Fortepiano master class by Malcolm Bilson

Date and time:

25 April 2016 (Mon) 10 a.m.

26 April 2016 (Tue) 10 a.m.

27 April 2016 (Wed) 10 a.m.

Place: Ligeti building 2nd floor AVISO Studio

(1077 Budapest, 52 Wesselényi Street)

Instruments:

• Walter fortepiano 1795 Chris Maene
• Graf fortepiano op. 318 Paul McNulty

Participation in the master class is free of charge for students of the Liszt Academy and the Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music.

Participation fee for applicants outside these institutions:  

• Active participant: 6000 HUF (per day)
• Passive participant: 3000 HUF (per day)

Application form Please submit your applications until 19 April 2016 to Ms Melinda Szlabey department administrator at Room 006 (52 Wesselényi Street) in person or via e-mail (szlabey.melinda[at]lisztacademy.hu).

prof. MALCOLM BILSON

pianist specializing in the performance of the fortepiano, music historian

He has been devoted to historical performance practice and presenting early music instruments, his field of study is the restoration of the fortepiano to the concert stage, records and lecture halls. He has performed several works by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann in an authentic way and faithfully to the period in which they were created. He has also performed on many recordings and albums. His name is among the renowned early music experts such as John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists, Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music, Nicholas McGegan and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, as well as the New York Chamber Singers, the Monteverdi Choir and Anner Bijlsma.