This piece will bring beauty and joy for the audience – has written Clara Schumann in her notes on the Piano Concerto in A minor which, of course, was composed for Clara by her husband, having in mind her outstanding pianist qualities.

The Piano Quintet in F minor by Brahms – to be played by Balázs Fülei and the Kodály Quartet at their concert in Zalaegerszeg on February 22nd – is also connected with Clara Schumann whose lifelong friendship with Brahms is widely known.

A review has been published in the daily newspaper titled Népszava on the new album by the Auer Trio released before Christmas including works by Haydn, Beethoven and Mendelssohn. Here is an excerpt of the review:

The first months of the new year will be very colourful for Balázs Fülei:

It was not Schubert's idea to collect the seven songs written for Rellstab's poems and the song composed for six Heine poems into a cycle, known as the Swan Song today;

Three chapters in the history of the Hungarian sonata will be revived on January 24th in the Bartók Memorial House.

The aging Liszt – moving away from Carolyne – was trying to revive his family bonds:

Haydn – Beethoven – Mendelssohn: pieces by these composers connected in many ways were recorded by the Auer Trio for their new CD to be released before Christmas. 

It is already a tradition in the Old Academy of Music to arrange a memorial concert for the eponym of the academy during the days near Franz Liszt’s birthday on October 22nd. 

In just three months the Beethoven Year – the 250th anniversary of his birth – will begin.

The concert titled “A genius from Bonn” refers to Beethoven’s hometown. Even the street where the composer was born bears the name of the town.