Gautier Capuçon & Yuja Wang Presented by Liszt Academy

Yuja Wang and Gautier Capuçon are world-renowned soloists in their thirties who have played chamber music together for a long time; they have very different characters yet they are equally charismatic artistic personalities. And the programme they have chosen for this recital suits them perfectly: in pieces that cover a broad, occasionally tempestuous emotional scale, the piano has extremely vivid and virtuoso parts, while the cello will reveal a diversity of flowing melodies. ▪ The items by Chopin and Franck are genuine creations of the 19th century: the polonaise dates from 1831, the early part of Chopin’s, whereas the sonata’s debut in 1847marked the last time the composer would ever play piano in public. Franck’s popular work was penned for his famous violinist friend Eugène Ysaÿe as a wedding present in 1886; the fine arrangement for cello was published with the approval of the composer. ▪ Yuja Wang and Gautier Capuçon will set out on a European concert tour with this profoundly Romantic programme in early 2020. Happily, the Budapest audience will not have to make the pilgrimage to the auditoriums of, for instance, the Philharmonie in Paris, the London Barbican Centre, or even the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, since the artistry of this marvellous pair can be enjoyed ‘at home’, in the Liszt Academy.