Dear Musicians, Students, and Music Lovers,

I would like to give you an update on the second edition of the New Millennium International Chamber Music Festival and Master Classes, which was scheduled to be held this year from August 27th to September 1st in Budapest, Hungary.

Although the programs and venues of this year’s festival were already in place, we are making the health and safety of our festival community and audiences a top priority. We have therefore made the very difficult decision to postpone all of the festival concerts this year due to the current pandemic. I am especially disappointed that I will not be able to see the festival’s many friends and supporters, colleagues, and students of the master classes in person again this year, but am all the more excited for what’s to come next year!

We are happy to announce, however, that we will be offering full scholarships to take a master class with one of the festival’s renowned artists. This special virtual edition of the Master Classes will be held during the time we had planned for the festival. A limited number of talented musicians of all ages will be selected, and some of these classes will be featured online. The deadline is August 1st, and the details and application form can be found on our website.

Last year’s inaugural festival successfully displayed the transformative power of music in its highest form. In the inclusive and compassionate community of the NMICMF, performers, participants, and audiences alike gained, among other things, opened perspectives and countless magical moments of beauty, hope and inspiration to envision a more promising future. The spirit of this festival is unique, as it is structured on a community of creative individuals from various cultures and backgrounds gathering because of their love of music and performing. We must ensure that music never stops. These challenging times have shown us all that now more than ever, the world needs art and music to help us heal, live and thrive.

Finally, the second edition of the NMICMF will take place between 26 and 31 August 2021. Please write the dates into your calendars! At that time, there will be a renewed function for live concerts and classical music, and the power of live music will be shared and appreciated on a new level. Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Miranda Liu

(from 2019)

Welcome from Violinist Miranda Liu, Founder and Artistic Director

Dear Music Lovers and Music Students,

The New Millennium International Chamber Music Festival will be held this summer for the very first time between 30 August and 3 September 2019. The festival takes place in the heart of Budapest, a stunning city with a rich architectural and historical heritage. Chamber music is the primary focus of the festival and the concerts will feature colorful and innovative programs highlighting masterpieces not only from the rich duo, trio, and quartet repertoire, but also a sextet and septet! Moreover, you will not want to miss the exciting debut of the newly formed professional ensemble, the Central European Strings.

Our goal is to feature chamber music in its most authentic form – the “music of friends” – which was originally intended to be performed in intimate settings. In order to realize this goal, the festival will be held at the Festetics and Benczúr Palaces, as well as at the Chamber Hall of the Old Liszt Academy of Music (which itself was Franz Liszt’s living room). The festival’s roster consists of musicians in Hungary who are among the most successful and who will be joined by international star musicians.

Additionally, the master class component of the festival will offer students the opportunity to study the solo and chamber music repertoire with the festival artists during one-on-one lessons. The master class is open to musicians of all ages and nationalities. Furthermore, the participants of the master classes will be given a rare opportunity to participate in the festival’s Concerto Competition, which will give the winners the opportunity to appear as a soloist at the festival’s closing concert, accompanied by the Central European Strings.

I hope to offer much inspiration to our artists, students, and concertgoers with this new initiative. It has been a dream of mine to create a platform to make music together with talented musicians from all over the world and to build new and lasting friendships. The community of the New Millennium International Chamber Music Festival welcomes you!

Musically yours,

Miranda Liu

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The New Millennium International Chamber Music Festival

Our Performers

Our Performers

Miranda Liu - Artistic Director

Ensemble in Residence: Central European String Quartet

Miranda Liu - violin

Bartosz Koziak - cello

Noémi Győri - flute

Csaba Klenyán - clarinet

Josu de Solaun - piano

Orchestra for the closing concert: Central European Strings

Our Venues

Zenetudományi Intézet

(Erdődy-Hatvany Palota)

1014 Budapest, Táncsics Mihály utca 7.

Liszt Old Academy of Music

1064 Budapest, Vörösmarty utca 35.

Hubay Palota

1011 Budapest, Bem rakpart 11.

Ádám Jenő Music School of Ferencváros

1092 Budapest, Köztelek utca 8.

Our Master Classes

Open to all ages and levels!

Venues: Ádám Jenő Music School, Liszt Old Academy of Music

Faculty

Violin, Chamber Music | Miranda Liu

Cello | Bartosz Koziak

Piano | Josu de Solaun

Flute | Noémi Győri

Clarinet | Csaba Klenyán

Application deadline: 1 June 2020

Application fee: 50 €. Applications are accepted in the order of arrival. The number of participants is limited.

Late application deadline: 1 July 2020. Late application fee: 80 €.

Full Master Class Application Information

About Us

The 2nd New Millennium International Chamber Music Festival’s artists together with concert violinist Miranda Liu, the founder and artistic director, invite music lovers from around the world to join them in the beautiful city of Budapest and to be inspired by the performances of world-esteemed musicians and ensembles. The concerts will take place at the intimate and historical concert halls of Budapest. Public master classes will also be given and a student concerto competition will be held to showcase star participants of the master classes in a closing concert with the Central European Strings.

Outstanding Musicians and Faculty

The festival will be featuring exciting and outstanding classical musicians who will also teach and guide the participants of the Master Classes via one-on-one lessons and a student recital.

Master Classes & Competition

Participants of the solo master classes may play works from the solo, sonata, or orchestral repertoire during the course. The chamber music course is open to pre-formed groups consisting of between two and eight members.

The competition is open to all of the participants of the solo master classes. The prize of the competition is the opportunity to perform the competition’s required work as a soloist with a professional ensemble, the Central European Strings, at the festival’s closing concert. One or more students will be selected.

REQUIRED REPERTOIRE

Violin

Haydn: Violin Concerto in G Major - 1st movement

Haydn: Violin Concerto in C Major - 1st movement

Cello

C. P. E. Bach: Cello Concerto in A minor, Wq 170 - 1st movement

Flute

C. P. E. Bach: Flute Concerto in d minor, Wq 22 - 1st movement

Clarinet

Donizetti: Concertino in B flat major

Piano

Mozart: Concerto in A Major, KV 414 - 1st movement

Concerts

Opening Concert - Chamber Evening No. 1

Recital of the Central European String Quartet

Friday, 30 August 2019, 7:30 PM

Festetics Palota, Tükörterem

Debussy: String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10

Bartók: Duos (selection)

- intermission -

Janacek: String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters"

Ravel: Introduction and Allegro

Performed by:

Central European Stri

Opening Concert - Chamber Evening No. 1

Recital of the Central European String Quartet

Friday, 30 August 2019, 7:30 PM

Festetics Palota, Tükörterem

Debussy: String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10

Bartók: Duos (selection)

- intermission -

Janacek: String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters"

Ravel: Introduction and Allegro

Performed by:

Central European String Quartet (Miranda Liu, Máté Soós – violin, Haruka Nagao – viola, Judit Szabó – cello)

Noémi Győri – flute

Csaba Klenyán - clarinet

Klára Bábel – harp

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Afternoon Concert No. 1

Piano Recital by Tamás Érdi

Saturday, 31 August 2019, 5:00 PM

Franz Liszt Old Academy of Music, Chamber Hall

Chopin:

Fantaisie Impromptu, Op. 66

Prelude in D-flat Major, Op. 28

Ballade in g minor, Op. 23/1

Berceuse, Op. 57

Afternoon Concert No. 1

Piano Recital by Tamás Érdi

Saturday, 31 August 2019, 5:00 PM

Franz Liszt Old Academy of Music, Chamber Hall

Chopin:

Fantaisie Impromptu, Op. 66

Prelude in D-flat Major, Op. 28

Ballade in g minor, Op. 23/1

Berceuse, Op. 57

Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53

Nocturne in c minor

Nocturne in c-sharp minor, Op. posth.

Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22

Performed by:

Tamás Érdi - piano

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Chamber Evening No. 2

Saturday, 31 August 2019, 7:30 PM

Franz Liszt Old Academy of Music, Chamber Hall

Mozart: Sonata in e minor for Violin and Piano, KV 304

Brahms: Sonata in E-flat Major for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120

- intermission -

Brahms: String Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18

Performed by:

Miranda Liu – violin

Csaba Klenyán – clarinet

Tamás

Chamber Evening No. 2

Saturday, 31 August 2019, 7:30 PM

Franz Liszt Old Academy of Music, Chamber Hall

Mozart: Sonata in e minor for Violin and Piano, KV 304

Brahms: Sonata in E-flat Major for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120

- intermission -

Brahms: String Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18

Performed by:

Miranda Liu – violin

Csaba Klenyán – clarinet

Tamás Érdi, Míra Nagy – piano

Central European String Quartet (Miranda Liu, Máté Soós – violin, Haruka Nagao – viola, Judit Szabó – cello)

László Móré – viola

Bartosz Koziak – cello

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Chamber Evening No. 3

Sunday, 1 September 2019, 7:30 PM

Benczúr Palace, Díszterem

Brahms: Sonata in G Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 78

Glinka: Variations on a Theme by Mozart

Godefroid: Carnaval de Venice

- szünet -

Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello

Shostakovich: Piano Trio in e minor, Op. 67

Performed by:

Miranda Liu – violin

Bartosz Koziak – cello

Georgy Tchaidze – piano

Klára Bábel – harp

Afternoon Concert No. 2

Piano Recital by Georgy Tchaidze

Monday 2 September 2019, 5:00 PM
Franz Liszt Old Academy of Music, Chamber Hall

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in d minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest"

Scriabin: 5 Preludes, Op. 16

Schumann: Grande Sonata No. 1 in f-sharp minor, Op. 11

Performed by:

Georgy Tchaidze – piano

Closing Concert - Central European Strings

Closing Concert with the Central European Strings and the winners of the festival's Competition

Monday, 2 September 2019, 7:30 PM

Franz Liszt Old Academy of Music, Chamber Hall

Tchaikovsky: Nocturne for Cello and String Orchestra

Elgar: Sospiri for Harp and String Orchestra

Award Ceremony

The New Millennium Music Festival and Master Classes's Competition Winners perform as soloists with the Central European Strings

- intermission -

Tartini: Devil's Trill Sonata in g minor

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48

Performed by:

Bartosz Koziak – cello

Klára Bábel – harp

Miranda Liu – violin

Competition Winners of the 1st New Millennium International Chamber Music Festival and Master Classes

Central European Strings (leader: Miranda Liu)

Moderator: Endre Tóth, music historian

New Millennium International Master Classes

New Millennium International Master Classes

(from 2019)