Amadinda 35 Presented by Liszt Academy

Amadinda Percussion Group really do rank as one of the most significant percussion formations in the world. Over the last 35 years they have become not only standard-bearers for the revolutionary emancipation of percussion instruments in classical music, but they have also written themselves into the annals of today’s music. Major contemporary composers – Cage, Ligeti, Reich included – have written important works for them, and members of the ensemble conduct ground-breaking activities in the areas of composition and transcription. They have a remarkable classical, modern and contemporary repertoire, but the presentation of percussion-based music derived from archaic, folk and non-European cultures also plays an important role in their performance practice. Furthermore, they are heavily involved in researching the meeting points of the expressive means in classical and light music, as well as the discovery of the multiplicity of collaborative forms with leading figures in the most varied fields of music. The two evening concerts provide a full picture of the varied work of the group. This first concert programme features an arrangement of a 1930s’ Messiaen work alongside their own compositions, plus Hungarian and non-European folk music – all with the help of Muzsikás, Ildikó ‘Fecske’ Tóth and Zoltán ‘Batyu’ Farkas.