{"id":944,"date":"2018-10-20T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firkusny.cz\/?p=944"},"modified":"2021-06-23T11:30:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T09:30:09","slug":"klavirni-festival-rudolfa-firkusneho-v-alternativni-podobe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firkusny.cz\/en\/klavirni-festival-rudolfa-firkusneho-v-alternativni-podobe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rudolf Firku\u0161n\u00fd Piano Festival in an alternative form"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The eighth annual Rudolf Firku\u0161n\u00fd Piano Festival, presented by Prague Spring, will take place in an alternative form.\u00a0\u201cThe public health measures in force for early November make it impossible to realize the first four festival concerts with an audience present in the hall, so we have approached the production team from the company Mimesis, which was responsible for the successful live broadcasts of this year\u2019s Prague Spring Festival. This way, these wonderful pianists will be presented through on-line broadcasts, which viewers will be able to watch free of charge at the website www.firkusny.cz,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0said the festival director Roman B\u011blor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concerts between 1 and 7 November will take place on their originally scheduled dates. The festival opens with a recital by\u00a0Francesco Piemontesi<\/strong>. Because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, the American pianist\u00a0Richard Goode<\/strong>\u00a0has been forced to cancel his European tour. Also unable to travel to Prague is\u00a0Igor Levit<\/strong>, who was supposed to have introduced himself to the Czech public for the very first time.\u00a0\u201cMr Levit is one of today\u2019s most distinctive pianists, and it is with good reason that his planned Czech debut was eagerly anticipated. We are therefore looking for an alternative date, and we hope to be able to introduce him to the local public soon,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0said Mr B\u011blor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the festival has succeeded in securing the participation of\u00a0Yulianna Avdeeva<\/strong>, who first introduced herself to the Prague Spring public in 2011 immediately after her sensational triumph at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw.\u00a0\u201cThis year, she was supposed to have returned to the Prague Spring Festival with the violinist Gidon Kremer, but ultimately the concert did not take place because of the pandemic,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0says the festival programming director Josef T\u0159e\u0161t\u00edk.\u00a0\u201cI am therefore very pleased that she is coming to Prague on 3 November, and we will be able to present on-line streaming of her performance. Ms Avdeeva were be performing her core repertoire, the music of Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin and Sergei Prokofiev.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its updated programme the festival has chosen entrust a concert to the young Czech pianist\u00a0Marek Koz\u00e1k<\/strong>.\u201cHe is one of the most talented Czech pianists of his generation, and with respect to his choice of repertoire he is one of the most thoughtful. He is unafraid to present works by composers, male and female, whose music is less frequently heard, such as V\u00edt\u011bzslava Kapr\u00e1lov\u00e1 or Karel Kova\u0159ovic. His concert, streamed live, will include a performance of a late work, the Sonata Op. 110 by Ludwig van Beethoven, as the 250th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of his death approaches, and the composition\u00a0<\/em>Juggler\u00a0by Adam Skoumal, which was commissioned by the Prague Spring International Music Competition, of which he is a laureate,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0says Mr T\u0159e\u0161t\u00edk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival\u2019s four November concerts will conclude with the pianist\u00a0Sl\u00e1vka Vernerov\u00e1<\/strong>, whose recital has been moved to 7 November. The programme remains unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are looking forward hopefully to 12 December, when the legendary artist Daniel Barenboim should be bringing this year\u2019s festival to a close. We very much hope that this will take place before the public in the Rudolfinum\u2019s\u00a0Dvo\u0159\u00e1k Hall,\u201c<\/em>\u00a0says the festival director Roman B\u011blor.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The insightful guide for the live broadcasts will be the pianist\u00a0Ivo Kah\u00e1nek<\/strong>. Viewers can look forward to interesting interviews with the artists giving the performances and will get a behind-the-scenes look at the art of piano playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ticket purchases will be\u00a0refunded<\/strong>\u00a0in the full amount.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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