Bartók Inspired: Symposium & Concerts

L’asbl Archives Béla Bartók de Belgique – Fonds Denijs Dille et KBR s’associent autour de l’événement “Bartók Inspired: Symposium & Concerts”. Durant trois jours, vous découvrirez comment Bartók, à partir de ses oeuvres de jeunesse, est progressivement devenu un compositeur autonome développant son propre langage musical.

 

Programme
Le colloque se déroulera en anglais.

Tuesday, December 14, 2021 (Liszt Institute)
7:00 pm – Official opening

Welcome Speeches
Adrienne Éva Burányi (Director Liszt Institute)
Frédéric Lemmers (Member of the Executive Board – KBR)

Lecture
Dr. Francis Maes (UGent)
“Twentieth Century Music: How does Bartók fit in?”

Concert
Dr. Levente Kende, piano
“Bartók – Liszt”

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 (KBR – Auditorium Arthur De Greef)
12:30 pm Lecture & concert

Péter Tornyai: “Does Bartók Quote Mélisande’s Death In His 2nd String Quartet?” An Attempt to Correct a Semicentennial Inaccuracy

Dohnányi Quartet: Béla Bartók – String Quartet No.2

Symposium session 1

Chair Gilbert De Greeve

2:30 pm Dr. László Vikárius: Bartók’s Bach Borrowings

3:30 pm Dr. Viola Biró: “…to reflect the spirit of peasant music”: The dance music of Bihor and Maramures in Bartók’s compositions

4:30 pm Break

5:00 pm Concert: Dohnányi Quartet
Ludwig von Beethoven – String Quartet No. 15 in A minor (Opus 132)
Béla Bartók – String Quartet No.1

Thursday, December 16, 2021 (KBR – Auditorium Arthur De Greef)
Symposium session 2

Chair Gilbert De Greeve

10:00 am Dr. Malcolm Gillies (online): “Influence, inspiration and intrigue: Bartók’s knowledge of his contemporaries’ music”

11:00 am Dr. Carl Van Eyndhoven: “You are not going to publish this opinion, are you?” Dille’s reflections on influence and inspiration in Bartók’s music.

12:00 pm Closing Speech by Tamás Iván Kovács, ambassador of Hungary to Belgium and Luxemburg

12:30 pm Concert
Julien Libeer, piano
“Bach – Debussy – Bartók”