ABBA - The Show, in Budapest

Since the film Mamma Mia was released Abba has experienced a super boom with young people catching interest in the old hits, and the old people renewed their love for the old songs and melodies. Well, Mamma Mia. The concert that will take place in Papp László Budapest Sportaréna will feature among others the original ABBA members Ulf Andersson & Janne Schaffer.

ABBA THE SHOW follows the ABBA story from their Eurovision beginnings all the way to major chart success. It is performed by Sweden’s Waterloo, a world renowned group who bring ABBA to life, together with The National Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Matthew Freeman.

ABBA - THE SHOW - Buy tickets from Eventim
Wednesday, 11. Feb 2009, 19:30
Papp László Budapest Sportaréna, Budapest, Hungary

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2008 Jubilee Concert Of The 100-Member Gipsy Orchestra

If you like gispy music, or if you are just looking for something to do on the 30 December, then this might be a good option. For the 11th time this concert is arranged in the Budapest Congress & World Trade Center. The visitors are promised that they will hear music from Offenbach, Rossini, Khachaturian, Liszt, Strauss as well as wonderful examples of folk music and spectacular folk-show elements.

Program:
18.00 Wine tasting and folk dance show
19.00 Concert, part 1
20.20 Concert part 2

Concert tickets:
Tickets – with dinner: Stalls 29 800 HUF
Tickets – concert and wine tasting: Gallery, rows 1-4
Tickets – concert and wine tasting: Gallery, rows 5-9 16 500, 14 500HUF

Further information and ticket sales:
V.I.P. Arts Management: 13-15 Hajós street, Budapest, H-1065
Phone/fax: +36-1-332-4816, +36-1-302-4290
viparts@viparts.hu
www.viparts.hu

New Years concert of the London Philharmonic Orchestra

With the aim of starting a new tradition, the Palace of Arts decided to celebrate the new year of 20008 not by the usual, light music played in other places but with the exquisite oratory of Joseph Haydn which involves the magic of the creation and which has been a constant favourite with audiences for 210 years.

The orchestra will be led by Ádám Fischer, who is the most experienced and most inventive representative of the composer’s music. The orchestra is the famous London Philharmonic Orchestra founded by Sir Thomas Beecham, accompanied by the London Philharmonic Choir. The invitation of the London orchestras and choir is not a coincidence: Haydn composed the Creation in London.

The large-scale composition took Haydn two years to complete; it was first shown in Vienna at the end of April 1798. It meant him a huge artistic acknowledgement and financial success. “Since then the Creation has become one of the emblematic masterpieces of European music, an icon. But the respect that surrounds the composition is not the only reason for gaining a place amongst the “compulsory” pieces – such as the passions of Bach, oratorio of Handel and the Missa solemnise of Beethoven of the repertoires in the music life of the world. We actually need the Creation. We need somebody to show us the beauties of the world and convey the message that living on Earth is a good thing.” (András Batta)

Ticket prices: 4000.- 6300.- 8300.- 9900.- HUF.
You can get hold of tickets from Interticket (be aware: the page is hard to use, and the english is not too good)
Source: Budapestinfo.hu

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Classical concerts in the Budapest Parliament

“Music and Atmosphere” is the title of a forthcoming series of concerts to be given by Hungarian Virtuosi in the Domed Hall of the Hungarian Parliament. Featured composers include Mozart, Händel, Vivaldi, Liszt, Saint-Saëns and Bach.
The concerts are all on Friday evenings and begin at 6 o’clock. Ticket holders arriving at 5 o’clock are invited to enjoy a guided tour of the Parliament building (with commentary in three languages).

HUNGARIAN VIRTUOSI CONCERTS

Violin soloist and conductor: Miklós Szenthelyi

17 october 2008, 6 p.m.
Vivaldi: G-major symphony
Vivaldi: B-major concerto for violin and cello
Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals – The Swan
Bach: D - moll concerto for two violins
Bach: E-major violin concerto

28 November 2008, 6 p.m.
Handel: Passacaglia
Vivaldi: B- major concerto for violin and cello
Vivaldi: B-major concerto for two violins
Mozart: D-major Divertimento
Liszt: II. Hungarian Rhapsody

12 December 2008, 6 p.m.
Vivaldi: G-major symphony
Vivaldi: B-major concerto for violin and cello
Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals – The Swan
Bach: D - moll concerto for two violins
Bach: E-major violin concerto

Concert ticket holders are invited to arrive on the evening of the concert at 5.0 p.m. for the opportunity to take part in a guided tour of the Parliament building. English-, German- and Hungarian speaking guides will lead visitors on a short tour including the grand staircase, the domed hall, the main reception rooms and, providing it is not in use, the debating chamber of the upper house. Photography is allowed, but the use of flashes is not permitted by the Crown Jewels.

Promoter of the concert series:
Bacchus Arts Studio
1055 Budapest Kossuth Lajos tér 1-3.
Tel: +36 1 488-7093
bacchus.studio@gmail.com

Source: Budapestinfo.hu

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AC/DC in Budapest

AC/DC is going on a world tour, and all around the world the tickets disappear within seconds. The Budapest tickets where put to sale today, but Ticketpro is having problems serving all customers at the moment. If you want a ticket you should hurry up, and be patient. TicketPro Shop.

The concert will be 23. March 2009, in Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena!

ALL TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD OUT - 23. OCTOBER 2008

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Freddy Cole concert in Budapest

Freddy Cole could not resist the pressure as his elder brother and sisters, Eddie, Ike és Nat, all became musicians. Freddy started playing the piano at the age of six... and he still does. Freddy Cole will have a concert in Budapest in the Millenáris Teátrum at November 11, 20.00. For tickets, go here.

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Freedy Cole video from Youtube

Jean Michel Jarre in Budapest

Celebrating that Oxygene was released more than thirty years ago Jean Michel Jarre is arranging a major tour in Europe this autumn. During his tour Budapest will also be visited on November 12. The concert starts at 20.00, and the cheapest tickets cost 9,500 forints. For tickets, go to Ticketpro.

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Coldplay soon in Budapest

Coldplay have no.1 selling album in 36 countries and soon they will be present in Budapest. If you have not bought your ticket yet, make sure to do it now. Read more about the Coldplay concert.

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Press release from EMI:
Coldplay’s album Viva La Vida has to date been the No.1 selling album in 36 countries around the world, including in the US, where it held the top spot for two weeks, and in the UK where the album has been No.1 for the last four weeks. Coldplay’s previous album, the 10 million-selling X&Y, reached No.1 in 32 countries in 2005.

In a number of countries, including the UK, France, Germany and Japan, first week sales of Viva La Vida exceeded those of X&Y, and Viva La Vida has already been certified gold or platinum in 31 countries including platinum in the USA, Germany and Australia and double platinum in the UK and Canada.

In many countries Viva La Vida held the top spot on the album chart in its second week, including in the USA, U.K., Australia, Canada, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and New Zealand.

Viva La Vida set the record for the highest first week album sales ever on the iTunes Store worldwide, in addition to being the biggest album pre-order in iTunes’ history. In the US, 288,000 week one sales were digital downloads, the biggest ever first week sales tally for a digital album, and with 394,000 digital albums sold in the first three weeks, Viva La Vida is the all time best selling digital album in the States. US over the counter sales for Viva La Vida across all formats have now exceeded 1.1 million according to Nielsen SoundScan.

In the U.K. Viva La Vida is the fastest-selling album of the year with over the counter sales of more than 600,000 since its release on 12 June, while in Germany the album is already the biggest selling release of the year as well as the fastest.

James Blunt in Budapest - You’re Beautiful

Good news for the Hungarian fans, they can finally see their favourite singer at home: James Blunt is giving a concert on 25 October 2008 in the Budapest Sport Arena.

There aren’t many performers like him; he became a superstar almost overnight but James Blunt managed to stay a man without striking a star attitude.

He was born with the name James Hillier Blount in Tidworth, England into an upper middle-class family in 1974. When he was three, his mother taught him how to play the flute, at the age of five he started playing the violin and when he reached the age of seven, he got his first piano teacher. Since his father served at the British Air Force, the family had to move house every two years, so by the age of seven James attended a boarding school, seeing his parents only in the school holidays. He bought his first guitar at the age of fourteen, and he started to write songs. He attended Bristol University, where he wrote his thesis on a Sociology subject. The debut album of James Blunt was released in October 2004, and although the first two singles were relatively successful, the real breakthrough was the third single, the song “You’re Beautiful”. It got released as a maxi as well, and it led the English chart lists for 10 weeks. It became a No. 1 in 18 other countries, amongst them the USA. The album sold 11 million copies and won every possible award. Blunt has given more than 300 concerts covering all continents.

The incredible speed of becoming a superstar and the experiences of this journey give the basis of the lyrics of his second album, “All The Lost Souls”, which was released in autumn 2007. “Going on a concert tour is the best fun anybody can have. The best invention anybody has ever thought of.”

Source: Budapestinfo
For tickets, go to Ticketpro.

Coldplay in Budapest 23. September

A great news to all Coldplay fans coming to Budapest in September! Coldplay is visiting Budapest on their Viva La Vida tour, and they will have a concert in the capital of Hungary the 23. September. The Coldplay concert will be held in the Budapest Sportarena, and the tickets are available online at www.ticketpro.hu.

Before they come to Budapest they will be in cities as Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo and Prague and after their stay in Budapest they move on towards Vienna, Munich and Zurich.

There are still free tickets, so for those who can not manage to get tickets in their own nations, it might be a great opportunity to check out Budapest and enjoy a great Coldplay concert at the same time!

Enjoy Budapest!