French tenor Cyrille Dubois won at this year’s ICMA with his album ‘Jouissons de nos beaux ans’. Jury member Luc Boentges (Radio 100,7, Luxembourg) made the following interview with the singer.
Interviews
In mid-February legendary Thomas Sanderling performed a Brahms concert. While in Budapest, I had the opportunity to interview him about his experiences in Hungary, his thoughts on Shostakovich, and his perspective on what it takes to be a good conductor.
János Balázs talks to Jack Pepper (Gramophone) about exploring Rachmaninov, Hungarian gypsy music and a new piano concerto by Péter Eötvös that pays tribute to his pianist role model, György Cziffra.
Noémi Győri shows her playful, experimental side with her sixth album Exploration, recorded with pianist Suzana Bartal.
The “FOCUS on Your Dream Project” mentoring program was designed for those who want to focus on a specific project.
“FOCUS on You” is an inspiring program that provides valuable and practical knowledge to young performers and composers working in the field of classical music.
People were held captive in the empty pool of the school, where some of them spent weeks on end in the winter of 1989/90. These events became the basis of the film, Freedom / Libertate’89 – Nagyszeben, we got the chance to ask the director, Tudor Giurgiu.
A unique novel’s just been published recently about a really special woman, author and protagonist, Selma Lagerlöf. We discussed with Charley von Feyerabend, writer of the novel.
If we factor in the program itself, consisting of two exceptional masterpieces of the Romantic concerto and symphonic literature, it becomes obvious that this evening is not to be missed. Teodor Currentzis and the Utopia Orchestra have even more to promise to Budapest on 17 November.
When we think of the neo-avant-garde in Hungary, Dóra Maurer’s name certainly comes to mind as a prominent artistic figure of the generation.
