The New Millennium International Chamber Music Festival and Academy presents itself to the public in 2024 with a new name and a new brand. The result of the name change is a unique mosaic word – MiraTone – which includes the first name of the festival’s founder, American-Hungarian violinist Miranda Liu. more
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Last event date: Friday, August 30 2024 7:00PM
At the fourth chamber evening of the MiraTone Festival, we honor the memory of Josef Suk, who passed away 150 years ago. Suk was a contemporary and student of Dvořák, and as a violinist and a member of the highly successful Bohemian Quartet, he approached the genres of string quartet and string orchestra with great expertise. The concert will begin with a piece based on an old religious hymn that prays to the Czech patron saint, St. Wenceslaus, for the prosperity of the Czech people. This string orchestra version of the piece will be performed by the professors and students of the MiraTone Academy, which runs concurrently with the festival, under the direction of the festival founder and director, Miranda Liu.
The festival will feature yet another composition of significant historical importance: Schubert’s string quintet, which is often regarded by experts as one of the greatest chamber music works in the repertoire.
Among Suk's former teachers was Anton Bennewitz, whose name is carried by the festival’s guest ensemble: the Bennewitz Quartet will perform Schubert's masterpiece, the String Quintet in C Major, with the collaboration of cellist Adolfo Gutierrez Arenas, who was born in Spain and has since achieved an unparalleled international career.
Josef Suk: Meditation on an Old Czech Hymn
Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956
Performers:
MiraTone Ensemble, a string orchestra composed of professors and participants from the MiraTone Academy 2024 (Conducted by: Miranda Liu)
Bennewitz Quartet (Czech Republic)
Jakub Fišer – violin
Štěpán Ježek – violin
Jiří Pinkas – viola
Štěpán Doležal – cello
Adolfo Gutiérrez Arenas – cello (Spain)
Our supporters and partners:
All My Friends Are Stars Festival, Camões Institute, Cervantes Institute, Coudenberg Sound Box Fest, Czech Centre Budapest, European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists, Fidelio, FUGA, Mente Festival, MMA Artistic Scholarship Program, NKA, Polish Chamber Musicians’ Association, Romanian Cultural Institute, Embassy of Spain in Budapest, Support Excellence, Clean Forms Foundation, V4 Music Foundation, V4 String Quartet, Visegrad Fund, Waclaw Felczak Foundation
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