Programme 2026
9 AUGUST 2026 SUNDAY
11:00 a.m.
Venue: coming soon
Season tickets pickup
Festival opening workshops with open rehearsals, masterclasses and lectures (details are coming soon)
10 AUGUST 2026 MONDAY
11:00
Venue: coming soon
Surprise concert for the season tickets owners
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 (B♭ major)
2. Adagio (E♭ major)
3. Tema: Pria ch'io l'impegno. Allegretto - Var. 1-9
Pablo Barragán - clarinet
István Várdai - cello
Peter Wittenberg - piano
--- intermission ---
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 (A major) — 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
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
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
13 AUGUST 2026 THURSDAY
11 a.m.
Venue: Szivárvány Cultural Palace
MUSICAL GIANTS
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
Thomas Daroch - cello
Henri Wieniawski: Scherzo Tarantelle, op. 16
István Várdai - cello
Peter Wittenberg - piano
Carte Blanche - Finale with the Soloists of the Festival