Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

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Wednesday, December 4, 2024 - 7:30 PM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director: István Várdai
Concertmaster: Peter Tfirst
Soloist: Roman Simovic (violin)

 

Programme
Liszt: Mephisto-Waltz No. 1 for string quartet - transcription by Devich Sándor
Shostakovich: Sonata for Violin, Percussion and String Orchestra, Op. 134 - transcription by Mikhail Zinman and Andrei Pushkarev

 

Interval

 

Brahms: String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111 - performed by string orchestra

 

 

Thursday, January 23, 2025 - 7:30 PM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director: István Várdai
Concertmaster: Peter Tfirst
Soloist: Lucienne Renaudin Vary (trumpet)

 

Programme
A. Marcello: Trumpet Concerto in D minor
Haydn: Symphony No. 49 in F Minor "La Passione", Hob. I: 49

 

Interval

 

Beethoven: Grosse Fuge in B-flat major, Op. 133
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, Hob. VIIe: 1

 

 

Monday, February 24, 2025 - 7:30 PM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director: István Várdai
Concertmaster: Peter Tfirst
Soloists: Abouzahra Amira, Abouzahra Mariam (violin)
Conductor and Soloist: Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin)

 

Programme
Bach: Concerto for Three Violins in D major, BWV 1064R
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor

 

Interval

 

Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - rearranged for violin and string orchestra by Dmitry Sitkovetsky

 

 

Thursday, March 20, 2025 - 7:30 PM
Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director and Collaborator: István Várdai (cello)
Concertmaster: Péter Tfirst
Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director and Concertmaster: László G. Horváth

 

Programme
Ollie Mustonen: No. 1
Weinberg: Concertino for Cello and String Orchestra, Op. 43b

 

Interval

 

Bartók: Music for Stringed Instruments, Percussion, and Celesta

 

 

Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 7:30 PM
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Artistic Director: István Várdai
Concertmaster: Peter Tfirst
Soloist: Zoltán Fejérvári (piano)

 

Programme
Veress: Four Transylvanian Dances
Veress: Piano Concerto

 

Interval

 

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - arranged for strings and percussion

Franz Liszt Academy of Music

The Liszt Academy of Music (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem, often abbreviated as Zeneakadémia, "Music Academy") is a concert hall and music conservatory in Budapest, Hungary, founded on November 14, 1875. It is home to the Liszt Collection, which features several valuable books and manuscripts donated by Franz Liszt upon his death, and the AVISO studio, a collaboration between the governments of Hungary and Japan to provide sound recording equipment and training for students.

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