July 30 at 18.30 Opening Concert Tamara Stefanovich

MÄNTTÄ MUSIC FESTIVAL 2024

Tuesday 30 July 2024 6.30 PM
Opening concert: Tamara Stefanovich
Serlachius Kivijärvi Hall
58/45 €

Please note that the performer for the opening concert has changed. Read more: Change in the Mänttä Music Festival programme: Ingrid Fliter’s concert is postponed by one year, replaced by Tamara Stefanovich.

“The colossal energy of Stefanovich’s performance was hugely impressive” – The Telegraph

“Fearless, dazzling, exceptional” – The Guardian

The opening concert of the 25th Mänttä Music Festival will be performed by Croatian-born, Berlin-based piano star Tamara Stefanovich. She is known for her dazzling interpretations and exceptionally wide repertoire.

Stefanovich’s Mänttä programme is the perfect way to celebrate the opening of the festival. In the first half of the concert, she creatively combines György Ligeti’s famous Musica Ricercata with Beethoven’s Bagatelles. In the second half, the atmosphere intensifies even more as the pianist juxtaposes Ligeti’s etudes with well-known etudes by Rachmaninov, Debussy and Scriabin, among others.

This psychologically insightful programme, which explores new facets of Stefanovich’s piano repertoire, is a wonderful tribute to the 25th anniversary of the Mänttä Music Festival.

Program

György Ligeti (1923–2006) 
Musica Ricercata

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Bagatelle Op. 119 No. 10

György Ligeti
Musica Ricercata

Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle Op. 119 No. 3

György Ligeti
Musica Ricercata

Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle Op. 119 No. 6

György Ligeti
Musica Ricercata

Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle Op. 119 No. 7

György Ligeti
Musica Ricercata

Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle Op. 119 No. 11

György Ligeti
Musica Ricercata

Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle Op. 126 No. 6

György Ligeti
Musica Ricercata

Ludwig van Beethoven
Fantasia for piano Op. 77

intermission

Sergei Rahmaninov (1873–1943)
Étude-tableau in F minor, Op. 33 No. 1

György Ligeti
Touches bloquées (Etude No 3) (premiere livre)

Sergei Rahmaninov
Étude-tableau in C major, Op. 33 No. 2

György Ligeti
Der Zauberlehrling (Etude No 10)

Aleksandr Skrjabin (1872–1915)
Etude Op. 42 in F sharp major

Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
»Pour les huit doigts«, from Douze Études, L. 136, No. 6

Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
Etude 4

Claude Debussy
Étude 11 pour les arpèges composés

Sergei Rahmaninov
Étude-tableau in D minor, Op. 39 No. 8

György Ligeti
Cordes à vide (Etude No 2)

Vassos Nicolaou (s. 1971)
Chimes

Aleksandr Skrjabin
Etude Op. 42 No. 2

György Ligeti
Arc-en-ciel (Etude No 5)

Oliver Messiaen (1908–1992)
Ile de Feu I

Artistic Director of the Mänttä Music Festival Niklas Pokki introduces the concert in the Serlachius Kivijärvi Hall at 18:00 (in Finnish). Estimated starting time of the intermission is 19:05. The concert ends approximately at 20:15.

Concert tickets

• 58 €/ticket: adults
• 45 €/discount ticket: students, children at the ages of 7-17 (under 7s for free), pensioners, conscripts, unemployed, member of Mäntän Musiikkijuhlien Tuki ry, member of Pianopedagogit ry
• group ticket for a minimum of 10 people (-10 % from normal price)
• group ticket for a minimum of 10 pensioners (-10 % from reduced price)

The booking calendar reduces the group ticket price automatically when you book at least for 10 people/price category. Paying with a cultural or recreational benefit is not possible.

Book extra services

Intermission Refreshments at Autere Cottage

The traditional and cozy cottage in the art museum’s yard serves as intermission café. Book in advance and enjoy chanterelle pie or chocolate pastry, 9,60 €/person. Coffee or tea is included. Other beverages and pastries are also available on the spot.

Ticket refund
Mänttä Music Festival concert tickets cannot be exchanged or returned.

However, if a concert is cancelled or the artist or date of the concert is changed, you can return the ticket or use the equivalent amount to buy a ticket for another Mänttä Music Festival concert. This is subject to the availability of tickets for the alternative concert.

Mänttä Music Festival reserves the right to make changes to the programme and venue. Concert duration is approximate.