"The trumpet also can play Belcanto…purest Belcanto with sparkling clean polished top-notes were given off by the Hungarian Boldoczki on his trumpet.” - Michael Dellith from the Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung wrote after Gábor Boldoczki´s concert at the Alte Oper, Frankfurt.

 

“A softly tongued articulation, the greatest agility, an extremely self-confident embouchure, a coloratura style … a soloist of this quality refines every piece of music.” - Afterwards the Austrian newspaper Salzburger Nachrichten ran the headline: 

 

The Hungarian Gábor Boldoczki with his brilliant play is the exceptional trumpeter of his generation. The international press also calls him a magnificent trumpet virtuoso.

 

 

 

At the age of 14 this young exceptional trumpeter won the first prize at the National Trumpet Competition, Hungary. Following his studies at the Leo-Weiner-Conservatory, the young musician continued at the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Budapest and as a master class student under Professor Reinhold Friedrich before starting his international solo career. By winning the internationally renowned music competition of the ARD in Munich, Boldoczki celebrated his final breakthrough. He then received the “Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris” at the most distinguished trumpet competition of all – the Third International Maurice André Competition in Paris.

 

Boldoczki was the first trumpet soloist worldwide to be invited to perform the trumpet concerts of Michael Haydn at the Salzburg festival.

He gives regularly guest performances at the renowned concert halls such as Musikverein Vienna, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Philharmonie Berlin, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, in Paris, KKL Lucerne, Palace of Arts in Budapest and the Great Hall of the Conservatorium Moscow. Furthermore, he follows concert invitations to South America, Japan and China.

 

 

 

The Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra is also a youthful ensemble, with many new members joining in recent years as the founders hand over the mantle to younger musicians. Under the direction of concertmaster Péter Tfirst, the orchestra will first play a divertimento before accompanying two piano concertos. The Piano Concerto in C major, written in Vienna in late 1782 and early 1783, is one of the composer's enchantingly garrulous, graceful and sunny piano concertos, and is operatic in tone in many of its passages. The soloist, Krisztián Kocsis, was only a small child when he first exhibited his exceptional talent. Initially, it was his father, Zoltán Kocsis, who supervised his development, with Erika Becht at the Járdányi Pál Music School later taking the young musician under her wing. From there, his path naturally led him to the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, where he continues to pursue his education, despite having performed as a concert pianist for years.

The other concerto, the D minor, is one of two such works for piano that Mozart wrote in a minor key. Its tone is characterised by tragic turmoil and richly expressed dramatic contrasts. Performing it will be Ádám Balogh, who was born in Pécs but came to Budapest while still a child to study at the Liszt Music Academy's programme for exceptional young talents. He has achieved impressive results at Hungarian and international competitions, including winning his age group at Milan's International Piano Talents Competition, as well as placing in the top 12 at the 2015 Cliburn Junior International Piano Competition.