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dance, contemporary circus
Pure Source
An evening of art based on Bartók’s collections in the Balkans and Hungary
8 April 2026 Wednesday
7:30 pm - 9 pm
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
Produced by Müpa Budapest
Bartók Spring

Ticket prices

3 500 - 12 500 HUF

The discounts of the Müpa+ membership programme will be applied for this performance, and we also credit membership points.

Featuring:

voice Branka Básits
Ágnes Herczku
Afrodité Radis
cobza László Szlama
Söndörgő
Ballet Company of Győr
the dance troupe and orchestra of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble

Creators:

Music Béla Bartók, Benjamin Eredics
Music consultant Ágnes Herczku
Animation LaLuz Visual
Concept Csaba Káel
Choreographers György Ágfalvi
Gábor Mihályi
László Velekei
Director Gábor Mihályi

Over the past few years, the compelling multi-arts productions of the Pure Source series have looked at the music Béla Bartók collected in Turkey, the connections between folk and baroque music, and Bartók’s influence on jazz. These were artistic demonstrations of how Bartók’s collection of folk music has been critical for the work that subsequent generations have carried out for the preservation of the treasures of Hungarian culture: the melodies he recorded continue to define traditional folk art and classical music, as well as to inspire jazz and world musicians. Bartók delved particularly deep into the folk music of Hungarians and the ethnicities who had lived with them for centuries – especially Slovaks, Romanians, Serbians and Croatians – and he remained intrigued throughout his life by the distinctive foreignness of certain elements in the music of the Southern Slavs. This new production of the series concentrates on Serbian folk music.

Presented by: Müpa Budapest

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