Andrea Meláth & Kálmán Dráfi A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

Recipient of the Liszt Prize and several Artisjus awards, Andrea Meláth heads the Liszt Academy’s Department of Vocal Studies. She is a committed and erudite interpreter of 20th century music, as is quite evident from the programme, which contains several treats. Debussy’s song cycle to erotic verses by Pierre Louÿs; Britten’s series based on the works of English and Scottish poets (William Blake, Robert Burns, Robert Greene, Thomas Randolph and John Phillip); lines by Évariste de Parny, 18th century author of the first French prose, set to music by Ravel; and Mahler’s cathartic Friedrich Rückert adaptation. Bartók’s Slovak folk song adaptations lend a sense of familiarity, and the perfect dramaturgy is provided by piano pieces by Debussy and Rachmaninoff inserted between the vocal works. Head of Piano Department at the Liszt Academy Kálmán Dráfi (a one-time pupil of Annie Fischer) switches from accompanist to soloist for the latter works.