Dénes Várjon, the pianist on this album, graduated from the Franz Liszt Music Academy Budapest, where his professors included György Kurtág.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bartók was inspired by Zoltán Kodály, a Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist, to intensely study folk music, which became a lifelong source of inspiration.
Composer Biography
Béla Bartók, born in 1881, grew up rooted in the Romantic tradition, influenced by composers like Richard Strauss and Richard Wagner.
Performer Biography
Dénes Várjon has received several prestigious awards, including the Liszt Prize, the Sándor Veress Prize, the Bartók-Pásztory Prize, and Hungary's Kossuth Prize in 2020.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bartók tirelessly collected folk music, recording it with his phonograph and combining it artistically with his compositional ideas.
Interpretation
Pianist Dénes Várjon planned this album like a live piano recital, treating the Three Hungarian Folk Songs from Csík, the Sonatina, and the Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs as one musical arc.
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