Bach: Italian Concerto BWV 971
Froberger: Toccata (F major) No. 18
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata in C major K. 502
Couperin: Cinquiéme Prélude
Quinziéme Ordre: Le Dodo,ou L'Amour au Berceau
L'Evaporée
La Douce,et Piquante
La Princesse de Chabeüil ou La Muse de Monaco
Händel: Sonata in G minor for Blockflute and basso continuo op.1 nr.2

Teacher: Anikó Horváth

Program by Fanni Edõcs

Tomkins: Ground
de Boismortier: Suite No 2 (Piéces de Clavecin)
- La Sérénissime
- La Gauloise
- La Rustique
- La Choquante
Bach: Partita in A minor BWV 827
Soler: Fandango

Teacher: Anikó Horváth
Nicholas Parle (Leipzig)

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Program by Nóra Fehér

Froberger: Ricercar I. (Livre de 1658, deuxieme partie)
Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonata in F major Wtq 65/1
Bach: Partita in D major BWV 828

Teacher: Anikó Horváth
Ágnes Várallyay
Miklós Spányi
János Sebestyén

Entry free

MASTER PIECES, CURIOSITIES 2/2

6 pm Wednesday, 26 May 2010

Concert by the Kodály String Quartet
Members: Attila Falvay, Erika Tóth (violin),
János Fejérvári (viola), György Éder (chello)

Haydn: String quartet in G major op. 54. No.1
Schumann: String quartet in A minor
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Schubert: String quartet in D minor "The Death and the Maiden"

Entry: HUF 2000

CONCERT BY THE PULZUS STRING QUARTET

7.30 pm Friday, 28 May 2010

Members: János Pilz, Bedõ Eszter Lesták (violin),
István Rajncsák (viola), Kousay H. Mahdi Kadduri (chello)

Sosztakovics: String quartet No. 8
Mendelssohn: String quartet in A minor op. 13

- Joint production with the Pulzus Zrt. and Generáció Koncert -

Entry: HUF 1200

MUSICAL MORNINGS 2/2

11 am Sunday, 30 May 2010

Matinée concert by Tamás Rozsos (viola) and Tomoko Isimura (piano)

Bach: Suite in D minor BWV 1008
Takemitsu: A Bird came dawn the walk
Brahms: Sonata in F minor for viola and piano op.120 No.1

Entry: HUF 1000

GUEST ARTISTS

6 pm Thursday, 3 June 2010

Concert by Yoo-Ra Lee (voice, Korea) and Hsin-Ni Liu (piano, Taiwan)

Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit - Scarbo
Brahms: Variation and Fugue on a Theme by Händel
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Puccini: La Rondine - Magda's Canzonetta "Sogno di Doretta"
Händel: Julius Caesar - Cleopatra's aria from the 3rd Act "Piangero la sorte mia"
Verdi: Rigoletto - Gilda's aria from the 1st Act "Caro nome, che il mio cor"
Bizet: Pastorale
Delibes: Les Filles de Cadix
Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus - Adele "Spiel ich die Unschuld vom Lande"
Dostal: Die ungarische Hochzeit - Janka "Spiel mir das Lied von Glück und Treu"
Johann Strauss: Frühlingsstimmenwalzer

- Joint production with the Starlet Music Management -

Entry with museum ticketl

BARTOK'S COMPLETE PIANO WORKS / 7

6 pm Friday, 4 June, 2010

Piano recital by Csaba Király

BARTÓK:

Beginner's piano pieces
Rumanian Christmas Carols II
Improvisations
10 Easy Piano Pieces
Microcosmos IV

CSABA KIRALY: Improvisation in the style of Bartók

Entry: HUF 1500

"BE THE JOY OF PIANO PLAYING FOR EVERYBODY"

11 am Sunday, 6 June 2010

Michel Sogny's Teaching Method

Presentation and Concert
Leader teacher: Gabriella Szentpeteri

- Organized by the Abisso Kft. -

Entry free

CHAMBER MUSIC WITH MÁRTA GULYÁS 2/2

6 pm Tuesday, 15 June 2010

Gábor Varga (clarinet) and Márta Gulyás (piano)

Schumann: Fantasiestücke op.73
Frank: Sonata
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Leó Weiner: Ballada
Mihály Hajdú: Capriccio all'ongarese
Bernstein: Sonata

Entry: HUF 1500