IX. Summerfest – Flashback
13-14 July House of Music, Hungary
Grand Opening – The Young Barbarians
3 performances in 2 days, all of them with full house 900 hundred people in the audience
A production about the life of Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály by the Hungarian State Theatre of Cluj-Napoca based on a text by Miklós H. Vecsei.
Directed by Attila Vidnyánszky Jr. with English subtitles
photos by Andrea Felvégi and János Posztós
15 July, Dohány Street Synagogue
In Memory of the Hungarian Holocaust “80”
Selections from Petri, Eszterházy, Kertész, Radnóti, Ady by Zoltán Bezerédi, Gabriella Hámori
Ravel: Kaddish
Barnabas Kelemen (violin), Katalin Kokas (viola)
Kaddish for Solo Voice
László Fekete
Bruch: Kol Nidrei
Jens Peter Maintz (cello)
Bloch: Abodah
Orsolya Korcsolán (violin)
Prayer with Bach
Thomas Dunford
Bartók: 44 Duos – Selections
Katalin Kokas, Vilde Frang (violin)
Bloch: Baal Shem – Nigun
Shlomo Mintz (violin)
Ensemble formed by students of the FAB masterclass
Conductor: Dmitry Sitkovetsky
Szól a kakas már – paraphrase
Miklós Lukács (cymbal)
Mendelssohn: Octet
Barnabás Kelemen, Katalin Kokas, Alissa Margulis, Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin) Maxim Rysanov, Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (viola) Jens Peter Maintz, Kyril Zlotnikov (cello)
Hulusination-Prayer
Söndörgő
photos by Andrea Felvégi
16 July, St. Teresa the Great Church
Prayer with Bach and Vivaldi
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, No. 3
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Tivadar Mohácsi (double bass) Levente Gyöngyösi (harpshichord) and the chamber orchestra of the FAB masterclass students
Competition of instruments from the Hungarian Violin Makers’ Association and the Wine and Violin
Vivaldi Lute Concerto in D major
Barnabas Kelemen, Katalin Kokas (violin), You Wu (cello), Tivadar Mohácsi (double bass) and Thomas Dunford
Bach Brandenburg Concertos, No. 6
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Tivadar Mohácsi (double bass) Levente Gyöngyösi (harpshichord) and the chamber orchestra of the FAB masterclass students
photos by János Posztós
17 July, St. Francis of Assisi Church
Prayer with Shostakovich and Strauss
Shostakovich Octet
Boris Brovtsyn, Maya Kasprzak, Gáspár Kelemen, Yume Tomita (violin) Nora Romanoff- Schwarzberg, Jelisaveta Čivović (viola), László Fenyő, Péter Massányi (cello)
Strauss Metamorphoses
Katalin Kokas, Orsolya Korcsolán (violin), Razvan Popovici, Nora Romanoff- Schwarzberg (viola), László Fenyő, Dora Kokas (cello), Jenő Puporka (double bass)
photos by Andrea Felvégi
Poems by Szécsi Margit and Weöres Sándor
Piroska Molnár (actress)
Eötvös: A Call
Orsolya Korcsolán (violin)
Bartók: String Quartet No. 5
Barnabas Kelemen, Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin), Katalin Kokas (viola), Vashti Hunter (cello)
Miklós Lukács: Aura – Hommàge e Péter Eötvös
Miklós Lukács (cymbal)
Schnittke: Violin Sonata No. 1
Alissa Margulis (violin), Gábor Csalog pianist (piano)
Kurtág: Signs, Games, and Messages
Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin)
Schönberg: 1st Chamber Symphony
Latica Honda-Rosenberg (violin), Noemi Gyori (flute) Matthew Hunt (clarinet), Dora Kokas (cello), Alexander Lonquich (piano)
Eötvös: Thunder
Szabolcs Joó (timpani)
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photos by János Posztós
19 July, Liszt Academy, Solti Hall
Viva La Winds
Mozart: Sonata in E minor
Barnabas Kelemen (violin) Gloria Campaner (piano)
Brahms: Horn trio
Tatiana Samouil (violin), Jose Vicente Castello (horn), Maria Meerovitch (piano)
Beethoven: Septet in E-flat Major
Barnabas Kelemen (violin) Katalin Kokas (viola), You Wu (cello) Tivadar Mohácsi Jr. (double bass), Matthew Hunt (clarinet) Tamás Benkócs (bassoon), Jose Vicente Castello (horn)
photos by Andrea Felvégi
20 July, Liszt Academy, Grand Hall
The Four Seasons, Baricco, Trout
Schubert: The Trout
Johannes Held (bariton), Gábor Csalog (piano)
Baricco and the art of Italian literature
Alexander Lonquich and Alessandro Baricco
Schubert Piano Quintet in A major „The Trout”
Kristóf Baráti (violin) Razvan Popovici(viola) Vashti Hunter (cello) Jenő Puporka (double bass), Gloria Campaner (piano)
Vivaldi The Four Seasons with the original sonetts by Vivaldi
Katalin Kokas, Barnabas Kelemen, Gáspár Kelemen (violin) Előd Soós (viola), Dora Kokas (cello) Jenő Puporka (double bass) Helga Váradi (harpshichord) Hanna Kelemen (actress)
photos by János Posztós
21 July, Zeneakadémia / Liszt Academy, Grand Hall
Bach, Brahms – Grand Finale
J. S. Bach: A minor Concerto for Four Keyboards, BWV 1065
Alexander Lonquich, Gábor Csalog pianist, Maria Meerovitch, Gloria Campaner (piano)
Orchestra formed by students from the FAB masterclass
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Matthew Hunt (clarinet), Boris Brovtsyn, Katalin Kokas (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Dora Kokas (cello)
Bach: Two-Part Inventions – excerpts
Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin), Vashti Hunter- Cellist (cello)
Bach: Goldberg Variations – excerpts
Boris Brovtsyn (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Dóra Kokas (cello)
Brahms: Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8
Barnabas Kelemen (violin), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Alexander Lonquich (piano)
photos by János Posztós