Antoni Wit graduated from the Krakow Music Academy as a conductor in 1967 and in 1969, also graduated in composition. His international career was launched by victory in the Berlin Karajan competition in 1971. He was the music director of the Krakow and then the Katowice Polish Radio Orchestra and is a frequent guest at major music festivals and of top orchestras. Yundi Li began piano lessons at the age of four: first the harmonica, then at the age of seven, the piano. At 12, he won a prize in ...a regional competition. At 13, he won the American Stravinsky Piano Competition, and then the Gina Bachauer International Competition. His real breakthrough came in October 2000 when he was awarded first prize in the Warsaw Chopin Competition. Polish classical music was primarily shaped by the romantic tradition. Stanisław Moniuszko (1819-1852) went down this path, and played a similar role in Polish music as Ferenc Erkel did in Hungarian. The première of Bajka took place on May 1st 1848 in Vilnius. Chopin composed his Piano Concerto in E minor in 1830, at the age of twenty. He had the following to say when he wrote it: “You understand the artist’s fear, who – if he is capable of judging the value of his work – recognises the traces of his own ideas and its weaknesses. But he cannot understand from where did this youthful inventiveness come? This daring? This momentum?” Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) was a central figure in the renewal of Polish composition in the early 20th century, similar to Janáček in Bohemia and Bartók in Hungary. He composed his Symphony No. 2 in 1909 and it is perhaps the most important work of his early period. It was premièred in Warsaw in 1911.
Parking information
We wish to inform you that in the event that Müpa Budapest's underground garage and outdoor car park are operating at full capacity, it is advisable to plan for increased waiting times when you arrive. In order to avoid this, we recommend that you depart for our events in time, so that you you can find the ideal parking spot quickly and smoothly and arrive for our performance in comfort. The Müpa Budapest underground garage gates will be operated by an automatic number plate recognition system. Parking is free of charge for visitors with tickets to any of our paid performances on that given day. The detailed parking policy of Müpa Budapest is available here.
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