Concert Centre News

Jordi Savall at Liszt Academy

2 June 2015

Invited by the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Catalan viola da gamba artist Jordi Savall held a master class in the Solti Hall on the morning of 18 May, while in the evening he performed Bach’s perhaps most complex late masterpiece Musikalisches Opfer (The Musical Offering) with Le Concert des Nations before a full house at the Grand Hall.

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Living musical memory

15 May 2015

The Catalan viola da gamba artist Jordi Savall is a living legend in the realm of period performance practice. He has moved mountains popularising his ancient instrument and rediscovering its literature. For the non-specialist audience he has uncovered an entire musical repertoire, often penetrating deep into the musical past. But we should not forget his radical reinterpretations of the fundamental works of classical music. He comes now to the Liszt Academy with a late Bach masterpiece 'The Musical Offering'. He sat down to speak about his repertoire, 'The Musical Offering' and the future of early music performance with Balazs Mate, who is a member of his group and also artistic director of the Aura Musicale group, which has performed on several occasions at the Liszt Academy.

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Beethoven ‘reset’ – Kristóf Baráti and Klára Würtz

12 May 2015

It was pure accident that led to Klára Würtz and Kristóf Baráti performing together. They played Beethoven, retained him on their programmes, and have now recorded all the composer's sonatas for violin and piano. The critics were very impressed, and in May they will present in three concerts in the Solti Hall of the Liszt Academy the material for their joint CD, which has been nominated for the German Recording Prize.

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Study by László Stachó in the National Geographic

11 May 2015

The study written by László Stachó, professor at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, under the title of ”The Clue to Bartók’s Performing Genius” is probably the first article in musicology to be ever published in the National Geographic magazine.

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