Budapest Festival Orchestra plays – and sings – at Carnegie Hall

Maxim Vengerov, Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra

Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra

Von Susan Stempleski, 08 Februar 2026

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“Fischer demonstrated absolute command of the score”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City, am 6 Februar 2026

Pärt, Summa

Tschaikowsky, Violinkonzert in D-Dur, Op.35

Bach, Violinsonate Nr. 1 g-Moll, BWV1001 (Adagio)

Brahms, Symphonie Nr. 2 in D-Dur, Op.73

Maxim Vengerov, Violine

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Iván Fischer, Musikalische Leitung

Igor Levit und Budapest Festival Orchestra: ein Fest für Prokofjew

Sebastian Urmoneit, 24th March

Mit dem Dritten stand wohl das bekannteste Klavierkonzert Prokofjews im Mittelpunkt, eingerahmt von zwei glänzenden Orchesterstücken.

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Musikalische Ekstase auf Ungarisch

Sarah Schnoor, 26th March

Das Budapest Festival Orchestra bringt mit einem Bartók-Programm ungarische Klangfarben in die Elbphilharmonie.

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Die Allrounder – Budapest Festival Orchestra und Andras Schiff

David Renke, 28th November

Sowohl Beethovens zweites als auch drittes Klavierkonzert interpretierte der gebürtige Ungar András Schiff mit dem Budapest Festival Orchestra in der Münchner Philharmonie.

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Clarity and communion in Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Mahler 3

Michelle Assay, 12th February

On the final leg of their North American tour, the Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Mahler proves a a transformative experience within the intimate setting of Toronto’s Koerner Hall.

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Budapest Festival Orchestra at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 11th November

Iván Fischer and Alina Ibragimova transform familiar works into a vivid experience. From Beethoven’s Violin Concerto to Strauss’ Josephs Legende, the orchestra dazzles with colour, energy and cinematic intensity.

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Unseduced: Don Giovanni opens the Budapest Festival Orchestra season

Orsolya Gyárfás, 9th September

Iván Fischer's reworking of his 2017 production of Don Giovanni is musically capable, but dramatically unconvincing.

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Susan Stempleski

Based in New York City, Susan is a retired specialist in second and foreign language teaching and the author/editor of several professional books for language teachers and many widely used textbooks for English language learners around the world. An avid concertgoer, she spends her time attending operas and other classical music events in New York and Paris. Since 2002, she has regularly published reviews on Classical Source. A keen Francophile, she has a particularly strong interest in French music, literature and film.

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