Pannon Philharmonic

Of course, there is coming a jazz-symphonic concert again: with Kornél Fekete-Kovács and the Kálmán Oláh Trio; and an ever popular crossover-concert with the film music of such movies as the Casablanca, the Psycho, or the Matrix. You can listen to many premieres of contemporary works, among them to the overture of Levente Gyöngyössi’s new symphony or the orchestra’s permanent conductor, András Vass’s Schubert-transcription.
It is going to be a unique season: after guest performances of renowned Hungarian soloists, for the next season we invited mostly international musicians. Such world-famous pianists will be on the stage with us, as Kocsis, Bogányi, Ránki, Péter Frankl, and Fazil Say; and at a really curious event, the Pannon Philharmonic will perform under the baton of a Finnish conductor lady, Maestra Eva Ollikainen. Jerome Pernoo cellist is coming; furthermore one of the best percussionists of the world, the Serbian Jovan Zivkovic, who lives in the USA, playing his own marimba concerto. The only soloist of the series who is actually an orchestra musician is a trombone player of ours, Csaba Bencze – making the first steps of an extraordinary career.

Our orchestra and the Zagreb Philharmonic have begun strategically collaborating; in that frame: in October, the Croatian orchestra is playing at the Kodály Centre, and then the musicians of Pécs visit Zagreb with a concert. In our subscription series, we also host the Miskolc Symphonic and the Debrecen Philharmonic.

The subscription series structure is not changing but some tiny elements. The Thursday symphonic concerts of the Kodály and Breitner Series begin at 7.00pm; the Pannonicum Series, formerly called Maestro, and the Musica Sacra Series, the oratorio series at the Cathedral of Pécs have new names. The season ticket sale begins this week and is on until the series opening concerts in the autumn.

You can find the subscription series in Pécs in the following menu points:
Breitner Series
Kodály Series
Pannonicum Series
Musica Sacra Series