BudapestZIN: March 2010

UPCOMING Events in Budapest Arena

2010. March - BUDAPEST ARENA

2010. 03. 14. GHYMES: Szerelmes Szabadság

2010. 03. 15. Republic Concert

2010. 03. 16. Rammstein Tour

2010. 03. 23. Harlem Globetrotters

The program of MÜPA (Palace of Arts - Budapest)

Beethoven and the Ninth Symphony
Photographic exhibition from the Bonn Beethoven House

The Bonn Beethoven House is a research centre dealing with the composer’s life and work and houses the world’s most comprehensive Beethoven collection, while large scale reproductions help educate about the composer’s life. The exhibition places particular focus on Beethoven’s period in Bonn which exerted a decisive infl

uence on him as he grew up: his father and teachers were members of the local orchestra, Archduke Maximillian Franz, archduke-elector of Cologne was one of his first patrons and Beethoven also became an orchestral member. It was in Bonn that he first met with his subsequent teacher in Vienna, Joseph Haydn.

One of Beethoven’s most important and best known works is the Ninth Symphony with its famous last movement setting of Schiller’s Ode to Joy. The exhibition presents the origins of the work and displays documents of its world premiere.

(source: The Palace of Arts)

Statue of Franz Liszt

The statue of Ferenc Liszt is located on the square that was named after him.

Franz Liszt (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher. He was also the father-in-law of Richard Wagner.

Liszt became renowned throughout Europe during the 19th century for his great skill as a performer. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age and perhaps the greatest pianist of all time. He was also an important and influential composer, a notable piano teacher, a conductor who contributed significantly to the modern development of the art, and a benefactor to other composers and performers, notably Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg and Alexander Borodin. (source: wikipedia)