On October 1st, we celebrate music and the joy and love of playing music all over the world. On the occasion of World Music Day, we've collected a collection of places in Budapest where you can celebrate with quality music.
House of Hungarian music
If there's a place worth celebrating World Music Day in the capital, it's the House of Hungarian Music, surrounded by the trees of Varosliget. Within the walls of the unusual building designed by Sou Fujimoto, but also in the immediate vicinity of the building, there are many opportunities to immerse yourself in music and free music. The repertoire of music and concert performances covering all age groups is very broad, but this also applies to the repertoire of music-related programmes, exhibitions and performances.
1146 Budapest, Olof Palme Park 3. | Website | Facebook
Bela Bartok Memorial Home
The walls of the Béla Bartók Memorial House preserve memories of the composer's last home in the capital. the second. The area, in a memorial house surrounded by trees, has also created a museum and a concert hall. Although the museum cannot be visited at the moment, the family-friendly concert hall will make up for it for all music lovers. The hall is home to high-quality concerts, where young and old alike can enjoy learning about the composer's resonant works and the gems of musical literature.
1025 Budapest, Csalán út 29. | Website | Facebook
MOBA
Not only Budapest, but also one of the country's most famous cultural institutions is the Palace of Arts, or Müpa for short. The foundation, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2025, provides opportunities and alternatives for everyone, regardless of any art form or musical style. From the youngest to the oldest, everyone will find a program to suit them at Müpa, where both popular local and international artists and performers give high-quality concerts.
1095 Budapest, Comor Marcel Sh. 1. | Website | Facebook
Ferenc Liszt Memorial Museum
Halfway between Oktogon and Kodály körönd, at Vörösmarty utca 35, in the building of the Old Academy of Music, we find the Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum and Research Centre. The Memorial Museum faithfully preserves Ferenc Liszt's final home in Budapest and his memories, where he lived between 1881 and 1886. On the one hand, the museum is an entrance into the past, but on the other hand, it is also a very interesting excursion, where we can take a closer look at Ferenc Liszt's original musical instruments, furniture, library of books and sheet music, and personal items.
1064 Budapest, Forsmarty Str. 35. | Website | Facebook
Hungarian State Opera House
The Hungarian State Opera building, renovated a few years ago, stands out among the row of fortified buildings on Andrássy út. The Opera House, which this year celebrates its 140th anniversary and sparkles with old and new lights, not only hosts wonderful performances, concerts and performances – and where we can truly immerse ourselves in the experience of great music – it also invites you to take a tour of the building. Guided building tours can be exciting and informative for music lovers, young and old, as well as building lovers.
1061 Budapest, Andrássy út 22. | Website | Facebook
Budapest Jazz Club
The Budapest Jazz Club in Újlipótváros offers light music lovers a wonderful relaxation on the occasion of World Music Day. Every day of the week, the Budapest Jazz Club, which dazzles with its parade of high-level concerts, is without reason referred to as the center of the Hungarian jazz scene. The little café also invites music lovers to Hollán Ernő utca with delicious dishes before or after concerts that brighten the evenings, sometimes for free.
1136 Budapest, Holan Erne Sh. 7. | Website | Facebook
Academy of Music
The Academy of Music, founded in 1875, is located on Ferenc Liszt Ter, decorated with a statue of Ferenc Liszt, between the Oktogon and the Opera. High-quality music courses did not move into the building's walls until 1879, when the institution of professional music education did not begin its work here for the first time. Since the beginning, world-famous orchestras and soloists have performed in the Academy of Music's concert hall, so it's definitely worth following the program for high-quality musical entertainment.
1061 Budapest, Liszt Ferenc Ter 8. | Website | Facebook
If you'd like to immerse yourself further in the history of the Academy of Music before the ceremony:
