Izabella Simon, Dénes Várjon & Friends
Curatorial Weekend in the House of Music Hungary.
Curatorial Weekend in the House of Music Hungary.
I’m jumping in to Festivalta, performing Bridge Piano Quartet, Amy Beach Piano Quintet, Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht, Bach 1st solo suite, a Haydn Flute Quartet, Lili Boulanger D’un matin de printemps (trio version) and Enescu Octet! Wishing dear Torleif Thedéen a speedy and complete recovery!
Nana Forte (*1981)
Vokalzyklus auf Texte von France Prešeren UA
für Violoncello Solo und Vokalensemble
https://frankfurter-goethe-haus.de/termine/-/veranstaltung-1281/1281/2023-10-14/1408
World premiere
Nana Forte: Povodni mož
Vokalzyklus auf den Text „Der Wassermann“ von France Prešeren
für Violoncello solo und Vokalensemble
Our OCM tour is ending in Wigmore Hall!
Very happy to be back in this special place! Excited to join the autumn tour for the first time:
Sunday 1 October, 3pm St John’s Church, Truro, Cornwall
Monday 2 October, 7.30pm St Swithins Walcot, Bath
Tuesday 3 October, 7.30pm Champs Hill, West Sussex
Wednesday 4 October, 7.30pm West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
Schumann: 6 Pieces in Canonic Form, Op.56 for Piano Trio (arr. Kirchner)
Enescu: Piano Quartet No. 2 in D minor, Op.30
with Ulrike-Anima Mathé, Meesun Hong Coleman - violin
Shira Majoni - viola
Noam Greenberg - piano
Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet in c-minor Op. 1/1
with Martina Consonni (piano), Stephen Kim (violin), Hayang Park (viola)
Mozart: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K.493
with Julius Asal (piano), Hana Chang (violin), Weronika Dziadek, (viola)
Birthday concert with my father!
Programme:
Csaba Szabó: Youth String Quartet – Scherzo
Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C-major, Hob. VIIB:1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4 in C-major, Op. 102/1
Intermission
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C-major, D. 956
Péter Szabó, Ildikó Szabó - cello
Tímea Iván, Noémi Molnár - violin
Barna Juhász - viola
Zsolt Fejérvári - double bass
István Lajkó - piano
Ágnes Várallyay - harpsichord
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)
Bachianas Brasileiras Nr. 5
István Várdai, Violoncello
Ella van Poucke, Violoncello
Pablo Ferrández, Violoncello
Kian Soltani, Violoncello
LiLa, Violoncello
Gabriel Schwabe, Violoncello
Ildikó Szabó, Violoncello
Erica Piccotti, Violoncello
Katharina Konradi, Sopran
Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951)
„Verklärte Nacht“ d-Moll für Streichsextett op. 4
Itamar Zorman, Violine
Irène Duval, Violine
Peijun Xu, Viola
Sindy Mohamed, Viola
Ildikó Szabó, Violoncello
Harriet Krijgh, Violoncello
Happy to be part of the Prokofiev Marathon! Every year Müpa Budapest and the Budapest Festival Orchestra dedicate a marathon to a composer - concerts are taking place all day. The programming selects from the concert hall genres making efforts to place equal emphasis on celebrating known works and discovering those that are less familiar.
I will be performing the Ballade for cello and piano Op. 15 with pianist István Lajkó and the Solo Sonata in C-sharp minor Op. 134
Beethoven: 6th Symphony “Pastorale” as string sextet
Hindemith: “Des Todes Tod” for female voice, 2 violas & 2 cellos
Anniversaries: Kodály 140
Playing the Solo Sonata Op. 8 and the Duo Op. 7 with Stephen Waarts.
Happy to be part of the Strauss Marathon! Every year at the end of January, Müpa Budapest and the Budapest Festival Orchestra dedicate a marathon to a composer - concerts are taking place all day. The programming selects from the concert hall genres making efforts to place equal emphasis on celebrating known works and discovering those that are less familiar.
I will be performing the Sonata Op. 6 with pianist István Lajkó.
Teaching and playing in Heiligendamm - a special residence
Young Academy Rostock meets Kronberg
Read here more about the project
Classes take place at the Grand Hotel Heiligendamm
Concert takes place on 26th October, 20:00 | Festsaal im Großherzoglichen Salongebäude Bad Doberan
Performing Beethoven and Brahms with Lilit Grigoryan and Valeriy Sokolov
Performing Brahms and Zemlinsky trios alongside Gottlieb Wallisch and Kilian Herold.
The concert will be streamed live on facebook and YouTube and will be available seven days after the concert.
Performing at the Kronberg Academy Festival “Frau macht Musik”
Adriana Hölszky (*1953)
„Wolke und Mond“ for Violoncello and Accordion
with the fantastic Claudia Buder!
I’m teaching this summer in Budapest alongside with fantastic violinist Virginie Robilliard and István Lajkó pianist! Students receive 5 lessons within the masterclass week, there will be concerts, podium talk about stage fright and mental health, and yoga!
I’m back at the Liszt Academy Budapest, playing with my friends, violinist Miriam Helms Ålien and pianist István Lajkó. Due to the pandemic a streamed only concert from the Grand Hall.
Haydn: Piano Trio No. 39 in G major, Hob. XV:25
Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (Jose Bragato's transcription)
INTERMISSION
Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 (‘Dumky’)
I’m happy to return to the Liszt Academy Budapest for another great project!
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8
Shostakovich: Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, Op. 127
intermission
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Miriam Helms Ålien - violin
István Lajkó - piano
Eleanor Lyons - soprano
Performing works by Felix and Fanny at the opening concert of the Mendelssohntage in Aarau, Switzerland!
Returning to Open Chamber Music Prussia Cove on the invitation of Steven Isserlis!
Playing Dvorak String Sextet and Dohnányi Serenade.
Playing a duo-evening with violinist Miriam Helms Alien. Works by Ravel, Schulhoff, and Kodály.
It was a privilege to perform Boccherini and Mozart at the annual summer concert of the German Foundation of Musical Life, which was also attended by Bundestagspräsident Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble.
Thanks to the invitation of Harriet Krijgh I spent some amazing days in Burg Feistritz (Austria) playing chamber music with incredible colleagues.
18th July:
Brahms G-major Sextet
with
William Hagen, Candida Thompson - violin
Georgy Kovalev, Pauline Sachse - viola
Harriet Krijgh - cello
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19th July:
Chausson: Chanson perpétuelle
with
Britta Schwarz - mezzosopran
Candida Thompson, William Hagen - violin
Pauline Sachse - viola
Daniel Heide - piano
Schubert: Quintet
with
Candida Thompson, William Hagen - violin
Pauline Sachse - viola
Harriet Krijgh - cello
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20th July:
Popper: Requiem
with
Brendan Goh, Harriet Krijgh - cello
Chizu Miyamoto - piano
Dvorak: Sextet
with
Candida Thompson, Emil Grubert - violin
Pauline Sachse, Georgy Kovalev - viola
Harriet Krijgh - cello
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21st July
Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet
with
Johannes Fleischmann - violin
Georgy Kovalev - viola
Dominik Wagner - double bass
Daniel Heide - piano
Mendelssohn: Octet
with
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, Candida Thompson, Johannes Fleischmann, William Hagen - violin
Georgy Kovalev, Pauline Sachse - viola
Harriet Krijgh - cello
"Take Brahms" concert series in the Urania National Film Theatre.
4th concert: String Sextets
B flat major Op. 18
G-major Op. 36
with
Vilmos Oláh - violin
Pál Jász - violin
Gábor Sipos - viola
Gyözö Máté - viola
Péter Szabó - cello
At the invitation of Steven Isserlis I had the privilege to participate at the Open Chamber Music Festival of the IMS Prussia Cove.
Dreams do come true - it was a fantastic opportunity to work, and perform with Ferenc Rados.
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) Piano Trio No.3 in G minor Op.110
William Hagen, violin; Ildikó Szabó, cello; Ferenc Rados, piano
Besides Schumann, I got to work with inspiring young colleagues on the Fauré Piano Quartet in c-minor!