Budapest Spring Festival 2009, are you going?

The capital city of Hungary, Budapest will hold the largest cultural gathering in Hungary, the Budapest Spring Festival, with fantastic orchestras, amazing chamber concerts, jazz sessions, contemporary dance shows, cultural film screenings of a few of the best emerging artists with a multitude of venues that present these international performers in a way that can only be supplied by this unique historic city.

Budapest was formed from three historic towns linking together Buda, Obuda and Pest in 1873. The River Danube goes through the middle of the city creating a natural transport route along its length.

Budapest has a rich and engrossing history which easily pulls you in as you meander around its gorgeous streets. Budapests historic heritage fits in well with the Budapest Spring Festival as it is a youthful thriving city attracting many fantastic artists over the years. Recognizing the particular worth of its traditions it has been able to keep its magic and charm, and is rightly known as the Queen of the Danube. Its other name is the City of Spas, as there are a dozen spring baths complexes provided for by over a hundred natural thermal springs.

This 2009 Budapest Spring Festival the theatre section of the Budapest Spring Festival features Hungarian première The Park by Botho Strauss and Puccini's Turandot, conducted by Péter Oberfrank which will be a performance that is not to be missed out on.

Orchestral concerts include performances by Joshua Bell & the Camerata Salzburg and Oleg Maisenberg & the Kremerata Baltica, while on the jazz front there is the Nigel Kennedy Quintet, featuring the famous English violinist.
I saw the Nigel Kennedy Quintet when they played the Salisbury Festival in the UK and they were fantastic and for those of you who are culturally energised it is well worth travelling to this fantastic city and festival.

Obviously if this year you where considering going Gorilla Trekking in the heart of Africa or organising a tailor made holiday in India who am I to stand in your way, what I am saying is that Budapest spring Festival is an experience that shouldn’t be missed.

Budapest Spring Festival is a vibrant event filled with multi cultural artists all seeking to entertain you.