Actually Christmas - Symphonic Concert Show
The Budapest Dohnányi Orchestra (BDZ) will once again bring the Christmas spirit to the MVM Dome with its Truly Christmas Symphony Concert Show. This annual event has become one of the city's most popular Advent events, and the 2024 concert will be no exception, offering an unforgettable musical experience for all those who want to make the festive season a memorable one.
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The Truly Christmas concert is not just a traditional symphony concert. The BDZ will combine the highest quality classical music repertoire with modern visuals and entertainment show elements for this special evening, providing a magical experience for all ages. The impressive dimensions of the MVM Dome and its state-of-the-art technical equipment provide an excellent venue to maximise the musical and visual experience. The atmosphere of the vast arena and the high-volume performance of the orchestra guarantee an evening of immersive and breathtaking moments for all spectators.
The evening's musical programme will include iconic tunes alongside Christmas classics that evoke the intimacy of the festive season. Traditional Christmas melodies will be joined by modern musical arrangements that showcase the fusion of classical and contemporary music. The orchestration of the orchestra's arrangements of familiar Christmas tunes is a fresh take on familiar Christmas tunes, making the evening a special experience.
BDZ's concert is also special because it focuses not only on the music but also on the visuals. In addition to the symphony orchestra, unique lighting and visual elements and special guest artists will ensure that all the senses of the audience are dazzled.
The event is especially recommended for those who want to see and hear not just music, but a full-scale immersive show that goes beyond the traditional concert experience. The Truly Christmas concert show is for those who love classical music, Christmas tunes or just want a special festive experience.
The BDZ Christmas Concert not only helps to create the festive spirit, but also offers a community experience. The growing interest year after year shows that this event is playing an increasingly important role in Budapest's Advent cultural offer. The grandiose space of the MVM Dome, the excellent performance of the orchestra and the special show elements combine to ensure that Christmas Truly is a memorable, soul-stirring and entertaining Christmas experience for all participants.
MVM Dome
MVM Dome is the seventh largest indoor event venue in Europe. Its capacity for sports events and concerts is significantly higher than that of the Budapest Sports Arena.
It has 20,022 seats; a total of 50,000 square metres of floor space; innovative, rearrangeable spaces for many indoor sports (handball, basketball and volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, tennis, skating) as well as certain athletic, equestrian and motorcycle competitions, and even swimming competitions and water polo matches in the mobile pool.
Through the six entrances to the building, spectators can enter the arena’s interior using eight escalators, leading to the walk-through grandstands accessible on three levels.
The structure of the building’s exterior is reminiscent of muscle fibres: the light strips placed on the outward-leaning, elliptical sections not only embrace the building, but the light shows, programmed using various colours, appear to set the entire building in motion.
There is a 600 square metre display on the façade of the building.
The Main Entrance leads to an impressive foyer, where visitors will be greeted by a grandiose hanging light installation of 848 handmade glass tubes.
The programmable sports lighting is also suitable for HDTV broadcasts of the highest-level world competitions, as well as for super-slow-motion recordings due to flicker free technology.
The lighting system also plays an important role in the events and concerts, as it is suitable for changing the colour temperature of the auditorium, which means that the lighting functions can be changed without rearranging the arena, only through the pre-programmed lighting controls. This design is the first and is unique in Europe for luminaires of this power.
A central display (cube) provides information in the auditorium during the events.
