Liszt Academy Wind Ensemble Presented by Liszt Academy

In the past, wind ensemble repertoire and the specific playing techniques required for it played an important role in the training of orchestral musicians at the Liszt Academy. After a long hiatus, the institution’s wind orchestra has been active again during the past two years under the artistic direction of Roland Szentpáli. The orchestra was revived with the goal of encouraging contemporary composers to create new works, thus contributing to the expansion of the modern Hungarian wind ensemble repertoire. Composers such as Gyula Fekete, Bence Kutrik, and Gyula Bánkövi have previously written works for the ensemble. This time, contemporary counterparts to “classic” wind ensemble pieces have been composed. Péter Tornyai has extended one movement of Handel’s famous Music for the Royal Fireworks; Máté Balogh has created a piece related to the wind divertimento music of the Haydn era (Feldpartie); and Roland Szentpáli has written a musical commentary for a true rarity, a work composed by the young Mendelssohn. One of the highlights of the concert is that the new works will be performed under the baton of the composers themselves. The evening will begin with a fanfare composed for this occasion by Péter Zombola.