"We have the pleasure to inform you of the following event: '1. European String Quartet Festival', at Károlyi Mansion, Fehérvárcsurgó from 24-26 September 2010. Musical director: Georges Zeisel24 September, Friday
Presentation of the Auer Quartet in the primary school of Fehérvárcsurgó: 1 p. m.
Presentation of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, Károlyi Mansion: 5.30 p. m.
Opening of the string music instruments exhibition, Károlyi Mansion: 7.30 p. m.
8 p.m.: concert
Diotima Quartet (France)
Naaman Sluchin & Yun-Peng Zhao violins, Franck Chevalier, viola, Pierre Morlet, cello
Maurice Ravel : String Quartet in F Major
György Ligeti : String Quartet n°2
Ludwig van Beethoven : String Quartet n°13 in B flat Major op. 130 („Grande fugue” version)
25 September, Saturday
Children workshop with the artists of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation-MUSE: 10.00-12.30
Public string quartet rehearsal in the chapel of the mansion: 11 a. m.
Children’s performance: 2-3 p. m.
Conversation with Sándor Devich (member of the Bartók Quartet), in the library : 6.30 p. m.
8 p.m.: concert
Auer Quartet (Hungary)
Vilmos Oláh, 1st violin, Gábor Berán, 2nd violin, Csaba Gálfi, viola, Ákos Takács, cello
Hugo Wolf : G Major Serenade „Italian Serenade”
László Lajtha : String Quartet n°7 op. 49 (1950)
Ludwig van Beethoven : String Quartet n°12 in E flat Major op. 127
10 p.m.: night of the String Quartets
Presentations of amateur and student string quartets
25 September, Sunday
The members of a Quartet play in the three Churches of Fehérvárcsurgó: Reformed Church 9 a. m.; Lutheran Church: 10 a. m.; Roman Catholic Church: 11 a. m.
Family game in the park „Around the Number 4” starts at 2 p. m.
Reading of composer’s letters: 4 p.m. by Andor Timar
5 p. m.: concert
Minetti Quartet (Austria)
Maria Ehmer, 1st violin, Anna Knopp, 2nd violin, Markus Huber, viola, Leonhard Roczek, cello
Wolfgang-Amadeus Mozart : String Quartet in C Major K.465 « Dissonant »
György Ligeti : String Quartet n°1 « Métamorphoses nocturnes »
Ludwig van Beethoven : String Quartet n°4 in C minor op. 18 n°4
Accommodation possibility and restaurant in the mansion.
Ticket 2 500 huf and 1 800 huf
Information: Joseph Károlyi Foundation, Fehérvárcsurgó, Petőfi u. 2.
Tel. 06 21 311 04 23 e-mail by clicking here."
Source: Károlyi Mansion, Fehérvárcsurgó
Location and how to get there
24.09.2010