Creators:
Silver Bear-winning filmmaker Dénes Nagy spent four years following György Kurtág’s everyday life with his camera. The resulting documentary, produced between 2021 and 2025, far exceeds the conventional boundaries of the genre. The poetic imagery brings to life memories of childhood in the 1930s, the dilemmas of loneliness in old age, fundamental questions of creativity and teaching, as well as the core elements of the human and intellectual background behind the output of a highly unique composer. The film, which also features international stars from the classical music world, such as Víkingur Ólafsson, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Benjamin Appl and Steven Isserlis, constructs a greater whole from small fragments, much like Kurtág’s works do. “What happens in teaching is that we investigate what reality is,” Kurtág says at one point in the film. It is precisely this question that engages Nagy's film too.
The event is taking place as part of the Kurtág 100 programme series organised by the BMC and presented by Müpa Budapest.
The film was produced with the support of the National Film Institute and is being distributed by Mozinet.
Following this screening, an English-language panel discussion will take place starting at 9.15 pm with the participation of pianists Víkingur Ólafsson and Pierre-Laurent Aimard, baritone Benjamin Appl and director Dénes Nagy, with musicologist Gergely Fazekas serving as moderator.
For the full festival programme: 100.kurtag.hu
Presented by: Müpa Budapest
Kapcsolódó műsorok
Kurtág 100 | Kurtág Fragments – English-language panel discussion
18 February 2026
21:15 -
22:15
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
Portré
Boldog születésnapot, Gyuri bácsi!
Kurtág György életéről szinte már mindent leírtak, amit érdemes – művek és kitüntetések, események, művésztársak és tanítványok hosszú sora rajzolja ki pályáját. Bőséges forrásanyag áll rendelkezésünkre, ha életútjának tényeire vagyunk kíváncsiak.
Hírek
Díjat nyert a Kurtágról szóló dokumentumfilm
Tudományos ismeretterjesztő és portréfilm kategóriában Portéfilm-különdíjat kapott a 45. Magyar Filmszemlén a nemsokára 100 éves Kurtág György életét bemutató Kurtág-töredékek.
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