István Várdai, Mate Bekavac, Izabella Simon A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

Three instruments, three superb performers, three brilliant composers and four masterpieces – this is one way of summing up the concert in which the brilliant Mate Bekavac performs with Izabella Simon and Várdai István, two artists well known to a Hungarian audience. The Hungarian pianist is one of the few to have placed chamber music in the centre of her activities, so that she generally takes to the stage partnering with other musicians. The Slovene clarinettist studied with Béla Kovács in Graz before perfecting his skills in Salzburg, at the Juilliard School and in Paris at the Conservatoire; he has worked together with conductors such as Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, Charles Mackerras and Christopher Hogwood, and played chamber music, his absolute passion, with such famed musicians as Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Sol Gabetta. He is a highly sought-after musician globally, having managed to attain remarkable results at the same top competitions as the young Hungarian teacher of the Kronberg Academy, István Várdai, who won the ARD Competition in 2014 and took third prize at the Geneva Music Competition and prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.