Current Presented by Liszt Academy

In the Contrasts chamber music series, students and young artists of the Liszt Academy take the stage in a wide variety of instrumental combinations. The turn-of-the-century program offers a glimpse into the musical diversity of the era. Sergei Prokofiev’s Sonata in D major is a dazzling, multifaceted work, much loved by violinists. Zoltán Kodály’s duo for violin and cello is a formidable challenge – a test of both skill and endurance – rivaled in the 20th century only by Maurice Ravel’s compositions for the same pairing. Théodore Dubois’s Terzettino (1905) was the first known piece written for the unusual combination of flute, viola, and harp, a configuration made world-famous by Claude Debussy just a decade later. Finally, in 1935, after several years of compositional silence, Ernő Dohnányi returned with a spectacular new chamber work, one that became one of his most celebrated contributions to the genre.