26 September 2025 péntek 7.30 PM

Mozart | Shostakovich | Schubert

7.30 PM Magyar Zene Háza

Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra :

Artistic Director: István Várdai

Concertmaster: Péter Tfirst

Featuring: József Balog (piano), Gábor Boldoczki (trumpet)

Conductor: Mátyás Antal

Opening the House of Hungarian Music’s 2025/26 classical season — and fittingly so — one of Hungary’s most prestigious ensembles, the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, returns to the concert hall. The evening will be led by Mátyás Antal, a true doyen of Hungary’s classical scene, who celebrates his 80th birthday this year. :

The programme begins with Mozart’s miniature masterpiece, the Adagio and Fugue in C minor, written in the spirit of Bach. This is followed by Shostakovich’s First Piano Concerto, a dazzlingly virtuosic work in which the trumpet plays an unusually prominent role alongside the solo piano. Performing the concerto are two internationally acclaimed Hungarian musicians: József Balog on piano and Gábor Boldoczki on trumpet. To close the concert, the orchestra performs Schubert’s Symphony No. 5, a work rich in Mozartian influence, composed when the young genius was just nineteen years old.

As always, the audience will be guided through the programme with engaging commentary, provided on this occasion by the evening’s host, Szilvia Becze.: