The first Liszt Festival International Cultural Festival ended with a concert featuring works by Bartók, Liszt and Roland Szentpáli, a concert by Gilberto Gil, and a dance performance by the Duna Művéségeyüttes Szépséséges Mezőség.
As part of the brand new series of programs organized by Müpa, 312 classical, contemporary, jazz and light music concerts, opera and dance performances, exhibitions, film programs, city walks, literary events, including countless premieres and premieres, awaited the festival-goers at more than thirty locations around the capital city and too - said the organizers.
On the 210th anniversary of Ferenc Liszt's birth, we were able to experience the birth of something new, extremely valuable and forward-looking, together with thousands of spectators and great domestic and international performers. We can be proud of uplifting concert experiences, euphoric, sold-out performances, and important professional meetings, all of which were a worthy driving force for Liszt's genius and innovative spirit, - quoted Csaba Káel, the general director of Müpa, who brought the Liszt Festival to life, in the communique.
The series of events gave place to the premieres or presentations of twenty-six works in Hungary, including world premieres, disc presentations and unusual works, and here the audience could see and hear for the first time many prize-winning compositions of the Müpa Music Competition. The announcement highlighted that the evening of American singer-songwriter Patti Smith will be unforgettable for many: the performer recited Pilinszky and Ady's poems on stage, and at the end of the concert, the audience of the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall sang as one, ecstatically, and gave a standing ovation to the living legend on stage. .
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New York singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Cory Henry, who started out as a child prodigy, brought his new album Best of Me to the festival, world star Gilberto Gil, who will soon celebrate his 80th birthday, captivated the audience with his characteristic life affirmation and the irresistible pulse of Brazilian music. MOM Kult's auditorium was filled to overflowing. The guest performance of the world-famous Companía Antonio Gades, which brought its legendary performance Carmen to the Liszt Festival, was also an overwhelming success, they said.
The event series was framed by two emblematic Liszt works: on October 8, at the opening concert of the festival, the Hungarian Coronation Mass was performed inside the walls of the Matthias Church, and the Esztergom Mass was performed on October 22 in the Esztergom Basilica with the participation of excellent soloists. On October 23, in addition to Béla Bartók's Kossuth Symphony and Liszt's masterpiece Les Préludes, the festival audience celebrated with the premiere of Roland Szentpáli's composition A magyarokhok in the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall and in front of the screens. The concert conducted by Gábor Hollerung could be followed by viewers from all over the world in the form of a live stream on the platforms of the Liszt Festival, they wrote.
As part of the Liszt Festival, one of the region's most important fine arts programs and fairs, Art Market Budapest, awaited visitors in Bálna, the Budapest Showcase Hub, the Pont Festivál and Cinemira Teens and Kids for young film fans also took place at the festival, the announcement reads. . At the 5th Hungarian Clip Review, the audience could watch the two hundred best video clips from the more than a thousand submissions, and the professional jury awarded thirty-five prizes. The Margó Literature Festival and Book Fair, which celebrated its 10th birthday this year in the Várkert Bazar, also attracted a lot of people, the Margó Prize went to Rita Halász's novel Deep Air as the author of the best first volume of prose, they announced.
Exhibition in Bálna/source/MTI/Zoltán Balogh
The festival audience could browse the bilingual magazine of the first Liszt Festival International Cultural Festival in print and online, but tens of thousands also visited the official blog of the program series. The photo selection of the most beautiful moments can be viewed in the festival's online gallery, while the summary short films await the audience on the video channel of the Liszt Festival, the organizers announced.
Source: Origo.hu
Featured image: The Debrecen Kodály Choir conducted by Zoltán Kocsis-Holper at the opening concert of the first Liszt Festival International Cultural Festival in the Mátyás Church/Source: MTI/Tibor Illyés
