The nail violin, the organistrum (hurdy-gurdy’s ancestor), the serpent, the Jew’s harp, the horn flute… All of these instruments had disappeared, sometimes centuries ago. Robert Mandel and his musicians dug them out, restored them and got reacquainted with them. They also rediscovered or rebuilt their original repertoire to bring it to our astounded and amazed […]

4th concert of the series at the Music Academy Roland Szentpáli | La follia – PremiereSchönberg | Variations for OrchestraRachmaninov | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Lutoslawski | Paganini Variations   Featuring | József Balog, piano Conducted by | Gábor Káli “What I assert is this,—that a man ought to be in serious earnest about serious things, and not about trifles; […]