FRIDAY ORGAN CONCERTS IN THE BASILICA

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1 FRIDAY ORGAN CONCERTS IN THE BASILICA - the Friday evening organ concerts provide the complex experience of religious art - '2 Organs and 2 Organists in 1 Concert' The Friday Organ Concerts offer complex musical experience. The artists of the concerts are Liszt Award winning and Junior Príma Award winning organists and recognized opera singers and instrumental musicians whose personal contribution is in itself the guarantee for the high level performance. The concerts present the most popular works of the most well-known artists of the musical literature Charpentier, Albinoni, Caccini, Bach, Purcell, Händel, Gounod, C. Franck, Ferenc Liszt and Ch. M. Widor at the main Altar of the Basilica on the world-famous historic organ.

2 December Programs Concert Calendar 2012 Concerts start on Fridays at 8 o' clock in the evening and are 70 minutes long. April 20, 27; May 4, 11, 18, 25; June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; July 6, 13, 20, 27; August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; September 7, 14, 21, 28; October 5, 12, 19, 26; November 9, 16, 23, 30; 7, 14, 21, 28; Performers Kornélia Bakos mezzo-soprano László Tóth - trumpet Laszlo Borsody- trumpet András Virágh - organ, András Gábor Virágh - organ, Program M. A. Charpentier ( ): Te Deum - trumpet T. Albinoni ( ): Adagio G. Caccini ( ): Ave Maria J. S. Bach ( ): Toccata and Fugue in D minor Great Organ J. S. Bach: Air G. F. Händel ( ): Water music trumpet Ch. Gounod ( ): Ave Maria J. S. Bach: Choral from the 147. cantata - trumpet Liszt Ferenc ( ): Hosannah C. Franck ( ): Panis angelicus H. Purcell ( ): Trumpet voluntary trumpet P. Mascagni ( ): Ave Maria Ch. M. Widor ( ): Toccata from the Organ Symphony Great Organ FRIDAY ORGAN CONCERTS IN THE BASILICA 2

3 Programs Concert Calendar 2013 Concerts start on Fridays at 8 o' clock in the evening and are 70 minutes long. 19. April 26. April 3. May 10. May 17. May 24. May 31. May 7. June 14. June 21. June 28. June 5. July 12. July 19. July 26. July 2. August 9. August 16. August 23. August 30. August 6. September 13. September 20. September 27. September 4. October 11. October 18. October 25. October 1. November 8. November 15. November 22. November 29. November 6. December 13. December 20. December 27. December Performers Kornélia Bakos mezzo-soprano László Tóth - trumpet András Virágh - organ, András Gábor Virágh - organ, Program M. A. Charpentier ( ): Te Deum - trumpet T. Albinoni ( ): Adagio G. Caccini ( ): Ave Maria J. S. Bach ( ): Toccata and Fugue in D minor Great Organ J. S. Bach: Air G. F. Händel ( ): Water music trumpet Ch. Gounod ( ): Ave Maria Liszt Ferenc ( ): Hosannah C. Franck ( ): Panis angelicus H. Purcell ( ): Trumpet voluntary trumpet P. Mascagni ( ): Ave Maria Ch. M. Widor ( ): Toccata from the Organ Symphony Great Organ FRIDAY ORGAN CONCERTS IN THE BASILICA 3

4 András Gábor Virágh - organ András Gábor Virágh was born in 1984 in Budapest. He started to study music at the Váci Mihály Primary School of Music in Szombathely, where, besides the complex musical training, he also started to play the piano, as a student of József Benkõ. From 1994 he continued his studies in Budapest, he studied music theory from László Kéringer, piano from Krisztina Deli, and from 1997 he learned the basics of organ playing from his grandfather, Endre Virágh. From 1998 he continued his organ studies with his father, András Virágh and he also started to learn Composition from István Koloss, organist of the Saint Steven Basilica in Budapest. From the Autumn of 1998 until 2004 he was the organist of the Virgin Mary Main Parish Church in the city centre of Budapest. In 1999 he was admitted to the Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music, where his organ teacher was Zsuzsa Elekes and his composition teacher was István Fekete Gyõr. From September 2003 he was a student of Peter Planyavsky (organist of the Stephansdom in Vienna). In March 2004 at the contemporary music festival in Eschweiler, Germany, he performed successfully both as a composer and as a performing artist. As a consequence of the first performance he was formally asked to compose several pieces, such as the Sonata for Flute and Piano, the O Salutaris Hostia for mixed choir and, during the summer of 2004, he had the opportunity to work with József Ács, pianist and composer. In 2004 after the successful entrance exams he started to major in organ playing at the Conservatory of the University of Debrecen where his professors are Dezsõ Karasszon, DLA, Szilárd Kovács and Hedvig Jakab, DLA. In May 2005 he was invited to occupy the post of organist and accompanist of the Kántus (mixed youth choir) of the Reformed College of Debrecen by their teacher and conductor, Sándor Berkesi. Since September 2005 he has also been majoring in composition at the Ferenc Liszt University of Music, where his professor is Gyula Fekete. In October 2005 he gave a celebratory organ recital in the Cathedral of Nantes. Outside Hungary he performed both as a composer and as a performing artist in Austria, Czech Republic, France, Holland, Germany, Romania, Switzerland, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Mastercourses attended: Ewald Kooiman (Amsterdam) Zsigmond Szatmáry (Freiburg); Antal Váradi (Stuttgart) organ; József Ács (Eschweiler) Zsolt Gárdonyi (Würzburg); Miklós Maros (Stockholm) composition FRIDAY ORGAN CONCERTS IN THE BASILICA 4

5 András Virágh - organ Concert Organist Professor of Organ Teacher of Musical Theory Education: Royal Conservatoire in Liege, Belgium, Full Schoolarship Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Diploma in Organ Performance and Teacher Conservatory Teacher of Musical Theory Béla Bartók Conservatory of Music, Budapest, Degree in Organ and Musical Theory. International Master Course, Citta di Castello, Italy, Professional Activities: Music Director and major organist at the Downtown City Parish Church in Budapest. Professor of Organ and Church Music at the West-Hungarian University, Savaria College in Szombathely, Hungary. Tenured Organist of the National Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungary. Regular Solist at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Budapest. Regular Performer in Hungary. Guest Solist in Europa, Mexico, USA, United Kingdom. Founder and Director of the Musica Mundi Publishing Company. President of the Church Music Foundation of the Old City Parish Church in Budapest and the Foundation of the Kapisztrán Choir and Orchestra. Awards and Competitions: Ferenc Liszt Prize, Major Hungarian National Prize for Outstanding Artistic Work, awared by the Government of Hungary. Pro Civibus Prize, Prestigious Prize for Artists, from the City of Budapest. Special Prize of the Cziffra Foundation for the most outstanding interpretation of works by Ferenc Liszt at the Second International Ferenc Liszt Organ Competition. (Stockholm) composition FRIDAY ORGAN CONCERTS IN THE BASILICA 5

6 Kornelia Bakos- mezzosopran I first sang on stage in the title role of Handel's Giulio Cesare as a guest of the Hungarian Opera Studio in the summer of I was a member of the Studio from September 2003 to June 2006 and received thorough tuition from Géza Oberfrank on the theatre, the stage and operatic roles, while music director Emil Petrovics generously offered me a number of stage appearances. On my debut night at the theatre I sang 3rd Lady in Mozart's Magic Flute, a role I have since kept at the same theatre. I have a regular working relationship with the Budapest Chamber Opera (artistic director: Domonkos Moldován) (Handel - Semele, Monteverdi - L'incoronazione di Poppea), the Savaria Baroque Orchestra (art. dir.: Pál Németh) (Vivaldi - Juditha Triumphans, Salve Regina, Stabat Mater), Soma Dinyes and the Ars Longa Chamber Ensemble (Bach - Christmas Oratorio, Handel cantatas, duets etc.) and Salamon Kamp and the Hungarian Virtuosi Orchestra (Bach - Christmas Oratorio). I often sing solo for organist and conductor András Virágh, (Liszt Prize) (Bach, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Liszt), with whom I sang the Hungarian premier of Liszt's Esztergom Mass arranged for organ accompaniment in August Since I won 1st Prize in the International Handel Competition in May 2007, I have been a soloist with the Italian I Virtuosi delle Muse (cond.: Stefano Molardi) and regularly given concerts with them all over Italy. As one of the finalists in the closed competition Rome Musica Sacra in November 2008 I gained admittance to the I Virtuosi della Musica Sacra, lead by Daniela de Marco. In 2007 I teamed up with István Kerek, an old friend and excellent violinist, to create a chamber group called Perle della Musica, hoping to share with our Hungarian audiences all the experience and knowledge I had gained during my stay in Italy. We are dedicated followers of the Venice style, characterized by a broad range of dynamics and tempi and bold musical ideas, all in an effort to enhance the excitement inherent in the pearls of Baroque music. Since 2006, I have regularly appeared in the role of Grimgerde in The Valkyrie during the Wagner Days organized by the Budapest Palace of Arts and conductor Ádám Fischer. In november 2009 I sang Vitellia in Vivaldi s Tito Manlio in Ravenna with the Orchestra Accademia Bizantina e Stefano Montanari. FRIDAY ORGAN CONCERTS IN THE BASILICA 6

7 Zsuzsanna Gion - mezzosopran Zsuzsanna Gion started her musical studies at the age of seven in Weiner Leó Music School, in Budapest. After her high school years, she studied at the Faculty of Music at Berzsenyi Dániel College in Szombathely and earned a degree in Music and Church Music. During her college years, she was a regular performer at the concert series of the Faculty of Music called Hangmûhely. In 2005, she received a special award at the private singing competition of the Art Section of the National Scientific Student Conference for the outstanding interpretation of contemporary music. Since then, she has debuted as a solo singer at a number of oratorical concerts, and she has become a regular solo singer at organ concerts. She took part in the Art Days of Bükk and in the Master Courses of Walter Moore. She has been a permanent singer at the organ concerts of the Saint Stephen Basilica in Budapest since the summer of Currently, she studies at the Vienna Conservatory of Music at the Faculty of Solo singing, and is a solo singer at the Choir of the Downtown Parish Church in Budapest. FRIDAY ORGAN CONCERTS IN THE BASILICA 7

8 Laszlo Borsody- trumpet Born in 1965 in a small town near Budapest, in Szentendre.After finishing the Secondary School of Music in Budapest, he continued his studies at the Music Arts College, where hr received his Diploma of Trumpet Artist. He studied Ancient Music at the Royal Conservatory of Hague in Netherland. His master were: P. Masseurs, S. williams, Fr. Bruggen, S. Kuijken, J. Ogg.Presently he performs and records CD s as a soloist and chamber musucuan with a variety of ancient music orchestras.since 1989 as member of the Pro Arte Serenissima Chamber Orchestra (Italy), he performs in European countries such as Austria, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, Holland, England and also Israel, Argentina and Brazil.In 1989 he is guest soloist of Edward H. Tarr s compact disc recording of The Emperor s Trumpet (Editio Christophorus).Since 1990 he has been recording and performing with the Ancient Music Orchestras Capella Savaria and Concerto Armonico.1991: Creates and leads the Sonatores Pannoniae.He lecture ont the history of musical instruments at the National Museum of Hungary, and participate as soloist concerts directed by Agostina Bortot, organist italian.1992 soloist of the musical programs of the World s Fair of Sevilla in Spain.1993: Borsódy starts a Europe round tour performing as a soloist in concerts II. Brandenburg of J.S. Bach.1994: soloist with the Budapest Festival Orchestra directed by Ivan Fischer. His interpretation of Concert of II. Brandenburg (J.S. Bach) are very famous.1996: Cd recording with Hungaroton Classica: Telemann Solo cantatas.1997: On concerts tour in Brazil and Argentina and teaching in Buanos Aires the technics of barock trumpet.with the Sonatores Pannoniae they have released their own CDs with Hungaroton, the first in 2003 (C. Gussago ) and second in 2004 (P. Lappi Canzonas)In 2004 he was given the Bálint Balassi Memorial Award of the Hungarian Ministry of National Cultural Heritage.In 2011 he performed an acclaimed concert and hold master class in the festival of Campos de Jordao, in Brazil. FRIDAY ORGAN CONCERTS IN THE BASILICA 8

9 Contact The Concerts organized by Musica Mundy Agency The Concerts are Szent István Bazilika 1051 Budapest, Szent István tér 1. Ticket Tickets: I. sector: 7000 HUF / 28 EUR II. sector: 6000 HUF / 24 EUR III. sector: 4500 HUF / 18 EUR for students/senior: 6500/5500/4000 HUF ; 26/22/16 EUR Tickets are available: Cultur-Comfort Network Bp. VI. Paulay Ede u. 46. tel.: in the Interticket and or on the spot on Thursdays and Fridays. FRIDAY ORGAN CONCERTS IN THE BASILICA 9