Carl Flesch Competition

Hungary

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Gala Concert 2024

November 9, 2024 at 5 pm

Gala concert
2024

Zsófia Buda
violin

Singers: Bernadett Wiedemann, Bence Pataki, Ildikó Wolf, Klára Karsai-Kruch

• Bartók/Kodály: I Left my Beautiful Homeland
• Zoltán Kodály: The Bad Wife
• Zoltán Kodály: Nausikaa
• Zoltán Kodály: For the Good Soldier on a Horseback
• Händel: Rinaldo from the opera Lascia ch'io pianga aria
• Händel: Ombra mai fu from the opera Xerxes
• Mozart: Rose Aria from the opera Marriage of Figaro
• Mozart: Aria of Figaro from the opera Marriage of Figaro
• Mozart: Zerlina duet from the opera Don Giovanni
• Saint-Saëns: Delilah's revenge aria from the opera Samson & Delilah
• Bizet: Carmen aria Sequidilla from the opera Carmen
• Imre Kálmán: Silvia's entrance from the operetta Queen of Spades
• Strauss: Zsupán's entrance from the operetta Gypsy Baron
• Bernstein: Somewhere from the West Side Story

• Debussy: Syrinx, played by Angéla Baksa-Kányai (flute)
• J.S.Bach: Chaconne in D minor, played by Zsófia Buda (violin)

Special Lecture "The Art of Violin Playing"

October 15, 2024 at 4 pm

The violin player Ágnes Kertész translated Carl Flesch's famous books about the art of violin playing to Hungarian. In memory of Carl Flesch she will talk about this great Hungarian violin player, who revolutionized violin teaching in the early 20th century.

City Library, Erkel Ferenc utca 16, 9200 Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary.
15th of October 2024, 16:00

Gala Concert 2023

October 8, 2023 at 6 pm

The gala concert took place on the 150th anniversary of Carl Flesch's birthday. The violinist, new artistic director and vice president of the Carl Flesch Competition, Kirill Troussov, along with the board members, introduced a completely new concept and structure for the competition.

The gala concert program included a special performance with Kirill Troussov and performances of the former 1st prize winners of the Carl Flesch Competitions that took place in the years 2017 and 2023.

As a special honorary guest we were happy to welcome Michael Flesch.

Eun Che Kim
violin

Lara Boschkor
violin

Alexandra Troussova, piano
Kirill Troussov, violin

• Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
  Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat Major, op. 18
  Eun Che Kim, violin (1st prize winner of the Carl Flesch Competition 2023)
  Alexandra Troussova, piano

• Speech of Eva Popielek, president of the Carl Flesch Competition (5 min)

• Ysaye, Eugène (1858 - 1931)
  Caprice d'après l'étude en forme de valse, op. 52, no. 6 de C. Saint-Saëns
  Lara Boschkor, violin (1st. prize winner of the Carl Flesch Competition 2017)
  Alexandra Troussova, piano

• Intermission

• Speach of Kirill Troussov, new artistic director & vice president of the Carl Flesch Competition (5 min)

• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
  Sonata for Violin and Piano No.3 in D-minor, op. 108
  Kirill Troussov, violin
  Alexandra Troussova, piano

• Speach of Michael Flesch, our special honorary guest (5 min)

• Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663 - 1745)
  Chaconne for Violin & Piano in G minor (F. David)
  Kirill Troussov, violin
  Alexandra Troussova, piano