In this series
Concerto Budapest
invites the most innovative personalities of our time to Hungary, who are not only
creative artists, performers and composers
, but also influential thinkers trying to find answers through their versatile art to questions of the present. A novelty in Hungary, the concert orchestra series endeavors to present a global picture of music in Europe and the world in order to familiarize Hungarian concertgoers with current trends, so that they don’t have to wait years to hear artists of outstanding talent.
Haydn: Symphony No. 49 in F minor (Hob. 1) “La Passione”
M. Weinberg: Concerto for Violin Op. 67
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Solo artist:
Gidon Kremer
Conductor:
András Keller
The guest artist of the evening is
Gidon Kremer
, the apostle of 20th century music. Kremer has an extraordinarily wide repertoire ranging from
Antonio Vivaldi and J.S. Bach
to contemporary composers. Several modern artists have dedicated certain pieces to him specifically, and the illustrious group of artists he’s played with in concert include
Kim Kashkashian, Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė, Valery Afanassiev, Martha Argerich, Oleg Maisenberg and Mischa Maisky
. It proves his versatility that he’s played the role of
Paganini
in
Peter Schamoni
’s 1983 film
Frühlingssinfonie
and he was the music director for the movie
Le joueur du violon
.
The first piece of the concert will be
Franz Joseph Haydn
’s Symphony No. 49 in F minor, followed by
Mieczysław Weinberg
’s Concerto for Violin - a piece of Russian music performed undeservedly rarely. The violin definitely takes center stage in the piece to be played on February 14, so hearing the solo parts in the rendition of Gidon Kremer, a deft performer of Weinberg’s works, will be an unforgettable experience. The evening will come to an end with Beethoven’s shortest symphony, No. 8.
