[Unicum] Piano concert of Ms. Judith Neslény on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, at 7:00 pm at the Embassy of Hungary

 

Embassy of Hungary

Washington D.C.

 

The Ambassador of Hungary

H.E. György Szapáry

cordially invites you and your guests

to the piano concert of

Ms. Judith Neslény

on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, at 7:00 pm

at the Embassy of Hungary 

2950 Spring of Freedom street, NW, Washington, D.C.

Please RSVP to RSVP.was@mfa.gov.hu

 

PROGRAM

Ferenc LISZT:

Three Concert Etudes:

Il Lamento

La Leggierezza(Lacrimosa)

Un Sospiro

Variations on J.S.Bach's Theme and Chorale:

Weinen, Klagen, Zagen und Sorgen

Hungarian Rhapsody #12

 

Ms. Neslény studied at the Béla Bartók Conservatory and at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. She came to the United States after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. After a year of recovery from the illness she contracted in the freedom fight, she polished her piano artistry with Rosina Lhevinne. She also holds a degree in Library Science.

Ms. Neslény is known in the Southland as a pianist, teacher and organist. She held positions at the piano faculties at California State University, Los Angeles and at Pasadena City College (1974 -1986).

She performed on four continents and she was Guest Artist with the Princess Luxury Liner. Her name appears in the Who’s Who of Women and Musicians of the World and other encyclopedias.

As a composer, Neslény’s “Magyar Requiem” was premiered in 1994 at the Liszt Academy of Music’s Grand Hall, and, in 2006 her “Cantata 1956” earned her the highest award a civilian may receive from the President of the Hungarian Republic for “artistic contributions and promoting music in the 20th Century, especially the works of Franz Liszt.”

She also holds commendations from the Mayors of Los Angeles and Pasadena and was knighted by the Order of Saint Laszlo for her humanitarian and philanthropic commitments.

She is invited as pianist, lecturer, and presenter in musical circles. Her pianistic renditions are recorded by Globe, Janus and Summitt. Her articles, reviews and novelettes appear around the world.

She teaches piano and compositions in Pasadena and is a former president of the Music Teachers’ Association of Pasadena and since 1990 co-director of the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition for Piano and Voice with Geraldine Keeling.

Recently she was invited by the Liszt Academy of Music to present recitals and Master Classes in Budapest.