15 Marc. 2010   Essen
16 Marc. 2010   Torino
19 Marc. 2010   Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
An orchestra musician is an artist, not an employee, and artists must be given the chance to take initiatives and to be creative. Only an orchestra of true artists - making music as a highly disciplined team - is able to realize the dreams of the composers and pass on an uplifting experience to the audience, touching all listeners deep in their heart. This is our aim for which the Budapest Festival Orchestra has been created.

Iván Fischer

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Programme of 2010/11 season to be announced on 28 April  
The programme of the BFO's 2010/2011 concert season will be announced at a press conference on April 28th, Wednesday. Members of the BFO Supporters' Club can purchase their subscription tickets between April 28-30, public sale starts on May 3rd. For details clicik on title!
Budapest Festival Orchestra
9 March 2010
 
 
'Haydn-Mozart Plus' Series: Gábor Takács-Nagy to Conduct BFO for the first time
The renowned violinist and former concert master of the BFO Gábor Takács-Nagy will conduct the orchestra in three concerts of the "Haydn-Mozart Plus" series on April 10th and 11th in the Italian Cultural Institute in a Britten-Haydn-Bizet programme. For detals clicik on title!
Budapest Festival Orchestra
8 March 2010
 
 
Iván Fischer's Mozart opera series continued with Don Giovanni
Following Cosi fan tutte in November 2008 and Nozze di Figaro in March 2009, the BFO and Iván Fischer have continued their Mozart opera series with Don Giovanni. The "opera of operas" was performed on February 24th, 26th and 28th in the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, featuring a brilliant cast. Iván Fischer has signed the production both as conductor and stage director. For details click on title.
Budapest Festival Orchestra
1 March 2010
 
The BFO at this year's Budapest Spring Festival
Ever since its foundation, the Festival Orchestra has been a regular participant of the Budapest Spring Festival. The tradition continues this year with a concert on March 19th featuring Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4. and Symphony No.9. The conductor is Iván Fischer. For details click on title.
Budapest Festival Orchestra
23 February 2010
 
 
'Beethoven Then and Now' - the BFO in New York
"Beethoven Then and Now" - this is the title of the special project featuring all nine Beethoven symphonies in four concerts on four consecutive days between March 25th and 28th, with Iván Fischer as conductor, in New York's prestigious Lincoln Center. For details click on title!
Budapest Festival Orchestra
23 February 2010
 
 
Beethoven marathon attracts a crowd of 10.000 making the event a feast of music
After Tchaikovsky two years ago and Dvorák last year, this year's full day concert series held on February 21st has once again proved to be a huge success. All eleven concerts were sold out, more than 10.000 people paid tribute to Beethoven in the Palace of Arts making the marathon a real feast of music. For details click on title.
Budapest Festival Orchestra
22 February 2010
Brahms and Rachmaninov, and of course a little Bartók - we were served with a delicious mixture at the Musikverein on Tuesday. But those who expected a routine celebration of the classics were mistaken. Iván Fischer, whose name has been synonymous with the Budapest Festival Orchestra ever since he founded it in 1983, knows how to surprise an audience without violating musical traditions.
Vienna, Kurier, March 15th , 2000, -Hahe
 
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