The "Bechstein Young Professionals" concert series is one of the most extraordinary concert series in the whole of Berlin - and is a firm fixture in the event calendar of the LIVING BERLIN:
In the C. Bechstein Center's own small and modern concert "hall" on the 1st floor of the LIVING BERLIN young talents regularly play extraordinary piano concerts - in front of a maximum of 70 listeners and with free admission!
The next concert will take place on October 17 at 7:30 p.m. will take place: Mihály Berecz plays works by Haydn and Beethoven for you!
Register now via e-mail s.roszak@bechstein.de
About the soloist:
Mihály Berecz, winner of the Liszt Bartók Prize at the 15th Concours Géza Anda 2021, was born in Budapest in 1997 and began learning the violin at the age of six before devoting himself to the piano under the tutelage of Edit Major and Erzsébet Belák in parallel with his work in various orchestras. He received his Bachelor of Music degree with distinction from the Royal Academy of Music in London under Christopher Elton. Mihály Berecz is the winner of the Debut Berlin International Concerto Competition and performed at the Berlin Philharmonie for the first time in June 2017. Other awards include the Golden Prize of the 2nd Manhattan International Music Competition and the Harriet Cohen Bach Prize of the Royal Academy of Music.
At the Young Euro Classic Festival 2013, he played Liszt's "Hungarian Fantasy" at the Konzerthaus Berlin. Also in 2013, he made his debut at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest at the invitation of Zoltán Kocsis. At the Liszt Academy, where he frequently performs, he recently played Mozart's "Jenamy" concerto under the direction of Mikhail Pletnev.
Mihály's interest in historical interpretation has led to performances of fortepiano concertos with renowned orchestras that play on historical instruments, such as the Orfeo Orchestra. Between 2020 and 2022, he performed Béla Bartók's complete solo works in eight concerts in the Marble Hall of the Hungarian Radio as part of a scholarship from the Hungarian Academy of Arts. Mihály had another recent success at the 2023 Kissingen Piano Olympics, where he was awarded first prize. In the 2024/25 season, he will perform at recital series in Berlin, Brussels, Böblingen, Budapest, Esterhazy, Hamburg, London, Madrid and Wädenswil as well as at festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival and the Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker. Orchestras from Osnabrück and Lübeck, the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra and Concerto Budapest, the MÁV Symphony Orchestra, the Istvan Symphony Orchestra and the Purcell Choir and Orfeo Orchestra have invited him to perform piano concertos for modern piano and fortepiano.
Program:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Sonata in F major Hob XVI/29
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Diabelli Variations in C major, op. 120
Limited seating capacity: 70 people
The other dates of the concert series in 2024 can be found here:
https://www.bechstein.com/die-welt-von-bechstein/hochkaraetig-und-international-die-konzerte-mit-c-bechstein/
