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Vigado Review
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Vigadó
- Address: District V, Vigadó tér 2, Around Váci utca, Budapest
- Phone: 1/318-7932 box office
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Concert Hall
- Category: Arts/Performance Venues
- Location: Around Vaci utca
Fodor's Review:
Designed in a striking romantic style by Frigyes Feszl and inaugurated in 1865 with Franz Liszt conducting his own St. Elizabeth Oratorio, Budapest's premier city-center concert hall -- whose facade was being renovated as of this writing -- is a curious mixture of Byzantine, Moorish, Romanesque, and Hungarian motifs, punctuated by dancing statues and sturdy pillars. Brahms, Debussy, and Casals are among the other phenomenal musicians who have graced its stage. Mahler's Symphony No. 1 and many works by Bartók were first performed here. You can go into the lobby on your own, but the rest is open only for concerts. There's a little park out front, fountain and all -- a great place for a breather from the nearby Váci utca rush.
- Metro: M1: Voeroesmarty ter
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