Nearly an entire season passed without the Liszt Academy being able to receive audiences at its concerts; classical music aficionados could only enjoy the performances in their homes via our broadcasts. Every one of us missed the experience of listening to live music, even though geographical boundaries crumpled and we were able to book a seat in the most coveted concert halls of Europe with a single click. The natural cycle of the music world came to an abrupt halt, performers and orchestras did not go on long tours, and it required extraordinary circumstances for some performances featuring foreign artists to take place. At the same time, planning didn’t stop, everyone was working feverishly on putting together the programme of upcoming concert seasons, offers were coming in and artists were busy filling up their calendars.
The Liszt Academy kept busy as well. We tried to stick to the announced programmes to the extent that it was possible and went ahead with planning the programmes of the next season in the meantime. Many of the performances that we had been forced to cancel were assigned new dates, as we considered it important to “salvage” them. Working against the difficulties posed by the current situation, we tried to convey a sense continuity with our autumn 2021 offer and our programmes have the customary high quality and structure. Chamber music fans will have a wide selection to choose from, including some truly unique events, such as the Shostakovich concert performed by Kristóf Baráti, István Várdai and Zoltán Fejérvári.
We will continue our string quartet series and we have invited four excellent quartets that are becoming immensely popular in international circles. Mozart's music will be the focus of the series featuring chamber orchestras; the Manchester Camerata led by conductor Takács Gábor Nagy will once again take the stage and the guest performance of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra featuring Martin Frost's solo promises to be a real sensation.
We will welcome once again Gábor Boldoczki and the musicians of Capella Gabetta as the guests of our baroque series. Our piano series organised in the Solti Hall will offer several special programmes, most notably the solo concerts of Alexander Melnikov and Mihály Berecz, to name but a few. Audiences will once again have the chance to listen to Iveta Apkalna playing the organ; the artist will perform works by contemporary Baltic authors in addition to pieces by J.S. Bach. The Complete Works series will continue with Schubert's trios, with the excellent young French cellist Camille Thomas performing at the Liszt Academy for the first time alongside Gábor Farkas and Vilmos Szabadi. Our young talents will once again take the stage to entertain the audience; Ádám Szokolay, winner of the piano round of the Bartók World Competition will give a solo performance and the concert of Ensemble Z, which performs exciting new music, promises to be an outstanding programme.
While we will continue to stream our programmes online, we look forward to seeing you again in person after such a long break.
András Csonka
Programme Director
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