Győr’s Richter János Concert and Conference Hall is packing 2026 with concerts, operettas, theater, and feel-good evenings for anyone seeking quality entertainment. The venue at 9021 Győr, Aradi vértanúk útja 16, lines up international classics, fresh musicals, sharp comedies, and bold, crowd-pleasing shows from March through summer.
Mahler Meets Grieg to Open March
Mahler 4 lands on Friday, March 6 at 7:00 p.m. with the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra (Győri Filharmonikus Zenekar). The program pairs Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 (30 minutes) with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 in G major (54 minutes). Soloists: Gábor Farkas on piano and soprano Rita Veronika Sipos. Conductor: Zsolt Hamar. Expect lyrical beauty, Nordic sweep, and Mahler’s luminous finale.
Sieghart at 75: Mozart and Bruckner
On Thursday, March 12 at 7:00 p.m., Martin Sieghart celebrates 75 with Mozart and Bruckner. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 (30 minutes) sets a stormy tone, followed by Anton Bruckner’s mighty Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107 (64 minutes). Pianist: Eloïse Bella Kohn. Orchestra: Győr Philharmonic Orchestra (Győri Filharmonikus Zenekar). A grand, reverent evening for symphonic heavyweights.
Six Women, One Salon, Infinite Fire
Saturday, March 14 at 7:00 p.m., a two-act comedy drops into a small-town hair salon where six women, all seemingly fragile, reveal their grit and relentless humor. They aren’t heroes, but they can do anything—laugh in the face of pain and make others laugh too. That’s the real power.
Jazz Tuesdays: Temesi Berci and Friends
JazzKEDD/3 hits Tuesday, March 24 at 7:00 p.m. Bass maestro Berci Temesi gathers friends for a groove-first night that leans into modern fusion and musicianship.
Tick, Tick… Boom! Hits the Stage
On Wednesday, March 25 at 7:00 p.m., Jonathan Larson’s autobiographical musical Tikk-Takk… Bumm! (Tick, Tick… Boom!) arrives after conquering Off-Broadway and global stages, and following Netflix’s multi-award-winning 2021 film. Turning 30, composer Jon questions his career, timing, and calling—something real must happen by that birthday. We follow three friends: Jon, a yet-to-break-through composer; Michael, his best friend who traded acting dreams for a PR career; and Susan, Jon’s dancer girlfriend chasing her big break. The show plays like an intimate, acoustic, club-concert-meets-stand-up, led by Márk Ember as Jon. The trio inhabits multiple roles to map the anxieties of today’s thirtysomethings: fear of commitment, the weight and irreversibility of adulthood, and stepping into the “real world” after a comfortable upbringing. They try—sometimes clumsily, sometimes bravely—to survive it.
Baroque Mosaic With Handel on the Water
Saturday, March 28 at 5:18 p.m., Baroque Mosaic (Barokk mozaik) brings crisp Baroque contours with the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra (Győri Filharmonikus Zenekar) under conductor Tibor Bogányi. Program: Lully’s Marche pour la Cérémonie des Turcs (4 minutes); Buxtehude’s Passacaglia in C minor, BuxWV 161 in Zoltán Bánfalvi’s transcription (8 minutes); 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 Handel’s Water Music selections (10 minutes).
The Naked Truth: Music, Laughter, and Letting Go
Sunday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m., The Naked Truth (Meztelen igazság) strips down pretenses in a musical comedy about six very different women who sign up for a confidence-boosting pole-dance course. They weren’t only after sexy moves. Friendships form, secrets surface, and self-acceptance grows. A daring charity idea pushes them to shed inhibitions—and clothes. It’s witty, liberating, and all about self-love and the strength of women. Cast: Paula Barbinek, Csilla Csomor, Anita Deutsch, Ágnes Gubik, Csekka Gyebnár, Petra Haumann. Created by Dave Simpson; Hungarian adaptation and dramaturgy by Paula Barbinek; sets and costumes by Éva Gordos; music coaching by Adrienn Fehér; choreography by Andrea Tallós; sound by György Csomor; lighting by András Váradi “Szőke”; international hits in fresh arrangements with lyrics by Csaba Csik/Dávid Péter Cseh; pole by Bernadett Tóth/Pole Heaven; assistant Kriszta Kiss; directed by Rita Tallós; producer Krisztina Timár. Cast subject to change.
Anyatigrisek: Motherhood, Unfiltered
Wednesday, April 8 at 7:00 p.m., Anyatigrisek (Motherhood the Musical) throws a baby shower for Amy, who’s due any minute. Enter Barbara, the emotional full-time homemaker; Brooke, the stressed, career-tunnel-vision lawyer; and Tina, the divorced perfectionist mom. They shatter Amy’s naive ideas of parenting with raw, hilarious truth. This 90-minute musical comedy has played to packed houses across four continents for a decade. Liliom Produkció brings the world hit to Hungarian audiences. Cast: Katinka Cseke, Linda Fekete, Adrienn Fehér, Tímea Kecskés. Directed by Rita Tallós.
Cooney’s Farce of Benefits and Bedlam
Michael Cooney’s Nicsak, ki lakik itt?! returns Sunday, April 12 at 3:00 p.m. and Thursday, June 11 at 7:00 p.m. A frenzy in two parts from Bánfalvy Stúdió (2018), revamped in 2025. Director: Csaba Horváth. Producers: HCS, Oliver W. Horváth. Translation and dramaturgy: Albert Benedek, with updates by Benedek, Horváth, and HCS. A London-based Hungarian, Róbert Szűcs, is drowning in benefits—unemployment, old-age pension, sick pay, family allowance, disability payments, even free cow’s milk—and a cheeky nursing-bra side hustle that fuels his wife’s jealousy. Wanting to dodge exposure, he tries to ditch the undeserved benefits rather than his wife or freedom. Easier said than done. 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, and Timi Stelczer.
Katica Illényi’s Special Night
Monday, April 13 at 7:00 p.m., the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra (Győri Filharmonikus Zenekar) welcomes Katica Illényi, conducted by István Silló. Charm, vocals, violin, dance—and the spellbinding shimmer of the theremin—anchor this singular concert.
Neoton-Fueled Summer Romance
Tuesday, April 22 at 7:00 p.m., A Beautiful Summer Day (A Szép nyári nap) rewinds to the 1970s in Bácsszentmária, at a youth work camp near the Yugoslav border. Camp boss Antal Tóth runs the Soviet–Hungarian Friendship Cooperative’s tomato-processing unit, with Panni néni, the Russian teacher, as deputy. Her daughter Juli falls for Péter Varga, fresh out of high school and bound for sociology, whose father fled in ’56—scandal in a system that polices love and loyalty. Around them: city teens who work, feud, make up, fall in love, and most of all sing and dance to beloved Neoton hits.
Parisian Easter Mayhem
Thursday, April 23 at 7:00 p.m., Rendezvous in Paris, or Happy Easter! (Randevú Párizsban, avagy Kellemes Húsvéti Ünnepeket!) sets a two-part comedy in an upscale slice of Paris today. Based on Jean Poiret and Georges Lautner’s script that became a 1984 smash with Sophie Marceau and Jean-Paul Belmondo, the story follows industrialist Stéphane Margelle, a serial charmer whose world implodes when his wife’s flight is canceled and she catches him at home with an 18-year-old. He blurts the only possible lie: she’s my daughter. Cast: Géza Egyházi (Stéphane), Bernadett Fogarassy (Sophie), Fritz Éva Czető (Julie), Sándor Várfi (Walter), Roland Czető (Frédéric), Ottília Borbáth (Marlène). Director: András Márton; set: János Katona Koós; translation: József Vinkó; assistant: Erika Dobos.
Bracing Bartók, Autumnal Brahms
Monday, April 27 at 7:00 p.m., Bartók & Brahms with the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra (Győri Filharmonikus Zenekar). Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 2, BB 117 (36 minutes) and Brahms’s Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 (39 minutes). Violin: Barnabás Kelemen. Conductor: Andreas Ottensamer. Two masterworks, sharp edges and deep glow.
Coming Up
Without Words (Szavak nélkül) arrives Thursday, May 7. More details from the venue as the date nears.
The Richter Hall’s calendar keeps expanding, but March through April already brims with symphonic power, punchy comedies, and musicals that go straight for the heart. Győr’s cultural hotspot is very much in season.
