The Pannon Philharmonic begins their first whole season at the Kodály Centre in Pécs in the autumn of 2011. The building, lauded as an architectural Stradivari, has been really ripening during the last six months, like the well-known noble violins. And like those instruments, the house has its “soul” too: the music.

The Pannon Philharmonic kindly invites everybody, young and elderly, who is interested in music, to visit the concerts at the Kodály Centre as frequently as they can. Our diverse series offer pleasure to everyone, according their interest, free time or age. At the Cathedral of Pécs, our three-concert-series joined to our major religious festivals is continuing as well; and the orchestra is looking forward to meeting their audience also at the Palace of Arts in Budapest in the spring of 2012, at some weekends.

Which series shall I choose?

We recommend to GROWN-UPS:

Kodály and Breitner Season Ticket Series

Our Kodály and Breitner Season Ticket Series contain 10-10 philharmonic concerts, which are following each other on every other Thursday and beginning at 7.30pm. In the two series, seven concerts are the same; and there are 3-3 different ones. The Kodály and Breitner series differ from each other in 3-3 concerts heading musically in other directions. Our Kodály subscription series contains baroque, while our Breitner series crossover style concerts. If you are fond for old music, we will recommend our Kodály series; if you are interested in the new ways of symphonic music and musical experiments, the Breitner series is for you!

The seven concert-programs, similar in both season ticket series, cover a wide range of music literature, from the classical to the contemporary. Tibor Bogányi, the new chief conductor of the Pannon Philharmonic, conducts four concerts. One of the interesting features of the series is that Maestro Bogányi is performing with his brother, Gergely Bogányi pianist, in January. In both subscription series, we will host the Budapest Concerto, under the baton of András Keller, Howard Williams former music director, and Zoltán Kocsis permanent guest conductor of our orchestra. Among the soloists, we can greet Dénes Várjon, Miklós Perényi, Jenő Jandó, and not at least the concertmaster of the Pannon Philharmonic, Márta Deák violinist, who will be playing at the opening concert.

At two concerts of the Kodály Series, baroque composers’ works are on the program, at one of them, Barnabás Kelemen will be on the stage of the Pannon Philharmonic, as a conductor and a violinist, together with his wife, Katalin Kokas. At the series, we will host the Savaria Symphonic from Szombathely, led by Tamás Vásáry.

For the crossover-fans, the Breitner Series includes a film music concert, on which the worthily popular Harry Potter movies’ soundtrack would be listened to. In the spring, we could be part of a world-class jazz-symphonic evening with two great artists of jazz and symphonic music, Ferenc Snétberger and Markus Stockhausen on the stage.

Kodály Season Ticket Series 2011/2012

Breitner Season Ticket Series 2011/2012

Maestro! Season Ticket Series

The exclusive Saturday-series of the Maestro! Season Ticket, with its popular program, offers a real weekend relaxation for the music lovers, who visit the Kodály Centre. The series contain six concerts about once a month, beginning at 6.00pm. The weekend days and the early starts give a chance to everybody who cannot have a pleasure time on weekdays regularly. From October to May, the fans of conductors can sink into the sound of the Hungarian sopranos’ magical voices and enjoy the worthily popular instrumental artists playing, conducted by domestic and international Maestros. The curiosity of the series is that one of the Pannon Philharmonic’s double bass players, Antal Suha as a soloist, and the orchestra’s new principal conductor, Tibor Bogányi at two concerts with a baton and at one as a cellist will be introduced to the audience.

Maestro! Season Ticket Series 2011/2012

Oratorium Season Ticket Series

This is a series of oratorical works joined to the festivities of All Saints” Day, Christmas, and Easter, at the Cathedral of Pécs. If you would like to commemorate of your passed-away loved ones and celebrate our biggest festivals condignly, we will offer our three-concert series for a discount price.

Oratorium Season Ticket Series 2011/2012

Pannon Season Ticket Series in Budapest

We are looking forward to meeting the dwellers of Budapest and the surrounding towns and villages at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall of the Palace of Arts in the spring of 2012. At our concerts, playing rarely heard and popular works as well, the audience can greet renowned conductors and soloists every year.

Pannon Season Ticket Series 2011/2012

We recommend to YOUNG AUDIENCE and CHILDREN:

Help, Classical Music! Season Ticket Series

We recommend our family series to everybody, up from age 8, who wants to learn about the creation of a music piece, the everyday life of its composer or the rehearsal process of the performance. This six-concert-series invites the curious ones at weekends at 6.00pm, for families with quite convenient season ticket prices. The concerts have two parts: the first part is an interactive journey with prizes around the piece that will be played entirely in the second one. The hosts of the concerts are Balázs Bujtor concertmaster and Csaba László actor. For the concert’s time, the Aranyalma Fejlesztőközpont’s teachers look after the little siblings at the Kodály Centre.

Help, Classical Music! Season Ticket Series 2011/2012