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Memorial Concert at Carnegie HallOctober 15, 2006 at 2:00 pmThe Coordinating Committee for the Commemoration of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution has invited a number of renowned Hungarian and American opera singers and concert musicians
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The singers will play a wide selection of Hungarian music including the World Premiere of a symphonic poem, commissioned for the occasion, by Ádám Balázs: "Path of the Extraordinary" The Takács Quartet Edward Dusinberre, violin, Geraldine Walther, viola, András Fejér, cello, Károly Schranz, violin Recognized as one of the world's premiere string quartets, the Takács Quartet plays with a virtuosic technique, intense immediacy and consistently burnished tone. The Takács Quartet was formed in 1975 at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest by Gábor Takács-Nagy, Károly Schranz, Gábor Ormai, and András Fejér, while all four were students. Violinist Edward Dusinberre joined the Quartet in 1993 and violist Geraldine Walther in August 2005. Of the original ensemble, violinist Károly Schranz and cellist András Fejér remain. The ensemble is known for award-winning recordings on the Decca label, including, most recently, its recording of the complete Beethoven Quartet Cycle which won a Grammy Award, two Gramophone Awards and three Japan Record Academy Chamber Music Awards. The Takács Quartet won the Disc of the Year Award at the inaugural BBC Music Awards on March 15, 2006. The Quartet was honored for its three-disc recording of Beethoven's late string quarters, the final installment in its complete Beethoven cycle. The set also won in the chamber music category. The Takács Quartet's appearances worldwide have included performances of the Beethoven and the Bartok cycles in New York. They collaborated with the Hungarian folk ensemble Muzsikás in a series of joint concerts exploring the connections between traditional Hungarian folk melodies and the works of Bartók and Kodály. In addition to its residency at the University of Colorado, the ensemble is also a Resident Quartet at the Aspen Music Festival and School, and in 2005, its members were named Associate Artists of the South Bank Center in London. In 2001, the Takács Quartet was awarded the Order of Merit of the Knight's Cross of the Republic of Hungary. The Takács Quartet Peter Frankl, pianist Hungarian born Peter Frankl is one of the world's outstanding pianists. Recognized as a major artist of his generation, he has a long-standing international career which has taken him to more than fifty countries, as a recitalist, chamber musician and as a soloist with the world's great conductors. A highly versatile performer, his repertoire ranges extensively from the classics to contemporary music. He made his New York debut with the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell. Peter Frankl has been a regular performer at renowned music festivals throughout the world. He has an extensive catalogue of recordings including a solo Bartók album, Bartók Rhapsodies with Peter Csaba, Mozart Piano Concerti 'aquattro' and complete piano tunes with Tamas Vasary, released to critical acclaim. Peter Frankl András Molnár, tenor Born in 1948, in Budapest, Hungary, he began his musical education with the Hungarian Radio's Children's Chorus. He started his voice training in 1976 and in 1979 joined the Hungarian State Opera. He is a frequent soloist performing some of the best known oratorios in Hungary and abroad. He is well known to concert and opera goers in Antwerp, Bruxelles, Zurich, Bonn, Berlin, Bayreuth, Wiesbaden, London, Madrid, Prague and Moscow. He performed with many notable conductors such as János Ferencsik, Antal Doráti, Sir George Solti. His awards include the Treviso 'Toti dal Monte' voice competition in 1980. His New York debut will be at Carnegie Hall with his performance at our Gala Benefit Concert. András Molnár Viktória Vizin, mezzo-soprano Regarded by many leading critics as an ideal interpreter of the mezzo-soprano vocal style. She is one of the few mezzo-sopranos to have performed to international acclaim. Viktória Vizin, a Kecskemét (Hungary) native, began at the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Szeged. Her rapidly rising career includes performances with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Wexford Opera Festival, Hungarian Opera House, the State Opera House of Vienna, Grand Teatre de Geneve and many others have earned her the praise and respect of accomplished music professionals and audience members alike. In 2001 she completed her Master’s and Ph.D. in Romania. At Central City Opera, Colorado Miss Vizin made her US debut as Isabella L'Italiana in Algeri. In 2005 she started collaborating with the Lyric Opera of Chicago as the cover for Denyce Graves and later in the season made her title debut as Carmen with Vincenzo la Scola in the role of Don Jose, directed by John Copley. Viktória Vizin The Philharmonia Orchestra Of Yale Shinik Hahm, Music Director, Professor (Adjunct) of Conducting Yale University of Music The Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale, the orchestra of Yale University School of Music. All the performers in the orchestra - and in the School of Music - are graduate-level concert artists who went to Yale after graduating from the world's major conservatories and universities, such as the Juilliard School, the Curtis Institute, the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music in London, Korea's major music schools, and the Paris, Beijing, and New England conservatories. The largest performing group at the Yale School of Music, the Philharmonia offers superb training in orchestral playing and repertoire to its members, many of whom have gone on to join the ranks of the nation's leading professional orchestras. The Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale has performed numerous times at Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York City, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and has participated twice in the prestigious Evian Music Festival in France. Guest conductors who have worked with the orchestra over the years include Pierre Boulez, Aaron Copland, Kurt Masur, Eugene Ormandy, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Sir George Solti. The conductor for the program is Shinik Hahm, who was appointed music director of the Yale Philharmonia and professor of conducting at the Yale School of Music in 2004. Beginning with the 2001 season, Maestro Hahm assumed the position of Artistic Director / Principal Conductor of Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra (DPO) in Korea, and he led the orchestra on tours of North America in June 2004 and Japan in 2005. Prior to his appointment at the Yale School of Music, Maestro Hahm served as music director of the Yale Symphony Orchestra for nine years. He is a popular guest conductor with other orchestras in the U.S., Hungary and around the world. He is also an active opera conductor. Shinik Hahm studied conducting at Rice University and the Eastman School of Music. He has received a variety of honors and awards. In 1995 Maestro Hahm was decorated by the Korean Government with the Arts & Culture Medal at a ceremony in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Korean independence. For more information, visit: www.Hungary1956NYC.org Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 2:00 pm Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall West 57th Street & 7th Avenue, Manhattan, NYC Please purchase tickets directly from Carnegie Hall by visiting their Box Office or by telephone and ask for the Hungary 1956-2006 program. Box Office West 57th Street and Seventh Avenue Monday–Saturday 11 AM - 6 PM Sunday Noon - 6 PM Closed on legal holidays CarnegieCharge 212-247-7800 Daily 8 AM - 8 PM Please note that CarnegieCharge stops selling tickets to an event three hours prior to the event’s starting time. Ticket Prices Prime Parquet $125 Parquet $100 First Tier Box $125 Second Tier Box $100 Dress Circle $75 Center Balcony $50 Balcony 25$ |
