JOINT CONCERT BY JÁNOS BALÁZS AND THE CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLE OF THE CZIFFRA FESTIVAL

CONDUCTED BY GÁBOR TAKÁCS NAGY

It is no exaggeration to claim that the very elite of the Hungarian classical music scene will present themselves at this concert within the framework of the Cziffra Festival. The audience can welcome the festival’s founder and artistic director, a recipient of numerous Hungarian and international awards, János Balázs, as the night’s soloist. He can wash away the distance between the musician and his audience with his fascinating technical skills and extraordinarily refined performance. One of today’s most successful Hungarian conductors, a favourite with prestigious international, especially British, orchestras thanks to his leadership attitude, spellbinding stylistic insight and musicianship, Gábor Takács Nagy, will lead the chamber music ensemble of the festival, enlisting young musical talents.

The brilliant performers will be playing works subject to the pride of Hungarian music history: Liszt’s Piano Concerto in E-flat major and Bartók’s Divertimento (meant to be performed in Germany and Switzerland) matched the European music trends of their times; yet with their ingenuity, they also challenged their boundaries. The piano concerto Hungarian Fantasy and Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances represent another universe: they are pieces written by masters faithful to their home country and roots: masterpieces elevating Hungarian traditional folk music into the highest spheres and revealing it to the world.

The concert is given by the Chamber Music Ensemble of the Cziffra Festival, the honorary name of the orchestra taken as a tribute played to the emblematic pianist during the Cziffra Memorial Year. Outside the festival, the ensemble’s name is Animae Musicae Chamber Orchestra.

Programme

Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
Liszt: Piano Concerto in E-flat major (re-arranged for string ensemble by Rezső Ott)
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Liszt: Hungarian Fantasy (re-arranged for string ensemble by Rezső Ott)
Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra

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