Program

MiraTone Fesztivál és Akadémia / Beethoven szonáták zongorára és hegedűre

VII. / 1. MiraTone Festival and Academy, FUGA – Budapest Center of Architecture
Petőfi Sándor u. 5., 1052 Budapest

Opening Concert

"Beethoven on the Budapest Stage of the 20th Century: In the Footsteps of Jenő Hubay and Ernő Dohnányi"

Current events

24 Aug 2025 Sunday, 7:00PM

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Description

Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in A major for Piano and Violin, Op. 12 No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in F major for Piano and Violin, Op. 24 “Spring”
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in C minor for Piano and Violin, Op. 30 No. 2

Performers:
Miranda Liu (USA/Hungary) – violin
László Borbély (Hungary) – piano

Founded by violinist Miranda Liu, the MiraTone Festival and Academy welcomes audiences to its seventh edition in the heart of Budapest. Over the years, the event has grown into one of the region’s most important classical music festivals, drawing acclaimed artists and young talents from across the globe.
True to tradition, the festival begins with the chamber music of Beethoven. This opening night’s program is inspired by a legendary recital held in Budapest in 1918 by Jenő Hubay and Ernő Dohnányi, who performed these very same sonatas. The evening offers a musical time-travel experience—reviving the vibrancy of early 20th-century Budapest’s concert life through contemporary interpretation.
Three of Beethoven’s early but expressive violin sonatas will be performed by long-time chamber music partners Miranda Liu and László Borbély. Their shared musical language and finely tuned collaboration bring these works to life with clarity and warmth. The refined Sonata in A major is followed by the joyful, ever-popular “Spring” Sonata, culminating in the stormy and impassioned Sonata in C minor.
The concert is more than an opening—it’s an invitation. Celebrate the start of the 7th MiraTone Festival with us, and let Beethoven’s music resonate across centuries, becoming something intimate, timeless, and alive.

Get your ticket with a 25% Early Bird discount – available for a limited time only!

Sponsors and Partners:
FUGA Budapest, Klasszik Rádió, National Cultural Fund of Hungary, Support Excellence, Tiszta Formák Alapítvány, V4 Music Foundation