Argos Art
”MUSIC-WINE”
Gala Concert of the 100 Member Gypsy Orchestra
December 30, 2024
The 28th MUSIC-WINE celebration has already become a tradition, where every year on December 30, the world's one and only 100 Member Gypsy Orchestra gives a grand gala concert.
100 musicians play at the same time on the grand concert, performing popular melodious tunes while the audience is tasting selected outstanding wines of Hungarian wineries.
This year we continue the tradition, treating our guests to famous operetta excerpts of Ferenc Lehár and Imre Kálmán with performances by distinguished operetta soloists. The show will conclude with the inevitable "Pacsirta" and the Radetzky march, conducted by the principal violinist József Lendvai Csócsi.
This year we continue the tradition, treating our guests to famous operetta excerpts of Imre Kálmán, Ferenc Lehár and Johann Strauss with performances by distinguished soloists of Budapest Operetta Theatre and Hungarian State Opera House. The evergreen melodies can be seen in the brilliant performance of Barbara Bordás and Béla Turpinszky-Gippert this evening. Bizet: Carmen's variation can be seen in the performance of Zsófia Pirók, a flamenco dance artist who graduated from Seville, performing own choreography created for this evening to one of the best-known piece of 100 Members.
Barbara Bordás Béla Turpinszky-Gippert  ZsófiaPirók
Barbara Bordás
soloists of Budapest Operetta Theatre
Béla Turpinszky-Gippert
privat opera singer of the
Hungarian State Opera
Zsófia Pirók
flamenco dance artist
Welcome drink awaits the audience and during the break we treat them a wine tasting. Guests who would like to partake in an epicurean journey along with the concert experience can enjoy savory snacks or even a four-course festive dinner accompanying the Orchestra’s unparalleled performance.
Delicious meal, famous wine, splendid show and fantastic milieu with the 100 Member Gypsy Orchestra on December 30th, at the Budapest Congress Center.
Program
6:30 pm   Gate opening / Welcome drink
7:00 pm   Concert, Part 1 / gala dinner at the tables on the ground floor
Rossini: William Tell (overture)
Brahms: Hungarian dances No. 5
Z. Horváth: Gipsy fire
Monti Czardas
I. Kálmán: Countess Maritza
 - Maritza entrance song
 - Play Gypsy
 - Let’s go to Varasdin
 (Barbara Bordás and Béla Turpinszky-Gippert)
J. Strauss: Lightning and Thunder (polka)
 Cimbalom Solo
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
Bizet: Carmen (medley)
 (feat. Zsófia Pirók flamenco dance artist)
8:00 pm   interval / wine tasting
8:20 pm   Concert, Part 2 / gala dinner continues
Khachaturian: Sword Dance
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Waltz of the flowers
E. Reményi: Fly my swallow (violin duel)
J. Strauss: The Gypsy Baron
 - overture
 - Barinkay entrance song
F. Lehár: Gypsy love – Far in the Big Forest
A. Szirmai: Mike the Magnate – Cymbal’s clanking pitiless world
 (Barbara Bordás and Béla Turpinszky-Gippert)
Rossini: The Barber of Seville – overture
Dinicu: The lark
Verdi: La Traviata – Brindisi
 (Barbara Bordás and Béla Turpinszky-Gippert)
J. Strauss: Radetzky March

Reserved the right to change the program.
Menu
Price list
V.I.P. Category
– at 8 personed tables with dinner and wine:
198 EUR
I. Category
– at 8 personed tables with dinner and wine:
169 EUR
II. Category
– at 8 and 4 personed tables with dinner and wine:
155 EUR
III. Category
– at 6 personed tables with wine & cold dinner:
105 EUR
IV. Category
– concert ticket with wine-tasting:
65 EUR
V. Category
– concert ticket with wine-tasting:
49 EUR
VI. Category
– concert ticket with wine-tasting:
45 EUR

Location
Budapest Congress Center
Budapest Congress Center
1124 Budapest, Jagelló str. 1-3.
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Main sponsor:
Koch Winery Ltd.
Vineayards of Hajós-Baja,
vineyards of Villány