Vajdahunyad Castle
Summer Music Festival
2019
Ticket prices: prices are uniform for each concert, no seat reservations
1 July 2019, 8.30 pm (rain date: 2 July, 8.30 pm)
Ticket price 3900 HUF / 13€
King Saint Stephen Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Kálmán Záborszky
Zugló Philharmonia – King Saint Stephen Symphony Orchestra
With: János Balázs (piano)
„Waves of emotion”
Mussorgsky: Dawn over the Moscow River
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor Op.23
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Op.67

4 July 2019, 8.30 pm (rain date: 5 July, 8.30 pm)
Ticket price 3900 HUF / 13€
MÁV Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Imre Kollár
With: Balázs Fülei (piano)
„Beethoven evening”
Beethoven: Egmont Overture Op.84
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op.73
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op.92

8 July 2019, 8.30 pm (rain day: 9 July, 8.30 pm)
Ticket price 3900 HUF / 13€
Hungarian Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
Conductor and artistic director: Miklós Szenthelyi
Concertmaster: Román Oszecsinszki
With: Krisztián Szenthelyi (baritone)
„Human joys and tribulations”
Vivaldi: Four Seasons
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Tchaikovsky: Don Juan’s serenade
Verdi: L’esule – Aria
Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins and Orchestra in A minor, RV 522
Donizetti: L’Elisir d’Amore, Belcore’s Cavatina
Rossini: Sonata No.1 in G major
Bach: Concerto in E Major – First Movement, BWV 1042

11 July 2019, 8.30 pm (rain date: 12 July, 8.30 pm)
Tickets price 3900 HUF / 13€
MÁV Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Imre Kollár
With: Vilmos Szabadi (violin)
„Romantic evening”
Liszt: Les Préludes
Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major Op.35
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Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major Op.73

15 July 2019, 8.30 pm (rain date: 16 July, 8.30 pm)
Ticket price 4900 HUF / 16€
Katica Illényi violinist
With:
Tibor Pintér – guitar
Zoltán Marosi – accordion
Sándor Sárkány – double bass
László Csizi – drums
„Summer, Tango, Love”
The colourful program is also a premiere, which will be presented for the first time on the stage of Vajdahunyadvár. French tunes and Argentine tangos, Hungarian and world hits.

18 July 2019, 8.30 pm (rain day: 19 July, 8.30 pm)
Ticket price 3900 HUF / 13€
Monarchy Operetta
Artistic director: Erik Kollár
Special guest: Zsóka Fodor
„Operetta Gala 2019”
Unforgettable scenery, beautiful costumes, excellent soloists. Excerpts from the most popular operettas.
The Gypsy Princess, Countess Maritza, The Merry Widow, Land of Smiles, Mike the Magnate, The Circus Princess, The Bayadere, The Kissing Lady, Lieutenant Maria.

22 July 2019, 8.30 pm (rain date: 23 July, 8.30 pm)
Ticket price 5900 HUF / 20€
Budapest Bar
Artistic director: Róbert Farkas (violin, guitar)
Mihály Farkas – cimbalom
Károly Ökrös – accordion, piano
Richárd Farkas – double bass
Ferenc Kisvári – percussion
With singers: Dóri Behumi, András Keleti, András Lovasi, Krisztián Szűcs, Vera Tóth
It is impossible not to love the Budapest Bar: come to the concert, sit back, have a party and enjoy the tunes and gorgeous music! You can bring your grandma or your friends – everyone will feel good! Encounter of periods, cultures and styles, with a brilliantly orchestrated Gypsy orchestra accompaniment. A Gypsy music reinterpretation of well-known and popular songs blended with elements of jazz, pop, rock, klezmer and other genres. Real, quality music to enjoy!

25 July 2019, 8.30 pm (rain date: 26 July, 8.30 pm)
Ticket price 3900 HUF / 13€
Budapest Strings
Artistic director: Károly Botvay
Concertmaster: János Pilz (violin)
With: Árpád Siménfalvy (oboe)
„Deep feelings”
Vivaldi: La Folia
Bach: Concerto for violin and oboe in C minor BWV 1060
Händel: Concerto Grosso in A minor Op.6 No. 4
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Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in D minor RV565 Op.3 No. 11
Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor S.Z799
Boccherini: Symphony in D Minor “The House of the Devil” Op. 12

25 July 2019, 8.30 pm (rain date: 26 July, 8.30 pm)
Ticket price 3900 HUF / 13€
Sabbathsong Klezmer Band
With:
Farkas Nándor Beke (violin) and
Jenő Lisztes (cimbalom)
„Different kinds of klezmer”
One genre, many styles. A musical panorama around the colourful palette of klezmer music with the Sabbathsong Klezmer Band. Extracts from well-known and popular musicals, Yiddish and Hebrew hits from the 1930’s to the present.

1 August 2019, 8.30 (rain day: 2 August, 8.30 pm)
Ticket price 5900 HUF / 20€
Budapest Gypsy Symphony Orchestra
Artistic director: József Lendvai Csócsi
Rossini: William Tell – overture
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
Erkel: Palotás
J. Strauss: Tales from the Vienna Woods
Monti: Csárdás
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 6
Unknown composer: Cimbalom solo
Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers
J. Strauss: Éljen a magyar!
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J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus overture
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1
Bizet: Carmen
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs)
Suppé: Poet and Peasant
Berlioz: Rákóczi March
