X. Summerfest
2025 July 18-28

July 18th - X. Summerfest Anniversary Opening Concert
18:00, Liszt Academy – Grand Hall
• Mihály Vörösmarty: Thoughts in the Library
Zoltán Bezerédi
• Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D major (“Grosso mogul”, RV 208
Daniil Bulayev, Gáspár Kelemen, Leonhard Baumgartner, Maya Kasprzak, Mariam Abouzahra, Coco Tomita, Alice Lee – violin
Barnabás Kelemen, Razvan Popovici, Katalin Kokas – viola
Ditta Rohmann, Flóra Csőke, Balázs Dolfin – cello
Thomas Dunford – lute
Fanni Edőcs – harpsichord
• Nino Rota: Divertimento Concertante for Double Bass and Orchestra – IV. Allegro Marcato
Strahinja Mitrović – double bass
Concerto Budapest
Conductor: Keller András
• Mozart: Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491
Pei Lin Oisin Pu – piano
Concerto Budapest
Conductor: Keller András
intermission
• Dohnányi: Violin Concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 27
Boris Brovtsyn – violin
Concerto Budapest
Conductor: Keller András
• Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, op. 33
László Fenyő – cello
Concerto Budapest
Conductor: Keller András
July 19th - Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf, Breakpoints, Time Portal, Jam Session
11:00, Liszt Academy – Grand Hall
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf with Eszter Csákányi
• Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Katalin Kokas, Mariam Abouzahra – violin, Maxim Rysanov – viola, Dóra Kokas – cello, Strahinja Mitrović – double bass, Noémi Győri – flute, Fruzsina Káli-Fonyódi – oboe, Csaba Klenyán – clarinet, Gábor Devecsai – trumpet, János Benyus, Péter Benyus, Máté Hamar – horn, Róbert Stürzenbaum – trombone, Jácint-Yuuka Hayashi-Kelemen, Szabolcs Joó – percussion
15:00, Liszt Academy – Solti Hall
Breakpoints
• Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet, K019
Alice Lee, Mariam Abouzahra – violin
Előd Soós – viola
Balázs Dolfin – cello
• Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor, op. 13
Gáspár Kelemen, Maya Kasprzak – violin, Enpei Zhu – viola, Laura Ruo-An Lin – cello
• Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, op. 44
Mariam Abouzahra, Alice Lee – violin,
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg – viola,
Ditta Rohmann – cello, János Palojtay – piano
18:00, Grand Hall
Time Portal
• Telemann: Concerto in D major for Three Trumpets and Timpani, TWV 54:D4
Filippo Lombardi, Bence Fleischer, Sergei Nakariakov – trumpet
Szabolcs Joó – timpani
Abigél Králik – violin
Fanni Edőcs – harpsichord
Thomas Dunford – lute
• Brahms: String Sextet no. 2 in G major, op. 36
Barnabás Kelemen, Mariam Abouzahra– violin
Maxim Rysanov, Katalin Kokas – viola
László Fenyő, Dóra Kokas – cello
intermission
• Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Salamon Eredics, Anekke Boeke – recorder
Barnabás Kelemen – solo violin
Katalin Kokas, Maya Kasprzak – concertmaster
Razvan Popovici – viola
Ditta Rohmann – cello
Strahinja Mitrović – double bass
Fanni Edőcs – harpsichord
Thomas Dunford – lute
• Mustonen: Nonet No. 2
Júlia Pusker, Alissa Margulis, Abigél Králik, Orsolya Korcsolán – violin
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg, Razvan Popovici – viola
Enrico Bronzi, Balázs Dolfin – cello
Strahinja Mitrović – double bass
21:30, Budapest Jazz Club
• Jam Session
Lajos Sárközy Jr. and his band, Hanna Kelemen
July 20th - A day with Shostakovich
11:00, Liszt Academy – Solti Hall
• Shostakovich: Piano Trio no. 1 in C minor, op. 8
Leonhard Baumgartner – violin
Mon-Puo Lee – cello
Gábor Csalog – piano
15:00, Grand Hall
• Shostakovich: Seven Romances on Poems by Alexander Blok, op. 127
Pál Mácsai
Polina Pasztircsák– soprano
Abigél Králik – violin
Ditta Rohmann – cello
Gábor Csalog – piano
• Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello and Piano, op. 40
Dóra Kokas – cello
Diana Ketler – piano
• Shostakovich: Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano
Alissa Margulis – violin
Coco Tomita – violin
András Lakatos – piano
• Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 8, in C minor, op. 110
Boris Brovtsyn, Katalin Kokas – violin
Barnabás Kelemen – viola
László Fenyő – cello
19:00, Grand Hall
• Shostakovich: Jazz Suite no. 1
Conductor: Maxim Rysanov
Barnabás Kelemen – violin
Kristóf Havasi, Ábris Kocsi, Mátyás Katrin – saxophone
Sergei Nakariakov, Filippo Lombardi – trumpet
Róbert Stürzenbaum – trombone
Szabolcs Joó – percussion
János Tóth Jr. – banjo / Hawaiian guitar
János Palojtay – piano
Strahinja Mitrović – double bass
• Shostakovich: Two Pieces for String Octet, op. 11
Boris Brovtsyn, Maya Kasprzak, Gáspár Kelemen, Alexey Styschkin – violin
Razvan Popovici, Bojana Serovic – viola
László Fenyő, Flóra Csőke – cello
• Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1
Anima Musicae
Conductor: Maxim Rysanov
Maria Meerovich – piano
Sergei Nakariakov – trumpet
Orsolya Korcsolán – 1st violin
Előd Soós – viola
Dóra Kokas – cello
Strahinja Mitrović – double bass
• Literary Reading: excerpts from Shostakovich’s letters and the biography Testimony
Pál Mácsai
• Shostakovich: Viola Sonata, op. 147
Maxim Rysanov – viola
Pei Lin Oisin Pu – piano
July 21st - The Romantic double six
19:00, Liszt Academy – Solti Hall
• Brahms: String Sextet no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 18
Tatiana Samouil – violin
Abigél Králik – violin
Mathis Rochat – viola
Előd Soós – viola
Enrico Bronzi – cello
Mon-Puo Lee – cello
intermission
• Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70
Daniil Bulayev – violin
ALice Lee – violin
Maxim Rysanov – viola
Gáspár Kelemen– viola
Dóra Kokas – cello
Mon-Puo Lee – cello
21:30, Széchenyi Spa
BachBeatlesBalkan Bath
Thomas Dunford and the Jupiter Ensemble, Söndörgő Band
July 22nd - Kaddish-To remember and remembered “80”
16:00 – BMC
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D minor, op. 49
Coco Tomita – violin
Mon-Puo Lee – cello
Mihály Boros – piano
17:00 – BMC
Kaddish: The Prayer of the Rememberers – A joint production with the Kertész Institute, Script by Zsolna Ugron
Katalin Kokas – violin, viola
Barnabás Kelemen – violin, viola
Miklós Lukács – cimbalom
Salamon Eredics – accordion
Dávid Eredics – clarinet
Actors:
Hanna Kelemen
Sebestyén László Szabó
19:00 – BMC
Contemporary Works Inspired by the Holocaust
Iván Madarász: Talisman
Éva Osztrosits – violin
Mathis Rochat – viola
Noémi Győri – flute
Pavel Haas: Quartet
Tatiana Samouil – violin
Orsolya Korcsolán – violin
Mathis Rochat – viola
Christian-Pierre La Marca– cello
July 23rd - Best of 20th Century – Vol. 1
19:00, Liszt Academy – Solti Hall
• Bartók: Violin Sonata no. 1, BB 84
Gáspár Kelemen – violin
Pei Lin Oisin Pu – piano
• Lutosławski: Partita for Violin and Piano
Júlia Pusker – violin
Diana Ketler – piano
intermission
• Stravinsky: Divertimento for Violin and Piano (Le baiser de la fée)
Maya Kasprzak – violin
Maria Meerovich – piano
• Poulenc: Violin Sonata, FP 119
Alexey Styschkin – violin
Péter Nagy – piano
• Debussy: Cello Sonata, L. 135
László Fenyő – cello
José Gallardo – piano
July 24th - Best of 20th Century – Vol. 2
19:00, Liszt Academy – Solti Hall
• Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello, M. 73
Katalin Kokas – violin
Dóra Kokas – cello
• Mozart: Clarinet Quintet, K. 581
Andreas Ottensamer – clarinet
Daniil Bulayev – violin
Leonhard Baumgartner – violin
Gáspár Kelemen – viola
László Fenyő – cello
intermission
• Messiaen: Theme and Variations
Júlia Pusker – violin
András Lakatos – piano
• Smetana: String Quartet no. 1, in E minor (“From my Life”)
Abigél Králik – violin
Latica Honda-Rosenberg – violin
Mathis Rochat – viola
Christian-Pierre La Marca – cello
July 25th - Schubertiada
11:00, Liszt Academy – Solti Hall
• Schubert: Sonatina for Violin and Piano
Amira Abouzahra – violin
János Palojtay – piano
• Schubert: String Quartet in D minor (“Death and the Maiden”), D. 810
Barnabás Kelemen – violin
Katalin Kokas – violin
Maxim Rysanov – viola
Dóra Kokas– cello
15:00, Liszt Academy – Solti Hall
• Schubert: Fantasy in F minor, D. 940 (D. Tabakova’s arranged for string nonet)
Boris Brovtsyn, Coco Tomita, Gáspár Kelemen, Maya Kasprzak – violin
Maxim Rysanov, Bojana Serovic – viola
Dóra Kokas, Christian-Pierre La Marca – cello
Zsolt Fejérvári – double bass
• Schubert: Piano Trio no. 1 in B-flat major, D. 898
Yume Tomita – violin
Péter Nagy – piano
19:00, Liszt Academy – Grand Hall
• Schubert: Erlkönig, D. 328, Leiermann D. 911/24.
Johannes Held – baritone
Gábor Csalog – piano
• Schubert: Quartettsatz, D. 703
Amira Abouzahra, Yume Tomita, – violin
Éva Osztrosits – viola
Domonkos Hartmann– cello
• Schubert: Piano Duet
Boris Nagy, András Lakatos– piano
• Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major (“The Trout”), D. 667
Barnabás Kelemen – violin
Katalin Kokas – viola
László Fenyő – cello
Zsolt Fejérvári – double bass
José Gallardo – piano
July 26th - The Grand Finale Weekend/Saturday: Vengerov +
11:00, Liszt Academy – Grand Hall
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel – children’s opera in Hungarian, with the winning artworks of a children’s drawing competition as background (For adults too!)
Narrator: Piroska Molnár
Conductor: Andreas Ottensamer
16:00, Liszt Academy – Solti Hall
• Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
• Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody
19:00, Liszt Academy – Grand Hall
• Mahler: Songs
Johannes Held – baritone
Gábor Csalog – piano
intermission