Bouquets in an empty hall: Concerto Budapest's Beethoven Day

Par Zoltán Szabó, 30 novembre 2020

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“their genuine dedication to the work, the never-ceasing attention to details”

Critique faite à Liszt Academy: Grand Hall, Budapest, le 28 novembre 2020

Beethoven, Sonate pour piano et violon no. 9 en la majeur, « à Kreutzer », Op.47

Beethoven, Trio avec piano no. 5 en ré majeur « Les Esprits », Op.70 no. 1

Beethoven, Sonate pour violoncelle et piano no. 3 en la majeur, Op.69

Beethoven, Quatuor à cordes no. 15 en la mineur, Op.132

András Keller, Violon

János Pilz, Violon

Gábor Homoki, Violon

László Fenyö, Violoncelle

Miklós Perényi, Violoncelle

Dénes Várjon, Piano

János Balázs, Piano

Hungarian Quartet

Mahler : de la splendeur symphonique au substitut chambriste

Jan-Jakob Delanoye, 16th May

Dénes Várjon et Izabella Simon exécutaient la première symphonie de Mahler dans une version pour piano quatre mains. Gagne-t-on au change ?

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Accents hongrois aux Jacobins, en compagnie de Dénes Várjon

Arnaud Saura-Ziegelmeyer, 7th September

Après Elisabeth Leonskaja, c’était au tour de Dénes Várjon d’enchanter le cloître des Jacobins de compositions hongroises. Le Festival Piano aux Jacobins, dans sa 38ème édition, choisissait pour son deuxième concert le virtuose formé à la Franz Liszt Académie de Budapest.

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Major Mozart with Hungarian guests at the Singapore Symphony

Chang Tou Liang, 15th May

Gábor Káli and pianist Dénes Várjon appear with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra for a last hurrah before another pandemic shutdown.

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West Cork Chamber Music Festival ends in style

Michael Roddy, 7th July

British cellist Laura van der Heijden proved herself to be the sister of soul on the cello for the second night in succession.

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Mendelssohn multiplied at Wigmore Hall

Sophia Lambton, 24th July

Violinist Joshua Bell and cellist Steven Isserlis came together with three other players to showcase the composer’s chamber music.

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Franz Liszt: from exuberance to ascesticism

Frances Wilson, 7th October

An insightful and engaging talk by Alfred Brendel on Liszt's B minor Sonata was followed by an intelligent and colourful performance by pianist Dénes Varjon.

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.