László Lajtha: Orchestral Overture, op. 19/c Bartók: Suite 1 – transcription for four-hand piano by László Lajtha, première Bartók: Suite 1, op. 3 Performed by: Savaria Sypmhony Orchestra Conducted by: Alpaslan Ertüngealp The transcription of Bartók’s Suite 1 for four-hand piano notated by László Lajtha has so far been hidden in a private collection. The piece was unknown even to music scholars and the legal successors of the two composers, wherefore the announcement of its discovery ar...oused great professional interest. The Bartók Archives in the Institute of Music of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences are still investigating the conditions of the birth of the transcription. The emergence of the transcription has created minor sensation, since because the life-works of the composers have been extendedly studied, it happens very rarely that a complete manuscript of a musical piece or transcription is found. László Lajtha, who was born in 1892 and died in 1963, was the most significant Hungarian composer, folk music researcher and music educator in the first half of the 20th century next to Bartók and Kodály. He also worked as a pianist, conductor, church musician, music historian, the disseminator of musical knowledge, and he also acquired fame as the official of international ethnographic organisations, and as a scientific organizer. Being Bartók’s closest colleague, he strongly influenced Hungarian folk music research. The première will be performed by Jenő Jandó, teacher at the Piano Department of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, and a former student of his, the outstandingly talented, young József Balog, who won the special prize at the Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht. The concert’s programme also includes the original, full orchestra version of the Bartók piece, performed by the Szombathely based Savaria Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Alpaslan Ertüngealp. Alpaslan Ertüngealp was born in Istanbul, and started the piano at the age of 7. He studied piano at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest between 1987 and 1993. Having earned his „summa cum laude” diploma he continued studying orchestral conducting. He received his diploma as a conductor in year 2000. He regularly performs in many European countries, in the United States and in Russia. He has directed illustrious and acclaimed orchestras, such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of England, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Istanbul State Symphonic Orchestra, the Symphonic Orchestra of Sicily, the Orchestra of Toscana, the Komische Oper of Berlin, and the Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra. He has been the principal guest conductor of the Savaria Symphony Orchestra since 2001, and has been its artistic director and chief conductor for the last one and a half years.
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