André Rieu
André Rieu, the world-renowned Dutch violinist and conductor, will dazzle Budapest audiences with his highly anticipated return in November 2024 on a new world tour.
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With the stunning Johann Strauss Orchestra conducted by André Rieu, exceptional soloists from all over the world and a wonderful choir, the audience is taken on a fairytale journey. The evening will include everything from classical masterpieces to waltzes for the soul and show tunes, as well as some of the most memorable pieces from film, opera and contemporary music.
In addition to the artist's dazzling stage charisma, André Rieu's concerts also feature a joyful, direct audience engagement. While some of the world's best-known pop and rock artists can envy the success of Rieu's tours in terms of ticket sales, the visual richness of the concert experience is also awe-inspiring. André Rieu and his orchestra march through the audience at the start of each concert and then take to the stage. The spectacular costumes and the giant backdrop screen offer a special visual experience for the whole family.
André Rieu's YouTube videos have been viewed by over a billion people; he has 10 million fans on Facebook and has sold over 40 million albums worldwide.
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.