Piano Concert

Jakob Fichert and Balázs Fülei are giving a Schubert Evening. In this performance by the two internationally acclaimed pianists, we will hear four-hand pieces by one of the 19th century’s most distinctive composers. The pieces will bring the atmosphere of early Romantic Vienna to the auditorium of the art school.

The programme includes:

Jakob Fichert is an internationally renowned pianist. He has given numerous concerts both in the United Kingdom and abroad. He studied in Karlsruhe and at the Royal College of Music in London. In 2023, he was awarded a PhD by the University of York.

He has held numerous masterclasses in the United Kingdom, China, Mexico and Chile, and most recently at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. He is currently Professor of Performance at the Leeds Conservatoire and a piano teacher at the University of York.

Balázs Fülei is a pianist who has been awarded the Ferenc Liszt, Kodály, Artisjus and Junior Prima prizes. His repertoire includes more than thirty piano concertos, amongst them all the piano concertos by Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms and Bartók. He is a professor and head of department at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and holds masterclasses worldwide.

He has worked with the leading symphony orchestras in Hungary and abroad, and has performed in almost every country in Europe, as well as in Israel, the United States, Australia, Japan, China and Vietnam. He frequently performs with the Kodály String Quartet, with whom he has also toured India.

Adult tickets cost 20 lei, children's and senior tickets cost 10 lei, which can be purchased at the venue, one hour before the performance.

Concert supported by the Ciuc Chamber Orchestra Association and the Nagy István Art School.