Piotr Sałajczyk and the Apollon Musagete Quartet - A program of the Budapest Spring Festival
19:30
Concert Hall
Karol Szymanowski: Sheherezade from “Masques” cycle, op. 34
Karol Szymanowski: Mazurkas, Op. 50
Mieczysław Weinberg: String Quartet Op. 14 No. 3
Juliusz Zarębski: Piano Quintet, g-minor, Op. 34
Piotr Sałajczyk - piano Apollon Musagete Quartet
The concert reveals the music of three generations of Polish composers performed by a highly acclaimed young generation of Polish performers.
Juliusz Zarębski (1854 –1885) was a pupil of Franz Liszt. He had to put an end to his successful but brief career as a piano virtuoso after he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He has written his most striking pieces in these last two years of his short life. Though he composed nearly exclusively for the piano, his cyclical Piano Quintet in G minor is regarded as the summit of his music.
Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882 – 1937) was the most celebrated Polish composer of the early 20th century. His oeuvre has been divided into three periods. The first shows the influence of the late Romantic German school as well as the early works of Alexander Scriabin. Later, he developed an impressionistic and partially atonal style, while his third period was influenced by the folk music of the Polish Górale region, as heard in his sets of Mazurkas for piano.
A composer of Polish-Jewish origin, Mieczysław Weinberg (1919 –1996)graduated at the Warsaw Conservatory on piano in 1939. This year he fled to the Soviet Union, settled in Minsk, and started to study composition at the Conservatory. Soon he was evacuated to Tashkent where he met Dmitri Shostakovich who was impressed by his talent and became his close friend. Though Weinberg's works were almost entirely ignored by the Soviet musical establishment, he left a large body of work that included twenty-two symphonies and seventeen string quartets.
Winner of first prize and several other awards at the International Music Competition of the ARD in 2008, the Apollon Musagète Quartet soon became a frequent feature of the European musical scene, captivating public and press alike with their thrilling performances. The quartet made their debut in 2010 at Berlin’s Philharmonie. Highlights for the 2013/14 season include re-invitations to London’s Wigmore Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall, Leipzig’s Gewandhaus, Paris’ Louvre and Zurich’s Tonhalle. “If Apollo had played the violin instead of the lyre, this is exactly how it would have sounded.” wrote critic of Süddeutsche Zeitung about them.
The most dynamic figure of the young Polish pianist generation, Piotr Sałajczyk has developed a fine concert career, with performances in many European countries, the United States and Asia. His repertoire spans music from the Baroque to the present, and includes pieces written specially for him. His debut CD, featuring the last sonatas by Beethoven and Schubert, has received the Maestro Prize of the French magazine Pianiste.
www.salajczyk.com www.apollon-musagete.com
Tickets are available for 2000 HUF in the box offices of the Palace of Arts, at the BMC, in the national JEGYPONT network of Interticket and online at JEGY.HU
Piotr Sałajczyk - piano Apollon Musagete Quartet
The concert reveals the music of three generations of Polish composers performed by a highly acclaimed young generation of Polish performers.
Juliusz Zarębski (1854 –1885) was a pupil of Franz Liszt. He had to put an end to his successful but brief career as a piano virtuoso after he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He has written his most striking pieces in these last two years of his short life. Though he composed nearly exclusively for the piano, his cyclical Piano Quintet in G minor is regarded as the summit of his music.
Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882 – 1937) was the most celebrated Polish composer of the early 20th century. His oeuvre has been divided into three periods. The first shows the influence of the late Romantic German school as well as the early works of Alexander Scriabin. Later, he developed an impressionistic and partially atonal style, while his third period was influenced by the folk music of the Polish Górale region, as heard in his sets of Mazurkas for piano.
A composer of Polish-Jewish origin, Mieczysław Weinberg (1919 –1996)graduated at the Warsaw Conservatory on piano in 1939. This year he fled to the Soviet Union, settled in Minsk, and started to study composition at the Conservatory. Soon he was evacuated to Tashkent where he met Dmitri Shostakovich who was impressed by his talent and became his close friend. Though Weinberg's works were almost entirely ignored by the Soviet musical establishment, he left a large body of work that included twenty-two symphonies and seventeen string quartets.
Winner of first prize and several other awards at the International Music Competition of the ARD in 2008, the Apollon Musagète Quartet soon became a frequent feature of the European musical scene, captivating public and press alike with their thrilling performances. The quartet made their debut in 2010 at Berlin’s Philharmonie. Highlights for the 2013/14 season include re-invitations to London’s Wigmore Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall, Leipzig’s Gewandhaus, Paris’ Louvre and Zurich’s Tonhalle. “If Apollo had played the violin instead of the lyre, this is exactly how it would have sounded.” wrote critic of Süddeutsche Zeitung about them.
The most dynamic figure of the young Polish pianist generation, Piotr Sałajczyk has developed a fine concert career, with performances in many European countries, the United States and Asia. His repertoire spans music from the Baroque to the present, and includes pieces written specially for him. His debut CD, featuring the last sonatas by Beethoven and Schubert, has received the Maestro Prize of the French magazine Pianiste.
www.salajczyk.com www.apollon-musagete.com
Tickets are available for 2000 HUF in the box offices of the Palace of Arts, at the BMC, in the national JEGYPONT network of Interticket and online at JEGY.HU