12 April

HOUSE OF MUSIC HUNGARY – CONCERT HALL
8pm Tariqa
9pm Mazaher

13 April

SZIMPLA KERT
Budapest Ritmo Showcase
5pm Jazzanitza
6pm BudaPesme
7pm Koszika
8pm Zarina Prvasevda
9pm Ephemere
10pm Amaro Duho
11pm Selfawareness Disco

14 April

HOUSE OF MUSIC HUNGARY – LECTURE HALL
11am – 12am
Árpád Tóth (HU): Noise, Entertainment, Identity, Reason to Live: Music in Our Hearts

12am – 1pm
Music as a Tool for Social and Urban Transformation
Speakers: Carolina Rojas (Medellín, CO), Nadja Grizzo (Essen, DE), David Laing (Glasgow, UK), Friderika Mike (Veszprém, HU), Asta Salomaa (Oulu, FI)

2pm –3pm
Music Through Conflicts and Social Changes
Roundtable discussion with Golnar Shahyar (IR), Yalda Yazdani (IR) and Mariana Bondarenko (UA)

HOUSE OF MUSIC HUNGARY – CAFE
3pm – 4pm
Music as a Tool for Transformation: Discussion About Best Practice Projects
Speakers: Carolina Rojas (Medellín, CO), Nadja Grizzo (Essen, DE), David Laing (Glasgow, UK), Łukasz Kałębasiak (Katowice, PL), Szabolcs Zugschwert (Veszprém, HU), Asta Salomaa (Oulu, FI)

TOLDI
4.30pm Tamikrest – Tamasheq–French–English–German documentary with English surtitles (director: Peter Braatz, 2012)
5pm Uljana Quartet x Anna Korom x Flóra Fecske // Deva: In Lumine
6pm Ritmo 2023 premiere: Again and Again

AKVÁRIUM KLUB – MAIN HALL
7.30pm Emilíana Torrini & The Colorist Orchestra
10pm Tamikrest

AKVÁRIUM KLUB – SMALL HALL
9pm Vienna Acoustic Diaries
10.30pm Corina Sîrghi & Taraful Jean Americanu

AKVÁRIUM KLUB – LOKÁL
8.30pm Klapa Ošjak
10pm DAGADANA
11.30pm Koulla P. Katsikoronou & Kraaaouuu DJ-set

15 April

HOUSE OF MUSIC HUNGARY – LECTURE HALL
11am – 12am
Patricia Caicedo (ES): We Are What We Listen to: The Impact of Music on Individual and Social Health

12am – 1pm
How Music Shapes Our Body and Mind
Roundtable discussion with Patricia Caicedo (ES), Krisztina Borsfay (HU) and Gergely Fazekas (HU)

HOUSE OF MUSIC HUNGARY – SOUND DOME
2pm – 3pm
Ritmo Immersive Experience
Guided music therapy with Julianna Paár (HU)

TOLDI
11am Ritmo 2023 premiere: Again and Again
4pm Taarka – Seto feature film with English surtitles (director: Ain Mäeots, 2008)
5pm The Female Voice of Iran – Farsi–English documentary with English surtitles (creators: Andreas Rochholl, Yalda Yazdani, Sebastian Leitner, 2020) – Creator’s talk after the screening with Yalda Yazdani
6pm Cesária Évora – Portuguese documentary with English surtitles (director: Ana Sofia Fonseca, 2022)

ERZSÉBET TÉR
7pm Kollár-Klemencz Chamber Orchestra feat. Gergely Balla, János Másik & Noémi Barkóczi
9pm Fanfara Station

AKVÁRIUM KLUB – SMALL HALL
7.30pm Vocal Sampling
9.30pm Monsieur Doumani feat. Óperentzia

AKVÁRIUM KLUB – LOKÁL
8.30pm Sounds and Stories from Ruhnu Island
10pm Magalí Sare & Manel Fortià
11.30pm Óperentzia DJ-set

Budapest Ritmo, one of the most important world music festivals in Central Europe, will bring the best of the scene back to the heart of the Hungarian capital in 2023. Between 12 and 15 April, this festival of explorations will open up a world of music where a refreshingly new sound is guaranteed to throw everyone off their beaten track: whether it’s Icelandic pop, cumbia or Balkan ethno-jazz, the Ritmo has countless surprises in store, taking you on a journey through music, from the Ivory Coast to the Caucasus. In addition to the concerts, there will be film screenings and a professional conference.

The concerts are jointly presented by Müpa Budapest and Hangvető in the framework of the Bartók Spring.