Varga István és Fülei Balázs
This time, in the Hungaroton album release series, the House of Music and Hungaroton will present the first live performance of the album Sonatas for Viola da Gamba by Balázs Fülei (piano) and István Varga (cello), which will be released on 23 May, the day before the concert. Johann Sebastian Bach's three sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord are music of purity, harmony and unity. The varied and ingenious construction of the pieces presents musical challenges of the highest order for both players. The recording and the concert, of course, are performed on two modern "successor instruments", the cello and the piano.
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István Varga studied at the Liszt Academy of Music, the Belgrade Academy of Music and the Paris Conservatoire. He lived in Yugoslavia until 1999, where he taught at the Belgrade and Novi Sad Academies of Music. He founded the chamber orchestra "Camerata Academica" and the string trio "Goldberg", which were considered the leading ensembles in Yugoslavia. As artistic director of the Novi Sad Music Festival, he organised major international chamber music festivals. In 1999, he moved to Hungary, where he is currently a cello teacher at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music. He has performed at the Budapest Spring Festival, the Budapest Autumn Festival, the \\'Arcus Temporum\\\\' Pannonhalma Arts Festival, the International Bartók Seminar and Festival, and with the Telekom, Hungarian Radio and Weiner-Szász orchestras.
Balázs Fülei is a Liszt Ferenc, Artisjus and Junior Prima Prize-winning pianist. His repertoire includes more than thirty piano concertos, including all the piano concertos by Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms and Bartók. He is a senior lecturer at the Liszt Academy and has given master classes worldwide. He is the founder and artistic director of the Echo Summer Academy, held annually at the Károlyi Castle in Fehérvárcsurgó. He was an early entrant into the international music scene: winner of the 2005 Arcangelo Speranza International Piano Competition in Taranto, Italy, and has won prizes in Milan, Cagliari and Moscow. The International Holland Music Sessions has twice chosen him as soloist for the New Masters On Tour concert tour. In 2020, Balázs Fülei was awarded the honorary title of "Steinway Artist" by Steinway & Sons, a title that has been bestowed on world-renowned artists such as Daniel Barenboim, Grigory Sokolov, Evgeny Kissin and Martha Argerich.
After the launch, there will be an opportunity to buy the fresh CD and have it signed by Balázs Fülei and István Varga.
House of Music Hungary
A music education centre and concert venue in the heart of the City Park, behind the airy futuristic glass facade of Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto.