Bard College Conservatory of Music Presents

Signs, Games & Messages
   A three-day festival inspired by the musical explorations of György Kurtág. 

Curated by pianist Shai Wosner,  this annual three-day, four-concert festival explores the music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág (b. 1926), as well as that of composers who influenced or were influenced by him. Using Kurtág as a point of departure into music regardless of century or style, the Festival places different pieces and composers in a dialogue outside of time.

PROGRAM
Short solo piano works by Schubert and Kurtág, including US premieres of Kurtág works written during the pandemic
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano 
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KURTÁG The Sayings of Peter Bornemisza Op. 7: Concerto for Soprano and Piano (1963-1968)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano 
Tony Arnold, soprano

Free and open to the public.

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Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard is widely acclaimed as a key figure in the music of our time and a close collaborator with many leading composers including Ligeti, Stockhausen, George Benjamin, and Pierre Boulez. Praised by The Guardian as “one of the best Messiaen interpreters around“, Aimard has had a close association to the composer himself and with Yvonne Loriod, with whom he studied at the Paris Conservatoire. Recent seasons included the release of the Messiaen’s opus magnum Catalogue d’oiseaux on Pentatone, which was honored with multiple awards including the prestigious German music critic’s award “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik.” Aimard has performed the world premieres of piano works by Kurtág at Teatro alla Scala; Carter’s last piece Epigrams, which was written for Aimard, Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s works Responses; Sweet disorder and the carefully careless and Keyboard Engine. An innovative curator and uniquely significant interpreter of piano repertoire from every age, Aimard has directed and performed in ground-breaking projects at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, Konzerthaus Vienna, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Brussels’ Palais des Beaux Arts, Lucerne Festival, Mozarteum Salzburg, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Tanglewood Festival, and Edinburgh Festival. He performs throughout the world each season with major orchestras under conductors including Esa-Pekka Salonen, Peter Eötvös, Sir Simon Rattle and Vladimir Jurowski. 

Tony Arnold is internationally acclaimed as a leading proponent of contemporary music in concert and recording. Arnold’s extensive chamber music repertory includes major works written for her voice by Georges Aperghis, George Crumb, Brett Dean, Jason Eckardt, Gabriela Lena Frank, Josh Levine, George Lewis, Philippe Manoury, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, Christopher Theofanidis, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, John Zorn, and numerous others. She is a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble and enjoys regular guest appearances with leading ensembles, presenters, and festivals worldwide. With more than 30 discs to her credit, Arnold has recorded a broad segment of the modern vocal repertory with esteemed chamber music colleagues.

For more information, call 845-758-7196, e-mail [email protected],
or visit https://bard.edu/conservatory.

Time: 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EST/GMT-5

Location: Olin Hall

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