Levente Szörényi 70 A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

Frontman of the band Illés and composer of countless hits and many rock operas (including Stephen, the King) Levente Szörényi has turned 70. The Liszt Academy hosts a concert celebrating the artist with works that regularly transgress the boundary between classical and pop. The programme includes two of his pieces from 2003 which utilise classical apparatuses: an orchestral suite of the music written for the animation film by Marcell Jankovics; and Elég volt (‘Enough’), a choral cantata composed to the words of Albert Wass. The first half of the concert is given over to the 4th symphony of a young composer and Illés fan Levente Gyöngyösi. Gyöngyösi, holder of the Erkel, Bartók-Pásztory and Artisjus Prizes, is considered a leading composer of his generation. His opera Gólyakalifa (‘The Stork Caliph’) was presented in the Hungarian State Opera in 2005; he wrote the 3rd Symphony at the request of the Budapest Festival Orchestra in 2012; and the percussion ensemble Amadinda premiered his percussion work Sinfonia concertante in 2013.