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SUMMARY:Antal Zalai\, violin and Adam Heron\, piano
DESCRIPTION:In a programme of Joseph Bologne\, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: 
 Sonata for Keyboard and Violin in A major\, Op. 1a No. 2\, Sonata for Keyb
 oard and Violin in G minor\, Op. 1a No. 3\; Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerwei
 sen (Gypsy Airs)\; Maurice Ravel: Tzigane\; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Two G
 ypsy Movements\, Op. 20\; Keith Jarrett: Elegy\; Gershwin / Frolov: Concer
 t Fantasy on Themes from Gershwin's ‘Porgy and Bess’\n\nIn association
  with Consulate General of Hungary in Mumbai and Consulate General of Irel
 and in Mumbai\n\nA classical violinist of Roma ethnicity\, Antal Zalai is 
 the 1st Prize Winner at the 2004 Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Comp
 etition in Italy. His artistic activities have included collaborations wit
 h such distinguished conductors as Fabio Luisi\, Yoel Levi\, Lawrence Fost
 er\, Ludovic Morlot\, Gilbert Varga\, Gábor Takács-Nagy\, and Zoltán Ko
 csis as well as appearances at the Istanbul\, Yuri Bashmet\, George Enescu
 \, Budapest Spring\, and Sion international music festivals. Fanfare Magaz
 ine comments\, "At times Zalai plays with the aristocratic aplomb of Milst
 ein - and with a tonal luster to match. Occasionally\, he's more eclectic:
  his reading of the Hebrew Melody combines Elman's beauty of tone\, Heifet
 z's intensity and Grumiaux's pure flow of sound."\n\nWith more than 6.2 mi
 llion views on his YouTube Official Artist Channel\, Antal Zalai is consid
 ered by his International fans to be one of the most unique and outstandin
 g violinists of today. The foundation of his organically growing popularit
 y is his constantly updated videography\, in which he performed pieces of 
 the violin repertoire requiring the utmost technical mastery and musicians
 hip including Paganini's 24 Caprices\, J. S. Bach's Six Sonatas and Part
 itas for Solo Violin which have proved to be a grandiose success shared by
  several thousand viewers\, and led to a number of concert engagements. Th
 e audio files of the videos – together with his previous CD recordings 
 – are available on all of the major on-line music stores.\n\nBorn in Bud
 apest in a poor family of Roma ethnicity. His father\, grandfather and gre
 at-grandfather were gypsy musicians\, and Antal is the first classical mus
 ician on the line. When he was twelve\, Hollywood superstar Monica Bellucc
 i introduced him at the UNESCO gala in Paris\, which was broadcast live on
  RAI. A year later\, he played for Isaac Stern\, who predicted a bright fu
 ture for the young violinist. In the same year\, Zalai played with conduct
 or Paavo Järvi at a classical gala\, on Swedish television. At the age of
  15\, he gained international recognition by performing Bartók's Violin C
 oncerto No. 1 in Budapest as part of the concert celebrating the 80th birt
 hday of Lord Yehudi Menuhin.\n\n"An exceptional violinist\, who has perfec
 t technique\, beautiful large tone\, real musical finesse and maturity as 
 well as noble personality\," wrote legendary Russian violinist Igor Oist
 rakh of his colleague\, Antal Zalai\, who is fifty years of his junior\,
  and who is unique among his fellow violinists with his characteristic to
 ne\, mature musical phrasing and elegant virtuosity.\n\n"Fabulous interpre
 ter" ― Lynn Harrell\n\nA multidisciplinary classical pianist of Nigerian
 -Filipino ancestry\, Adam Heron is the winner of the 2020 Harriet Cohen Ba
 ch Prize. Born in Hong Kong\, and then adopted by his Irish mother\, Adam 
 rose to prominence following his 2018 television debut as a BBC Young Musi
 cian piano finalist. Through his unique artistry\, coupled with an innate 
 flair for communication\, he strives to become a leading ambassador for cl
 assical music.\n\nAdam commands a demanding schedule of international reci
 tal engagements\, having already performed at distinguished venues includi
 ng Wigmore Hall\, St Martin-in-the-Fields\, and Southbank Centre. A keen l
 inguist and traveller\, his artistic endeavours have led to appearances in
  far-flung concert halls including the International Center for Arts in Ca
 iro as well as the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai. Fest
 ival collaborations include The Aegean Arts International Festival\, The C
 ayman Arts Festival\, The Cheltenham Music Festival\, and The GAP Arts Fes
 tival. Adam frequently engages with headlining media outlets such as BBC R
 adio 3 in addition to specialist broadcasters such as Colourful Radio\, an
 d he has worked alongside leading presenters including Katie Derham and Se
 an Rafferty.\n\nIn addition to his solo career\, Adam is also a devoted co
 llaborative pianist\, composer\, and conductor. He has joined forces with 
 numerous fellow musicians including saxophonist Amy Dickson\, double-bassi
 st Chi-chi Nwanoku CBE\, violinist Daniel Pioro\, soprano Francesca Chieji
 na\, and cellist Laura van der Heijden. In 2016 Adam became one of the fir
 st ever concerto soloists to perform with the Chineke! Orchestra\, and he 
 has since worked with esteemed conductors including Jonathon Heyward\, Dav
 id Curtis\, Dwight Pile-Gray\, Pete Harrison\, and Timothy Carey.\n\nA lau
 reate of both the Stefano Marizza and HRH Princess Lalla Meryem internatio
 nal piano competitions\, Adam was a Hargreaves and Ball scholar at the Roy
 al Academy of Music\, where he studied with Christopher Elton before compl
 eting his master’s thesis in ethnomusicology at the University of Cambri
 dge. Generously supported by The Keyboard Charitable Trust\, Irish Heritag
 e\, The Hattori Foundation\, The Macfarlane Walker Trust\, The Talent Unli
 mited Foundation\, and The Tillett Trust\, he has taken masterclasses with
  renowned pianists including Anne Queffélec\, Imogen Cooper\, John Lill\,
  Paul Lewis\, Stephen Hough\, and Yevgeny Sudbin. Adam recently collaborat
 ed with the British Council in France\, working as an English Language Ass
 istant in Paris between 2023 and 2024. He is currently a PhD candidate at 
 the University of Glasgow\, where he holds the James McCune Smith scholars
 hip.\n\n“A truly outstanding young talent” ― Simon Jenner\n\n“Eve
 ry time I go to write\, something magical about the performance makes me s
 top and look straight back up” ― Jasper Dommett\n\n“An eclectic mus
 ician of refined taste and eloquence” ― Christopher Axworthy\n\n“Cl
 ean\, clear playing of the highest order” ― John Alexander\n\n\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Violin and piano recitals
LOCATION:Mazda Hall\, Sardar Dastur Hoshang Boys High School\, Pune\, India
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