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

By Zoltán Szabó, 30 November 2020

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

Reviewed at Liszt Academy: Grand Hall, Budapest on 28 November 2020

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 9 in A major "Kreutzer", Op.47

Beethoven, Piano Trio no. 5 in D major "Ghost", Op.70 no.1

Beethoven, Cello Sonata no. 3 in A major, Op.69

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 15 in A minor, Op.132

András Keller, Violin

János Pilz, Violin

Gábor Homoki, Violin

László Fenyö, Cello

Miklós Perényi, Cello

Dénes Várjon, Piano

János Balázs, Piano

Hungarian Quartet

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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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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.

*****

Mendelssohn multiplied at Wigmore Hall

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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

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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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A morning of wonderful and varied chamber music from the Budapest Festival Orchestra Soloists in Edinburgh.

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Dénes Várjon in Montréal recital

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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.