mustMEET Composers | Thomas Adès
Thomas Adès: Plants (2022) – Seven Hungarian Poems For Mezzo-soprano and Piano Sextet – Hungarian Premiere
- Katalin Károlyi – mezzo soprano
- Thomas Adès – piano
- Musicians of the UMZE Ensemble
- Host: Gergely Fazekas
In keeping with tradition, this year’s master class organized by the Péter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation will be accompanied by a meet-and-greet, where the course’s guest professor, composer Thomas Adès, will present his musical vision and compositional methods. His cycle Plants, to Hungarian poems, will be performed by Katalin Károlyi and members of the UMZE Ensemble as a Hungarian premiere, and the audience will also have the opportunity to hear several other works by the British composer via recording. The event’s host is music historian Gergely Fazekas; the language of the discussion is English.
Participation in the concert is free, but registration is required.