International Hungarian Piano Quartet
Categories: Concert
Date: 10/05/2019
Time: 19 h 00 - 22 h 00
Location: Hungarian House
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Katalin Sebestyén – violinist, head of string department at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels
Dániel Krähling – violist, member of the Budapest Strings Chamber Orchestra
Ilona Ribli – cellist, founder member of the Danubius String Quartet
Marianna Dezső – pianist, former director of the Tatabánya Erkel Ferenc Music School
The love of chamber music and the preservation of the memory of Ervin Schiffer – world-renowned viola artist -, led the members of the International Hungarian Piano Quartet to create this ensemble and perform together. Despite the fact that they live in different parts of Europe, they are connected because, first of all, they are Hungarians, and they speak the same musical language. They are all closely related to the realisation of Tata’s “Schiffer Ervin International Music Master Course”.
All members of the ensemble have a special relationship with Ervin Schiffer, who was the founder of this course with his wife, Katalin Sebestyén. Marianna Dezső, piano artist, organizer and director of Tata International Music Master Course, launched in 2007.
Between 2014 and 18, Károly Botvay Kossuth Prize-winner cello artist, Ervin’s schoolmate and friend, and Gergely Kóta, violinist and violist – student of Kati – were members of the ensemble. Nowdays, Ilona Ribli cellist and Dániel Krähling violist play in their place.
The pianoquartet is a regular participant of the Tatabánya Spring Festival programs and the Tata Baroque Festival. In recent years, they have introduced themselves in Belgium (Antwerp, Brussels), Switzerland and several cities in Spain. Their repertoire includes works by classical, romantic and 20th century composers.
Program:
- van Beethoven Pianoquartet Op.16
Grave- Allegro ma non troppo
Andante cantabile
Rondo. Allegro, ma non troppo - Turina Pianoquartet Op. 67
Lento – Andante mosso
Vivo – Lento – Vivo
Andante – Allegro molto
- Saint-Saëns Pianoquartet Op. 41
Allegretto
Andante maestoso ma con moto
Poco allegro
Allegro
Participation fee: 10 €
Kati Sebestyén, violinist
Kati Sebestyén, a native of Hungary, is Professor of Violin and was head of the string-department at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels. Graduated and later professor at the prestigious Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth. She took part of the artistic commission of the “Concours International Reine Elisabeth de violon”. She was regularly member of jury’s and held master classes: Mozarteum Salzburg, Jong Talent Amsterdam, Hannover, Lübeck, University of North Carolina, etc. Ms. Sebestyén is an active concert artist and has performed in recitals, for Radio-TV recordings in the most of European lands and in the USA. She was the founder and director of the Sebastian Strings, member of the Haydn Quartet and Contrasts Ensemble. With these ensembles she has made several CD recordings. She is faunder and artistic director of the „Ervin Schiffer International Music Masterclasses”.
Ilona Ribi, cellist
She got her diploma’s at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, where she studied with famous professors like exellent cellist Ede Banda and Vilmos Tátrai violinist, leader of an international wellknown string quartet. This last introduced her in the world of chamber music, with this her carrier is connected until today. In fact her “Danubius Quartet” was winner of differents international competitions (Evian, Trapani , Reggio Emilia, Graz) , and realised numerous CD-s. Ilona Ribli was also ten year long solo cellist from the Westphalian Chamber Orchestra in Münster Germany. She faunded a Cultural Center in Hungary where she performs regulary and organize various artistic events, concerts with excellent musicians. We can say thet her aim is to keep alive the Hungarian chambermusic tradities and popularising of the classical musik.
Marianna Dezső, pianist
After her studies at the University of Pécs and the famous Franz Liszt Academy of Budapest ( Hungary), Marianna get involved in multiple activities, like: assistant professor at above mentioned Institutes, general pedagogical expert, directrice from Tata – Tatabánya regional music-schools. Like pedagogue she contribute largely to the development of young talents by her personal teaching, but also by offering extra chances to them, (performances, competitions….). In her leading function she also use her opportunity to organize high-level artistic events, like music festivals, internationale masterclasses, ets. As an activ concert pianist, she performed in numerous Europian lands: Italy, France, Germany, England, Switzerland….ets. For her outstanding artistic – pedagogic achievement she received several regional and national distinctions, until the „Gold Cross of Merit” from the Republic of Hungary.
Dániel Krähling violist
He graduated from the Academy of Music with his master’s degree as László Bársony’s student. He continued to develop his skills by a number of internationally renowned professors, attended Ervin Schiffer, Thomas Riebl, Isabel Charisius, Hariolf Schlichte Gilad Karni, Adam Romero, Peter Velvet, Szucs Maté courses among others. He has been a member of the New Hungarian Chamber Orchestra since 2012 and has been a regular assistant at the National Philharmonic Orchestra and Concerto Budapest Symphony Orchestra. In recent years, he has been admitted to Santander Summer Academy and Festival several times and has been invited to the Hundisburg Summer Academy and Festival in Germany. From September 2016, he got a scholarship from the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra. In the autumn of 2017, he is invited to be first viola solo of the MÁV Symphony Orchestra. He was a member of the “Kruppa” and “Nyári” string quartets. He is currently a member of the Budapest Strings Chamber Orchestra. He took part in several music competitions. In 2012, with the string quartet of the Academy of Music they received a special prize at the IX. National Dohnányi Chamber Music Competition. He is a permanent participant at chamber music concerts and festivals, for example the Gödöllő International Harp Festival.
