Approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes including intermission

Latecomers will not be admitted into the auditorium once the performance has begun. Entry will only be permitted during intermission, if applicable

I part:

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, op. 67;

25-minute intermission

II part:

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, op. 73 ("Emperor”);

Anna Tsybuleva, pianist

Described by Gramophone Magazine as embodying “superb pianism and intelligent musicianship”, Anna Tsybuleva shot into the international spotlight in 2015 when she was crowned First Prize Winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition. She received wide critical acclaim for her winning performance and was described as “A pianist of rare gifts: not since Murray Perahia’s triumph in 1972 has Leeds had a winner of this musical poise and calibre” (International Piano Magazine).

Since her early rural beginnings, Tsybuleva has gone on to triumph in recital on many of the greatest international stages, including Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, KKL Luzern, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, Tonhalle Zürich, and the Wigmore Hall.

Recent and forthcoming highlights as concerto soloist include engagements with the Dortmunder Philharmoniker, hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Orquesta Extremadura, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, amongst others. She has the pleasure of collaborating with such esteemed conductors as Alain Altinoglu, Sir Mark Elder, Jonathon Heyward, Michał Nesterowicz, Yuri Temirkanov, Krzysztof Urbański, and Duncan Ward, to name a few.

Tsybuleva is signed to record label Signum Classics for a multi-disc deal, her most recent release being Debussy’s Préludes for Solo Piano (2024). She released her first recording for the label in 2021 to enormous critical acclaim (Brahms Piano Concerto No.2, with DSO Berlin conducted by Ruth Reinhardt). Praise included “Poetic lyricism, combining geniality with grace” (Gramophone), and “Tsybuleva reveals deep empathy for the hushed anguish cocooned in the heart of Brahms. Passionate, exquisite, hypnotic” (BBC Music Magazine). In 2022, she made the world-premiere recording of a newly commissioned piano concerto, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop.

István Dénes, conductor

István Dénes (b. 1954) graduated from the Departments of Composition, Conducting and Piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in 1977. Since then, he has been the member of the Hungarian State Opera, where he made his debut as a conductor in The Cunning Little Vixen by Janáček in 1979. His breakthrough came with the 1981 production of Porgy and Bess. He has also conducted in major opera houses throughout Europe, from 1987 until 1995 he was the principal conductor of the Theater Bremen, between 1995 and 2008, he was the general music director of the Theater in Trier. His repertoire includes over 80 works including Il trovatore, Carmen, Die Zauberflöte, Madama Butterfly, La Traviata, Der Rosenkavalier, Tristan und Isolde, Otello, La bohème, Aida, Tosca, and Salome. Apart from his own compositions, he is renowned for the transcription of John the Valiant by Kacsóh and presenting such Hungarian masterpieces as Bánk Bán – The Viceroy Bánk by Erkel and The Tower of the Voivod by Dohnányi. He is also renowned for conducting 20th-century music like four one-acts by Hindemith in the OPERA’s German Late Night production. His achievements were awarded with the Liszt Award in 2021, and he became an eternal member of the Hungarian State Opera in 2024.

Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

It was not only in the institutional performance of opera in Hungary that Ferenc Erkel played a critical role, he was also responsible for organizing the first Hungarian orchestra. And it was from the orchestra that first started operating at the Hungarian Theatre of Pest (later the National Theatre) in January 1838 that the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra evolved, making it more than 180 years old. They presented Erkel's first opera, Bátori Mária, and have been involved in the overwhelming majority of Hungary's opera premieres.

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