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Konvergencie 2025 / AVITAL – LUPTÁK
Convergence 2025 / Avital - Lupták
Event by: Jozef Luptak, Festival Konvergencie
Location: Moyzes Hall, Gondova 2, Bratislava
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Convergence 2025/Avital - Lupták
23/3/2025/Moyzes Hall/Moyzes Hall 19:00
AVI AVital (IL), Mandolin/Mandoline
J. S. Bach, G. Sollima, E. Bloch
Jozef Lupták, Violončelo/Cello
J. S. Bach, V. Godar
“Bach's music fills me with infinite astonishment over human being.” The Chamber Music Festival Convergence invites to be amazed at the music of the German Baroque genius Johann Sebastian Bach on the recitals of the virtuoso mandolinist AVI Avital and the violonist Jozef Lupták.
The Fourth Concert at Convergences Invites Us to Be Amazed at the Music of the German Baroque Genius Johann Sebastian Bach, at Recitals by the Virtuoso Man-Dolin Player Avi Avi and the Celist Jozef Lupták.
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"There is a musician who knows no boundaries, except for the boundaries of good taste and whose art can persuade listeners to follow him anywhere."
- Gramophone
"Here is a Musician Who Recognises No Boundaries Except Those of Good Taste, and Who Has The Artistry to Persuade Listheners To Follow Him Anywhere.”
- Gramophone
Avi Avital is the first mandolinist nominated for the Grammy Award. As a popularizer of mandoline he is compared to André Segovo, as virtuoso to the legendary Jasch Heifetz. In addition to Bach and Vivaldi's recordings, he initiated the creation of more than hundreds of new works for his instrument. For convergence, the artist, performing in the world's most prestigious halls, returns after five years.
AVI Avital is the First Mandolinist Nominated for A Grammy Award. AS and Populariser of the Mandolin, He Is Compared To Andrés Segovia, AS and Virtuoso to The Legendary Jascha Heifetz. Apart from Recordings of Bach and Vivaldi, Hea Has Initiated the Production of Over A Hundred New Works for His Instrument. AVI AVital, WHO APPEARS IN THE WORLD’s Bridge Prestigious Halls, Is Returning To Convergences after Five Years.
𝗔𝘃𝗶 𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 (𝗜𝗟), mandolin/mandolin
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Allemand
From score no. 2 D MOL BWV 1004/From The Partita No. 2 In D Minor BWV 1004
Giovanni Sollima (1962)
Prelude/Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach/Corrente, Sarabanda
from Partity no. 2 D MOL BWV 1004/From The Partita No. 2 In D Minor BWV 1004
Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959)
Baal Shem
Johann Sebastian Bach/Giga
from score no. 2 D MOL BWV 1004/From The Partita No. 2 In D Minor BWV 1004
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ciaccona
from Partity no. 2 D MOL BWV 1004/From The Partita No. 2 In D Minor BWV 1004
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The work of Vladimír Godár, one of the most prominent compositional personalities of Slovak music of the 20th century, has been a permanent part of the repertoire of the violonist Jozef Lupták from the beginning. In his discography, all the composer's essential solo, chamber and orchestral opuses can be found, many of the works were created directly for him. This also applies to Passacaglia and Lamento O, Crux, which for the first time at the convergence festival. Jozef Lupták's Solo Cello, the suggestivity of Godar meditations will be complemented by Johann Sebastian Bach's unearthly beauty.
The Work of Vladimír Godár, One of the Most Striking Slovakia Composers of the 20th Century, Has Been an Ab how Part of the Repertoire of the Celist Jozef Lupták Right from the outset. HIS Discography Encompasses All of Godar’s Fundamental Solo, Chamber and Orchestral Opuses, with Many of the Works Being Pro-Duced for Lupták Directly. THAT IS ALSO TRUE OF PASSACAGLIA AND THE LAMENT O, CRUX, WHICH WeRE First Heard at Convergences. The Evocative Quality of Godar’s Meditations for Solo Cello, in Jozef Lupták’s Recital, Will Be Complemented by the Une-Arthly Beauty of the Music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
𝗟𝗨𝗣𝗧𝗔 𝗟𝗨𝗣𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗞, violončelo/Cello
program
Vladimír Godár (1956)
Passacaglia for solo cello (2007) Violončelo (premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Suite no. 6 D DUR for Solo Cello Bwv 1012/Cello Suite No. 6 IN D MAJOR BWV 1012
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🕚 Concert Duration: 120 minutes with one break.
🎫 Tickets: 15 - 20 - 25 EUR
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👉 Permanent: Performers reserved. Matúš Valla. (Mandolina, IL)-Israeli native began playing in mandolin as an 8-year-old and soon became a member of a successful mandolin orchestra led by S. Nathanson. He studied at the Jerusalem Music Academy and Conservatorio Cesare Pollini in Padua (U. Orlandi). In the repertoire he has the music of various genres and styles (Klezmer, Baroque, Contemporary works, World Music, Jazz). He is the first mandolinist to win the prestigious Israeli Aviv Competitions competition in 2007. He plays a mandolin made by the Israeli lutnist A. Kerman. He initiated more than 100 orders for mandolin and orchestra, including works by authors such as A. Clyne, J. Higdon, A. Dorman, D. Bruce and G. Sollima, which he reported with orchestras and conductors: Munich Philharmonic. Urbański, Atlanta Symphony orchestra/r. Spano, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai/r. Bancroft, BBC Symphony Orchestra/d. Rustionion. It cooperates with musicians of many genres, including M. Esfahani, K. Bezuidenhout, A. S. Ott, A. Scholl, Dover Quartet, Danish String Quartet, Brooklyn Rider, O. Klein, O. Avital, M. Gedeck and Georgian Budgan Gagra. Thanks to his versatility, he presented himself at events such as Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Bozar in Brussels, Dortmund Conserthaus (Zeitinsel), Aspen, Salzburg Festival, Tanglewood, Spoleto, Ravenna, Misa Shanghai, Cheltenham, Verbier and Tsinandali. He toured with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Il Giardino Armonico, the B’Rock Orchestra, recitals with K. Sidor (accordion), O. Pashchenko (Čembalo/Fortepiano) and O. Klein (piano) and Australia with Violonchelist G. With Between Worlds Ensemble he performed in Boulez Saal in Berlin. The ensemble was created to explore various genres, culture and musical worlds focusing on various geographical regions. Avital records for Deutsche Grammophon and his sixth album for this publishing house The Art of the Mandolin (2020) has met with great recognition and best reviews in The Times, Independent, Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, as well as international press. Previous Bach recordings (2019), Avital Meets Avital (2017), Vivaldi (2015), album Avital's own Transcriptions of Bach's Concerts (2012) and Beten Worlds (2014) have also won numerous awards. /Aviavital.com
Jozef Lupták (Violončelo, SK) - founder and artistic director of the Convergence Festival, which has been one of the most important music events in Slovakia since 1999. The tireless organizer of cultural life attended the Conservatory and VŠMU in Bratislava, continued to the Royal Academy of Music in London (R. Cohen) and at the Banff Center for Arts in Canada. It is one of the artists forming music and cultural space in Slovakia, for which he won several awards (the Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic, the F. Kafenda Award) and the nominations (Tatra Banka Foundation Award, Czech Lion Nominations and Sun in the Network for Music for Amnesty). It works on domestic and foreign stages. As a sought -after chamber player, he worked with the world's leading artists and ensembles (R. Cohen, D. Rowland, V. Mendelssohn, B. Schmid, I. Van Keulen, A. Serdar, The Hilliard Ensemble, Fine Arts Quartet) and important conductors (A. Parrott, J. Bělohlávek, D. Gazon, D. A. Mogrelia). His regular teammates include I. Karško, M. Ruman, N. Skuta, B. Lenko and Ď. He works at the Academy of Arts in B. Bystrica and Conservatory in Bratislava, leads championship courses abroad, organizes educational events for students in Slovakia. Since the founding of M. Varga (2017), it has been chairman, artistically leading activities dedicated to the work of a musician, who also inspired the emergence of convergence. He realized a number of CD recordings, o. i. Bach's suite for solo cello, Brahms' sonatas, premieres of V. Godar, Crossover Projects After Phurikane, Chassidic Songs, Sleeping or CD on CD Free In One, collaborated on CD Jana Kirschner Morruša Biela). With the Norwegian-Slovak project Building Bridges, which connects musicians and genres across countries, he recorded an album Singing in 2024. He is currently working with the Dance Studio Theater on the performance of the Golden Department, for which he created music and with a set of S. Fehér, V. Šarišský, O. Török in the project of the song Marián Varga. / Jozefluptak.com
23/3/2025/Moyzes Hall/Moyzes Hall 19:00
AVI AVital (IL), Mandolin/Mandoline
J. S. Bach, G. Sollima, E. Bloch
Jozef Lupták, Violončelo/Cello
J. S. Bach, V. Godar
“Bach's music fills me with infinite astonishment over human being.” The Chamber Music Festival Convergence invites to be amazed at the music of the German Baroque genius Johann Sebastian Bach on the recitals of the virtuoso mandolinist AVI Avital and the violonist Jozef Lupták.
The Fourth Concert at Convergences Invites Us to Be Amazed at the Music of the German Baroque Genius Johann Sebastian Bach, at Recitals by the Virtuoso Man-Dolin Player Avi Avi and the Celist Jozef Lupták.
〰️
"There is a musician who knows no boundaries, except for the boundaries of good taste and whose art can persuade listeners to follow him anywhere."
- Gramophone
"Here is a Musician Who Recognises No Boundaries Except Those of Good Taste, and Who Has The Artistry to Persuade Listheners To Follow Him Anywhere.”
- Gramophone
Avi Avital is the first mandolinist nominated for the Grammy Award. As a popularizer of mandoline he is compared to André Segovo, as virtuoso to the legendary Jasch Heifetz. In addition to Bach and Vivaldi's recordings, he initiated the creation of more than hundreds of new works for his instrument. For convergence, the artist, performing in the world's most prestigious halls, returns after five years.
AVI Avital is the First Mandolinist Nominated for A Grammy Award. AS and Populariser of the Mandolin, He Is Compared To Andrés Segovia, AS and Virtuoso to The Legendary Jascha Heifetz. Apart from Recordings of Bach and Vivaldi, Hea Has Initiated the Production of Over A Hundred New Works for His Instrument. AVI AVital, WHO APPEARS IN THE WORLD’s Bridge Prestigious Halls, Is Returning To Convergences after Five Years.
𝗔𝘃𝗶 𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 (𝗜𝗟), mandolin/mandolin
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Allemand
From score no. 2 D MOL BWV 1004/From The Partita No. 2 In D Minor BWV 1004
Giovanni Sollima (1962)
Prelude/Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach/Corrente, Sarabanda
from Partity no. 2 D MOL BWV 1004/From The Partita No. 2 In D Minor BWV 1004
Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959)
Baal Shem
Johann Sebastian Bach/Giga
from score no. 2 D MOL BWV 1004/From The Partita No. 2 In D Minor BWV 1004
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ciaccona
from Partity no. 2 D MOL BWV 1004/From The Partita No. 2 In D Minor BWV 1004
〰️
The work of Vladimír Godár, one of the most prominent compositional personalities of Slovak music of the 20th century, has been a permanent part of the repertoire of the violonist Jozef Lupták from the beginning. In his discography, all the composer's essential solo, chamber and orchestral opuses can be found, many of the works were created directly for him. This also applies to Passacaglia and Lamento O, Crux, which for the first time at the convergence festival. Jozef Lupták's Solo Cello, the suggestivity of Godar meditations will be complemented by Johann Sebastian Bach's unearthly beauty.
The Work of Vladimír Godár, One of the Most Striking Slovakia Composers of the 20th Century, Has Been an Ab how Part of the Repertoire of the Celist Jozef Lupták Right from the outset. HIS Discography Encompasses All of Godar’s Fundamental Solo, Chamber and Orchestral Opuses, with Many of the Works Being Pro-Duced for Lupták Directly. THAT IS ALSO TRUE OF PASSACAGLIA AND THE LAMENT O, CRUX, WHICH WeRE First Heard at Convergences. The Evocative Quality of Godar’s Meditations for Solo Cello, in Jozef Lupták’s Recital, Will Be Complemented by the Une-Arthly Beauty of the Music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
𝗟𝗨𝗣𝗧𝗔 𝗟𝗨𝗣𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗞, violončelo/Cello
program
Vladimír Godár (1956)
Passacaglia for solo cello (2007) Violončelo (premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Suite no. 6 D DUR for Solo Cello Bwv 1012/Cello Suite No. 6 IN D MAJOR BWV 1012
〰️
🕚 Concert Duration: 120 minutes with one break.
🎫 Tickets: 15 - 20 - 25 EUR
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👉 Permanent: Performers reserved. Matúš Valla. (Mandolina, IL)-Israeli native began playing in mandolin as an 8-year-old and soon became a member of a successful mandolin orchestra led by S. Nathanson. He studied at the Jerusalem Music Academy and Conservatorio Cesare Pollini in Padua (U. Orlandi). In the repertoire he has the music of various genres and styles (Klezmer, Baroque, Contemporary works, World Music, Jazz). He is the first mandolinist to win the prestigious Israeli Aviv Competitions competition in 2007. He plays a mandolin made by the Israeli lutnist A. Kerman. He initiated more than 100 orders for mandolin and orchestra, including works by authors such as A. Clyne, J. Higdon, A. Dorman, D. Bruce and G. Sollima, which he reported with orchestras and conductors: Munich Philharmonic. Urbański, Atlanta Symphony orchestra/r. Spano, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai/r. Bancroft, BBC Symphony Orchestra/d. Rustionion. It cooperates with musicians of many genres, including M. Esfahani, K. Bezuidenhout, A. S. Ott, A. Scholl, Dover Quartet, Danish String Quartet, Brooklyn Rider, O. Klein, O. Avital, M. Gedeck and Georgian Budgan Gagra. Thanks to his versatility, he presented himself at events such as Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Bozar in Brussels, Dortmund Conserthaus (Zeitinsel), Aspen, Salzburg Festival, Tanglewood, Spoleto, Ravenna, Misa Shanghai, Cheltenham, Verbier and Tsinandali. He toured with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Il Giardino Armonico, the B’Rock Orchestra, recitals with K. Sidor (accordion), O. Pashchenko (Čembalo/Fortepiano) and O. Klein (piano) and Australia with Violonchelist G. With Between Worlds Ensemble he performed in Boulez Saal in Berlin. The ensemble was created to explore various genres, culture and musical worlds focusing on various geographical regions. Avital records for Deutsche Grammophon and his sixth album for this publishing house The Art of the Mandolin (2020) has met with great recognition and best reviews in The Times, Independent, Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, as well as international press. Previous Bach recordings (2019), Avital Meets Avital (2017), Vivaldi (2015), album Avital's own Transcriptions of Bach's Concerts (2012) and Beten Worlds (2014) have also won numerous awards. /Aviavital.com
Jozef Lupták (Violončelo, SK) - founder and artistic director of the Convergence Festival, which has been one of the most important music events in Slovakia since 1999. The tireless organizer of cultural life attended the Conservatory and VŠMU in Bratislava, continued to the Royal Academy of Music in London (R. Cohen) and at the Banff Center for Arts in Canada. It is one of the artists forming music and cultural space in Slovakia, for which he won several awards (the Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic, the F. Kafenda Award) and the nominations (Tatra Banka Foundation Award, Czech Lion Nominations and Sun in the Network for Music for Amnesty). It works on domestic and foreign stages. As a sought -after chamber player, he worked with the world's leading artists and ensembles (R. Cohen, D. Rowland, V. Mendelssohn, B. Schmid, I. Van Keulen, A. Serdar, The Hilliard Ensemble, Fine Arts Quartet) and important conductors (A. Parrott, J. Bělohlávek, D. Gazon, D. A. Mogrelia). His regular teammates include I. Karško, M. Ruman, N. Skuta, B. Lenko and Ď. He works at the Academy of Arts in B. Bystrica and Conservatory in Bratislava, leads championship courses abroad, organizes educational events for students in Slovakia. Since the founding of M. Varga (2017), it has been chairman, artistically leading activities dedicated to the work of a musician, who also inspired the emergence of convergence. He realized a number of CD recordings, o. i. Bach's suite for solo cello, Brahms' sonatas, premieres of V. Godar, Crossover Projects After Phurikane, Chassidic Songs, Sleeping or CD on CD Free In One, collaborated on CD Jana Kirschner Morruša Biela). With the Norwegian-Slovak project Building Bridges, which connects musicians and genres across countries, he recorded an album Singing in 2024. He is currently working with the Dance Studio Theater on the performance of the Golden Department, for which he created music and with a set of S. Fehér, V. Šarišský, O. Török in the project of the song Marián Varga. / Jozefluptak.com