18-21. February 2021.
Budapest Music Center
Liszt Academy
Müpa Budapest



Budapest Music Center is celebrating György Kurtág on the occasion of his 95th birthday with the Kurtág 95 Online Festival between February 18–21, 2021. Kurtág is considered to be one of the greatest contemporary composers whose unmistakably concise masterpieces capture infinity with only a handful of notes. The festival's four concert nights will be available as free online streams on BMC's website, and on the websites of the festival's partners, Müpa Budapest and the Liszt Academy of Music.

Kurtág 95 full program:

18 February 2021. 7:30 pm (CET)

Meeting of Generations: Ligeti – Kurtág – Eötvös

19 February 2021. 7:30 pm (CET)

Petite musique solennelle – Birthday Concert for György Kurtág

20 February 2021. 7:30 pm (CET)

Messages and Games – Scenes from the lives of György and Márta Kurtág

21 February 2021. 7:30 pm (CET)

Kurtág 95 – Szőllősy 100


On the occasion of his birthday, BMC Records is honoring the 95-year-old György Kurtág with a new record release: on February 19, a new recording of one of the composer's most significant works The Sayings of Péter Bornemisza, will be released. To accomodate with the work on the recording, Kurtág’s voice prepares the listener: in his performance, the Protestant preacher’s scattered lines of faith are especially strong. The Sayings of Péter Bornemisza are not only about the power of expression - one can also recognize in it the genesis of a composer's thinking engaged with the singing voice. The piece - which is so rarely performed due to it's technical difficulties - is interpreted by American soprano Tony Arnold and pianist Gábor Csalog.


Info:
bmc.hu