Virtually every week, the National Philharmonic Orchestra and Zoltán Kocsis are awarded some prestigious Hungarian or international prize for their joint Bartók SACD recording. Released by Hungaroton, it has won the Café Momus prize, the Gramofon prize and the Classical Internet Award. Most recently, it carried off Pizzicato magazine's Supersonic Award. There is no question […]
Zoltán Kocsis and his orchestra have truly raised the bar. They launched this year's concert season with an opening height that the average competitor usually only sees cleared watching from the edge of the track. And yet from now on, the bar will be raised even higher. A few supporters were worrying: wouldn't it have […]
Zoltán Kocsis and his orchestra have truly raised the bar. They launched this year's concert season with an opening height that the average competitor usually only sees cleared watching from the edge of the track. And yet from now on, the bar will be raised even higher. A few supporters were worrying: wouldn't it have […]
Zoltán Kocsis and his orchestra have truly raised the bar. They launched this year's concert season with an opening height that the average competitor usually only sees cleared watching from the edge of the track. And yet from now on, the bar will be raised even higher. A few supporters were worrying: wouldn't it have […]
Zoltán Kocsis and his orchestra have truly raised the bar. They launched this year's concert season with an opening height that the average competitor usually only sees cleared watching from the edge of the track. And yet from now on, the bar will be raised even higher. A few supporters were worrying: wouldn't it have […]
Zoltán Kocsis and his orchestra have truly raised the bar. They launched this year's concert season with an opening height that the average competitor usually only sees cleared watching from the edge of the track. And yet from now on, the bar will be raised even higher. A few supporters were worrying: wouldn't it have […]
Zoltán Kocsis and his orchestra have truly raised the bar. They launched this year's concert season with an opening height that the average competitor usually only sees cleared watching from the edge of the track. And yet from now on, the bar will be raised even higher. A few supporters were worrying: wouldn't it have […]
Zoltán Kocsis and his orchestra have truly raised the bar. They launched this year's concert season with an opening height that the average competitor usually only sees cleared watching from the edge of the track. And yet from now on, the bar will be raised even higher. A few supporters were worrying: wouldn't it have […]
I think it was about ten years ago when I guided one of my foreign friends around Budapest: Heroes' Square, Váci utca, the Castle District. At the end of the day we went to a concert at the Music Academy. It was a magical evening. Luckily, the ÁHZ (Hungarian Concert Orchestra, predecessor of the National […]
Choral music has been the fundament of Western music from its origins. For centuries the euphony of choruses has echoed through churches and concert halls to glorify God, emperors and kings. In Hungary the pillar of choral singing is the National Chorus. This week it will give two concerts featuring the music of two of […]
