Conductor

Róbert Farkas

Róbert Farkas, a distinguished Hungarian-German conductor, has been the Chief Conductor of the MÁV Symphony Orchestra in Budapest since September 2021 and serves as Principal Guest Conductor of the "Dinu Lipatti" Philharmonic in Satu Mare, Romania. Farkas has made a significant impact in Germany, conducting leading orchestras such as the Berliner Konzerthausorchester, the Rheinische Philharmonie, the Heidelberger Philharmoniker, and the Wuppertaler Sinfonieorchester. His international career includes engagements with the NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic, the Zagreb Philharmonic, and the National Philharmonic Orchestra in Sofia.

A versatile conductor, Farkas is equally adept at interpreting both classical and contemporary repertoire. He has led performances of well-known operas such as Cosi fan tutte, La Traviata, and Die Entführung aus dem Serail. His work also spans modern and contemporary compositions, including Shostakovich's Moskau Tscherjomuschki, Hindemith's Lehrstück, Rihm's Dionysos, Peter Maxwell Davies' The Turn of the Tide, Philip Glass's Echnaton, and Johannes Harneit's Abends am Fluss and Hochwasser.

Videos

Concerts

1.1.26
Budapest
Franz Liszt Academy
Details

https://radiomusic.hu

Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite – Waltz

Dvořák: Rondo in G minor, Op. 94 (Boglárka Forgó, cello)

Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No. 8, Op. 46

Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances

Kodály: Háry János – Intermezzo

Gounod: Roméo et Juliette – Ah, Je veux vivre… (Luca Dolhai, soprano)

De Falla: Ritual Fire Dance

Cécile Chaminade: Concertino (Boglárka Csapó, flute)

Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite – Galop

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Waltz of the Flowers

22.1.26
Budapest
Müpa
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

MÁV Symphony Orchestra

Oláh Patrik: Fusion

Dubrovay: Double Concerto (Sándor Jávorkai – violin, Ádám Jávorkai – cello)

Bartók: Dance Suite

Kodály: Háry János Suite

15.2.26
Budapest
Müpa
Details

MÁV Symphony Orchestra

Dvořák: Violin Concerto (Júlia Pusker – violin)

5.3.26
Satu Mare
Filarmonica de Stat Dinu Lipatti
Details

Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic

Lehár: The Land of Smiles – Overture

Lehár: Wilde Rosen Waltz

Lehár: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz

Lehár: Violin Concertino (TBC)

Lehár: The Merry Widow – Overture

Danilo’s Entrance, Vilja Lied, Lippen schweigen

Lehár: Gold und Silber Waltz

Lehár: Paganini – Szép álom szállj szívemre

Kálmán: Countess Marica – Hej, Zigeuner!

Kálmán: Zigeunerliebe – Messze a nagy erdő

Kálmán: The Csárdás Princess – Overture, Sylvia’s Entrance, Weißt du es noch, Táncolnék még

13.3.26
Budapest
Festetics Palace
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

MÁV Symphony Orchestra

Haydn: C major Cello Concerto, Hob. VIIb:1

Mozart: Divertimento in B-flat major, KV. 334 (Olívia Farkas – cello)

17.4.26
Budapest
Müpa
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

MÁV Symphony Orchestra

Honegger: Pacific 231

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34

De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Gábor Farkas – piano)

Bizet: L’Arlésienne – Suites No. 1 & 2

19.4.26
Debrecen
Kodály Centre
Details

MÁV Symphony Orchestra

Honegger: Pacific 231

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34

De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Gábor Farkas – piano)

Bizet: L’Arlésienne – Suites No. 1 & 2

7.5.26
Satu Mare
Filarmonica de Stat Dinu Lipatti
Details

Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic

Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin

Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (Giovanni Bertolazzi – piano)

Dvořák: Symphony No. 8

16.5.26
Budapest
TBC
Details

MÁV Symphony Orchestra

Open Day

Programme: TBC

6.6.26
Budapest
Hungarian National Museum
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

MÁV Symphony Orchestra

Youth concert: The Seasons – Summer

Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik – excerpt

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons – Summer

J. Strauss Jr.: Pizzicato Polka

Fornsete: Summer Canon

Smetana: The Moldau – excerpt

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Wedding March

Liu Yiding – violin (Bartók Béla Secondary School of Music)

Narrator: Edit Székely

13.6.26
Budapest
Eötvös10
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

MÁV Symphony Orchestra

Youth concert: The Seasons – Summer

Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik – excerpt

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons – Summer

J. Strauss Jr.: Pizzicato Polka

Fornsete: Summer Canon

Smetana: The Moldau – excerpt

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Wedding March

Liu Yiding – violin (Bartók Béla Secondary School of Music)

Narrator: Edit Székely

10.7.26
Budapest
TBC
Details

MÁV Symphony Orchestra

Vasutas Nap

Programme: TBC

19.9.24
Budapest
Liszt Academy of Music
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

Haydn: Symphony No. 85 in B flat major (The Queen)

Ravel: Shéhérazade – song cycle

Debussy: The Sea – three symphonic sketches

Ravel: Boléro

Máv Symphony Orchestra

Deniz Uzun - mezzo-soprano

29.9.24
Budapest
Müpa
Details

https://www.mupa.hu

Charpentier: Te Deum in D major, H. 146 - Prélude (Marche en rondeau)

Debussy: La mer - I. From Dawn Till Noon On The Sea

Ravel: Boléro

Máv Symphony Orchestra

5.10.24
Budapest
Hungarian National Museum
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

At 10 am

Haydn: Piano concerto No. 11 in D major

L. Mozart: Toy Symphony

Máv Symphony Orchestra

Domonkos Váray - piano

5.10.24
Budapest
Eötvös10
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

At 3.30 pm

Haydn: Piano concerto No. 11 in D major

L. Mozart: Toy Symphony

Máv Symphony Orchestra

Domonkos Váray - piano

11.10.24
Budapest
Liszt Academy of Music
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

Shostakovich: Festive Overture in B major, Op. 96.

Szymanowski Violin Concerto No. 2., Op. 61.

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (Pathetique)

Máv Symphony Orchestra

Abigél Králik - violin

18.10.24
Timisoara
Sala Capitol
Details

Orchestra Simfonică a Filarmonicii “Banatul” din Timişoara

Brahms, Akademische Festouvertüre

Bartòk, Violin Concerto No. 2

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Brahms, Symphony No. 4 op. 73

Julia Pusker, violin

7.11.24
Satu Mare
Sala Filarmonicii
Details

Filarmonia de Stat Dinu Lipati

Mozart, Piano Concerto No.10 in E-flat major, K.365/316a

Mozart, Piano Concerto c minor KV 491

Mozart, Jupiter Symphony KV. 551

Elisabeth Leonskaja, Piano

Mihály Berecz, Piano

21.11.24
Budapest
Müpa
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 2 in E flat major (Concerto for Two Pianos) K.365

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491

R. Strauss: Thus Spoke Zarathustra – symphonic poem

Máv Symphony Orchestra

Elisabeth Leonskaja - piano

Mihály Berecz - piano

27.11.24
Madrid
Auditorio Nacional de Música
Details

https://www.auditorionacional.mcu.es

Shostakovich: Festive Ouverture

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"

Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia

Lise de la Salle, piano

24.1.25
Budapest
Hungarian State Opera
Details

https://www.opera.hu

Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata

28.1.25
Budapest
Hungarian State Opera
Details

https://www.opera.hu

Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata

6.2.25
Budapest
Liszt Academy of Music
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

Barber: Adagio

Stravinsky: Funeral Song

Eötvös: Harp Concerto - Hungarian premiere

Mozart: Jupiter symphony

Máv Symphony Orchestra

Xavier de Maistre - harp

13.2.25
Budapest
Festetics Palace
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

Ph. Telemann: Les Nations (Nations) in B flat major – suite

Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor – arranged for trumpet

Scarlatti: Seven Arie for trumpet and soprano voice

J.S. Bach: Suite for Orchestra No. 1 in C major, BWV. 1066

Máv Symphony Orchestra

Réka Kristóf - vocals

Tamás Sipos - trumpet

14.2.25
Budapest
Festecsics Palace
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

Ph. Telemann: Les Nations (Nations) in B flat major – suite

Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor – arranged for trumpet

Scarlatti: Seven Arie for trumpet and soprano voice

J.S. Bach: Suite for Orchestra No. 1 in C major, BWV. 1066

Máv Symphony Orchestra

Réka Kristóf - vocals

Tamás Sipos - trumpet

13.3.25
Satu Mare
Sala Filarmonicii
Details

TBA

Tschaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 "Pathétique"

9.5.25
Miskolc
House of Arts
Details

https://bartoktavasz.hu

Featuring: Miskolc Symphony Orchestra
Music: Apor Szüts
Conductor: Róbert Farkas

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 the 100 best American movies, was not a success in its time. Many have written incidental music for this silent film in recent decades, and it has been made sounding with various sound effects. Spectacular and gripping, the movie is set during the American Civil War, and Apor Szüts has now written symphonic music for the film, to be performed live. Rich in melodies, ideas and special orchestral colours, the composition makes its creator follow in the footsteps of such great predecessors as Richard Strauss, the two-time Oscar-winner Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Emil Petrovics.

16.5.25
Łódź
Arthur Rubinstein Concert Hall
Details

https://www.filharmonia.lodz.pl

Lukaszewski: De profundis
Penderecki: O glorios virginum
Lukaszewski: Nunc dimittis
Górecki: Totus tuus
Brahms: German Requiem

Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir

29.5.25
Budapest
Liszt Academy of Music
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

Łukaszewski: De profundis

Penderecki: O gloriosa virginum

Łukaszewski: Nunc dimittis

H.M. Górecki: Totus tuus

Brahms: A German Requiem, Op. 46

Máv Symphony Orchestra

Tuznik Natália - soprano

Holger Falk - bariton

Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Chorus (Choir director: Artur Koza)

12.6.25
Bucharest
Atheneum
Details

https://www.fge.org.ro

Tchaikovksy: Piano concerto nr 2 in G
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Tchaikovsky: Synphony Pathétique, No. 6

Elisabeth Leonskaja, Piano

13.6.25
Bucharest
Atheneum
Details

https://www.fge.org.ro

Tchaikovksy: Piano concerto nr 2 in G
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Tchaikovsky: Synphony Pathétique, No. 6

Elisabeth Leonskaja, Piano

28.8.25
Szerencs
Castle Courtyard
Details

https://mso.hu

Miskolc Symphony Orchestra

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro – Overture

Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major – 3rd movement (András Szavári, trumpet)

Fauré: Pavane

Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin – Lensky’s Aria (Karina Németh, soprano)

Grieg: Peer Gynt – excerpts

29.8.25
Edelény
Castle Courtyard
Details

https://mso.hu

Miskolc Symphony Orchestra

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro – Overture

Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major – 3rd movement (András Szavári, trumpet)

Fauré: Pavane

Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin – Lensky’s Aria (Karina Németh, soprano)

Grieg: Peer Gynt – excerpts

26.9.25
Budapest
Franz Liszt Academy
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

MÁV Symphony Orchestra

Gyula Bánkövi: LOCO (world premiere)

Wynton Marsalis: Trumpet Concerto (Hungarian premiere) (Gábor Tarkövi, trumpet)

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”

14.10.25
Budapest
Franz Liszt Academy
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

MÁV Symphony Orchestra

Haydn: Te Deum, Hob. XXIIIc:2

Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, K.364 (Gáspár Kelemen – violin, Barnabás Kelemen – viola)

Haydn: Harmoniemesse, Hob. XXII:14

Soloists of the Éva Marton Studio, Scottish National Choir (Stephen Doughty, chorus master)

19.10.25
Budapest
Müpa
Details

National Philharmonic Orchestra

Purcell: Abdelazer, Z.570 – Overture

Britten: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell, op. 34

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1

11.11.25
Madrid
Auditorio Nacional de Música
Details

https://www.auditorionacional.mcu.es

Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia

Smetana: Moldau

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Charles Richard Hamelin, piano)

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9

27.11.25
Budapest
Franz Liszt Academy
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

MÁV Symphony Orchestra

Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess

Fazıl Say: Mother Earth (Hungarian premiere) (Fazıl Say, piano)

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé – Suites No. 1 & 2

4.12.25
Satu Mare
Filarmonica de Stat Dinu Lipatti
Details

Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic

Saint-Saëns: Bacchanale

Ravel: Shéhérazade (Deniz Uzun, mezzo-soprano)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

18.12.25
Budapest
Franz Liszt Academy
Details

MÁV Symphony Orchestra

Programme: Christmas Concert

19.12.25
Budapest
Franz Liszt Academy
Details

https://mavzenekar.hu

MÁV Symphony Orchestra

Corelli: Concerto grosso in G minor “Christmas Concerto”, Op. 6 No. 8

J. S. Bach: Magnificat – Suscepit Israel

János Karai: Hungarian Christmas Songs

Palestrina: Hodie Christus natus est

Lajos Bárdos: Aranyszárnyú angyal

Rachmaninov: Bogoroditse Devo

Levente Gyöngyösi: Nolite timere

Miklós Kocsár: O Magnum Mysterium

Kodály: Angels and Shepherds

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Suite No. 1

Leontovich: Carol of the Bells

Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël

Sándor Szokolay: Hungarian Christmas

Magnificat Girls’ Choir (Valéria Szebellédi, conductor)

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