Tickets will be available from September 27, 2026.
Tickets can be purchased at the Kodály Center (Pécs, Breuer Marcell Promenade 4; +36 72 500 300), at Ticket Express offices, at the following Pécs Diocese info points during opening hours: Rózsakert Shop (Pécs, Janus Pannonius St. 10), Pécs Cathedral (Pécs, Dóm Square 1), at the venue before the concert, and online at www.jegymester.hu.
Ticket discounts:
We offer a 10% discount for students, pensioners, and Tüke Card holders.
PTE Alumni members are entitled to a 15% discount.
Filharmonia Hungary season ticket holders can purchase tickets with a 20% discount by showing their season tickets! The discount applies to one ticket per subscription, per concert.
The individual discounts cannot be combined.
We reserve the right to change the program, date, venue, and performers; ticket prices may be adjusted accordingly.
Two orchestration geniuses, two deeply personal masterpieces, and two world-renowned musicians come together for a single concert. Robin Ticciati, Music Director of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, once again leads the Budapest Festival Orchestra in performances of two major works from the turn of the century.
The concert opens with Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 1, a work that captures both the composer’s youthful enthusiasm and the insight of a seasoned master. The initial version was composed in his teenage years and reached its final form only after many decades. This duality also describes the soloist: Alexander Malofeev, despite his youth, possesses remarkable musical depth and technical skill. Il Giornale praised him as “embodying the piano artistry of the new millennium.” This will be his first performance for the Pécs audience.
In the second half of the concert, it feels as though Richard Strauss himself appears: his grand symphonic poem Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life) serves as a musical reflection of both himself and, more broadly, his environment. Through six interconnected movements, the life story of an imagined hero unfolds, while the rich orchestral sound creates a memorable experience in its own right.
Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto in Fisz Minor, op. 1 No. 1
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, op. 40