Van Gogh in Sound at the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts

In connection with the blockbuster Van Gogh retrospective currently at the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts (Szépművészeti Múzeum)two recitals will offer insights to the cultural milieu the Dutch painter inhabited in 19^th-century Paris.

On February 8, at 7 pm, chamber music by Fauré, Liszt, Ravel, Debussy, Bizet and Satie will be performed by Clio Mitilineou (voice), Vula Avguropulu, Clara Biermarz and Katalin Falvai (piano), as well as Ádám Jávorkai (violoncello) and Sándor Jávorkai (violin). In the course of the recital – continuing on February 22, at 7 pm – excerpts from Judith Perrignon’s tale “C’était mon frère” will be read by two actors, Attila Tóth and András Ötvös. Perrignon’s fictional account of the relationship between Vincent Van Gogh and his brother Théo was published last year in Paris by Iconoclaste. The 38-year-old Perrignon is on the staff of the Parisian daily Libération.The Hungarian translation was recently brought out by Palatinus, Budapest.

The February 22 recital will feature, in addition to further excerpts from Perrignon’s novella, Flemish choral pieces performed by the Ifjú Zenebarátok Kórusa under the direction of Gábor Ugrin, and 19^th-century piano music played by Zsolt Birtalan.