hungarian cultural centre - programme brochure jan-feb 2011

HCCHungarian Cultural Centrel o n d o n

JAN | FEB

2011

events

liszt bicentenary – 2011

16 Jan ≥ page 04

• concert

Budapest FestivalOrchestra

16 Jan ≥ page 06

• concert

The Marmara Trio

19 Jan ≥ page 07

• film club

Bánk Bán by Csaba Káel

20 Jan ≥ page 08

• exhibition

Parallel Gazes by Szabolcs KissPál

24 & 25 Jan ≥ page 09

• theatre

Les Corbeaux (‘The Crows’)

25 Jan ≥ page 10

• concert

Takács Quartet

26 Jan ≥ page 11

• liszt bicentenary

Pre-Concert Talk by Karl Lutchmayer

26 Jan ≥ page 12


Duets for piano and violinby Barnabás Kelemen and Gergely Bogányi

27 Jan ≥ page 13


Pre-Concert Talk by Ross Alley

27 Jan ≥ page 13


Faust Symphony on piano by Edit Klukonand Dezsô Ránki

28 Jan ≥ page 14


Liszt Award winnerAlexei Chernov (piano)

28 Jan ≥ page 15


The Joyful Company of Singers

28 Jan ≥ page 16


The Jánosi Ensemble

29 Jan ≥ page 17


Trinity Laban

29 Jan ≥ page 17


Dénes Várjon (piano)

27 Jan ≥ page 19

• concert

Infernal Dance: Inside the World of Béla Bartók

16 Feb ≥ page 20

• concert

The Marmara Trio

17 Feb ≥ page 20

• concert

The Marmara Trio

17 Feb ≥ page 20

• film club

Three weddings

20 Feb ≥ page 21

• concert

Heaven Street Seven

february

january

Liszt Week@ Kings Place

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First of all, I would like to wish you a veryhappy new year on behalf of the HungarianCultural Centre!

2011 is a very important year for Hungaryas it is the start of its EU Presidencyperiod which brought many opportunitiesfor us to work with amazing artists andprestigious partners such as the RoyalAcademy of Arts, the Royal Festival Hall,the Royal Opera House, the SouthbankCentre, the London Mime Festival and many more. This year also marks the world renowned composer, FerencLiszt’s Bicentenary. A lot to celebrate – and in style!

As you may remember, last autumn the amazing exhibition, Treasures fromBudapest, at the Royal Academy of Artsstarted the line of exclusive celebratoryevents. Much to our delight, this exhibi-tion was met with a very warm welcomeand it gave us a unique chance to showHungary’s vast contribution to theEuropean cultural heritage. The Timeshighlighted Hungary’s rich cultural histo-ry preceding the communist era apropoof the exhibition, calling it ‘one of thewealthiest and most cultured countries in Europe’ and The Guardian reviewcalled the event a ‘true blockbuster.’

The first major event of 2011 is a BudapestFestival Orchestra concert conducted by Iván Fischer at the Royal Festival Hall on 16 January.

At the end of the month (26–29 January),Kings Place will be home to our LisztWeek. Ferenc Liszt, a true musicalRenaissance Man, was not only the mosttechnically advanced pianist of his era

and an innovative conductor, but some-one who dedicated his music, his life, tohelping other people. This series of con-certs includes the folk music that inspiredhim, a premier of his Faust Symphonyarranged for two pianos, and a kaleido-scope of Hungarian chamber and choralmusic performed by a host of exceptionalmusicians whose visit to London is rare.Here I would like to stop to say specialthanks to Lord Londonderry, our hon-orary patron, Professor Alan Walker, our artistic consultant, and last but notleast, Audrey J. Ellison, our curator fortheir indispensable contribution to theLiszt Year.

Besides these amazing musical perform-ances, look out for the London InternationalMime Festival, our film screenings and a surprising visual treat, an exhibitiontitled Parallel Gazes at the HungarianCultural Centre also this month.

And finally, just a little preview: 2011 willgive way to our series of events in thefield of photography – vintage and modern.There will be a possibly once in a lifetimeopportunity to look through the lens ofsuch greats as Brassai, Capa, Kertész,Moholy-Nagy and Munkácsi in June at the Royal Academy of Arts’ second showfocusing on Hungary titled Eyewitness:Hungarian Photography in the 20th Century.

We are very proud to present you a greatvariety of cultural events throughout theyear and hope to see you at many ofthem. Please check our website for thelatest news.

Dr. Ildikó TakácsDirector, Cultural Councillor

Dear Friends of HCC,

Sunday | 16 January | 7 pm≥ Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX

e CONCERT

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Known for their direct, spontaneous way of playing, the Budapest Festival Orchestraperforms a colourful programme of symphonic classics under the baton of co-founder,Iván Fischer, celebrated for his originality and sense of 'event'.

Haydn’s Symphony No.92 (Oxford), written in 1789, is an example of the composer’smastery of the Classical symphony, creating a work brimming with warm, lyricalepisodes, elegant melodies and exuberant rhythms. Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.1,

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iván fischer conducting the budapest festival orchestra

To launch the joint celebrations marking the Hungarian Presidency of the EU Council and the LisztBicentenary, the Embassy of the Republic of Hungary, the Hungarofest Non-Profit Ltd. and the HungarianCultural Centre are proud to support the Budapest Festival Orchestra in concert at the Royal Festival Hall.


is a more passionate affair, and the perfect vehicle to showoff a virtuoso’s skills through a blistering array of pianisticfireworks. Beethoven titled his Pastoral Symphony No.6, ‘Recollectionsof Country Life’ in the programme notes for the work’s firstperformance in 1808. Although he claimed this symphony is ‘a matter more of feeling than of painting in sounds’, the vividly descriptive passages indicate bird song and the sounds of a violent thunderstorm.

∆ Tickets are £38, £30, £24, £18, £14, £11, £9, Premium seats £50. A limited number of concession tickets (50% off) are available. For ticketing enquiries please contact the Box Office on 0844 875 0073or visit www.southbankcentre.co.uk for online booking.

Behind the scenes with the BFOBFOThose interested in a very special day with the orchestra should register with theBritish Friends of the BFO. The programme includes the attendance in the last hour ofrehearsal in the main hall, a gathering of the BFO members, guests and friends in a pri-vate function room with wine and soft drinks, a participation of an on-stage interview of Maestro Iván Fischer, a meeting with representatives of the orchestra management,and, if you registered for that, the concert at 7 pm. At the interval refreshments willagain be available in a private meeting room.

∆ Donation is £50 per person, which will include a ticket for the performance that evening. If you have already bought your concert tickets, then a donation of £20 per person would apply only.RSVP by 7 January 2011. Please contact Christopher Daniels for reservations and information via e-mail: [email protected] or call +36 30 952 7779.

Sunday | 16 January | 6.30 pm≥ Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

e CONCERT

The Marmara Trio concerts in January-February 2011

Mine Dogantan (piano) was born in Istanbul and studied at theIstanbul Conservatory with Verda Ün. After receiving a BA inPhilosophy from Bogazici University, she continued her musicstudies at the Juilliard School of Music in New York with OxanaYablonskaya. She won the prestigious William Petschek award for piano performance.Mine is the founder of the Marmara Piano Trio, and the recipient of an AHRC award for her research in chamber music performance. She was awarded Dozency in 2002 and Professorship in 2008 by the Turkish Ministry of Education. She has taught at ColumbiaUniversity, New York and at Yeditepe University, Istanbul.

programme

Joseph Haydn:Symphony No.92 (Oxford)

Franz Liszt:Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat

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Ludwig van Beethoven:Symphony No.6 (Pastoral)

Iván Fischer › conductorStephen Hough › piano

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Joseph Haydn:Piano Trio in E major Hob.28/XV

Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor

Antonín Dvorák: Piano Trio in F minor Op.65

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Zsuzsa Berényi (violin) studied the piano at the Bartók Specialist Music School andshe got her first class degree at the Liszt Academy of Music on the violin in 2006.From the age of 15 Zsuzsa took part on András Schiff’s and György Kurtág’s numerousmaster classes. She regularly plays in Germany and Switzerland and accompanies Dénes Zsigmondy as a sonata and violin partner. As an orchestra musician, she was a member of severalgroups in Hungary, both regional and Budapest orchestras. Zsuzsa collaborated with jazz pianist Tibor Márkus, which culminated in their CD withthe Equinox Quartet. In addition to the Marmara Trio, Zsuzsa has worked with severalother chamber orchestras, including the London Music Art, the I Maestri orchestra,the Harmony Simfonia and the Trio Spirito, appearing regularly in various London and

international venues.She has been workingas a violin teacher at Colourstrings, aunique music educa-tion approach promot-ed by the SzilvayFoundation in London.

Pál Banda began to learn the cello at the age of 9. At the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music he studied with his father, Ede Banda as well as György Kurtág and Ferenc Rados. As a soloist he has performed in his native Hungary (for Radio and TV) as well as France, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Austria, the UK and Singapore, and was member of several ensembles including the Fitzwilliam Quartet and the Katin Piano Trio. He was cellist of the Allegri String Quartet from 1998–2008. Pál also teaches at the Purcell School and has given master classes in the USA,Greece, Singapore, France, Portugal, Norway, Hungary and England and was one of the directors of the Paxos International Festival from 1999–2004. His cello is by T&L Carcassi, 1752.

∆ For more information about the concerts and tickets, please contact [email protected], call 07930 485 817 or visit www.marmaratrio.com


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Wednesday | 19 January | 7 pm≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre

e FILM CLUB

Bánk Bán › directed by Csaba Káel, 2001

On the occasion of the day of the Hungarian culture we will have a special screening of the film Bánk Bán, one of the national operas of Hungary. The world renowned composer Ferenc Erkel composed the opera, and Béni Egressy adapted the script of the stage play of the same title by József Katona in 1861. (Bán is ban in English, similar to a viceroy, a duke or palatine.) The main storyline is based on the assassina-tion of Queen Gertrúd in 1213, wife of Andrew II.

The 2001 film version of this classic opera was shot mostly on location in Transylvaniaand in historical Hungarian towns such as Esztergom, Visegrád, Bélapátfalva and Buda-pest. This contemporaryfilm evokes the 19thcentury romantic operathrough the use of film-ing reminiscent of his-torical painting of thetime and highly rich setsof costumes and props.The film features inter-nationally renownedHungarian opera singersincluding Kolos Kováts,Éva Marton, DénesGulyás, Attila B. Kiss,Andrea Rost and SándorSólyom-Nagy.

Director Csaba Káel was born in Miskolc. He graduated from the Faculty of CivilEngineering of the Budapest University of Technology, then in 1989 from the Buda-pest Academy of Theatre and Film, Film and Television Department, as the disciple of Károly Makk and István Szabó. He is the director of many documentaries, shorts,TV series, video clips, and of almost 300 commercials. In 1990 he took part in theEast-West Producer Seminar in London. He founded the Well Done Productionstogether with András Wermer in 1996. He is the founding executive producer of theHungarian Music Television (1997). He debuted as an opera director with the open-airperformance of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte in 1999. His first direction in the HungarianState Opera was Haydn’s L’infedeltà delusa, followed by Erkel’s Bánk Bán in collabo-ration with Vilmos Zsigmond, the Academy Award winning director of photography.

∆ Free. For reservations, please call 020 72406162 or e-mail [email protected]


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queen gertrúd and bánk bán


Thursday | 20 January | 7 pm Exhibition open: 21 January – 18 February

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e EXHIBITION

Parallel Gazes by Szabolcs KissPálEdwin Heathcote, Architecture and Design critic for the Financial Times will be in conversation with the artist at the private view.

Parallel Gazes is an exhibition presenting a photographic installation of SzabolcsKissPál at the Hungarian Cultural Centre. The installation is a shortlisted entry for the open call for site specific installation at the adamesque theatre building of theHungarian Cultural Centre in Covent Garden, London.

Public monuments are forms and tools of ritual representations which enhance, control and contribute to the construction of collective memory and identity. Parallel Gazes is a photographic project investigating public monuments dedicated to historical personalities. Erected both in London and Budapest, these figures outline an alternative map of shared cultural values of two distant locations, and highlight connections of their collective memories. The photographs, taken from theviewpoint of the statues themselves, focus on the urban landscape and surroundingenvironment that these figures have been continuously ‘looking at’ since their erection, making explicit also the differences between the two societies and theircontemporary realities.The exhibition consists of two series, the first is based on eight historical personalitiesto whom statues were erected in public spaces both in Budapest and London, among them the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, Sir Winston Churchill, WilliamShakespeare and the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg.The second series of photographs show Karl Marx’s statue in Highgate Cemetery in London, together with the reconstructed points of view of the once erected andsubsequently removed Marx statues in Budapest.

Szabolcs KissPál (1967) lives and works in Budapest, Hungary. In his multidimensionalpractice he is working across a wide range of media, including photography, video,installation and conceptual interventions. Moving on the intersection of new mediaand visual arts, KissPál focuses on social and political issues of the Hungarian and

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Sir Winston Churchill (Városliget, Budapest – Parliament Square, London)

global contemporary society. His works were widely shown internationally in Europe,Asia, and the United States, in venues such as the Venice Biennial, the WhitstableBiennial, W139 Amsterdam, NCCA Moscow, the Seoul Media Art Biennial, Apexart and ISCP in New York.

Edwin Heathcote is an architect, designer and writer and has been Architecture and Design critic for the Financial Times since 1999. He has worked as a journalist and editor in the UK and in Hungary and had an architectural practice in London.

∆ Admission free. For reservations, please call 020 72406162 or e-mail [email protected]

Monday, 24 January & Tuesday, 25 January | 7.45 pm≥ Linbury Studio Theatre at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

e THEATRE

london international mime festival

Les Corbeaux (‘The Crows’)

Everything came out of a fortuitous encounter with a Japanese crow. A few years ago,when Josef Nadj was rehearsing a solo on the roof of a theatre in Kyoto, a crow perchednot far from him. Out of the glance that the dancer, in full movement, cast on the darkbird, suddenly emerged the idea of a show. The choreographer started to work on thisvision. Sketches and drawings allowed him to relive the scene, a graphic step thatencouraged him to go further. It was the excuse for a return to a childhood in Vojvo-dina, in former Yugoslavia where the crow holds an important place. The animal

of wisdom, a disturbing link withmystery, the symbol of the world'sunity, the crow holds the key to the cycle of life and death, the realand the dream, the divine and thediabolical. It was also the pretextfor a physiological and behaviouralstudy, involving the imitation of a movement, a gait, a flight, a landing, almost a savoir-faire. How do you become a crow onstage? Josef Nadj proposed thischallenge to the musician AkoshSzelevényi, who shares his visionof the world and also knows theblack birds of Central Europe’sgreat plain. Through their perform-ance the man has become a bird,the body a brush, the saxophone a scream.


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Josef Nadj (József Nagy in Hungarian spelling) was born in 1957 in Magyarkanizsa, a Hungarian town in the region of Vojvodina in the former Yugoslavia. He studied artand music history in Budapest, then he moved to Paris in 1980. He founded his owntheatre called Jel (‘sign’ in English) in 1986, the first production of which (Peking Duck,1987) was an immediate success in France. In a short period of time Nadj became an internationally acclaimed choreographer and the director of The Centre ofChoreography in Orléans. He was appointed artistic associate of the 2006 Festival of Avignon, where he continues to present his work to great acclaim and recognition.

Akosh Szelevényi is ‘the best thing that hashappened to French jazz, and consequentlyEuropean jazz, in twelveyears.’ These words arethose of journalistSerge Loupien, writingin the daily Libération (October 5th, 1998) about the multi-reed-player and multi-instrumentalist Akosh S., who was born in Debrecen, Hungary in 1966. Ever sinceAkosh arrived in the French capital, the young Hungarian, a saxophonist, clarinettist,multi-instrumentalist and composer, has been associated with the genuine (and jubi-lant) rebirth of the avant-garde.

∆ Tickets: £16, £13, £11, £6.50 (Standing), £8 Students, Tel: 020 7304 4000 Running time: Approx 1 hour, no Interval. www.mimelondon.com | www.mimefest.co.uk | www.roh.org.uk

Tuesday | 25 January | 7.30 pm≥ Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX

e CONCERT

Takács QuartetThe Takács Quartet has been described by The Times as ‘four very distinct personalities...fused into the world’s greatest string quartet’.They start off the programme with a later workby Haydn, which he composed in 1793 after hisfirst visit to England. The piece is also knownas one of the 'Apponyi' quartets.Bartók’s masterful quartets have been a stapleof the Takács Quartet’s repertory for decades;with a shared Hungarian heritage, the ensemblehas a close affinity to his music. Despite beingwritten as one relatively short, continuousmovement, Bartók’s Third Quartet is densely


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packed with harmonically adventurous ideas and fluctuatingtempi.Featuring writing of extraordinary richness, Smetana’s FirstString Quartet (1876) is a vivid musical diary of the composer.The deeply expressive music recalls various episodes fromSmetana’s life, including his joy at first falling in love, his passionfor dancing and his devastating grief at the onset of deafness.

∆ Tickets are £25, £20, £15, £12, £9, Premium seats £30. A limited number of concession tickets (50% off) are available. For ticketing enquiries pleasecontact the Box Office on 0844 875 0073. www.southbankcentre.co.uk

Wednesday | 26 January | 6.30 pm≥ St Pancras Room, Kings Place – 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

e LISZT BICENTENARY

Pre-Concert Talk by Karl Lutchmayer

Karl Lutchmayer, professor at Trinity College of Music hosts a discussion introducingan evening of Liszt’s finest sonatas for piano and violin, accompanied by works byBartók, Enescu and Fauré which were influenced by the Master.

∆ FREE to same-day ticket holders. For more information please contact the Box Office on 020 7520 1490or visit www.kingsplace.co.uk

programme

Joseph Haydn:String Quartet in B flat, Op.71 No.1

Béla Bartók:String Quartet No.3

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Bedrich Smetana:String Quartet No.1 in E minor (From my Life)

Liszt Week@ Kings Place26 –29 January 2011

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≥ Hall One, Kings Place – 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

e LISZT BICENTENARY

duets for piano and violin by liszt and his followers

Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Gergely Bogányi (piano)

Winners of the International Liszt Society’s 2001 Grand Prix du Disque, GergelyBogányi and Barnabás Kelemen perform an evening of Liszt’s finest sonatas for piano and violin accompanied by works of Bartók, Enescu and Faure that were influenced by the Master.

Gergely Bogányi (piano) startedplaying the piano at the age of four. He studied with ZsuzsaEsztó, László Baranyay and FerencRados at the Ferenc Liszt Academyof Music, and with Matti Raekallioat the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki,and with György Sebôk at IndianaUniversity, Bloomington. Among thecompetitions he has won, particu-larly noteworthy is the 1996International Liszt Competition.

Also in 2000, he was awarded the Liszt Prize by theMinistry of Cultural Heritage, and in 2004 he receviedthe highest art award, the Kossuth Prize. In 2002 hewas awarded the Cross of Merit of the Order of theWhite Rose of Finland by the President of the FinnishRepublic.

Barnabás Kelemen (violin) has established himself as one of the leading violinists of his generation,appearing regularly as a concerto soloist, recitalist,and chamber musician at many of the world's majormusical venues and festivals. He has toured exten-sively around the world and has collaborated withconductors such as Lorin Maazel, Sir Neville Marriner,Denis Russel-Davies, Eiji Oue, Robert Spano, ZoltánKocsis, Michael Stern, Péter Eötvös, Tamás Vásáry and Rumon Gamba. In addition to winning the Gold Medal at the 2002International Violin Competition of Indianapolis andsix of the eight special prizes and also the loan of the1683 Ex-Gingold Stradivari violin and Tourte bow for

programme

Béla Bartók:Rhapsody for Violin and Piano No. 2Ferenc Liszt:Romance OubliéeFerenc Liszt:BenedictusFerenc Liszt:Die Zelle in NonnenwerthGeorge EnescuRhapsodyGabriel FauréSonata in A major


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four years, he has won prizes at many international competitions. Beginning in September 2005, he has begun his appointment as Professor of Violin at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest and teaches regularly as a guest professor at the Bloomington Indiana University.

∆ Tickets are £13.50, £15.50, £19.50, £24.50, Premium Seats £29.50, Saver Seats £9.50. For ticketsplease contact the Box Office on 020 7520 1490 or visit www.kingsplace.co.uk

Thursday | 27 January | 6.30 pm≥ St Pancras Room, Kings Place – 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

e LISZT BICENTENARY

Pre-Concert Talk by Ross Alley

Ross Alley introduces the UK premiere of the transcription of Liszt’s Faust Symphony,and Bartók’s Second Suite for Two Pianos.

∆ FREE to same-day ticket holders. For more information please contact the Box Office on 020 7520 1490 or visit www.kingsplace.co.uk

Thursday | 27 January | 7.30 pm≥ Hall One, Kings Place – 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

e LISZT BICENTENARY

faust symphony on piano

Edit Klukon (piano), Dezsô Ránki (piano)

The UK premiere of the transcription made by the composer in 1856 of Liszt’s Faustsymphony for 2 pianos by Edit Klukon and Dezsô Ránki. Edit Klukon and Dezsô Ránkiare the only performers of this version of Liszt’s Faust Symphony in the world whichwill have its UK premiere at King’s Place.

Edit Klukon (piano) was born in Budapest andstudied at the Liszt Music Academy under PálKadosa. After receiving her diploma, she focusedher musical interests on chamber music andpiano. Throughout her career she has performedpieces by Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms,R. Strauss, and Wolf in many European cities andhas worked with great singers such as DénesGulyás, László Polgár, Lucia Popp, and RuthZiesak. She has currently taken an avid interestin solo piano works especially by Liszt and Haydn.


Dezsô Ránki (piano) was also born and educated in Budapest. Since winning the prestigious Schumann-competition in Germany in 1969 he has performed concerts all throughout Europe, America, and Japan. He has played with such world renownedorchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony,the Concertgebouw, and the NHK and has worked with famous conductors includingMaazel, Mehta, Solti, and Kondrashin.

Edit Klukon and Dezsô Ránki started performing together in 1985. Both pianists became very interested in the won-derful world of the piano repertory written by the greatestcomposers for piano four hands and two pianos. Now theyregularly perform about ten to fifteen duets a year. Worksby Satie, Liszt and Dukay (contemporary Hungarian compos-er) are featured on their latest CD recordings.

∆ Tickets are £14.50, £19.50, £24.50, £29.50, Premium Seats £34.50,Saver Seats £9.50. For ticketing enquiries please contact the Box Office on 020 7520 1490 or visit www.kingsplace.co.uk for online booking.

Friday | 28 January | 6.15 pm≥ Hall One, Kings Place – 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

e LISZT BICENTENARY

recital of the liszt award winner at the 1st

sussex

international piano competition

Alexei Chernov (piano)

The world’s finest young piano virtuosi gathered in Worthing in April 2010 to competebefore an international panel of judges in the inaugural Sussex International PianoCompetition. This evening’s concert is given by the winner of the competition’s presti-gious Liszt Award.

∆ Tickets are £9.50,£14.50, Saver Seats£6.50. For ticketingenquiries please contactthe Box Office on 020 7520 1490 or visitwww.kingsplace.co.ukfor online booking.

programme

Béla Bartók:2. suite, Op. 4b (Transcription for 2 pianosby the composer)

Ferenc Liszt:Faust Symphony(Transcription for 2 pianosby the composer, 1856)

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Ferenc Liszt:Funerailles

Maurice Ravel:Gaspard de le nuit

Ferenc Liszt:Mephisto Waltz No. 1


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Friday | 28 January | 7.30 pm≥ Hall One, Kings Place – 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

e LISZT BICENTENARY

liszt and the hungarian choral tradition

The Joyful Company of Singers | conductor › Peter Broadbent

Liszt was the father and inspiration of modern Hungarian music and this programmeidentifies themes and ideas explored by many major Hungarian composers up to thepresent day in their choral music, with some of Liszt’s small choral pieces and somepiano music.

One of Europe’s most prominent chamberschoirs, the Joyful Company of Singersenjoys a reputation as a choir whichapproaches a wide range of music withstyle, commitment and enjoyment, main-taining its character and standards overmore than twenty years.

Peter Broadbent – founding conductor of the JCS is one of Britain’s leading choralconductors, particularly noted for hisattention to style and communication. He has been awarded the Pro CulturaHungarica medal in recognition of his workfor Anglo/Hungarian musical relations.

∆ Tickets are £13.50, £15.50, £19.50, £24.50, Premium Seats £29.50, Saver Seats £9.50. For ticketingenquiries please contact the Box Office on 020 7520 1490 or visit www.kingsplace.co.uk for online booking.Please note that online booking closes 90 minutes prior to the start of the performance.

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Ferenc Liszt: Ave Maria I Ave, verum corpus

Miklós Csemiczky: Ave Maria in E

György Orbán: Ave, verum corpus

Ferenc Liszt: Five Hungarian Folksongs for Piano

Béla Bartók: Four Hungarian folksongs for Mixed Chorus

Zoltán Kodály: Liszt Ferenchez (Ode to Liszt)

Ferenc Liszt: Hymne de l’enfant à son réveil (A child’s hymn on awakening)

Ferenc Farkas: Aubade (13th Century Troubadour Melody) Alkony (Dusk)

Zoltán Kodály: Alkony (Dusk)Este (Evening)

György Ligeti: Éjszaka (Night) Reggel (Morning)

Ferenc Liszt: Sonnetto del Petrarca 104 for Piano

Ferenc Farkas: Sonnetto CCCXXXIII di Petrarca for Mixed Chorus

János Vajda: Alleluja


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11 Friday | 28 January | 8 pm

≥ Hall Two, Kings Place – 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

e LISZT BICENTENARY FOLK UNION

the roots of ferenc liszt’s hungarian rhapsodies

The Jánosi Ensemble (World Music)

Ferenc Liszt’s Hungarian rhapsodies generated many debates even during the life of the great master. This programme casts a fresh light on these pieces through introducing the contemporary musical world of the 19th century which is significantlyreflected in Liszt’s rhapsodies.The programme features dance music of the 18th century, ‘verbunkos’ (army recruitingmusic and dance), folk-influenced songs of the Reform Period, folk songs and gypsymusic which inspired Liszt as well.

The Jánosi Ensemble was formed in 1975 and has given concerts, among others, in London, Cologne, Milan (Teatro Lirico), Bath, New York (Lincoln Center), Paris (Cite de la Musique), Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Warsaw, Athens, Berlin, Istanbulsince then. Their last appearance in the UK was at the Southbank Centre (QueenElisabeth Hall) in November 2009. They usually play at dance-houses, folk dance clubs, educational programmes, programmes for children and also take part in stageperformances. They are one of those musicians who started the dance house move-ment in Hungary. Their repertoire presents the latest results of musical research.They bring the centuries old tradition of Hungarian instrumental music to London.

∆ Tickets are £9.50. For ticketing enquiries please contact the Box Office on 020 7520 1490 or visitwww.kingsplace.co.uk for online booking.

programme

Dance music of the 18th century

Verbunkos (army recruiting music and dance)

Folk influenced songs of the Reform Period

Folk music

Gypsy music

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Saturday | 29 January | 6 pm≥ Hall One, Kings Place – 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

e LISZT BICENTENARY

Trinity Laban – Piano work by TL student composer with TL dance students

Music and dance students (Trinity Laban)The Solstice Quartet (Trinity Laban Richard Carne Junior Fellows)

The younger generation’s take on Liszt's works, performingnewly-choreographed dance pieces based on Liszt's music. A collaboration between students from the Trinity College of Music keyboard faculty and Trinity Laban, the UK's first combined conservatoire of music and contemporary dance.

∆ Tickets are £9.50, £14.50, Saver Seats £6.50. 50% off tickets for this concert when booked with the 7.30Liszt, the Travelling Virtuoso concert. Excludes Premium and Saver Seats. For ticketing enquiries please contact the Box Office on 020 7520 1490 or visit www.kingsplace.co.uk

Saturday | 29 January | 7.30 pm≥ Hall One, Kings Place – 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

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liszt – the travelling virtuoso: a recital by dénes várjon

Dénes Várjon (piano)

Dénes Várjon is a regular guest at the most pres-tigious International Festivals such as SalzburgerFestspiele, Lucerne Festival, Schleswig-HolsteinMusik-Festival, Biennale di Venezia, MarlboroFestival (USA), Klavierfestival Ruhr, KunstfestWeimar, and Edinburgh Festival. He is invited to András Schiff’s and Heinz Holliger’s IttingerKonzerttage in Switzerland every year and enjoysa longstanding relationship with the Open ChamberMusic-Prussia Cove (UK). He has performed with major orchestras such as The Camerata Salzburg, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the Radio SymphonyOrchestra Berlin, the Orchestre Philharmoniquede Strasbourg, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe,the Bremen Philharmonic, the AmericanSymphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National

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Dohnányi:• Piano Quintet No. 2

in E flat minor, Op. 26Liszt & Ligeti:• Solo piano works• New work for piano

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du Capitole de Toulouse, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Gidon Kremer’s KremerataBaltica. He has worked together with conductors like Sándor Végh and Horst Stein

and is currently working with conductors such as HeinzHolliger, Ádám Fischer, Leopold Hager, Iván Fischer,Hubert Soudant, Peter Rundel, Thomas Zehetmair andmany more.

Dénes Várjon is deeply committed to chamber music and is partner of artists like Steven Isserlis, LeonidasKavakos, Miklós Pérenyi, András Schiff, Joshua Bell,Radovan Vlatkovic, Tabea Zimmermann, the Carmina, the Takács, the Keller and the Endellion quartets, as wellas the Ensemble Wien-Berlin. He also appears regularlywith his wife Izabella Simon playing four hands and twopianos recitals together. Dénes Várjon enjoys a very

intensive cooperation with the German composer Jörg Widmann, just as with theoboist and composer Heinz Holliger. They look retrospectively at a lot of triumphantprojects and look forward to some in the following seasons.

∆ Tickets are £14.50, £19.50, £24.50, £29.50, Premium Seats £34.50, Saver Seats £9.50. For ticketingenquiries please contact the Box Office on 020 7520 1490 or visit www.kingsplace.co.uk for online booking.


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Ferenc Liszt:

• Sposalizio• Sonetto 104 del Petrarca• Schlaflos! Frage und Antwort• Valse oubliée No.1• Jeux deux de la Villa d'Este• Sursum Corda• Piano Sonata in B minor

(Klaviersonata in h-Moll)

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Thursday | 27 January | 7.30 pm≥ Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall

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bartók-series

Infernal Dance: Inside the World of Béla Bartók

Esa-Pekka Salonen and the PhilharmoniaOrchestra begin their year-long, pan-European exploration of the life andmusic of Béla Bartók in January atSouthbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.The series, which includes 20 concerts in 11 European cities, features all ofBartók’s main orchestral works as well as a very special semi-staged perform-ance of his only opera, Duke Bluebeard’sCastle. The project also includes chamberevents, a study day, a major series ofonline resources including more than adozen new short documentary films, andperformances by the leading Hungarianfolk group Muzsikás.

The series brings together many of the leading exponents of Bartók’s music, togetherwith academics, musicologists and archive and museum curators based in both Europeand the USA. The Takács Quartet will be performing all of Bartók’s string quartetsover two evenings in October 2011 as part of the Southbank Centre InternationalChamber Music Season. Orchestral soloists include Yefim Bronfman, who performsall three piano concertos between January and November, Christian Tetzlaff, and Sir John Tomlinson and Measha Brueggergosman, who take the roles of Bluebeardand Judith in Duke Bluebeard’s Castle.

Series Consultant and leading Bartók scholar Professor Malcolm Gillies has broughttogether a group of international specialists in Bartók’s life and music to write articlesand to contribute to a considerable body of new documentary films. The leadingHungarian folk ensemble Muzsikás will also be performing in both London and at The Anvil Basingstoke.

The series begins in London on 27 January with a performance of Kossuth, the FirstPiano Concerto and the complete score to The Miraculous Mandarin.

∆ Tickets from £8 to £45 – for more information and to book tickets please call 0800 652 6717.Visit www.philharmonia.co.uk/bartok for full details of all concerts in the series, as well as to watch documentary films about the composer and his life and to find out more about the series.

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1 Wednesday | 16 February≥ St. John’s, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA

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The Marmara Trio

The Marmara Trio also has an event on 16 January, please see details about the artists and the event on Page 05.


Thursday | 17 February≥ Middlesex University

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The Marmara Trio

Workshop: Rehearsal process as Research – Ravel’s Piano Trio in A minor

The Marmara Trio also has an event on 16 January, please see details about the artists and the event on Page 05.


Thursday | 17 February | 7 pm≥ Hungarian Cultural Centre

e FILM CLUB valentine’s day screening

Three weddings (3 esküvô, 2009)directed by Anna Kis, Viktor Oszkár Nagy and Klára Trencsényi

This string of short documentaries was commissioned by the European CommissionRepresentation in Hungary for the 2010 European Year of Combating Poverty andSocial Exclusion. We screen these three unusual love stories on the occasion ofValentine’s Day about cross cultural relationships in Hungary.The three intimate documentaries explore the issues of immigration and integration inpresent-day Hungary. Each film was directed by different directors which lends eachpart a different viewpoint, visual experience and style. Director Anna Kis presents the


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Beethoven :Triple Concerto Op.56 in C major

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Debussy: Piano Trio in GFauré: Piano Trio in DRavel: Piano Trio in A

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story of Zsuzsa and her Muslimhusband Mubarak. In ViktorOszkár Nagy’s film we find outabout Zsuzsa and the Indian Sanju,who decided to get married aftertwo months of internet dating – without ever having met eachother before. Klára Trencsényi’s

film not only explores the challenges of cultural differences but the challenges of an age difference of twenty years in the story of Elena and her young Cuban husband.

The film screening will be followed by a conversation with one of the directors, Viktor Oszkár Nagy and intercultural couples.

∆ Free. For reservations, please call 020 72406162 or e-mail [email protected]

Sunday | 20 February | 8 pm≥ The Underworld, 174 Camden High Street, London NW1 0NE

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Heaven Street Seven presented by Drum & Monkey

In 1995 after years of planningand playing acoustic tea housegigs, as well as several amateurdemo recordings made in thegirls’ shower at college, theband known as Heaven StreetSeven was formed. During thepast fifteen years, HeavenStreet Seven shared the stagewith REM, Radiohead, Morrisseyand The Church. In 2006 theirwork received European recognition not only by fans but by the critics, as the bandwon the highly prestigious European Breakthrough Award in Cannes, France.

Heaven Street Seven appears in London in a live gig for the first time. As pioneers ofthe indie, pop-rock genre in Hungary and with various English songs on their repertoirethey have a lot to offer to the international crowd of the London music scene.

∆ Advanced tickets for £10 (offer ends on 1 January) / £15, available in Nemesis Tattoo and PaprikaStore or online at www.gigantic.com | www.drumandmonkey.org

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The HCC team:

Dr Ildikó Takács | DirectorDávid Kerényi | Finance Manager

Szilvia Csányi | Head of Administration and Referee of Education Gyöngyi Végh | Head of Programming and Communications

Hanna Kiss | Consultant, Visual Art Judit Kôrös | Consultant, Information Service and Film Events

Dr Gábor Egri | Senior Consultant, MusicPéter Pallai | Jazz Consultant

If you are interested in joining the Friends of the Hungarian Cultural Centre please contact Ruth and Robert Wing on 020 7351 7653 or email [email protected]

The Reading Room, our Information Service and the rental of video films are available on Mondays and Thursdays between 11 am and 7 pm.

For more information, please call our information consultant, Judit Kôrös.

The information in this brochure is believed correct at the time of going to press, but as this may be three months or more before the events take place, we strongly advise

you to confirm dates, times and availability before setting out for any particular event. The HCC reserves the right to alter artists or programme details as necessary.

Hungarian Cultural Centre10 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7NA

Tel: 020 7240 8448 • Fax: 020 7240 4847 • Message: 020 7240 6162e-mail:[email protected]

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Please note that most of our events are now sheduled to start at 7 pm. In the future please email [email protected] for reservations.

If you wish to receive more information about our upcoming events, pleasesend an e-mail to [email protected]. Thank you for your interest. �

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10 Maiden LaneCovent GardenLondon WC2E 7NA

Tel: 020 7240 8448Fax: 020 7240 4847Message: 020 7240 6162

[email protected]

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Documents

liszt bicentenary duets

ferenc liszt

ferencliszts bicentenary

concert takcs quartet26

concert infernal dance

royal festival hall

amazing exhibition

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