Hungarian National Choir – From Bartók to Eötvös A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

Liszt and Bartók-Pásztory Prize recipient Mátyás Antal enhanced the reputation of the Hungarian National Philharmonic (or more precisely, its predecessor, the State Concert Orchestra) for many years as a flutist. But from the 1980s he started conducting, and he has been choral director of the National Choir since 1990. For this programme the audience of the Liszt Academy will enjoy the cream of 20th century Hungarian choral music, including Zoltán Jeney’s moving Absolve domine for 16 voices, composed in 1990, György Kurtág’s 1978 Pilinszky piece, and the Rilke arrangement written for female choir two years ago by Péter Eötvös, which receives its Hungarian première.