Chamber music master course by Gábor Takács-Nagy
Internationally acclaimed violinist and conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy is holding a master course 7-9 December for Liszt Academy students.
Place:
Liszt Academy Main Building, Room X
(1061 Budapest, 8 Liszt Ferenc Square)
Date and time:
7 December 2015 (Tue) 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
8 December 2015 (Tue) 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
9 December 2015 (Wed) 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
The course is open for all interested, as passive participants. Liszt Academy students (chamber music groups, any instrument) may apply as active participants.
Active participants are required to bring sheet music to the course.
Application deadline: 25 November 2015
Contact: belicza.julia [at] lisztacademy.hu
Schedule:
7 December 2015 (Monday):
| 9.00-10.00 | Schubert: B-major trio |
| Pálóczy Júlia (piano), Németh Gábor (violin), Agárdi Eszter (cello) | |
| 10.00-11.00 | Brahms. C minor piano quartet opus 60 1 2 mvt |
| Várallyay Kinga (piano), Szabó Sára (violin), Dauner Kinga (viola), Betterman Rebeka (cello) | |
| 11.00-12.00 | Franck: Sonata A major 3 4 mvt |
| Kiss Enikő (violin), Okazaki Misa (piano) | |
| break | |
| 14.00-15.00 | Mozart: Sonata A major KV 305 |
| Milibák Edit (violin), Park Seul Ki (piano) | |
| 15.00-16.00 | Weiner: Sonata F sharp minor |
| Ránki Fülöp (piano), Stark János Mátyás (violin) | |
8 December 2015 (Tuesday):
| 9.30-10.30 | Beethoven: sonata D major op.102 No. 2 |
| Baksa Krisztina (cello), Takáts Márton (piano) | |
| 10.30-12.30 | Mozart: "Hoffmeister" D-major quartet KV. 499 |
| Molnár Dániel, Revoczky Ottília (violin), Szűcs Boglárka (viola), Márkus Ágnes (cello) | |
| break | |
| 13.30-15.30 | M. Ravel: F-major quartet, 1. mvt op.35 |
| Kovács Csilla, Orgován Csenge (violin), Erdős Barbara (viola), Puskás Bernadett (cello) | |
| 15.30-16.30 | Beethoven: C-minor Sonata, 1-3. mvt op.30 |
| Ruisz Alexandra (violin), Kovács Gergely (piano) | |
9 December 2015 (Wednesday):
| 9.30-10.30 | Schumann: D-minor trio, 1-3. mvt op.63 |
| Osztrosits Éva (violin), Agárdi Eszter (cello), Kérges Barnabás (piano) | |
| 10.30-12.30 | Haydn: G-major string quartet op 77. No. 1. (Hob. III:81) |
| Lachegyi Róza, Rovó Anna (violin), Vitáli Tímea (viola), Mészáros Brigitta (cello) | |
| break | |
| 13.30-14.30 | Mendelssohn: C minor trio 1-2. mvt |
| Kondorosi Karolina (violin), Bali Gabriella (cello), Várallyay Kinga (piano) | |
| 14.30-15.30 | Beethoven: D major sonata op.12 |
| Bácsy-Schwarz Zoltán (violin), Magyar Valentin (piano) | |
| 15.30-16.30 | Sosztakovics: e-minor trio |
| Ilosfai Csenge (violin), Mády-Szabó Eszter (cello), Vida Mónika (piano) | |
We would like to ask the active participants to bring the scores with themselves!
A native of Budapest, Gábor Takács-Nagy began to study the violin at the age of eight. As a student of the Franz Liszt Academy, he won First Prize in 1979 in the Jeno Hubay Violin Competition .and later pursued studies with Nathan Milstein. His chamber-music teachers at that time were Ferenc Rados, András Mihaly, Zoltán Székely, Sándor Végh and György Kurtag. From 1975 to 1992, he was founding member and leader of the acclaimed Takács Quartet performing with the legendary artists, Lord Menuhin, Sir Georg Solti, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Paul Tortelier, Gidon Kremer, and Andras Schiff and was regularly invited by Sviatoslav Richter to his festivals. The Takacs Quartet made many recordings for Decca and Hungaroton. In 1996, he founded the Takács Piano Trio and made world-premier recordings of works of Hungarian composers Franz Liszt, Lászlo Lajtha and Sandor Veress.
In 1998 he established the Mikrokosmos string quartet with compatriots Zoltan Tuska, Sandor Papp and Miklos Perényi, recording in 2008 the complete cycle of Bartok’s string Quartets for which they were awarded the « Excellencia »prize by Pizzicato Magazine. In 1982, he was awarded the Liszt Prize. Gábor Takács-Nagy is considered one of today’s most authentic exponents of Hungarian music, and in particular, that of Béla Bartok.
In 2002, following in a long-line of Hungarian musical tradition, Gábor Takács-Nagy turned to conducting .creating in 2005 his own string ensemble, the Camerata Bellerive as orchestra-in-residence at the annual Festival de Bellerive in Geneva. In 2006 he became the Music Director of the Weinberger Kammerorchestra and in August 2007, the Music Director of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. The VFCO performs every summer in the Verbier Festival and also in numerous European and Asian cities throughout the year. With the VFCO he regularly collaborates with Martha Argerich, Joshua Bell, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Vadim Repin and Emmanuel Ax as well as singers Frederica von Stade, Barbara Bonney and Angelika Kirschlager. A DVD of the performances of Beethoven’s 2nd piano concerto and Shostakovich’s concerto for piano, trumpet and strings with Martha Argerich, David Guerrier and the VFCO was released in June 2011. From 2010 until 2012 he was Music Director of the MAV Symphony Orchestra Budapest and recorded as world premier the epic “Bards of Wales” oratorio by Karl Jenkins. Since September 2011 he is Music Director of Manchester Camerata, one of the UK’s leading chamber orchestras and since September 2012 is Principal Guest Conductor of the Budapest Festival Orchestra . In January 2013 he was appointed Principal Artistic Partner of the Irish Chamber Orchestra.
Gábor Takács-Nagy is a dedicated and highly sought-after chamber-music teacher. He is Professor of String Quartet at the Haute Ecole de Musique in Geneva and International Chair in Chamber Music at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. In June 2012 he was awarded honorary membership of the Royal Academy of Music in London.
(Source: gabortakacsnagy.com)