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There is more than one band with the name Budapest 01. BUDAPEST - a five-piece band, formed in Rodez, France, and currently active with their debut album release 'Alcaline'. 02. Budapest were formed in Leamington Spa in 1999 by John Garrison (vocals, guitar) and Chris Pemberton (keyboards), along with Adrian Kelley (bass), Mark Walworth (guitar) and Paul Possart (drums). They released their first album 'Too Blind To Hear' in the UK in 2002. After the recordings of the first album, Walworth committed suicide, he was later replaced by Matt Parker. The band went back to the studio to record their...

The Budapest String Quartet was formed in 1917 by four friends, all members of opera orchestras that had ceased playing owing to World War I The members were all protégés of Jenő Hubay (violin), a Hungarian pupil of Joseph Joachim and David Popper (cello), a Bohemian. Hubay and Popper had helped to make Budapest a major centre for musical education, attracting famous students such as Josef Szigeti. Hubay and Popper had supported Sándor Végh and Feri Roth in the formation of quartets, and were themselves part of an earlier Budapest Quartet, the new quartet being named partly in honour of...

16-string ensemble. The 1982 winner of the International Chamber Orchestra Competition in Belgrade. http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Budapest-Strings.htm .

The Symphonic Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio (known abroad under the name Budapest Symphony Orchestra, BPSO) was founded on Ernő Dohnányi’s initiative in 1943. Its main task is the high-level transmission of live music to listeners and concert audiences. Its repertoire covers the entire music literature from the Baroque to our days. The ensemble is the most competent interpreter of contemporary music in Hungary. As well as playing classical music, it is also well versed in interpreting lighter genres. Numerous concerts in Hungary and abroad, radio transmissions and CD recordings of almost the entire symphonic and oratorio repertoire have secured...