Dohnányi Essence Presented by Liszt Academy

The Cziffra Festival and the Liszt Museum’s joint exhibition aims to showcase the piano training provided by the Liszt Academy, a straight line that can be traced through four generations from Liszt to the university’s piano professors of today. In connection with this, this time the works of Dohnányi, one of the leading piano teachers of the 20th century, will be performed, including the Sonata for Violin and Piano in C-sharp minor, Op. 21, which was premiered in Vienna in 1912 and the composer himself played the keyboard part; and the Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor, perhaps one of the most frequently performed pieces in Dohnányi’s oeuvre. The composition, designated Op. 1, is in fact a final exam piece, about which Brahms himself is reported to have said: “I could not have written it better myself.” The concert will be hosted by Kálmán Dráfi, who, as a student of György Cziffra and former teacher of János Balázs, artistic director of the festival, faithfully passes on the essence of his knowledge to generations of pianists.