Pannon Philharmonic

Conductor

Tibor Bogányi

In 2017/2018, he is spending his seventh season as chief conductor of the Pannon Philharmonic.

Tibor Bogányi is of Hungarian descent and is regarded as the most interesting and talented member of the generation of Finnish conductors. At the age of 28 he was appointed Chief Conductor of… More

Soloist

Gergely Bogányi

piano

About the Programme

It happens that the first critique of a  music piece makes a big mistake. At first hearing, one of the most famous artists of his time, Nikolai Rubinstein evaluated Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto as worthless, unplayable, vulgar creation and recommended the composer he throw it away, with the exception of a few parts  and write a new one.. Fortunately Tchaikovsky believed in himself so that he didn’t change anything for the premiere, which took place not in Moscow though, where it was originally planned, but in the United States. The success was immediate, and has been remaining till today the same: the Piano Concerto in B flat minor is one of his most well known, most performed work. Those early critics who said that  could Sibelius’s Symphony No.1 would follow and imitate Tchaikovsky could have been wrong too. Sibelius might have bursted against this comparison not only out of pride of a composer: Finland at that time was under Russian oppression. This juvenile piece, the first symphony had already  the uniquely poetic language, characteristic for the composer, in which the nature, the snowy landscape, sky, pines, and wind are displayed gently, sensitively,and vividly. Finnish way.