Peter Eötvös and György Kurtág
(December 2008)
György Kurtág [Editio Musica Budapest] and Peter Eötvös [Ricordi Munich] in New YorkBoth György Kurtág [Editio Musica Budapest] and Peter Eötvös [Ricordi Munich] will be in New York next month as part of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture’s Hungarian Culture Year. Carnegie Hall presents two weeks of folk, symphonic, and new music, as well as educational programs performed by today’s most noted Hungarian musicians. Featured highlights of the festival will be three concerts of music by two of Hungary’s greatest living composers.
On January 29 Peter Eötvös will lead Ensemble ACJW in a portrait concert of his music. On the program will be the U.S. premiere performance of Octet Plus (2008) for soprano and wind instruments, featuring a rare US performance by renowned soprano Barbara Hannigan.
About Peter Eötvös
Born in Transylvania, Peter Eötvös received diplomas from Budapest Academy of Music (composition) and Hochschule für Musik in Cologne (conducting). Between 1968 and 1976 he performed regularly with the Stockhausen Ensemble, and from 1971 to 1979 he collaborated with the electronic music studio of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne. His music features regularly in the programs of orchestras, contemporary music ensembles and festivals worldwide, and as composer/conductor he has led projects focusing on his work in centres such as Paris, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Vienna, Lucerne, Gothenburg.
The music of György Kurtág will be at the center of Hungary Festival performances. His Songs to Poems by Anna Akhmatova, Op. 41 will receive its world premiere on January 31 by the UMZE ensemble under the baton of Peter Eötvös. On February 1, in an unprecedented event for New York City, György Kurtág and his wife, Márta Kurtág, will perform a full recital of transcriptions and selections from Játékok (Games), Kurtág’s remarkable series of teaching pieces for piano.
About György Kurtág
Widely acknowledged as one of the world’s greatest living composers, Kurtág has served as a composer-in-residence with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Konzerthaus, and has received many honors in music, including the Ernst Von Siemens Prize and the Kossuth Prize from the Hungarian government for his life’s work. His music has been championed by leading conductors including Claudio Abbado, Simon Rattle, Christoph von Dohnányi and Peter Eötvös.
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