Program series
The House of Music Hungary’s concert programme is divided into a number of series with different thematic tracks. The Landscapes and Their Music series presents the musical traditions of the various ethnographic regions of the Carpathian Basin with the participation of still-living village musicians and dancers, as well as important performers from the dance house movement. The series has so far addressed the regions of Gyimes (Mozsika and Gardon, 14 October 2022), the Uplands (Fonó Band, Eszter Pál, Muzicka (SK): On Upland Roads, 16 December 2022), Őrkő (Heveder, Géza Kóré, Rémusz Eötvös: ‘My soul, my brother Laji...’, 26 February 2023), the Mezőség lake district (I Look Towards Buza: Singers from a Mezőség Village Sing of the Lake District, 10 March 2023) and the Southlands (Balázs Csonka: The Music of the Diverse Southlands, 24 May 2023).
Are you open to new things? Do you trust House of Music? Are you brave enough to come to a concert where all we reveal is that it will be a true House of Music experience? And if it weren't a secret, we would also reveal how many performances you get for the price of one ticket. Maybe not just one.
Our series Hangadó Senior is especially aimed at older participants, but of course we welcome anyone who is interested. The aim of the series is to act as a club and to playfully tell a chapter of music history in an hour-long interactive journey through time.
Language: Hungarian
Babazuri is the little brother to our popular series Ramazuri, in which little ones are at the forefront of our minds! After all, "the musical education of children begins 9 months before they are born", as Zoltán Kodály famously said. Our aim is to ensure that the whole family has fun with the little ones included, so we are running parallel sessions, one for 0–3-year-olds and the other for 3–6-year-olds. Join us every month for new speakers at our Babazuri mornings! Move, play, create, and sing along with us!
"Sound/Man" is a special series of conversational and musical shows where well-known musicians share their personal experiences and creative secrets as storytellers.
As part of the Fringe programme launched to support the mission of the House of Music, Hungary, we invited applicants in three categories – music school students, music hobbyists, and up-and-coming bands and street musicians – to take advantage of the opportunity to perform in various spots around the building. In line with the mission of the institution, the Musicians of the Future programme series provides an opportunity to showcase promising young musicians – primarily music school students – at the House of Music through short concerts in our communal areas.
Singing together is a good thing - whether during a trip to Lake Balaton in the car with our friends, at a concert singing our favorite songs, or singing happy birthday to a family member. There is great magic in communal singing, and that's why we have invited four wonderful female singers to introduce us to the secrets of each genre. They bring well-known and lesser-known songs so that through them, they can introduce us to the musical language of each style and, under their guidance, we can perform the songs together.
Contemporary Hungarian film and (rock) music have been in contact practically since the late 1960s. Sometimes more intensively, sometimes more loosely, but they are essentially inseparable. Before the screenings, Béla Szilárd Jávorszky will talk briefly about the genesis and pop-historical significance of these works, followed by a discussion with a guest film aesthetics expert on the relevant domestic and international trends.
Language: Hungarian
This programme is held in Hungarian.
In addition to the popular Hangadó performances, Árpád Tóth, a singing and music teacher known for his accessible lectures, is launching a new series.
The series, entitled Under the Magnifying Glass, is aimed at those who like to delve deeper into the works: the usual 90-minute interactive lectures detail a lesser-known, great piece in many aspects, while the accessible analysis is complemented by the participation of a young, professional vocal ensemble, Capella Columbae.