Series, festivals
A constant presence at Müpa Budapest is the combination of permanence and continuous renewal. And as part of this, we are always delighted to welcome our visitors for numerous popular programme series and festivals that we run year after year.
Regardless of whether they are looking for classical or popular music, jazz, landmark cinema, or a children's programme offering lifelong experiences, members of every age group can find performances that will interest them. Our series and festivals feature the most diverse possible array of genres, composers and artists celebrating the diversity of culture: proof positive that nobody will be bored or be deprived of the standard they are accustomed to experiencing. This page lists our current offering: find what you like and select your favourites!
The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD
1 September 2026 - 30 June 2027
The incomparable magic of the Metropolitan Opera returns to Müpa once again: timeless works, new productions and audience favourites add yet more colour to what is already an exceptional programme. Thanks to the broadcasts, we will once again enjoy the outstanding performances of the New York opera house in HD quality on the big screen – from Mozart’s satirical Così fan tutte to a modern reworking of Macbeth and the elemental power of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Silent Night. The impressive line-up of world-class singers includes such names as Lise Davidsen, Elīna Garanča, Piotr Beczała, Nadine Sierra and Quinn Kelsey.
Budapest Wagner Days
11–27 June 2027
Wagner Days, now for the 22nd time! In June 2027, the composer’s universe will be laid out before us on seven occasions at Müpa Budapest. One of the sensations of this year’s festival is the return – after a long absence – of Balázs Kovalik’s production of the monumental original version of Der Fliegende Holländer, performed in three acts but as a single part. The title role in the three performances will be sung by the splendid German baritone Michael Volle. Martin Rajna, co-artistic director of the Wagner Days, will conduct a festival production for the first time here. The passionate story of Tristan and Isolde, directed by Cesare Lievi, offers excellent opportunities for the American tenor Corby Welch and the Swedish soprano Elisabet Strid in the title roles to show just what they can do. The conductor of the amorous drama, which will be performed twice, is the festival’s founding artistic director, Ádám Fischer. The Artist of the Season, bass-baritone Gábor Bretz, will perform popular arias, while one of today’s greatest Wagner singers, the Swedish dramatic soprano Nina Stemme, will interpret songs by Liszt and Wagner with Roland Pöntinen at the piano.
Bartók Spring at Müpa Budapest
Launched in the spring of 2021, on the 140th anniversary of the birth of Béla Bartók, the world-famous Hungarian composer, the Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks is a unique event series dedicated to the arts. While offering insights into his fascinating oeuvre, the festival does not restrict itself to the work of the composer, and seeks instead to represent Bartók’s spirit, creativity and outlook in countless genres, from contemporary classical music through world music, jazz and dance to visual art and pop music – the creations of the best international and Hungarian artists.
Rising Stars
20–22 November 2026
This autumn, young talent once again takes centre stage at Müpa Budapest with the ECHO Rising Stars series, which presents Europe’s most promising performers – artists who are already enjoying successes in the continent’s leading concert halls. Selection for the programme is a prestigious professional accolade given that the musicians are nominated by Europe’s foremost musical institutions and given the opportunity to make their international debuts while encountering a wider audience.
Dohnányi–Kodály Marathon
30 January 2027
Anyone who loves spending an entire day immersed in the seemingly inexhaustible beauty of the work of one or more great composers will appreciate why Müpa Budapest’s Composer Marathon has grown into a much-anticipated highlight at the end of every winter. Following memorable editions devoted to Mendelssohn and Schumann, Debussy and Ravel, and Liszt and Berlioz, the 2027 Composer Marathon, on 30 January, once again brings together the music of two great composers in a full day of symphonic and chamber concerts, a concert for young audiences, an afternoon of choral music and, of course, the ever-popular concert film screenings. This time, we will immerse ourselves in the music of Ernő Dohnányi and Zoltán Kodály, two towering figures of 20th-century Hungarian music. We will revisit the familiar melodies of Kodály’s Háry János, the Dances of Galánta and the composer’s works for mixed choir, while discovering – or rediscovering – the beauty of Dohnányi’s Suite in F-sharp minor and Symphony No. 2, as well as his symphonic cantata, Cantus vitae.
Jazz Showcase 2027
19 - 21 February 2026
The 20th Jazz Showcase is upon us – the time has come to celebrate one of Müpa Budapest’s most successful and significant event series. On this February weekend, instead of a competition, we look back over the Showcase’s past two decades with seven concerts spread across three days, a photo exhibition and conversations from the Bebop podcast series. Together, they will recall those moments of which both Müpa and the members of the Hungarian jazz scene can justifiably be proud.
Early Music Festival
24 February - 11 March 2027
The Müpa Budapest audience returns year after year to experience the Early Music Festival’s representative cross-section of the world of historically informed performance – whether in the composers’ oeuvres it calls upon or in the performers it selects. Things will be no different in 2027, when William Christie and his wonderful ensemble, Les Arts Florissants, the Basel-based La Cetra Barockorchester & Vokalensemble, making its Müpa debut under Andrea Marcon, and, as indispensable as ever, György Vashegyi with the Orfeo Orchestra and Purcell Choir all take the stage of the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall.
Jazz Spring
21–23 May 2027
On the occasion of the 23rd Jazz Spring, Müpa Budapest is inviting its audience to come out and play, and to find out what avenues the ladies of jazz are exploring.
Anyone curious to learn which saxophonist Jamie Cullum regards as one of his most talented young compatriots needs to check out the concert by Emma Rawicz’s sextet on 19 May. Rawicz is only 25, yet she is already a big hit across the Channel. This will be the last chance to see her production entitled INKYRA.
Gallery Concerts
1 September 2026 - 30 June 2027
Müpa Budapest’s Gallery Concerts series not only offers you the chance to experience the unique sound of what is considered one of the world’s finest concert hall organs, it will also allow you to see the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall – literally – in a completely different light. The other unique feature about our approximately one-hour organ concerts is that visitors watch them exclusively from the galleries.
Müpa Film Club
1 September 2026 - 30 June 2027
“What am I without music?” sang Péter Máté, and it is a sentiment we can fully identify with. The new season of the Müpa Film Club has the kind of music as its focus that inspired the inception of a number of films of era-defining significance. Once again, our audience has a wonderful selection to pick from in 2026.
