Our first concert in January, 2013Under the baton of Zsolt Hamar and with the participation of a world-famous violinist, the orchestra takes us to fin-de-si?cle Vienna. One of the leading figures of the period, Alexander Zemlinsky, created this setting of Psalm 83 as a young man in 1900 while having an affair with one […]
“A journey in time and space by means of the much-loved Christmas song…” A Little Christmas Christmas is the feast of the birth of Christ and a celebration of love, but together with many other countries, we also make merry on the occasion of the winter solstice. With Christmas approaching, the tune of […]
After his recent successful heart operation, our Chief Music Director and Conductor, Zoltan Kocsis will return to the stage in the Palace of Arts on December 22, when he will conduct Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. Kocsis said his doctors had told him he could safely return to work by then. He was asked about his illness, the […]
The noted American conductor, the music director of the Kansas City Symphony Michael Stern , son of violinist Isaac Stern, will be conducting three remarkable pieces from the 20th century. Novelty and originality are common to all of them. Special offer! John Cage exhibition and back stage tour. Click here for details. This […]
A small-scale and an emblematic work by Stravinsky, born just 130 years ago as well as a impetuous piano concerto by another Russian composer, Prokofjev will be staged on our next concert under the baton of a Thomas Sanderling, who was born and raised in Saint Petersburg. To mark the 130th anniversary of the […]
Zoltán Kocsis’ further improvement has made it possible that he was dismissed by the György Gottsegen National Institute of Cardiology where he went through an operation on the 20th of September and had been taken care of since then. The Maestro and his family would like to express their gratitude for the literally […]
Our 31 October concert is one of the most eagerly anticipated of the coming season. Not just because of the works – classical music at its finest, Mozart and Schubert – but since we will have the opportunity to greet on stage the world-renowned pianist-conductor, Christian Zacharias. We asked him about the forthcoming performance via […]
A concerto and a Schubert mass featuring an internationally-renowned soloists and conductor. After the concert of 18 October, tonight’s programme again presents one of the Austrian composer’s last works which also happens to be one of his longest masses, the E-flat major, written for the largest group of performers. Interestingly, Schubert borrowed the main theme […]
The first half of the concert presents a concerto by Sostakovich dating from 1948, the second a mass dating from the 1830s. The soloist is one of the most outstanding performers of the Russian repertoire, Sergej Krylov who has, since 2009, been active as artistic director of the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra and a regular guest […]
Boris Berezovsky, a returning guest of the National Philharmonic Orchestra, is a representative of the long-established Russian piano school, and is one of the most renowned and authentic interpreters of Russian piano music. He will be playing solo piano in a concerto by Aram Khachaturian (best known today for his Sabre Dance). Composed in an […]
