The St. Stephen’s Basilica is one of the most beautiful neo-classical buildings of Budapest. This is the most important church in Hungary, one of the most significant tourist attractions and the third highest building in our country.
The construction started in 1851, according to the plans of Miklós Ybl, and was completed by József Kauser in 1905. In the next 50 years the church suffered from wars, storms and earthquakes. The church was reconstructed 1983-2003.
The program of the concert was adapted by Miklos Teleki. Together with Virágh András, they belong to some of the best organ artists in Hungary. The arias of the program are performed by Kolos Kováts, one of the most famous concert an oratorio singer in Hungary. Among numerous prices, in 1992 he received also the highest prize hungarian artist can aquire: the Kossuth Prize. The flute is played by Eleonóra Krusic who is already known for her performances with different orchestras from Barcelona to Zürich, Graz and Vienna.

 

Program 2014

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Fantasy in F minor K 608
Antonio Vivaldi : 4 Seasons - Winter (Largo)
Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682): Pieta Signore
Tommaso Albinoni (1671-1751): Adagio
Ferenc Liszt (1811-1886): Choral
Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Ave Maria
Robert Schumann (1810-1856): Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H
Georges Bizet (1838-1875): Agnus Dei
Johann Sebastian Bach: Badinerie from suite in B minor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565

 

The pieces with soloist are performed by Kolos Kováts and with organ. The pieces with flute are performed by Eleonóra Krusic and with organ.
Every concert starts at 20:00, and takes about 65 minutes, without intermission.

TICKETS: HUF 7800/6300/4500 STUDENTS: HUF 7300/5900/4200

After the performances we would like to invite you to a one-and-a-half-hour sightseeing cruise with candlelit buffet dinner and drinks. The same program is available without dinner too, with drinks only (a glass of champagne, and another glass of drink: soft drink, wine or beer). Guiding is not included.

 

 

Kolos Kováts
He was Born in 1948. The Hungarian bass singer studied at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest, he was engaged at the National Opera of Budapest in 1970. His first big successes were in Verdi’s La forza del destino and in Monteverdi’s Incoronazione di Poppea. In 1973 he won at the Com-petition of Rio de Janeiro and in 1974 at the Moscow Tchaikovsy Concurs. From 1971 he appeared among others in Budapest, Rome, Rio de Janeiro, Prague, Moscow, at the Vienna State Opera, in Helsinki, Graz and Cairo, at the Opera House of Leipzig as well as at stages in West Germany. He also appeared as a guest at Milan’s La Scala and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Hismain roles were Sarastro in Zauberflöte, Zaccaria in Verdi’s Nabucco, Boris Godunov, Don Giovanni, Mephisto, Colline in Puccini’s La Boheme. He is one of the most famous and talented concert and oratorio singer in Hungary. He received the Ferenc Liszt-prize (1977), Merit of Art (1984) and in 1992 he received hungarian highest prize which can be granted to one artist: Kossuth prize. Kossuth prize is awarded by the hungarian Parliament and handed out by the President of Hungary. In 1996 he was granted status of the Life member of the Hungarian State Opera House.

Eleonóra Krusic
She was born in 1979. She studied at the Franz Liszt Music Academy of Music until 2003. Her great talent were discovered just after she had started her studies: she took the position of first flute in Danubia Youth Symphony Orchestra with whom she played concerts both Hungary and abroad ( Zürich, Tonhalle, 2003.). After a successful audition she got a temporary job in the Orchestra of Hungarian State Opera. Since graduated at the Academy of Music she had opportunity to play with nationally known symphony orchestras e. g. PhilharmonicOrchestra Company Budapest,Orchestra of the Pannonischen Philharmonie (Graz, Stefaniensaal, regurarly from 2006.), Telecom Orchestra (Barcelona, Palau de La Musica Catalane, 2006.), Danube Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian Radio Orchestra and could work under the baton of Rico Saccani, Jurij Szimonov, András Ligeti, Kobayashi Ken-Ichiro, Sir Neville Marriner and Adam Fischer. She played with Budapest Trio, Yossi Arnheim and the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra (Wien, Musicverein Brahms Saal, 2006.)

Miklós Teleki

Miklós Teleki, an artist of the organ, graduated from the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest as one of Professor Gábor Lehotka’s students in 1995.

In September 1993 he was given a special award at the Ferenc Liszt International Organ Competition in Budapest. Between 1994 and 1998 Mr. Teleki worked as the organ and piano accompanist of the Men’s Choir of the Hungarian Army. In 1996 he was awarded by the Douwe Egberts Foundation, and he won an Annie Fischer Scholarship in 2000. Miklós Teleki attended David Titterington’s (London) master courses in 2002 and 2003, and he was a tutor at the Siófok International Organ Master Course for years. He has also given numerous first performances of the works of both Hungarian and foreign composers, and in 2006 he received an Artisjus Award. Since 2007 Mr. Teleki has been working as a teacher of the organ at the László Hermann music school in Székesfehérvár, and he was appointed the honorary organist of the Siófok Lutheran Church in 2011.

Miklós Teleki gives 50-60 concerts annually, many of which are performed at St. Stephen’s Basilica, Budapest, and he has played throughout Europe and in the USA. His solo CDs were released in 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2011 and in 2014, and he also published a DVD titled Siófok – Fantasy in 2011.

 

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