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Thuringian cities celebrate a great composer from 4 to 9 June 2025
More than ten years after the start of this undoubtedly extraordinary festival, this major collaborative project following on from the Liszt anniversary year 2011 is once again bringing together more than a dozen organisers throughout Thuringia as independent partners in a coordinated effort. We hope for your interest and participation.
And we wish you heart-warming experiences.
The man was a star. And he was a believer, writing not only piano music but also great sacred works. Franz Liszt usually went on tour with several grand pianos and a large crucifix in his carriage. He was the first international pianist ever. Women loved him. He came from Hungary, was a cosmopolitan, an educated citizen and donated part of his income to good causes...
Sometimes he felt like a trained poodle. "Stylistically speaking, Liszt was a chameleon," says Prof Dr Wolfram Huschke, Liszt expert and former rector of the Franz Liszt School of Music in Weimar. And in an almost postmodern way: "The man constantly reshaped his own works." A personality ahead of his time?
The piano musician and composer Franz Liszt arrived in Weimar in 1848. Here, on the Ilm, people were urgently looking for a worthy replacement for Schiller and Goethe and found him in Liszt. There he was, cultural input in a class of its own. The people of Weimar were happy. And so was Liszt. He enjoyed the tranquillity of the small town, the recognition, the steadiness of his new existence - and created the majority of his works in Thuringia.
Incidentally, the piano world back then looked very different to ours. Do you know any piano maker other than Steinway? Exactly. Back then there were Èrards, Boisselots, Broadwood & Sons. Each manufacturer produced instruments with an unmistakable sound. The music of the Hungarian Franz Liszt changed with the development of piano-making technology. From a mobile phone bone with an aerial to an iPhone within a few years - Franz Liszt must have experienced something similar in the 19th century.
04.06.2025, 19.30 Uhr, Staatstheater Meiningen, Großes Haus
Franz Liszt: Festklänge / Igor Stravinsky: Palmensinfonie / Maurice Ravel: Daphins et Chloé
05.06.2025, 18.00 Uhr, Schloss Elisabethenburg, Marmorsaal
Nike Wagner: "Die Wagners und Liszt - eine via crucis oder Grand Galopp?"
Nejc Kamplet: Klavierwerke von Liszt, Brahms und Ravel
06.06.2025, 19.30 Uhr, Staatstheater Meiningen, Großes Haus
Franz Liszt: Werke für Klavier - Solo / Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 / Les Préludes
Mariam Batsashvili (Klavier), GMD Kilian Farrell (Dirigent)
07.06.2025, 16.00 Uhr, Schloss Elisabethenburg, Marmorsaal
Wolfram Huschke (Text), Rolf-Dieter Arens (Klavier)
07.06.2025, 19.30 Uhr, Meininger Stadtkirche
08.06.2025, 11.00 Uhr, Strupp´sche Villa / Max-Reger-Konservatorium / Konzertsaal "Fritz Steinbach" Meiningen
Solist: Andrey Doynikov (Klavier)
08.06.2025, 19.00 Uhr, Staatstheater Meiningen, Großes Haus
Hector Berlioz: Ouvertüre zu "Benvenuto Cellini"
Marie Jaell: Kalvierkonzert Nr. 1
Franz Liszt: Ungarische Rhapsodien
09.06.2025, 11.15 Uhr, Schloss Elisabethenburg, Marmorsaal
Kammermusik mit dem Davidoff-Trio
Johannes Wendel (Violine), Christoph Lamprecht (Violoncello), Yona Sophia Jutzi (Klavier)
09.06.2025, 17.00 Uhr, Wandelhalle Bad Liebenstein
Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach
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Programmheft mit allen Veranstaltungen des landesweiten Liszt-Festivals vom 24. - 29. Mai 2023.
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