“These works are among the very best, most beautiful, purest pieces of music of all time! Approach them with humility!” So advised András Schiff concerning Mozart’s piano concertos. The Liszt Academy’s audience already familiar with the tight-knit pairing of Dénes Várjon and Concerto Budapest directed by András Keller will already have witnessed what Schiff was talking about. Their Beethoven piano concerto cycle was met with great acclaim. Now in just two concerts they will play all Mozart’s works composed in the early months of 1784, his most creatively intensive. In this first concert we’ll hear Mozart’s first three piano concertos. The dramatic tone of the Piano Concerto in E-flat major, a huge success in the composer’s lifetime (it was probably written to dazzle Barbara Ployer, a talented and attractive student) dissolves into a cheerful rondo, which is the ideal preparation for the airy, verging on the gossipy Piano Concerto in B-flat major. The evening winds up with the rousing Piano Concerto in D major, the perfect finale for this concert.

Organizer: Liszt Academy Concert Centre