Annie Fischer 100 – Péter Frankl & Tamás Vásáry A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

“Officially, Annie Fischer was not a professor of the Liszt Academy; she taught from the stage. We respect her as our master, and we would certainly like to do something with the precious heritage she gave us – to pass it on to the rising generation of talents and make it a part of their career.” This is how former president of the Liszt Academy András Batta, speaking last year, formulated beyond mere respect what considerations lie behind the academy concert series paying tribute to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Annie Fischer. The one-time student of Ernő Dohnányi and Arnold Székely exploded into the public consciousness in 1933, at the age of 19, when – perhaps to her greatest surprise – she won the International Liszt Ferenc Piano Competition. This was followed by a glittering career in which her fellow artists played an important role, among them two young pianists, Péter Frankl and Tamás Vásáry, with whom she developed a particularly close relationship. These two evoke the presence of Annie Fischer, together with the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, which played with the artist on numerous occasions.