Sandra Shapiro and Ivan Zenaty Chamber Recital A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

When in 1946, György Széll, who had moved to America ahead of the war, was appointed music director of the Cleveland Orchestra, the ensemble was considered one of the better provincial orchestras. At the time of Széll’s death in 1970, in the eyes of both the profession and audiences the Cleveland Orchestra ranked as one of the world’s best. So what has this to do with the violin-piano recital of Ivan Zenaty and Sandra Shapiro? Both are teachers at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and their visit to the Liszt Academy came about as a reciprocal gesture following the highly successful concerts by students and teachers of the Liszt Academy in Cleveland in November 2014. Czech-born Ivan Zenaty is one of the most significant Czech violinists of his day, with a repertoire featuring more than 50 violin concertos. He is active not only as a soloist but teacher, too (before Cleveland he taught at the Academy of Music in Dresden). Steinway Artist Sandra Shapiro teaches at the Cleveland Institute of Music’s faculty of chamber music and piano, at the same time she is head of the preparatory class and she can often be heard in performances as well. Their joint concert includes Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ sonata, Brahms' 'Rain' Sonata and a rarely performed work: Romances by Clara Schumann.