Illényi Katica

Let us immerse ourselves together in the secrets of Mozart’s The Magic Flute by having an exciting conversation, the central theme of which will be hope, and the eternal struggle between light and darkness. The participants will also seek answers to how the opera reflects the intellectual travails of the 18th century, and how it affects today’s audiences. Those fascinated by kindness, humanity, and the power of music will also explore the source of the flute’s magic. Inspiring sentiments, excellent guests, and lasting memories.

Attendind a performance of Messiah is always a thrilling experience, but it is especially so when Handel’s work – which has become a national classic in England – is performed by a dedicated ensemble like the legendary German flagship of the international early-music scene: the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, now with over 44 years of history behind it. The storied chamber orchestra will perform with one of the world’s finest mixed choirs, the RIAS Kammerchor, which also hails from Berlin and was founded in the years immediately following the Second World War.

“The sky does not begin with the stars, but at the tips of blades of grass.” On this special evening dedicated to his own compositions, Károly Binder revisits the most important stations of his creative career together with outstanding musicians with whom – as the quote from Mór Jókai suggests – he started out from the tips of blades of grass.