Monthly Archives: July 2009

Dubfire (USA)

By zoltan | Published: July 31, 2009
12th August 2011. 22.00. Sziget Festival Budapest III. Hajógyári Sziget (Hajógyári Island) Dubfire is a prominent DJ,producer and remixer. He has been constantly working in the electronic music world,using the newest innovations for his techno productions. This legend was member of the Grammy awarded electronic duo the Deep Dish for 15 years. His solo materials are techno classics. He won numerous awards and [...]
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Deftones (USA)

By zoltan | Published: July 31, 2009
12th August 2011. 20.30. Sziget Festival Budapest III. Hajógyári Sziget (Hajógyári Island) Deftones was formed in the early ’90s in Sacramento California. After a skateboarding the 15 years old Stephen Carpenter was run over by a car and had to sit in a a wheelchair for several months. Studying the sheet music of the Anthrax, Stormtroopers of Death and the Metallica [...]
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Magnifico (SLO)

By zoltan | Published: July 31, 2009
12th of August 2011. 17.00. Sziget Festival Budapest III. Hajógyári Sziget (Hajógyári Island) Since the ’90s has become very popular and fashionable the gypsy music of the Balkan. Besides the numerous brass bands which were formed, even the Balkanbeats movement came to life. In the background there are DJ-s who electronized the Balkan music and added live sound. Shantel Germany, Austria Dunkelbunt, [...]
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Goran Bregovic

By zoltan | Published: July 30, 2009
13 August 2011. 21.30. Sziget Festival Budapest III. Hajógyári Sziget (Hajógyári Island) Goran Bregovic was born from Serbian and Croatian parents’ marriage in 1950 in Sarajevo. He started his musical studies with violin. At the age of 16 he changed the violin to guitar and played with different rock bands. Later he joined to the legendary Bijelo Dugme ethno-rock band. Because of [...]
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Gogol Bordello (USA)

By zoltan | Published: July 29, 2009
14th August 2011. 16.30. Sziget Festival Budapest III. Hajógyári Sziget (Hajógyári Island) Gogol Bordello is one of the world’s most famous etno-punk bands which plays maybe the most colorful gypsy music. The Ukrainian immigrant Hütz founded the group in 1999. Since the beginning of the new millenium they has been producing the best world-music creations. They have given concerts all over the [...]
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Sonata Arctica

By zoltan | Published: July 28, 2009
14th August 2011. 19.00. Sziget Festival Budapest III. Hajógyári Sziget (Hajógyári Island) The Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica was formed in 1996. Their trademark is the specific sound:extremely fast but melodic, colored with keyboards races and crystal clear vocals. They have been touring since the beginning. They have performed on the most prestigious events in,Europe,Asia,South-America and in USA.The members are [...]
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Lady Gaga

By zoltan | Published: July 26, 2009
7th of November 2010. 20.00. Papp László Budapest Sportaréna Budapest XIV. Stefánia út 2. Nearest metro stop: “Stadionok”. This concert is one of the biggest attraction of this year in Budapest. Lady Gaga is “the defining pop star of 2009″ (Rolling Stone). She presents her last albums on the Monster Ball Tour. The Fame Monster (from 2009) with the tracks including Bad Romance,Alejandro, [...]
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Tankcsapda Metal Concert

By zoltan | Published: July 26, 2009
18th of December 2010. 19.00. SYMA Concert Hall Budapest XIV. Dózsa György út 1. Phone number: +36-1-460-1100 Tankcsapda which is the most popular rock band in Hungary was set up in 1989. The first two albums were made in punk style but later they have become a real hardrock-heavy metal band. They have made 19 albums and have been giving inland concerts [...]
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Homo Ludens – Five minutes of stories

By zoltan | Published: July 26, 2009
18th of December 19.00. Nemzeti Táncszinház (National Dance Theatre) Budapest I. Szinház utca 1-3. Phone number: +36-1-375-8649 Performance of the Szeged Contemporary Ballet. Homo ludens deals everyday issues and presents peoples, relations, diversity, friendship and love through real situations with a great amount humour. The scenery, costumes and the music of well known composers and performers as Nino Rota, Astor Piazzolla, [...]
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Iveta Apkalna And The Riga Kamer Choir

By zoltan | Published: July 26, 2009
18 December 2010 19:30h Művészetek Palotája (Palace of Arts Bartók Béla National Concert Hall) Budapest IX. Komor Marcell út 1. Phone  number: +36-1-555-3300 Iveta Apkalna the young and beautiful Latvian organist comes to Budapest the second time, now as the ambassador of the Baltic music. She has been performing for years at the most famous concert halls of the world. She [...]
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