Programme 2026

9 AUGUST 2026 SUNDAY

11:00 a.m.
Venue: Liszt Ferenc Music School
Season tickets pickup
Festival opening workshops with open rehearsals, masterclasses and lectures (details are coming soon)

11:30 a.m. Open rehearsal
Helyszín: Liszt Ferenc Music School
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26
   1. Allegro non troppo
   2. Poco adagio
   3. Scherzo. Poco allegro - Trio
   4. Finale. Allegro
János Palojtay - piano
Cosima Soulez-Larivière - violin
Máté Szűcs - viola
István Várdai - cello

11:30 a.m. Tomasz Daroch (cello) masterclass
Helyszín: Liszt Ferenc Music School

13:30 Szűcs Máté (viola/chamber music) masterclass
Helyszín: Liszt Ferenc Music School

10 AUGUST 2026 MONDAY

11:00
Venue: Kaposvár Evangelical Church
HIDDEN PEARLS - SURPRISE CONCERT 

7 p.m.
Venue: Szivárvány Cultural Palace
OPENING CONCERT

Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani
Kirill Troussov - violin
Peter Wittenberg - piano

Ernst von Dohnányi: Serenade for String Trio in C Major, Op. 10
   1. Marcia (Allegro)
   2. Romanza (Adagio non troppo)
   5. Rondo
Mariam Abouzahra - violin
Amira Abouzahra - viola
Ildikó Szabó - cello

Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"
   1. Allegro con brio
   2. Adagio
   3. Tema: Pria ch'io l'impegno. Allegretto - Var. 1-9
Pablo Barragán - clarinet
István Várdai - cello
Peter Wittenberg - piano

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Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26
   1. Allegro non troppo
   2. Poco adagio
   3. Scherzo. Poco allegro - Trio
   4. Finale. Allegro
János Palojtay - piano
Cosima Soulez-Larivière - violin
Máté Szűcs - viola
István Várdai - cello

11 AUGUST 2026 TUESDAY

11 a.m.
Venue: Szivárvány Cultural Palace
DIALOGUE OF CENTURIES

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba in G minor, BWV 1029
  1. Vivace
   2. Adagio
   3. Allegro
Ildikó Szabó - cello
János Palojtay - piano

Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, BB 95
   1. Allegro
   2. Prestissimo, con sordino
   3. Non troppo lento
   4. Allegretto pizzicato
   5. Allegro molto
Motus Kvartett (Tim de Vries, Karla Križ - violin, Erin Pitts - viola, Domonkos Hartmann - cello)

Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108
   1. Allegro
   2. Adagio
   3. Un poco presto e con sentimento
   4. Presto agitato
Kirill Troussov - violin
Peter Wittenberg - piano

6 p.m.
Venue: Szivárvány Cultural Palace
VIENNESE DREAMS, BOHEMIAN COLORS

Franz Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D. 899, No. 3. in G-flat major Andante
Elisabeth Brauß - piano

Antonín Dvořák: Piano Quintet in A major, No. 2, Op. 81
   1. Allegro ma non tanto
   2. Dumka. Andante con moto
   3. Scherzo (Furiant). Molto vivace — Poco tranquillo
   4. Finale. Allegro
Elisabeth Brauß - piano
Motus Kvartett (Tim de Vries, Karla Križ - violin, Erin Pitts - viola, Domonkos Hartmann - cello)

8:30 p.m.
Venue: Reformed Church Kaposvár
LOW STRINGS, DEEP BREATH

Julius Klengel: Suite in D minor, Op. 22
   1. Introduction
   2. Praeludium
   3. Arioso
   4. Gavotte
   5. Sarabande
   6. Fughette
István Várdai - cello
Tomasz Daroch - cello

Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
   1. Allegro
   2. Adagio
   3. Andantino
   4. Con moto
Pablo Barragán - clarinet
Amira Abouzahra - violin
Mariam Abouzahra - violin
Máté Szűcs - viola
István Várdai - cello

9:30 p.m.
Venue: Szivárvány Cultural Palace
CONERT OF THE BUDAPEST JAZZ ORCHESTRA AND THEIR FRIENS

12 AUGUST 2026 WEDNESDAY

11 a.m.
Venue: Szivárvány Cultural Palace
BACH / MENDELSSOHN

Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004 - Chaconne
Cosima Soulez-Larivière - violin

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Song without Words
   Op. 19b/1 „Sweet Remembrance”
   Op. 30/6 „Venetian Gondola Song”
   Op. 62/6 „Spring Song”
Elisabeth Brauß - piano

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Clarinet Sonata in E-flat major, MWV Q 15
   1. Adagio. Allegro moderato
   2. Andante
   3. Allegro moderato
Pablo Barragán - clarinet
Elisabeth Brauß - piano

2 p.m.
Venue: Franz Liszt Music School
A STORMY DAY
Musical puppet performance with the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra and the Bábozd Zöldre Egyesület  (for kindergarten and primary school children)

6 p.m.
Venue: Szivárvány Cultural Palace
SUMMER SCENES

Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 315 "Summer"
   1. Allegro non molto
   2. Adagio e piano – Presto e forte
   3. Presto
Mariam Abouzahra - violin
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

Luigi Boccherini: Cello Concerto in B-flat major, G. 482
   1. Allegro moderato
   2. Andantino grazioso
   3. Rondo. Allegro
István Várdai - cello
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphony in B-flat major, H. 658, Wq. 182/2
   1. Allegro di molto
   2. Poco adagio
   3. Presto
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

--- intermission ---

Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 "Trout"
   1. Allegro vivace
   2. Andante
   3. Scherzo. Presto - Trio
   4. Tema con variazione. Andantino and 6 variations
   5. Finale. Allegro giusto
Elisabeth Brauß - piano
Kirill Troussov - violin
Máté Szűcs - viola
Ildikó Szabó - cello
Bence Dániel Horváth - double bass

9:30 p.m.
Venue: Szivárvány Cultural Palace
CONCERT OF THE BUDAPEST JAZZ ORCHESTRA AND THEIR FRIENDS

George Gershwin:
Rhapsody in Blue*
I Got Rhythm
I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin
I loves you Porgy**
Soon**
Summertime**
Somebody loves Me**
Porgy And Bess Suite
S’wonderful**
The Man I Love**
Our love is here to stay**
Lady be good**

Featuring:
Orsolya Urbán - vocal*
Richárd Révész - piano*
Marcell Dénes-Worowski - conductor*

13 AUGUST 2026 THURSDAY

11 a.m.
Venue: Szivárvány Cultural Palace
MUSICAL GIANTS

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in E major for violin and harpsichord, BWV 1016
   1. Adagio
   2. Allegro
   3. Adagio ma non tanto
   4. Allegro
Mariam Abouzahra - violin
Soma Dinyés - harpsichord

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478
   1. Allegro
   2. Andante
   3. Rondo
János Palojtay - piano
Cosima Soulez-Larivière - violin
Amira Abouzahra - viola
Tomasz Daroch - cello

Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30/2
   1. Allegro con brio
   2. Adagio cantabile
   3. Scherzo. Allegro - Trio
   4. Finale. Allegro
Kirill Troussov - violin
Peter Wittenberg - piano

7 p.m.
Venue: Szivárvány Cultural Palace
FINAL CONCERT OF THE FESTIVAL

César Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor
   1. Molto moderato quasi lento
   2. Lento, con molto sentimento
   3. Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco
Peter Wittenberg - piano
Kirill Troussov - violin
Cosima Soulez-Larivière - violin
Máté Szűcs - viola
István Várdai - cello

--- intermission ---

Sergei Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34
Pablo Barragán - clarinet
János Palojtay - piano
Amira Abouzahra - violin
Mariam Abouzahra - violin
Máté Szűcs - viola
István Várdai - cello

Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for two violins in A minor - 1st movement
Mariam Abouzahra - violin
Amira Abouzahra - violin

Niccolò Paganini: Mosè-fantasia, MS 23
István Várdai - cello
Tomas Daroch - cello

Henryk Wieniawski: Scherzo Tarantelle, op. 16
István Várdai - cello
Peter Wittenberg - piano

Carte Blanche - Finale with the Soloists of the Festival

14 AUGUST 2026 FRIDAY

10 a.m.
Venue: Franz Liszt Music School
Masterclasses

Supported by the Nemzeti Kulturális Alap