In 1993, over 160 years after Schubert wrote the cycle of lieder that cannot fail to move audiences to this day, Hans Zender arranged the original piano accompaniment for a small orchestra. He made the voicing of the verses more sensuous, and one now feels the icy wind in one’s face... “For me,” says production director Kornél Mundruczó, “Winterreise is the apotheosis of being on the road. Being always on the move. Waiting for one does not know what.”

“Like in Purgatory. For me, the emigrants’ Purgatory is like a refugee camp. Anyone may end up there, but no one knows the principles of judgement. Schubert’s traumatic motifs provided me with a special opportunity to think about man’s eternal alienness. And to ask the question whether art can provide a refuge when the very fundamentals of our life are questioned?”

Featuring: János Szemenyei – voice, Danubia Orchestra Óbuda

Conductor: Máté Hámori

Director: Kornél Mundruczó

Cooperating partner: Vlaamse Opera Antwerp

An event jointly organized with Budapest Music Center.                                             

Ticket prices: HUF 2000