Dezső Ránki, who has been spoiling the Hungarian public for four decades with his world-class playing and been chosen by the Palace of Arts as their Artist of the Season, plays works by two composers particularly close to his heart. Joseph Haydn and Ferenc Liszt belongs to a different age and represents a different style. In truth, it is hard to find common ground in their music, but they are all representative of Ránki's openness, good taste and focus on value, as well as a personality dr...awn to music that is at once virtuosic and intense, complex and stripped-down; in other words, everything for which this great artist is recognised.
This season ticket series of concerts represents a special opportunity for this outstanding pianist to perform before an audience on three occasions. Ránki does not like to be celebrated, avoiding the limelight and rarely giving interviews; he has no website and yet people know about him, while he gives most of his concerts abroad. "I'm a home-loving person; we have a big garden, loads of books and records, I can't get bored. And I don't even get bored when I'm doing nothing, we just stay together at home and maybe I listen to the birds.” Ránki loves to make music, but only comes out with a new programme once he has worked it out perfectly according to his own artistic principles. He is not one of those craftsmen who manufacture dazzling products on a conveyor belt, and spend the greater part of the year in hotels. His genre is that of the artisan who spares no time or effort in completing his work. He may spend a longer time working on something, but what emerges from his hands is of imperishable value and fit to last a lifetime. For this concert, he will be accompanied by Concerto Budapest, an orchestra he has performed with on numerous occasions, conducted by his long-term musical collaborator András Keller.
Presented by: Palace of Arts
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