04. 04. 2025.
The exhibition demonstrates the rise and development of posters in Hungary in an international context, featuring works by some of the greatest artists of the genre (among them Alphonse Mucha, Gustav Klimt, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Koloman...
Captivating stories behind the music: this is Budapest Ritmo’s Film Days. The diversity of genres that marks Ritmo must, of course, inform the film days as well, and we’ll have subjects ranging from Mali blues through Japanese folk song...
Eugene Hütz, a Romani born in Ukraine, Gogol frontman and one of the great storytellers of our time, fled his homeland during the Chernobyl disaster. Now, after years of exorcising demons through his music, he is going home to face down the biggest...
As the ‘birthplace of blues and jazz’ comes under jihadist attack, musicians, the bearers of Mali’s invaluable heritage, are also exposed. Mali Blues follows Fatoumata Diawara, the young shooting star of the global pop scene, the...
The festival celebrates the anniversary of two highly influential books with their authors: Péter Nádas’s Parallel Stories and György Spiró’s Captivity were published 20 years ago. János Áfra, Éva Bánki, László Csabai, Ádám Nádasdy,...
The electric documentary Carlos traces the rock legend Santana from his childhood genius, years as a street musician and rapid rise to stellar heights. Using new interviews with Santana and his family alongside never-before-seen archival footage;...
The Akvárium Spring Terrace, one of the most popular open-air event series in the capital, will again be part of the Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks. This time around, international and local pop music acts will rendezvous on the terrace of...
Alan Lomax (1915–2002) devoted his life to recording the world’s folk tunes before they would permanently disappear with the rise of the modern music industry. In Lomax, the Songhunter, filmmaker Rogier Kappers follows the route that...
The min'yō, the traditional folk song of Japan has all but disappeared from living lore, but Tokyo-based band Minyo Crusaders come to the rescue. They mix traditional Japanese folk songs with Latin and Afrobeat, creating a unique sound that has...
Known for its unmistakably individual sound, the Münchner Philharmoniker is particularly proud of the key role it has played in bringing the works of Anton Bruckner and Gustav Mahler to the public. In the 1930s and 1940s, the ensemble was at the...
A New York music journalist goes on a quest to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of young Brazilian piano virtuoso Tenorio Jr. A celebratory origin story of the world-renowned Latino musical movement Bossa Nova, They Shot The...
Declared “the coolest rock star in the world right now,” by UNCUT magazine, Arooj Aftab has earned her position at the vanguard of creative music for her embrace of risk and nonconformity. In 2024, she released her fourth solo album,...
Nefelejcs (Forget-me-not) takes a new look at the genre considered to be the ne plus ultra of kitsch, familiar to all those who live in Hungary: the imitation folk song (‘nóta’). Thanks to the singing of Ilka Kisgyörgy, the play of János...
05. 04. 2025.
Award-winning director Fatih Akin takes us on a journey through Istanbul, the city that bridges Europe and Asia, and challenges familiar notions of east and west. He looks at the vibrant musical scene which includes traditional Turkish music plus...
A thematic selection from the Friss Hús (Budapest International Short Film Festival) adds even more colour to the palette of Ritmo Film Days. Bach, a grotesque family scene and a devilish dance; the three works take us into three different worlds,...
Danish band Efterklang lands in Skopje and starts recruiting musicians for a one-off gig in front of the country’s striking monument, the Makedonium. The project takes them out of the capital, into the countryside, up into the mountains, and...
A colourful selection of works by students of MOME’s Open Music Video course. The screening will be preceded by a round table discussion of the boundaries, mutual accessibility and evolution of genres. What are performers and creators looking...
At the end of a 60-year career, legendary singer and activist Joan Baez takes an honest look back and a deep look inward as she tries to make sense of her large, history-making life, and the personal struggles she’s kept private. American...
This multi-art production draws on the song, dance and literary traditions of Mezőség (Câmpia Transilvaniei), a region in Transylvania with a very exciting and colourful culture. Musically, the show is centred around movements from Mikrokosmos, Béla...
Led by Wynton Marsalis, the fifteen-strong Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) is made up of some of today’s finest instrumental soloists and big-band musicians. This impressively versatile orchestra has a vast repertoire, which includes...
The co-creation of director Anna Korom, cinematographer Flóra Fecske and the Uljana Quartet is set in the home of a multi-generational family. With a style that is equally raw in the manner of a documentary and gentle, the film depicts the intimacy...
06. 04. 2025.
When the ‘queen of coloraturas,’ Diana Damrau, and the ‘king of tenors,’ Jonas Kaufmann, take to the stage together, a memorable evening is guaranteed. Last time they enchanted the audience at Müpa Budapest with their...
07. 04. 2025.
As we approach Easter, the greatest international performers of early music will once again come to Budapest to perform Bach’s stirring music on the Passion of Christ. Arriving with a great line-up of soloists, the Orchestra of the Age of...
The Norwegian saxophonist has been one of the most influential European jazz artists, who chose to disengage himself from the American roots of the genre and developed a distinctive compositional and performing style of his own, drawing on sources...
08. 04. 2025.
Hungarian art. The Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest now joins forces with the Christian Museum of Esztergom for a monographic exhibition to delve into his oeuvre and the era when he worked. In addition to the seven panel paintings that adorned the high...
09. 04. 2025.
The exhibition aims to offer an insight into the recent past of the French art scene through the lens of the winners and nominees of the prestigious Marcel Duchamp Prize, celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2025. This prize initiated by private...
10. 04. 2025.
For the tenth occasion, Budapest Ritmo brings you large-scale concerts, DJ sets, fresh talents, professional conferences and countless surprises at Budapest’s leading venues. In the spirit of an anniversary edition of what has become probably...
The Budapest Ritmo Showcase is free to the public and the concerts on are a great showcase for emerging talent. The day will start with the fresh music of Rézeleje Fanfárosok. The delicate blend of Moldavian, Romanian and Balkan melodies evokes the...
Budapest Ritmo is celebrating its tenth edition with an exciting pre-festival day: three up-and-coming bands will perform in front of a professional audience and the public in the Lecture Hall of the House of Music Hungary. Next, a grand free event...
De Scheherezade, the grand production by the world-famous dancer and director, María Pagés, starts where the tales of One Thousand and One Nights end. Each of the twelve scenes relates the life of a woman. Behind these fates, mythic patterns reveal...
A splendid ensemble from Switzerland, Kammerorchester Basel represents a special colour and quality in the classical music scene. Their performance style is characterized by playfulness, their programming by a spirit of adventure. In recent years...
11. 04. 2025.
The 10th Ritmo starts on Friday in the House of Music Hungary, with an international conference, which will now concentrate on our region and the Dutch scene. In addition to the lecture of Ian Brennan, who will talk about fieldwork, music and...
The second day of the Showcase starts in a mood very typical of the festival, with music born from the meeting of distant lands. Together, the Hungarian Haldamas and the Polish Hulajdusza set out to find a musical lingua franca – one that...
On the first festival day of the 10th edition of Budapest Ritmo, the musical idioms will range from free-spirited pop to poignant ballads, from Anatolia to Amsterdam, and from Porto Inglês to Nagyecsed. The great double bills of the evening...
12. 04. 2025.
Saturday’s conference programme kicks off with a panel discussion: Simon Broughton will talk to The Breath duo for the benefit of the professional audience. The subjects of the day include the visibility of music, the role of AI and its impact...
Olivier Grossetête, an internationally renowned artist from Marseille, is one of the most original creators of public and communal art. He has erected his monumental cardboard buildings in the cities of five continents, engaging a million...
This show pays tribute to Endre Jeszenszky (1925–2008), the eminent artist and dance educator, who was born 100 years ago. His knowledge of human nature, his humanity, learning and brilliant pedagogy made him an epoch-making, hugely...
What has never taken place at Ritmo will certainly happen now at the 10th edition, on Saturday: the most authentic interpreter of the southern Italian trance dance, the pizzica, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino will kick off the evening with a...
The duo of Magdi Rúzsa and János Balázs is one of the most exciting artistic encounters in recent years. The intensity and complexity of classical music and the immediacy and freedom of pop music go to create a new genre that encompasses a wide...
13. 04. 2025.
In this magnificent vision of dance history, the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble and the Ballet Company of Győr explore the extremely compelling and complex relationship of folk dance and composed music in the 17th and 18th centuries, and through the...
24. 04. 2025.
25. 04. 2025.
The most famous locomotive in cinema history, The General, and one of the most original comedians of all time, Buster Keaton, entered the golden pages of cinema nearly a century ago in 1926. Surprisingly, the film, which was later selected as one of...
26. 04. 2025.
Entering its tenth year, Ritmo has grown into one of the most prestigious world music events in the Central European region. To mark the anniversary, in 2025 – for the second time – artists and performers inspired by the music of the...
07. 05. 2025.
08. 05. 2025.
Founded in 1970, the New York-based Ballet Hispánico is one of the most important institutions of Latin American culture in the United States, and its company has performed for more than 2.5 million people on three continents. Carmen.maquia pays...
09. 05. 2025.
10. 05. 2025.
Turning the dance floor on its side, the world-famous ensemble has combined body dynamics, complex choreography, and a wide variety of climbing and hanging techniques into a single, harmonious form of artistic expression. Working under the artistic...
11. 05. 2025.
16. 05. 2025.
Giselle is the genre-defining ballet of the 19th century romantic period. Its popularity remains unbroken to this day and the title role is every ballerina's dream. Premiered in 1841, the work conquered the world with the music of Adolphe Adam. The...
17. 05. 2025.
18. 05. 2025.
