Győr’s Richter János Concert and Conference Hall rolls into 2026 with a crowd-pleasing lineup of symphonic blockbusters, sharp-witted comedies, hit musicals, jazz nights, and star turns. The venue at 9021 Győr, Aradi vértanúk útja 16 keeps the energy high all season with programs tuned for lovers of live music, theater, and feel-good entertainment in the city’s cultural heart.
Mahler 4 opens with flair
March 6, Friday, 7:00 PM — The Győr Philharmonic Orchestra (Győri Filharmonikus Zenekar) sets the tone with a heavyweight pairing: Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16 (30 minutes), followed by Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 in G major (54 minutes). Pianist Gábor Farkas brings the romantic fireworks; soprano Veronika Rita Sipos illuminates Mahler’s celestial finale. Conductor: Zsolt Hamar.
Sieghart at 75
March 12, Thursday, 7:00 PM — A celebratory program for maestro Martin Sieghart. The orchestra plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 (30 minutes) with pianist Eloïse Bella Kohn, and Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107 (64 minutes). Expect lyrical intensity and cathedral-scale climaxes under Sieghart’s baton.
Six women, one salon, endless heart
March 14, Saturday, 7:00 PM — A two-act comedy unfolds in a small-town hair salon where six women gather without an appointment but with stories, scars, and razor-sharp humor. They’re not heroes, but they’ll make you laugh through the tears — because that’s real strength. Fragile? Maybe. Unstoppable? Absolutely.
Jazz Tuesdays keep it warm
March 24, Tuesday, 7:00 PM — JazzKEDD/3 welcomes bassist-producer Berci Temesi and friends for a groove-forward night built on chops, camaraderie, and the kind of live spark that only happens in the room.
Tick, Tick… Boom! beats the clock
March 25, Wednesday, 7:00 PM — Jonathan Larson’s Tick, Tick… Boom! (Tikk-takk… bumm!) arrives with the urgency of a 30th birthday deadline. Jon, an aspiring composer on the brink, wrestles with career, purpose, and the terror of time slipping away. Alongside him: Michael, the best friend who swapped acting dreams for PR security, and Susan, the dancer girlfriend waiting for her own big chance. The production leans into acoustic, club-concert, stand-up energy with Márk Ember as Jon, as three actors morph through multiple roles to sketch the anxieties of the thirty-something Generation Y: no war, no hunger, no pennies to count, yet a paralyzing dread of adulthood, commitment, and an uncertain future. They stumble, sing, and survive — more or less — to live another day with the ticking still loud.
Baroque Mosaic
March 28, Saturday, 5:18 PM — An elegant sampler with the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra (Győri Filharmonikus Zenekar) under Tibor Bogányi. Program: Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs (4 minutes), Dieterich Buxtehude’s Passacaglia in C minor, BuxWV 161, in a Zoltán Bánfalvi arrangement (8 minutes), Francesco Durante’s Miserere in C minor (6 minutes), C. P. E. Bach’s Symphony in D major, H. 663, Wq. 183/1 (11 minutes), and selections from George Frideric Handel’s Water Music (10 minutes).
Naked Truth, bold laughs
March 29, Sunday, 7:00 PM — The Naked Truth (Meztelen igazság) is a musical comedy about six women from wildly different backgrounds who sign up for a confidence-boosting pole-dance class — and quickly reveal they’re here for much more than moves. Friendships form, secrets surface, and self-acceptance grows. Then a daring idea: drop the inhibitions… and the clothes… for charity. A witty, liberating ride about body love, sisterhood, and stripping down — emotionally and literally. Cast: Paula Barbinek, Csilla Csomor, Anita Deutsch, Ágnes Gubik, Csekka Gyebnár, Petra Haumann. Written by Dave Simpson; Hungarian version and dramaturgy by Paula Barbinek; set/costume Éva Gordos; coach Adrienn Fehér; choreography Andrea Tallós; sound György Csomor; lights András Váradi “Szőke”; music: international hits reimagined; lyrics Csaba Csik/Dávid Péter Cseh; pole training by Bernadett Tóth/Pole Heaven; assistant Kriszta Kiss; directed by Rita Tallós; producer Krisztina Timár. Cast subject to change.
Anyatigrisek: motherhood unfiltered
April 8, Wednesday, 7:00 PM — A baby shower becomes a reality check in Anyatigrisek (Moms: The Musical). Amy’s due any minute; Barbara (hyper-emotional homemaker), Brooke (workaholic lawyer), and Tina (divorced perfectionist) arrive with advice that shatters naïve myths about parenting. A 90-minute musical comedy with global hit credentials, now in Hungarian by Liliom Produkció. Cast: Katinka Cseke, Linda Fekete, Adrienn Fehér, Tímea Kecskés. Directed by Rita Tallós.
Who’s living here, exactly?
April 12, Sunday, 3:00 PM and June 11, Thursday, 7:00 PM — Michael Cooney’s farce Nicsak, ki lakik itt?! (two-part madness) follows Róbert Szűcs, a London-based Hungarian drowning in benefits: unemployment, old-age pension, sick pay, family allowance, disability, even free cow’s milk — plus a suspiciously lucrative nursing-bra scheme stoking his wife’s jealousy. Afraid of getting caught, he’d rather shed the illicit support than his wife or freedom. But unwinding fraud is harder than it looks. Translation and dramaturgy by Albert Benedek; revived and adapted in 2025 by Benedek, Oliver W. Horvath, and HCS; directed by Csaba Horváth; producers HCS and Oliver W. Horvath; Bánfalvy Stúdió. Cast includes Iza Varga/Zsófia Kondákor, Ferenc Hujber, Imre Harmath/Ádám Gombás, Ádám Gombás/Zoli Kiss, Ganxsta Zolee, Anna Bugár/Zsófia Kondákor, Péter Sándor/Levente Hajdu, István Imre/Dávid Csányi, Orsolya György, Timi Stelczer.
Katica Illényi’s magic — and theremin
April 13, Monday, 7:00 PM — The Győr Philharmonic Orchestra (Győri Filharmonikus Zenekar) and Katica Illényi light up the hall with voice, violin, dance — and the ethereal glow of the theremin. Conductor: István Silló.
Neoton-fueled summer vibes
April 22, Tuesday, 7:00 PM — Beautiful Summer Day (Szép nyári nap) lands in the 1970s at Bácsszentmária, a youth work camp near the Yugoslav border. Camp commander Antal Tóth and deputy “Aunt” Panni run the show, while Panni’s daughter Juli falls for freshly graduated Péter Varga, a budding sociologist with a father who defected after ’56 — a love story many don’t welcome. The city teens work, fight, make up, fall in love, and burst into Neoton Família hits — the soundtrack of a generation.
Rendezvous in Paris
April 23, Thursday, 7:00 PM — Rendezvous in Paris, or Happy Easter! (Randevú Párizsban, avagy Kellemes Húsvéti Ünnepeket!) brings a chic, present-day Paris farce. Industrialist Stéphane Margelle lives with his beautiful wife, Sophie — and his Casanova habits. After dropping her at the airport, he picks up an 18-year-old and takes her out… and home. Cue chaos: Sophie’s flight is canceled; she finds them together. Cornered, Stéphane blurts: it’s not what it looks like — she’s my daughter. Cast: Géza Egyházi (Stéphane), Bernadett Fogarassy (Sophie), Fritz Éva Czető (Julie), Sándor Várfi (Walter), Roland Czető (Frédéric), Ottília Borbáth (Marlène). Directed by András Márton; set János Katona Koós; translation József Vinkó; assistant Erika Dobos. Inspired by the 1984 French screen hit starring Sophie Marceau and Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Bartók meets Brahms
April 27, Monday, 7:00 PM — A taut double bill: Béla Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 2, BB 117 (36 minutes) with violinist Barnabás Kelemen, and Johannes Brahms’s Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98 (39 minutes). Conductor: Andreas Ottensamer. Expect edge, elegance, and a finale that sweeps the floor.
Without Words
May 7 — Without Words (Szavak nélkül) closes this spring stretch with a title that promises emotion beyond dialogue. Details to come — the Richter Hall momentum isn’t slowing down at all.
