Kobayashi Ken-Ichiro and Liszt Academy Symphony Orchestra A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

During the academic year 2014–2015 the Symphony Orchestra of the Liszt Academy take part in three important projects. In the autumn Zoltán Kocsis conducted the ensemble; in April the company undertook Händel’s late oratorio Theodora under the baton of György Vashegyi; and at the end of the school year the legendary Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi leads the orchestra. In order to participate in the life of the symphony orchestra, selected Liszt Academy students have to go through a series of auditions and sign a contract, in just the same way as they will find after graduating, and there are few better ways of learning than when young artists are put through their paces by top musicians such as the eternally youthful (75-year-old) Kobayashi. The concert programme includes Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings (a work whose enchanting melodies belie what serious obstacles the composer sets for musicians), and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, described by Wagner as “the apotheosis of the dance” and by Glenn Gould as “the first disco music.”