Müpa Budapest
Orchestral Symphony Concert
1956–2026 Gala Concert – Müpa Budapest, Budapest
- Date
- Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Time
- 19:30
- Duration
- 02:30
- Venue
- Müpa Budapest
- Address
- Budapest, Komor Marcell u. 1, 1095 Hungary
- City
- Budapest
- Organisation
- Concerto Budapest
- Language
- Hungarian
- Price range
- HUF 5,500 – HUF 13,000
About this event
Concerto Budapest presents a symphonic gala marking the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Curated as a single-evening concert at Müpa Budapest’s Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, the program links Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and Kodály’s Psalmus hungaricus—works long resonant in Hungarian cultural memory—with László Dubrovay’s 1956, composed for the revolution’s 50th anniversary, and Liszt’s Hungarian Fantasy. The event is purely concert-format, without staging or scenic design. Artistic director and Kossuth Prize-winning conductor András Keller leads the orchestra, with pianist János Balázs as soloist in the Liszt and tenor István Kovácsházi featured in Kodály’s cantata. Dubrovay’s work includes a spoken narrator (reciter), noted in official listings though not named publicly at the time of publication. Together, the selections frame a reflection on resistance, remembrance and national voice.
Cast & creative
Tenor
István KovácsháziTenor
István KovácsháziTenor
István Kovácsházi- N
Narrator
Name Not Specified - N
Narrator
Name Not Specified - N
Narrator
Name Not Specified 
Piano
Janos Balazs
Conductor
András KellerConductor
András KellerConductor
András KellerConductor
András Keller- L
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven - J
Librettist
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - D
Composer
Dubrovay László - C
Librettist
Csaba Gyurkovics - F
Composer
Franz Liszt