01.12.2026 19:00
Budapest Jazz Orchestra
Eger, Gárdonyi Géza Színház
Filharmonia Season Ticket - Eger
Season tickets
Tickets and prices
Prices
7 900 HUF
Tickets can be purchased at the Gárdonyi Géza Theatre box office (Hatvani Kapu Sq. 4, Eger; +36 36 518 347; szervezes@gardonyiszinhaz.hu), at the venue before the concert, and online at www.jegymester.hu.
We offer a 10% discount for students and pensioners.
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 programmes, dates, venues, and performances, and ticket prices may change accordingly.
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Season Ticket
22 400 Ft
Subscriptions can be purchased at the Gárdonyi Géza Theatre box office (Hatvani Kapu Sq. 4, Eger; +36 46 518 347; szervezes@gardonyiszinhaz.hu), as well as online at jegymester.hu.
Purchase a new subscription by 24 september 2026, valid until the first concert.
Individual tickets will be available starting 24 august 2026.
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.
We reserve the right to change the programmes, dates, venues, and performances,
and ticket prices may change accordingly.
Ticket office nearby
A LITTLE CHRISTMAS, A BIG BAND
Christmas calls for The Nutcracker—this time with a touch of jazz and a big band twist!
Jazz adaptations of classical masterpieces rarely succeed without compromise. The two genres differ greatly in musical language, structure, and expression, making common ground hard to find. The big band, however, is a remarkable exception, with its sound and instrumentation perhaps coming closer than any other jazz ensemble to those of a symphony orchestra. It is no coincidence that Duke Ellington, one of the defining figures of big-band jazz, chose this very format when he and Billy Strayhorn reimagined Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker.
Released in 1960, the Nutcracker Suite is far more than a simple arrangement—it is a creative reinterpretation. Ellington and Strayhorn transformed the familiar ballet melodies with swing, blues, and sophisticated big-band orchestration, while preserving the original score's wit and elegance. The "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" becomes the velvety "Sugar Rum Cherry," and the "Dance of the Reed Pipes" is reborn as the exuberant "Toot Toot Tootie Toot." The album captures both the warmth of a beloved Christmas classic and the irresistible energy of jazz.
Although Tchaikovsky never encountered jazz, his pupil and protégé, Sergei Rachmaninoff, was an enthusiastic admirer of the genre, making it easy to imagine that the composer might have welcomed such an inspired transformation. Today, the Nutcracker Suite remains one of the finest and most imaginative examples of how jazz can breathe new life into a classical masterpiece.
Join us for this exciting Christmas concert!
ARTISTS:
Budapest Jazz Orchestra
Orsolya Urbán - singer
Zoltán Mujahid - singer
Gábor Kollmann - art director
PROGRAMME:
Budapest Jazz Orchestra
Orsolya Urbán - singer
Zoltán Mujahid - singer
Gábor Kollmann - art director
PROGRAMME:
Billy Strayhorn – Duke Ellington – Pjotr Iljics Csajkovszkij: The Nutcracker
J. Fred Coots – Haven Gillespie: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Jule Styne – Sammy Cahn: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Meredith Willson: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
James Lord Pierpont: Jingle Bells
Hugh Martin – Ralph Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Mel Tormé – Robert Wells: The Christmas Song
Mariah Carey – Walter Afanasieff: All I Want for Christmas Is You
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