16TH BALATONFÜRED INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL 23 – 26 June 2022

PROGRAM

23 June 2022, Thirsday

19:30 – 21:00 OPENING CONCERT

Guitarist and teacher Edoardo Catemario was born in Naples.  He began his musical studies at the age of 5 and gave his first solo recital at the age of 11.

He is an extremely versatile guitarist with a large repertoire, ranging from romantic music (played on original instruments) to baroque, from the 20th century to contemporary and avant-garde music.

Catemario has performed in Vienna (Wiener Musikverein Grosser Saal), Berlin (Filharmonie Grosser Saal), Madrid (Auditorio Nacional and Teatro Real), London (Wigmore Hall and St John’s Smith Square), New York (Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall), Melbourne (Sidney Meir Bowl and Town Hall), St. St Petersburg (Bolshoi Hall of the Philharmonic), Moscow (Tchaikovsky Auditorium), Paris (Cité de la musique) Buenos Aires (Colise Theater) Hamburg (MusikHalle) Valencia (the auditorium of the Conservatory), to name but a few. He has appeared in numerous television and radio programmes on the main European national television channels, such as TV2000, TVE2 (Spain), RTF3 (France), RAI1 and RAI3 (Italy).

He has presented several works dedicated to him: “Cuadernos de Danzas” by “Memoirs of a mask” and “Alone” by Patrizio Marrone, and “Alone” by Gerard Drozd: “Carpe Diem”, “Concierto de la buena Lluvia” by Juan Jose Barron, “Concierto de la buena Lluvia” by Daniel Doura: “Sinfonia Argentina” and “I racconti di Mamma Orca” by Roberto De Simone.

Edoardo has recorded for DECCA Records, ARTS Music and Koch Schwann. His recordings have won numerous critics’ awards, including “Five Stars of Music” (Italy), “Classical CD of the Month” (Italy), Guitart Editor’s Choice (Italy), “Joker of Crescendo” (Belgium), among others. In January 2004, his recording Giuliani: Concerto n1 was featured in BBC Music Magazine.

Edoardo is also an acclaimed teacher. He has given master classes in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Austria. From 2001 to 2007 he was professor at the Mozarteum Summer Academy in Salzburg and guest artist at the Royal Academy in London, where he is regularly invited. In 2018, he was awarded an “Honorary Membership” by the Royal Academy of London. Edoardo Catemario developed the method of teaching musical aural training for guitarists and pianists that bears his name (Metodo Catemario) and since then the first “Catemario Academies” have been established where his method is taught.

Catemario plays on the high quality instruments of the great masters of the Spanish school of instrument making, Garcia and Simplicio. He is also supported by Walter Franchi (who invented regenerative restoration) and master instrument maker Paulino Bernabe. Since 1992 he has been using the strings of RC Classics, of which he is a proud patron.

BALATONFÜRED INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL

EDOARDO CATEMARIO guitarist (Italy)

PROGRAM

23 June 2022 7:30PM

Balatonfüred, Kisfaludy Gallery

Works of Sainz | Carulli |Sor | Händel | Chopin | Debussy

Tickets for the concerts of the Guitar Festival can be purchased from 15 June at the Tourinform Office in Balatonfüred, or one hour before the concerts at the concert venues. The ticket price: 1.500 HUF

(free of charge for Balatonfüred residents up to the capacity of the hall – proof of eligibility is required with an address card)

And with our season ticket scheme, you can pre-purchase a permanent ticket for all concerts, making it much more convenient, simply presenting your ticket on your smartphone on entry. You can buy a season ticket here.

Venue: Kisfaludy Gallery, Balatonfüred, Kisfaludy u. 1.

24 June 2022, Friday

EDOARDO CATEMARIO

JÓZSEF EÖTVÖS – the number of applicants is full, you can no longer register

Venue: Ferencsik János Music School Balatonfüred, Ady Endre u. 13.

19:30 – CONCERT

Pál Paulikovics

Born in Budapest. He studied in Weimar and Salzburg.

He has won prizes in several international music competitions (Alessandria, Walcourt, Lome). In 1994 he won the “Ataulfo Argenta” music competition in Castro Urdiales, Spain. His records have been released on the “Cappriccio” and “Gramola” labels.

He is a regular performer, in music festivals and a jury member of international music competitions for youth and adults. He is the director of the BBBü Balatonakali Guitar Festival.

In addition to his solo and chamber music concert activities, he also teaches at both university and undergraduate level, with a strong emphasis on chamber music, which he is happy to teach. He has also developed a new guitar methodology, for which he has written the didactic literature, Poe Palson. His student have won several national (Austria) and international competitions prizes.

BALATONFÜRED INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL

PÁL PAULIKOVICS

PROGRAM

24 June 2022 7:30 PM

Balatonfüred, Kisfaludy Gallery, Kisfaludy u. 1.

 

J.S.Bach: Preludium BWV 1006a

L.Legnani: 2 Capriccio h-moll és A-dúr

F.Sor: Mozart-Variáciok op.9

Kovats Barna: Két Magyar Népdal

„Szölöhegyen körösztül“

„Ütik a rézdobot“

A.Barrios: Vals nr. 3 és 4

I.Albeniz: „Torre Bermeja“

Serenata

INTERMISSION

Tritonus Guitar Trio is a Hungarian classical guitar ensemble. Their first concert was held in january 2015, in Budapest. The current members of the ensemble are Levente Molnár, Gergely Szurgyi and Bálint Varga.

For now Tritonus Guitar Trio has showed up in all areas of Hungary and abroad, and has competed successfully in national and international competitions.

They have won 1st prizes on the  following competitions:

– National Competition for Universities, Szeged, 2016

– Competition at the University of Győr, 2016

– L. Luthier Contest, 2016

– Bratislava Guitar Competition, 2018

– Guitar Foundation of America International Ensemble Competition Miami, 2019

Other awards:

– Public award at the Intl. Chamber Music Competition in Braga, Portugal, 2018

– Second place at Guitar Foundation of America’s International Ensemble Competition Louisville, 2018

The first CD of the trio released in the end of 2018, it is called “DEBÜT”.

The goal of Tritonus Guitar Trio is to play pieces, which can not be heard or are rarely played on three guitars. Their further and most important purpose is to widen the guitar repertoire and to reach more and more people with classical guitar music.

BALATONFÜRED INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL

TRITONUS GUITAR TRIO

PROGRAM

24 June 2022 7:30 PM

Balatonfüred, Kisfaludy Gallery, Kisfaludy u. 1.

 

Johann Sebastian Bach: Excerpts from 15 Sinfonias

Joseph Nicolas Pancrace Royer: Le marche des Scythes

Marek Pasieczny: Scintilla

Bartók Béla: Excerpts from 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs

Isaac Albéniz: Sevilla

Pavlovits Dávid: Scenes from the life of E: I. Movement: No!

Anonymus: Saltarello la Regina

Pierre Attaignant: Tourdion

Anonymus: Fox dance

Tickets for the concerts of the Guitar Festival can be purchased from 15 June at the Tourinform Office in Balatonfüred, or one hour before the concerts at the concert venues. The ticket price: 1.500 HUF

(free of charge for Balatonfüred residents up to the capacity of the hall – proof of eligibility is required with an address card)

And with our season ticket scheme, you can pre-purchase a permanent ticket for all concerts, making it much more convenient, simply presenting your ticket on your smartphone on entry. You can buy a season ticket here.

Venue: Kisfaludy Gallery, Balatonfüred, Kisfaludy u. 1.

25 June 2022, Saturday

ALEX GARROBÉ

PÁL PAULIKOVICS

Venue: Ferencsik János Music School Balatonfüred, Ady Endre u. 13.

19:30 – CONCERT

Judicäel Perroy: Now highly sought after as a concert artist and pedagogue worldwide, Judicaël Perroy began his international career after winning the First Prize of the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America International Competition and Convention in 1997. The resulting tour of the United States and Canada, was only the beginning of what is now an extensive career. With numerous appearances in Europe and Asia, he is a highly regarded audience favourite and regular returning artist.
In great demand as a teacher, he is regularly invited to give master classes at the top conservatories and universities around the world. His students continue to win numerous top prizes in national and international competitions around the globe, while emerging as mature and rising stars of classical guitar in the international music scene.

Judicaël Perroy currently resides in Paris while he enjoys teaching at Lille’s ESMD (École Supérieure Musique et Danse Hauts-de-France- Lille) Nord-Pas-de-Calais a position he has held since 2010. He taught at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music for 3 years where he took over the position held by Sergio Assad. In 2020 he was invited to replace Dusan Bogdanovic at the Haute École de Musique Genéve where he is now principally active as a teacher.

BALATONFÜRED INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL

JUDICAËL PERROY

PROGRAM

25 June 2022 7:30 PM

Balatonfüred, Kisfaludy Gallery

Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite BWW 997 (arr. Thomas Hopstock)

Prélude 

                                            Fugue 

                                            Sarabande 

                                            Gigue 

                                            Double

Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite  BWV 998

Prélude      

                                            Fugue

                                            Allegro

Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite Concerto In D Major (After Vivaldi) BWV 972  (transcription Judicael Perroy)

Allegro

                                             Larghetto

                                             Allegro

– – – – – – –

Johannes Kasper Mertz: Hungarian Fantasy op 65 no1

Atanas Ourkouzounov: 5 Postludes

Hommages à Rachmaninov,

                                            Stravinsky,

                                            Tchaïkovski,

                                             Prokofiev

                                             Scriabine

Alexandre Scriabine: Prélude no 22 op 11 (transcription Antoine Fougeray)

Alexandre Scriabine: Prélude op 9 pour la main gauche (transcription Antoine Fougeray)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: les saisons op 37 Barcarole (June) (transcription Antoine Fougeray)

Sergei Rachmaninov: Prélude op 23, no 5 (1873-1943) (Transcription Antoine Fougeray)

Tickets for the concerts of the Guitar Festival can be purchased from 15 June at the Tourinform Office in Balatonfüred, or one hour before the concerts at the concert venues. The ticket price: 1.500 HUF

(free of charge for Balatonfüred residents up to the capacity of the hall – proof of eligibility is required with an address card)

And with our season ticket scheme, you can pre-purchase a permanent ticket for all concerts, making it much more convenient, simply presenting your ticket on your smartphone on entry. You can buy a season ticket here.

Venue: Kisfaludy Gallery, Balatonfüred, Kisfaludy u. 1.

26 June 2022, Sunday

JUDICAËL PERROYthe number of applicants is full, you can no longer register

PÁL PAULIKOVICS

Venue: Ferencsik János Music School Balatonfüred, Ady Endre u. 13.

19:30 – CONCERT

Àlex Garrobe

Born in a family of artistic tradition his concert career has developed in more than forty countries performing in some of the most prestigious international halls, including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Radio France Auditorium in Paris, Auditorio Nacional (Madrid), Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona) or the Lutowslasky Auditorium (Warsaw). He has won First Price at Fundación Guerrero Guitar Competition and the Musical Youths of Spain Competition.

As a result of his interest for modern creation and contemporary music Àlex Garrobé has established frequent associations with many composers and premiered several works. Among his many collaborations as a soloist with orchestra are the premieres of the Mare Nostrum Concerto, by Salvador Brotons, …di un soffio d’aura, by Agustín Charles and the Concierto de Petrer by Simone Iannarelli among others.

Àlex Garrobe received a doctorate in art history and musicology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and has been professor at Centro Superior de Música del País Vasco (MUSIKENE) and the Catalan Music College (ESMUC) where he currently holds the professorship in guitar and chamber music. His teaching has produced several first-prize winners in international competitions. He has presented master classes in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Norway, México, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom and United States.

He has released nine CDs on the labels Harmonia Mundi, Naxos, Opera Tres, Columna Música, Knobloch Music and J.S. Records. After listening to his CD dedicated to British composers, Sir Malcolm Arnold expressed the opinion that it was: “A masterly interpretation”, to which he added “It is gratifying to hear one’s music played so superbly”.

“…Unique approach to music, unbeatably elegant…”

Guitar Player Magazine

BALATONFÜRED INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL

ÀLEX GARROBÉ

PROGRAM

26 June 2022 7:30 PM

Balatonfüred, Kisfaludy Gallery

Tickets for the concerts of the Guitar Festival can be purchased from 15 June at the Tourinform Office in Balatonfüred, or one hour before the concerts at the concert venues. The ticket price: 1.500 HUF

(free of charge for Balatonfüred residents up to the capacity of the hall – proof of eligibility is required with an address card)

And with our season ticket scheme, you can pre-purchase a permanent ticket for all concerts, making it much more convenient, simply presenting your ticket on your smartphone on entry. You can buy a season ticket here.

Venue: Kisfaludy Gallery, Balatonfüred, Kisfaludy u. 1.

We reserve the right to change the programme!