Juanjo Mena, one of today's best-known, busiest maestros, is currently principal conductor with the BBC Philharmonic. Earlier he worked in Spain, his homeland, in Italy, and in Norway, where he was principal guest conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Between 1999 and 2008, he was artistic director and principal conductor of the Bilbao Symphonic Orchestra. He has appeared at the helm of great European orchestras, and made his US debut in 2004. As an opera conductor, he feels most at ho...me in the 19th and 20th century repertoire, having conducted the works of Wagner, Richard Strauss, Bartók and Schoenberg. The soloist of the Budapest concert is Austrian "percussion magician” Martin Grubinger. Despite his age, the young musician, who was born in Salzburg in 1983, and studied at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz and the Salzburg Mozarteum, is one of today's most sought-after percussion soloists.
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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.