Fazil Say is one of the most colourful personalities on today’s music scene. This extraordinary virtuoso pianist, multi-faceted composer and passionate jazz musician was born in Ankara, Turkey, in 1970. In 1987, he won a scholarship to study at the Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, and was then a student at the Berlin Conservatory between 1992 and 1995. His international career took off with an audition for the Young Concert Artists, since when he has played with world-renowned orchestras inclu...ding the New York Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, the BBC Philharmonic and the Orchestre National de France. He has appeared at numerous festivals, such as the Salzburg Festival, the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Harrod’s Piano Series in London, and played chamber music in the world’s leading concert halls in collaboration with the likes of Yuri Bashmet, Shlomo Mintz and Maxim Vengerov. Say has also made numerous recordings as an internationally recognised composer and pianist, and played at almost all the significant festivals and concert halls in the 2010/2011 season on a tour taking in Vienna, Salzburg, Milan, Rome, Athens, Istanbul, Lisbon, Tokyo, Nagoya, Berlin, Munich, Geneva and Barcelona. In 2008, Fazil Say was chosen as one of the ambassadors for Europe as part of an EU initiative designated the “European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.” Presented by: Jakobi Koncert Kft.
Parking information
We wish to inform you that in the event that Müpa Budapest's underground garage and outdoor car park are operating at full capacity, it is advisable to plan for increased waiting times when you arrive. In order to avoid this, we recommend that you depart for our events in time, so that you you can find the ideal parking spot quickly and smoothly and arrive for our performance in comfort. The Müpa Budapest underground garage gates will be operated by an automatic number plate recognition system. Parking is free of charge for visitors with tickets to any of our paid performances on that given day. The detailed parking policy of Müpa Budapest is available here.
Safe ticket purchase
Dear Visitors, please note that only tickets purchased from the Müpa website and official ticket offices are guaranteed to be valid. To avoid possible inconvenience, we suggest buying tickets to our performances and concerts via the mupa.hu website, the Interticket national network (jegy.hu) or at our official ticket offices.