Louth Contemporary Music Society presents LISZT INSPECTIONS
Marino Formenti, piano
11 July 2013
St. Nicholas Church of Ireland
Dundalk, Louth Ireland

“What James Joyce did for the novel, Formenti seems intent on doing for the piano recital. The results were unforgettable…He is a unique artist, whose presentations should not be missed.”- THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Pianist, conductor and musical visionary MARINO FORMENTI is internationally renowned for his intense performances of original programs that defy traditional categories, and illuminate both new and deeply familiar core repertoire with surprising contextual juxtapositions.

On 11 July 2013 Formenti will perform his extraordinary solo recital program, The Liszt Inspections in Dundalk through which he explores the continuing influence of Liszt on contemporary composers.Click here  for a video of highlights from his performance of the work at KunstFestSpiele Herrenhausen 2012.

Liszt Inspections is funded by the Arts Council and financially supported by Create Louth.

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St. Nicholas Church of Ireland Dundalk 11 July 2013
8.00pm | €10 Tickets includes a glass of wine at the interval
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St. Nicholas Church of Ireland Drogheda
Thursday 11 July 2013 | 8.00pm | €10
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LISZT INSPECTIONS Programme

Franz Liszt: Ungarisches Volkslied f-moll S 245/5 • György Kurtág: Doina (Játékok)
 • Franz Liszt: Klavierstück Nr. 2 S 189a
 • György Kurtág: … waiting for Susan …
 • Franz Liszt: Bagatelle sans Tonalité S 216a
 • Gérard Pesson: Speech of Clouds (aus: »Vexierbilder II«)
 • György Ligeti: Touches bloquées / Étude Nr. 3 (Études pour piano, premier livre)
 • Franz Liszt: Funérailles S 173/7 (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses)
 • Wolfgang Rihm: Klavierstück Nr. 7 • 
Galina Ustwolskaja: Sonate Nr. 6 für Klavier solo

***intermission***

Franz Liszt: Au lac de Wallenstadt S 160/2 (Années de Pèlerinage, Première Année, Suisse)
 • Luciano Berio: Wasserklavier (Six Encores Nr. 3)
 • Franz Liszt: En rêve S 207 • 
György Ligeti: En suspens / Étude Nr. 11 (Études pour piano, deuxième livre)
 • Tristan Murail: Cloches d’adieu, et un sourire
 • Franz Liszt: Cloches du Soir (aus: L’Arbre de Noël S 186) • 
John Adams: China Gates
 • Franz Liszt: In festo transfigurationis Domini S 188 • 
Salvatore Sciarrino: Polveri Laterali • 
Franz Liszt: Resignazione • 
Morton Feldman: Piano Piece

Biography

MARINO FORMENTI | Pianist and Conductor

Marino Formenti’s unusual combination of emotion and intelligence characterizes him as one of the most interesting musicians of our time, his fondness for experimenting with new and unexpected combinations led to the development of unique projects and alternative concert formats (Nothing is Real, Piano Trips, Piano Integral, Nowhere, The Party).

Marino Formenti has appeared at the international festivals of Salzburg, Lucerne, Edinburgh, Schleswig-Holstein, Ravinia and Aspen, as well as the great concert halls of Berlin, Vienna, Paris, London, Zurich, Moscow, Tokyo, Los. In 2004, he made his début at the Lincoln Center in New York. Beginning in 2013, Marino Formenti will be presenting his own cycle at the Wigmore Hall in London over a period of three years.

Marino Formenti’s orchestra engagements have included performances with the New York and  Munich Philharmonic, Gustav Mahler Chamber Orchestra under the baton of such Maestri as Franz Welser-Möst, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Gustavo Dudamel among others.

Marino Formenti has led performances as a conductor at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, Vienna’s Musikverein and Konzerthaus, Konzerthaus Berlin, Salle Pleyel in Paris as well as in Rome, Milan, Los Angeles, Johannesburg or Tokyo. He conducted the Austrian premiere of Kurt Weill’s opera “Der Protagonist” and in 2010 led the chamber version of Prokofiev’s “The Fiery Angel,” which was unanimously hailed by the European Press.

Formenti has worked with some of the world’s greatest living composers, among them Friedrich Cerha, Olga Neuwirth, Helmut Lachenmann, Gyorgy Kurtág, and Salvatore Sciarrino.

In 2009 Marino Formenti was awarded the Belmont Prize for contemporary music by the Forberg-Schneider Foundation in Munich.