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11 Feb. 2010 Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
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12 Feb. 2010 Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
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13 Feb. 2010 Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
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Join the BFO on its concert tour to Athens

The BFO is offering now the possibility for its friends and audience members to join the orchestra on its coming tour to Athens between March 21st and 24th. Participants can travel and stay with the orchestra, attend its two all-Beethoven concerts and have dinner with Music Director Iván Fischer. For details clicik on title.

Budapest Festival Orchestra
29 January 2010

Mahler 4 of BFO/Fischer nominated for BBC Music Magazine Award

The BBC Music Magazine Awards nominees for this year have been announced. Out of more than 300 recordings awarded last year with 5 stars by critics of the Magazine, in each category three CDs have been chosen for the final short-list, including in the category of orchestral works the BFO's Mahler 4 released by the Channel Classics label.

Budapest Festival Orchestra
25 January 2010

Iván Fischer's Mozart opera series to continue with Don Giovanni

Following Cosi fan tutte in November 2008 and Nozze di Figaro in March 2009, the BFO and Iván Fischer continue their Mozart opera series with Don Giovanni. The "opera of operas" will be performed on February 24th, 26th and 28th in the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, featuring a brilliant cast. Iván Fischer will not only conduct the performances but signs the production as stage director. For details click on title.

Budapest Festival Orchestra
25 January 2010

Beethoven marathon - all 11 concerts are sold out

After Tchaikovsky last year and Dvorák this year, the next edition of the full day marathon organized by the Palace of Arts and the Festival Orchestra will be on February 21st, devoted to Beethoven. There will be some 11 (sold out) concerts from early morning till late evening, accompanied by video projections and an exhibition. For programme and details click on title.

Budapest Festival Orchestra
25 January 2010

BFO Concert on Hungarian Radio

Hungarian Bartók Radio will broadcast on February 11th the recording of our chamber music concert held in February 2008. The same station will put on air on February 28th at 12.05 a.m. the recording of our concert given last Christmas with a Stravinsky-Wagner programme. For details click on title.

Budapest Festival Orchestra
25 January 2010

Cambreling and Demidenko: two great musicians at the BFO

French conductor Sylvain Cambreling was no new-comer in the BFO's subscription series: four years earlier he had conducted the BFO with memorable success. He has returned to the BFO for three concerts on January 22/23/24. The soloist of the concerts, Russian pianist Nikolai Demidenko has appeared for the first time with the orchestra. For details click on title.

Budapest Festival Orchestra
24 January 2010

The BFO lavished great musicality and the strings shimmered during Dvorák`s Sixth Symphony.{...} And when Fischer and the orchestra turned their attentions to Strauss bonbons and Lehár ditties on Friday and Saturday nights, they outsparkled the obligatory pyrotechnics at program`s end.
Hollywood, Los Angeles Times, August 1st, 1998. John Voland


Ministry of Education and Culture the BFO's chief supporter	Municipality of Budapest the BFO's principal supporter