János Balázs, Kossuth Prize-winning pianist, has created his album ImprovisArt for the 100th anniversary of György Cziffra’s birth, which reveals the organic unity and artistic dialogue between the composer and the performer through improvisations, transcriptions and paraphrases. The album’s international success is reflected in the fact that it was the winner of the 2022 New York Music International Grand Prix and Audience Award. The first half of the concert will be based on the material from this album, but we can be sure that there will be no limits to the musical journey that will be taken, with works by Paganini, Schumann, Puccini, Verdi and others, and a celebration of the freedom of music and improvisation.
János Balázs will also perform a number of his own transcriptions, but of course the exuberant virtuosity of Ferenc Liszt and György Cziffra will also be on display, and if all this were not enough, the audience will be able to test the artist, if they wish, as he will spend the rest of the evening improvising on the works and melodies provided.
The current evening of the joint concert series of Filharmónia Hungary and the Cziffra Festival presents a unique concept that not only revives a bygone tradition, but also lays the foundation for the upcoming Advent season of holiday expectation.
A joint concert of the Cziffra Festival and Filharmonia Hungary.
The Cziffra Festival is supported by Bethlen Gábor Fund Management Ltd. and the Prime Minister’s Office.