An excellent opportunity for the lovers of classical music is the Beethoven-marathon organized in Budapest by the Palace of Arts (Művészetek Palotája) and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, on the 21st of February from early morning till late evening. Tickets for the concerts have been available sincs last November and are already all sold out, a fact that is meant to attract the attention of those interested, to be on time next year.
The first musical marathon of this kind was organized in 2008 and featured the amazing works of Tchaikovsky – following its huge success, the event of 2009 was devoted to Dvořák; as the protagonist of this year's edition the famous conductor Iván Fischer chose one of the most popular names of all time, Ludwig van Beethoven.
In the Bartók Béla National Concert Hall (Bartók Béla Nemzeti Hangversenyterem) and in the Festival Theatre (Fesztiválszínház) a total of eleven concerts will take place, each 45-minutes long: there will be symphony orchestra concerts in the first venue as well as chamber orchestra concerts in the second one, with a schedule that will allow the public to listen to all of them.
Connected to the concert, after the workshop discussions that took part at the beginning of the month (led by prominent representatives of different types of art and several invited guests), the program will also consist of free video screenings of symphonic concerts, opera performances and a feature film in the Lecture Hall, as well as an exhibition from the Beethoven Museum of Bonn.
Friday, February 12, 2010
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