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Budapest Spring Festival

Type:

Self-Guided

Length:

4 nights

Dates:

19/03/2010 - 05/04/2010

Cost:

 € 495

Starts:

Budapest

Ends:

Budapest

 

  

Description | Itinerary | Services | Dates |  Price | Reservation

Description

The 30th Budapest Spring Festival provide a broad spectrum of the arts, excellent selection of artists and rich repertoire of  masterpieces with a parade of world stars and young talents.

Visiting Hungary’s biggest cultural festival you can select from classical and light music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and open-air programs.
guest artists. You can find detailed information about the festival programme here.
Write us, what are the three evening programs you are interested in ! Special Tours will order the tickets for you, what you can takeover at your hotel reception. We are ready to customize the tour according your individual request!
 

Itinerary

1st day:

Arrival in Budapest. Accommodation in a comfortable 4-star Hotel in the city center. Explore by walk the downtown: Váci Street, Vörösmarty Square, and Danube Promenade. Optional visit a performance of Spring Festival.

2th day:

After breakfast you will take part on a half-day sightseeing tour in the capital.


Photo: Buda Castle with Chain Bridge

You will be familiarised with the World Heritage sites of the capital, the Buda castle District,Fishermen's Bastion and Matthias Church, the view of Danube Bank, Parliament, St Stephan Basilica, Andrassy Street, State Opera House, Heroes Square and Millenium Monument. Afternoon visit the sometime home (now Museum) of great Hungarian pianist and composer, Ferenc Liszt.

Evening concert according your previous choice.

3rd day:

After breakfast a full-day excursion to the Danube Bend with guide. Visiting Esztergom, the oldest royal and ecclesiastical residence. After the city tour you travel to Visegrad, where you can admire the grandiose panorama of Danube Bend. Lunch in a pleasant restaurant. The last stop is Szentendre, the lovely, romantic art town. In the evening you will attend one of the selected Festival program.

Photo: Visegrád Castle

4th day:

Visit the memorial house and museums of Bartók and Kodály, the famous Hungarian friend musicians, composers and educators. They had already began to collect Hungarian folk songs in early 1900's what they published and also integrated into their composed music.
Afternoon optional excursion to Gödöllő and visit the Baroque Royal Castle.
Evening  Festival program, according your previous choice.

5th day:

Departure after breakfast.


Dates
Available:                                    14 th March - 5 th Apr 2010


Price
Participation fee:                              EUR 495 / persons sharing the double  room 
Single Supplement:                          EUR 110 / person
Option:
Excursion to Gödöllő Royal Castle: EUR  54 / person
 

Services
4 nights in double rooms with bath or shower in 4 stars hotel with breakfast,, sightseeing in Budapest and trip to Danube Bend. The price also includes tickets for three  evening performances during the festival.
 

Tour Identifier: CEBP041
 

Photo:The Palace of Arts, Budapest
Budapest Spring Festival Programme
 
19/03/2010
Friday
15:00 Power Games Exhibitions Ludwig Museum
16:00 Exhibition of Paintings by Tuula Wallatsaari (Finland) Exhibitions Bartók 32 Gallery
16:00 “Summoning Spirits” Our Guest: Péter Halász Exhibitions Kunsthalle
16:00 Creations Exhibitions Nádor Gallery
16:00 Mask Games Exhibitions National Széchényi Library
16:00 “I.M. József Somogyi” Exhibitions Pataky Gallery
16:00 “Real Dream – Innovation and Creativity” Exhibitions Vízivárosi Gallery
16:00 Silent Signs Exhibitions Hungarian Fine Arts University, Barcsay Hall Barcsay Hall
17:00 28th Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition Exhibitions Hungarian National Museum
19:00 Royal Danish Ballet Dance Hungarian State Opera House
19:00 Shakespeare: Lear– première International Theatre Festival National Theatre - Main Stage
19:00 Lévay–Kunze: Rebecca The Mistress of Manderley – première Operetta - Musical Budapest Operetta Theatre
19:00 Victor Hugo: Ruy Blas – première Theatre evenings Thália Theatre - Main Stage
19:45 Beethoven Evening Orchestral concerts Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
20/03/2010 Saturday
15:00 Lévay–Kunze: Rebecca The Mistress of Manderley Operetta - Musical Budapest Operetta Theatre
15:00 25th Anniversary of the 100-Member Gypsy Orchestra Folk music, folk dance Thália Theatre - Main Stage
18:00 Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Opera Hungarian State Opera House
19:00 Royal Danish Ballet Dance Palace of Arts - Festival Theatre
19:00 Lévay–Kunze: Rebecca The Mistress of Manderley Operetta - Musical Budapest Operetta Theatre
19:30 The Danish National Chamber Orchestra Orchestral concerts Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
19:30 25th Anniversary of the 100-Member Gypsy Orchestra Folk music, folk dance Thália Theatre - Main Stage
21/03/2010 Sunday
15:00 Lévay–Kunze: Rebecca The Mistress of Manderley Operetta - Musical Budapest Operetta Theatre
18:00 Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Opera Hungarian State Opera House
20:00 Ars Nova Copenhagen Church concerts Inner City Saint Michael's Church
22/03/2010 Monday
19:00 Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía Dance Thália Theatre - Main Stage
19:00 Guest Performance by Hotel Pro Forma Operation : Orfeo International Theatre Festival National Theatre - Main Stage
19:30 Guest performance by the Ivan pl. Zajc Croatian National Theatre (Rijeka) Turbo Folk International Theatre Festival National Theatre - Gobbi Hilda Stage
19:30 Erkel: Dózsa György – opera cross-section Opera Hungarian State Opera House
19:30 Trio con Brio Copenhagen Chamber evenings Festetics Palace, Hall of Mirrors
23/03/2010 Tuesday
19:00 Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía Dance Thália Theatre - Main Stage
19:00 Katona: Bánk bán Theatre evenings Palace of Arts - Festival Theatre
19:30 Dohnányi evening Chamber evenings Festetics Palace, Hall of Mirrors
19:30 Guest performance by the Ivan pl. Zajc Croatian National Theatre (Rijeka) Turbo Folk International Theatre Festival National Theatre - Gobbi Hilda Stage
20:00 I’ll Be Your Plaything Bea Palya’s CD presentation concert Special treats Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
24/03/2010 Wednesday
19:00 Victor Hugo: Ruy Blas Theatre evenings Thália Theatre - Main Stage
19:30 Roma Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra I Am Roma - I Am Hungarian Uránia National Cinema Palace
19:30 Anniversaries Chamber evenings Festetics Palace, Hall of Mirrors
19:30 The Dreamers – world première Theatre evenings Thália Theatre - Arizona Studio
25/03/2010 Thursday
19:00 Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company Dance Palace of Arts - Festival Theatre
19:30 An Evening with the Hungarian National Philharmonics on the Anniversary of Bartók’s Birth Orchestral concerts Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
19:30 Moscow Soloists Orchestral concerts Thália Theatre - Main Stage
26/03/2010 Friday
09:30 City of the Theatre – International Conference Special programmes FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture
19:00 Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company Dance Palace of Arts - Festival Theatre
19:30 Bach and Ellington Evening with Nigel Kennedy Special treats Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
19:30 Camélias – première Theatre evenings Thalia Theatre - New Studio
27/03/2010 Saturday
10:00 29th National Dance House Gathering and Arts and Crafts Fair Folk music, folk dance Papp László Budapest Sportarena
19:00 Rossini: Le Comte Ory Opera Thália Theatre - Main Stage
19:00 Guest Performance by the Thalia Theater (Hamburg) The truth about THE KENNEDYS International Theatre Festival National Theatre - Main Stage
19:30 Evelyn Glennie Orchestral concerts Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
19:30 Camélias Theatre evenings Thalia Theatre - New Studio
28/03/2010 Sunday
10:00 29th National Dance House Gathering and Arts and Crafts Fair Folk music, folk dance Papp László Budapest Sportarena
19:30 Piano Recital by Maiko Watanabe (Most successful participant of the Franz Liszt Seminar, Sapporo) Chamber evenings Marble Hall of the Hungarian Radio
19:30 Chopin Recital by Tamás Vásáry Chamber evenings Uránia National Cinema Palace
19:30 Paco de Lucía Special treats Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
19:30 Amadinda Percussion Group Chamber evenings Thália Theatre - Main Stage
29/03/2010 Monday
19:00 Guest Performance by Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollack Dance Company Hydra International Theatre Festival National Theatre - Main Stage
19:30 Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust Orchestral concerts Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
19:30 Chopin recital by Paweł Kowalski Chamber evenings Uránia National Cinema Palace
20:00 Zugló Philharmonia – King Stephen Symphony Orchestra and Oratorio Choir Church concerts Inner City Saint Michael's Church
30/03/2010 Tuesday
19:00 Erkel: Bánk bán Opera Thália Theatre - Main Stage
20:00 ELTE Béla Bartók Choir and University Concert Orchestra Church concerts St. Stephen's Basilica
31/03/2010 Wednesday
19:00 Stravinsky Evening by the 30-Year-Old Győr Ballet Dance Palace of Arts - Festival Theatre
19:30 Cimbalom Recital by Ágnes Szakály “… and the Hungarian cimbalom was born” Chamber evenings Festetics Palace, Hall of Mirrors
19:30 Berlin Philharmonic Violins Chamber evenings Uránia National Cinema Palace
01/04/2010 Thursday
19:00 Erkel: Brankovics György Opera Thália Theatre - Main Stage
19:30 Romantic Aria Recital by Erwin Schrott Orchestral concerts Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
02/04/2010 Friday
17:00 Wagner: Parsifal Opera Hungarian State Opera House
19:00 Erkel: Hunyadi László Opera Palace of Arts - Festival Theatre
19:00 Guest performance by the Münchner Kammerspiele HIOB International Theatre Festival National Theatre - Main Stage
19:30 Il Giardino Armonico Orchestral concerts Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
20:00 Rodrigó Balogh: Feather Picking I Am Roma - I Am Hungarian Thália Theatre - Arizona Studio
03/04/2010 Saturday
19:00 55th Anniversary of the Young Hearts Hungarian Dance Ensemble of Bratislava Folk music, folk dance Palace of Arts - Festival Theatre
19:30 Trumpet recital by Alexandre Baty Chamber evenings Marble Hall of the Hungarian Radio
19:30 Recital by László Fenyő (cello) and Mária Kovalszki (piano) Chamber evenings Festetics Palace, Hall of Mirrors
19:30 The Dreamers Theatre evenings Thália Theatre - Arizona Studio
04/04/2010 Sunday
19:00 Erkel: Bátori Mária Erkel: Sarolta Opera cross-sections Opera Palace of Arts - Festival Theatre
19:30 Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance and Florilegium Chamber evenings Uránia National Cinema Palace
19:30 Winners of the Fugato Orchestra’s competition Competition winners Thália Theatre - Arizona Studio
05/04/2010 Monday
19:30 30 Years Orchestral concerts Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
19:30 The Dreamers Theatre evenings Thália Theatre - Arizona Studio

 


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