Now in his 80th year, with 71 years of concert performances(!) behind him, the father is one of the greatest musicians of our era: a pianist, conductor and a founder of orchestras and schools. The 37-year-old son is a violinist and, like his father, a globetrotting performer whom the Hungarian audience has already had the chance to hear as a concerto soloist. The father and son duo play a great deal of music together, having come out with several highly successful albums in recent years. However, the two Barenboims, Daniel and Michael, have not yet performed in Budapest together. This concert of chamber works by Mozart promises to be an extraordinary experience.
Family chamber music. This recalls Mozart himself, who played with his loved ones, his father, Leopold, and his sister, Nannerl. The atmosphere will still be a familiar one, even though the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall is more spacious than an 18th-century salon, and the two artists, although belonging to the same family, are two of the leading instrumentalists of our time. However, those who have already heard their performance can attest that, when they play together, there remains ...something that is unmistakably the sound of family. The directness of the mood, the intimacy of the gestures, the naturalness of the mode of expression - these are qualities that indicate that those who are coming before the audience here and now understand each other's thoughts and the glances of each other's eyes.
Their programme features works by Mozart: three sonatas and a series of variations. The variations are elegant, inventive, eclectic and rich in contradictions of character, and it is no coincidence that the titles of the sonatas reverse the order, compared to later practice, in which the two instruments are listed - these are sonatas for piano and violin - as in these cases the piano often plays a more important role than the string instrument. But we have nothing to fear: the violin also has plenty of work to do - producing a balance in the family chamber music of world class artists.
Presented by: Müpa Budapest
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.
Refreshments – Without the Queue
Thanks to our new catering service at the Átrium Snack Bar, you can forget about waiting in line during intermissions for some refreshments and get your order prepped especially for you by the time the intermission actually starts. Find out more about pre-ordering 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.
Accept all