Egri & Pertis Piano Duo: Crosstalks 13. | If Schubert had written film music…

Program:
Franz Schubert: Fantasy in F minor, D. 940 – excerpt
Camille Saint-Saëns: The Assassination of the Duke of Guise, Op. 128 – excerpt
Sergei Prokofiev: The Queen of Spades, Op. 70 – excerpts
Darius Milhaud: The Ox on the Roof – cinema fantasy, Op. 58 – excerpt
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Nino Rota: The Godfather – excerpt
Henry Mancini: “Moon River” from the movie “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”
Henry Mancini: The Pink Panther – excerpt
Hans Zimmer: Pirates of the Caribbean – excerpts
Richard Rodgers: The Sound of Music – excerpts
John Williams: Star Wars – excerpts

Featuring:
Mónika Egri, Attila Pertis – piano
Guest: Ádám Balázs, film composer
Host: Szilvia Becze

Few visual arts rely as heavily on music as cinema does. It is no coincidence that Béla Balázs called film music the third dimension of film. The winter concert of the Egri & Pertis Piano Duo’s series “Crosstalks”, which explores the interplay of sister arts, places the synthesis of film and music at its center. How do image and sound influence each other—and how does their union affect the viewer? The history of cinema proves that film music is far more than a mere accompaniment: it has created its own formal language, shapes dramaturgy, and continues to inspire composers to create exceptional works.

The program arc starts from “classical” composers who also wrote for the movies—among them Camille Saint-Saëns, Sergei Prokofiev, and Darius Milhaud—and reaches all the way to icons of film music such as Henry Mancini, Hans Zimmer, and John Williams. Along the way, the audience can recall favorite film experiences like “The Godfather,” “The Pink Panther,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” and “Star Wars.”

The concert’s guest artist will be Ádám Balázs, the film composer honored with numerous domestic and international awards, who wrote the music for the Oscar-winning film “Sing.” In a brief onstage conversation, topics will include the workings of the Hollywood “dream factory,” his relationships with film directors, and why it is important for a film composer to learn to compose with a stopwatch.

The exciting evening will once again be hosted by Szilvia Becze, the popular editor-presenter of Bartók Radio.

The series is supported by OTP Bank.
The photo of the Egri & Pertis Piano Duo was taken by Mátyás Baranyai.