What's behind the label: "authentic"?

Lectures of Szabolcs Illés about historical performing, period instruments, authentic way of their use as well as about recent projects promoted by being performed on “authentic” instruments.

"Authentic" presentation? "Living" musical tradition? How to play the music of earlier times?

Short history of historicism - The ideal type of Romantic and Baroque musician - The influence of the 19th century - Play as you feel? - The disciple of musical evolution - Music listening habits then and now - Ancient instruments, new ears - Possible attitude of the performers nowdays - A new marketing technique: commercialized baroque.

(Lecture in Hungarian)