Alexander Sitkovetsky & Budapest Festival Orchestra

A musical caricature, a playful concerto, a solemn opera overture, and a surprisingly somber symphony – Gábor Takács-Nagy, who was awarded the Kossuth Prize in 2024, will return to the Festival Orchestra with a range of colors of Mozart and Haydn. A specialist of the composers, he believes in taking creative risks, so his performances are always fresh and original. The first half of the concert will be centered around mirth and mockery – and, of course, Alexander Sitkovetsky’s playful performance. As a child, the excellent violinist studied with Menuhin; he is now the artistic director of NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra, Wrocław. Following the BFO’s concert for peace in August 2024, Hungarian audiences can once again enjoy him performing on his Stradivari made in 1679. After the interval, the concert will continue with a Mozart overture and then one of Haydn’s London Symphonies, probably composed in tribute to his late colleague.