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Hommage à Zsigmond Szathmáry

Müpa, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
Komor Marcell utca 1., 1095 Budapest

Zsigmond Szathmáry, the ever free-spirited, daringly experimental and youthful minded composer/organist who has lived in Germany since 1970, celebrated his 85th birthday in 2024. more

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25 May 2025 Sunday, 7:30PM

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This concert, featuring his friend and fellow artist László Fassang at the organ and the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra playing under the baton of Péter Dobszay, an organist himself, pays tribute to his work. In addition to two of Szathmáry’s own works, the program includes the organist’s transcriptions of pieces by Mussorgsky, Dvořák and Franck, as well as an improvisational salute from Fassang to his elder colleague.

Mussorgsky–Zsigmond Szathmáry Night on Bald Mountain
Zsigmond Szathmáry: Rubik’s Cube
László Fassang: Hommage à Zsiga – improvisation
Dvořák–Zsigmond Szathmáry: Symphony No. 9 in E minor (‘From the New World’), Op. 95 – fourth movement (Finale: Allegro con fuoco)
Zsigmond Szathmáry: Organ Concerto
Franck–Zsigmond Szathmáry: Grand pièce symphonique – for organ and orchestra

Conductor:
Péter Dobszay

Featuring:
Featuring: László Fassang – organ László Fassang
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra

Presented by: Müpa Budapest