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Dénes Várjon Talks to Sebastian Smallshaw About Budapest’s Kamara.hu

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Dénes Várjon in conversation with Sebastian Smallshaw

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András Keller and Dénes Várjon playing Busoni’s Second Violin Sonata at kamara.hu 2019
(c) Liszt Academy/Gábor Valuska

Dénes Várjon studied music at the Liszt Academy with Sándor Falvai, György Kurtág, and Ferenc Rados. Over the last 25 years, he has established an international career as a concert pianist and chamber musician, and is a regular guest at prestigious festivals in Europe and the United States. Since 2015, he has been artistic co-director of the chamber music festival kamara.hu, which he coordinates together with his wife, the pianist Izabella Simon. I spoke with Dénes Várjon in Budapest, just after he had performed in the second concert of this year’s kamara.hu.

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Kamara.hu Opening Concerts: from Bach to Ligeti

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HungaryHungary Kamara.hu 2017 Chamber Music Festival [1] – Brahms, Schubert, Ligeti, Mahler, Bach, Busoni, Bruch, Beethoven: various performers. Solti Hall, Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest. 16-17.11.2017. (SS)

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Izabella Simon (piano) & Marie-Claude Chappuis (c) Liszt Academy/László Mudra

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Budapest Thrills to a Dramatic Faust Festival

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HungaryHungary Gounod, Busoni  Faust 225 Festival, Hungarian State Opera, Orchestra and Chorus, State Opera House, Budapest (Festival ran 17 May to 1 June) (RD)

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Gounod 1 H16A744 At left Mephistopheles (Gábor Bretz) and Marthe (Bernadett Wiedemann), at right Faust (Dario Schmunck) and Marguerite (Andrea Rost) (photo – Péter Rákossy) (1)

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