An extraordinary presentation was held to the representatives of the press and given a taste of their upcoming magical concert together with fellow musicians in the Kálmán Imre Teatrum at the Budapest Operett Theater. It was announced the upcoming joyous celebration will be presented to the audience on
Monday, October 21, 2024, from 7 p.m. – Title: Via our Ancestors.
Bálint Bársony – Artisjus has reached a double jubilee, within celebrating his 25th year of his musical career and the 10th anniversary of the Magyar Rhapsody Project he founded.
Kiss-B. Atilla Kossuth award-winning opera singer, general director of the Budapest Operett Theater, shared his thoughts about on Nagymező Street will be a worthy venue for the wonderful jubilee concert. Their goals are also similar, that is, to provide quality entertainment and spiritual and spiritual nourishment for the viewers. The general director of the theater introduced the members of the press to the fact that he considers the members of the band his friends, with whom they worked until recently, for example at the theater’s St. Stephen’s Day holiday concerts, Operett Promenade at the square in front of Pesti Vigadó. Kiss-B. Finally, Atilla added that he is confident that all those who buy tickets to the concert will have a truly lasting experience.
Bálint Bársony said that the program promises an unadulterated ancient musical journey. In addition he plays on ancient instruments, also uses modern instruments. Starting from the prayer entitled Boldog Asszony Anyánk (Happy Lady Our Mother), which can also be regarded as a hymn, the orchestra musically travels through the Carpathian country, in which the ancient instruments of the Carpathian basin will be their companions, some of which the artist introduced and played on the spot. Later, they will move to the Balkan landscapes, and a song will debut at the concert, for which they recently made a joint video clip with the Bulgarian State Women’s Choir. Together with the Kossuth Prize-winning musician János Csík, they evoke the atmosphere of Turkish music, and then they play together with Abebe Dániel Bebé – singer and musician of Ethiopian-Hungarian origin, with whom Bársony has had a decisive creative relationship for years, through him the African musical motifs were also included in the program. Finally, the audience is again guided to the Carpathian Basin, where they can hear a rendition of the Hungarian folk song “Evening Song” at the end of the concert. Speaking about the costumes seen at the concert, he mentioned that the musicians will be wearing beautiful kaftans, of which several series have already been made for them.
Zsolt Homonnay – Jászai Mari award-winning theater creator and director of the evening explained that the audience is invited on a spiritual journey: he considers Bálint Bársony’s music to be soul-soothing, which, together with the truly special and wonderful instruments, the visual effects and the extravagant scenery, goes from intoxication to ecstasy it will form an organic unity until the sensitive, tearful collapse. Adebe Dánie Bebe added that the greatest thing about the concert program is that they celebrate music as a “common language” that everyone can understand and speak.
The light of the evening will be enhanced with impressive dances: Attila Tókos – soloist of the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble, Gyula Harangozó – prize winner, worthy artist Jr. Zoltán Zsuráfszky – Gyula Harangozó award-winning dancer and choreographer of the Hungarian State People’s Ensemble, and their partners, dancers Júlia Paput and Lili Faragó.
Venue: District VI., 13 Nagymező Street- Budapest tickets can be purchased on the spot and/or through jegy@operett.hu
Riport and snaps by Aggie Reiter
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