Mischa Maisky and the Hungarian Chamber Orchestra A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

The Liszt Academy’s Grand Hall greets one of today’s foremost exponents of the cello in the person of Mischa Maisky. The Latvian-born artist shot to international fame at the 1966 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow when he was just 17; he emigrated to Israel in 1971, and today he lives in Brussels. When young he was coached by the legendary Mstislav Rostropovich. Maisky has played with virtually all the great orchestras and soloists, and he regularly played in concert with the likes of Martha Argerich, Radu Lupu, Gidon Kremer, Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Daniel Barenboim and Giuseppe Sinopoli. For this recital his cello playing is accompanied by the chamber orchestra which was formed in October 2011 to revive and continue the tradition of the old Hungarian Chamber Orchestra operating under the leadership of Vilmos Tátrai for nearly three decades. Leader of the rejuvenated Hungarian Chamber Orchestra is Béla Bánfalvi, one-time member of the Bartók String Quartet and former concertmaster of the State Concert Orchestra and Budapest Strings. The programme is a superb compilation of the most beautiful works of the chamber orchestra repertoire, crowned by the virtuoso Variations on a Rococo Theme of popular Romantic composer Tchaikovsky.