Folk Music Inspirations A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

What is it in folk music that can inspire classical composers? A rhythm, a melody, an instrument, an ambience, a performance style – all factors that can get the imagination of a composer working and that can open up new possibilities. This concert by keyboard students of the doctoral school primarily focuses on compositions inspired by Hungarian folk music, although there is room for a work by Reynaldo Hahn, born in Venezuela but raised in Paris, which evokes the magic of Venice, plus the Fantasia Baetica by Spaniard de Falla. The asymmetric beat of the Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm and the Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs gives us a glimpse into Bartók’s workshop. Kurtág’s Tre pezzi and Péter Eötvös’s Psy illustrate how big a role Hungarian composers have had in exploring the possibilities of the cimbalom as a contemporary instrument.