EVENT

Pianists Marianna Abrahamyan and Ethan Chan celebrate György Kurtág’s 100th Birthday

Name: Pianists Marianna Abrahamyan and Ethan Chan celebrate György Kurtág’s 100th Birthday
Start: 2026-04-26
End: 2026-04-26
Location: Melrose Parish Church Hall, St Mary's Rd

WHERE

Melrose Parish Church Hall, St Mary's Rd, Melrose, TD6 9LJ

WHEN

Sunday 26 April 2026
Doors open at 2.30pm
Concert starts at 3pm and ends at 5pm

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TICKET TYPE / PRICE	QTY
Adult Admission £18.00 +£0.89 booking fee
Student Admission / Under 25 / UC / PC £9.00 +£0.45 booking fee (min £0.75 per order) NUS card or other relevant ID is required at entry.
Child Admission (Under 17) £0.00 Must be accompanied by a paying adult

About Pianists Marianna Abrahamyan and Ethan Chan celebrate György Kurtág’s 100th Birthday

This very special recital celebrates the 100th birthday of a brilliant composer and the emergence of one of the finest young musicians in Europe. Sixteen-year-old Ethan Chan won the prestigious European Union of Music Competitions for Youth (EMCY) prize at the Concours International de piano d'Orléans last year. Joined by his distinguished teacher at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Marianna Abrahamyan, the duo will juxtapose Kurtág’s homages and extrapolations with the classics that inspired them, and feature works by his close friend and other great György of Hungarian music, Ligeti. We will be treated, therefore, to a dazzling array of baroque, classical, romantic, modern and postmodern masterpieces.

Scarlatti - Sonata in F minor K 466

Kurtág - Játékok Vol. III/40: Hommage à Domenico Scarlatti

Chopin – Etude Op.25, No 1 “Aeolian Harp”

Kurtág - Eight Piano Pieces, Op. 3

Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No.7

Kurtág - Játékok, Vol.I/1A1: Perpetuum mobile (objet trouvé)

Ligeti - Etude No. 11, dedicated to Kurtág

Kurtág - Szálkák, Op. 6d

Schubert - Marche caractéristique à C Major, No 1 D.968b

Ligeti - Musica Ricercata 1,2 &10

Bach-Busoni - Ich ruf zu dir

Gubaildulina - Chaconne