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Tom Beghin concert, lecture-demonstration and master class at the Liszt Academy

6 September 2022

On 15 and 16 September, one of today’s most renowned fortepianists will visit us according to the following schedule:

 

Thursday 15 September 2022, 19.00 • Solti Hall
Concert

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 – 2. Andante con moto
Steibelt: Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 64
INTERMISSION
L. Adam: Piano Sonata in C major, Op. 8/2 – 2. Romance. Andante grazioso un peu animé
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 (‘Waldstein’)

Admission to the concert is free. Tickets can be claimed by clicking here and at the Ticket Office of the Liszt Academy.

 

Friday 16 September 2022, 9.00 • room i. (lf8)
master class

“With two instruments side-by-side (the 1803 Erard Frères, brought especially from the Orpheus Institute in Belgium, and a ca. 1800 Anton Walter, of the Liszt Academy), we will explore Viennese vs. French pianism.  I especially invite performances of Beethoven’s middle-period works like his “Tempest” Op. 31 No. 2, “Mondschein” Op. 27 No. 2, “Waldstein,” Op. 53, Op. 54, or “Appassionata” Op. 57.  French works (max. 5 ½ octaves, from FF to c4) by Louis Adam, Hélène de Montgeroult, or Daniel Steibelt would be superb, if you happen to play one or are willing to experiment with one, even on short notice.  But I will be just as interested in working with you on works by Mozart, CPE Bach, Clementi, Haydn, or early-to-mid Beethoven.” – Tom Beghin.

Admission to the master class for passive participants is free subjected to the capacity of the hall.

Only undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Liszt Academy can apply as active participants using the online form below, by 12 a.m. (Monday) 12 September.

 

Schedule of the master class:

9.00–9.45: Kasei Mizuno
9.45–10.30: Ádám Király

10.30–10.45: coffee break

10.45–11.30: Éva Szalai
11.30–12.15: Pál Gavrucza-Nagy

12.15–13.15: lunch break

13.15–14.00: Tony Lin
14.00–14.45: Bertalan Robotka
14.45–15.30: Mónika Ruth Vida

 

Friday 16 September 2022, 16.00 • room i. (lf8)
Lecture-demonstration in English – Beethoven’s French Piano: Affordances and Entanglements

 

By late October 1803 Ludwig van Beethoven received an Erard Frères “piano en forme de clavecin”. This piano from Paris sparked a period of intense pianistic activity and the production of his “Waldstein” Sonata Op. 53, which he finished by early January 1804.

A new replica of Beethoven’s 1803 Erard allows us to relive Beethoven’s technology-related exploration and experimentation. It also invites us to reconnect with an early 19th-century context of French sound and sonority, which were crucially different to those of Viennese instruments.

This lecture-demonstration will feature two pianos, representative of Viennese habit and French novelty: the unique 1803 Beethoven-Erard replica (built especially as part of this research project), along with one of a ca. 1800 Anton Walter.

Admission to the lecture-demonstration is free subjected to the capacity of the hall.