The Martin Sieghart tour is under way 

The series kicks off in our city as a season ticket event on November 8 followed by two more performances on local turf in Veszprém and Sopron respectively. The orchestra then is to get across the border to play in the Saint Paul catholic church of Bad Aussee as well at the Villach Congress Center and the Cultural Center in Hainburg, all three in Austria. The Sieghart tour features two budding talents of the international music circles playing two vastly different works, namely 20th century Polish composer, Mjatislav Weinberg's Trumpet Concerto in B flat major, and Joseph Haydn's famous Cello Concerto in C major. The two main orchestral works of the concerts are Anton Bruckner's  Symphony number 3, and the classic Eroica by Ludwig van Beethoven. 

One of the pleasant surprises of our fall season is without a doubt trumpetist Miss Selina Ott, winner of the 2018 ARD trumpet competition in Munich, Germany. Incidentally,  she thus became the youngest winner ever in her category. As a result, some of the largest and best concert halls have opened up for her through the many invites she received since her win. Meanwhile, she has obtained her Master's Diploma, and also received a prize from the Ministry of Education in her native country of Austria. We now also have the pleasure to delight in her prodigious talent on November 8 in Győr as well as on November 11 in Villach. The wry-humored Trumpet Concerto in B flat major by Weinberg was composed in 1966/67 and it intensely challenges the soloist and the orchestra alike. This is Maestro Sieghart's first collaboration with Miss Ott unlike his performance history with our other soloist, Miss Harriet Krijgh with whom he had already teamed up  last year to perform one of the timeless classics of the cello repertoire, the Cello Concerto by Edward Elgar. Miss Krijghh was born in the Netherlands but has been living in Vienna for the past years. She is by now regarded as one of the greatest cellists of our time. Her radiant talent, stage presence, and grace invariably touch audiences everywhere she goes. Harriet is now a regular performer at international classical music festivals, but  also goes on tours as part of various smaller ensembles. Her choice this time fell on the popular C major Cello Concerto by Joseph Haydn which is scheduled to be played in Bad Aussee on the 10th, in Veszprém on the 12th, in Hainburg on the 16th, and lastly on the 18th of November in Sopron.

The second half of the Sieghart tour is all about honoring the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great Austrian composer, Anton Bruckner. Our local and Austrian audiences can this time enjoy the 1889 version of his Symphony no.3. Bruckner plays a pivotal role in Mr. Sieghart's career as he used to be resident conductor for years of the Bruckner Orchestra thus became one of the most knowledgeable experts of all of the composer's symphonies. 

"The works of the composer whose anniversary we celebrate now are for some reason seldom performed in Hungary. My intent was to impress and enchant my dear Győr Philharmonic by the music of his third symphony. I am aware of the difficulties and the heavy-going rehearsing process of this piece but this orchestra can rise to all its challenges and it is all worth it in the end" - confesses the conductor. 

The other symphonic work is the marvelous (also third) symphony dubbed "Eroica" by Beethoven. "The idea is to perform the Eroica as it was for the very first time ever in 1804. The venue of the premiere was the Palais Lobkowitz where space was rather limited therefore the size of the orchestra had to be small. This is what we replicate now : 6 first, 6 second violins, 4 violas, 3 celli, and 2 basses. I believe the result will be amazing. Our audiences will hear true Chamber Music with capital letters in Bad Aussee, Hainburg, and Sopron" - sums up the program of the tour Maestro Sieghart.