Pogády Plays Beethoven

Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 7 pm

Arbogast Performing Arts Center – 500 S. Dorset Rd, Troy OH, 45373

Reserved Seating – Accessible seating available

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Beethoven wrote only one violin concerto, but it represents a level of vision and majesty that only Beethoven could achieve. Our soloist, making his return engagement with the MVSO, is Slovakian-born violin virtuoso Filip Pogády, praised by the press for the "beauty of his tone," "lightning-like virtuosity" (Russkoe Slovo) and his "commanding performances" (The New York Times).

The concert opens with String Sinfonia No. 2 of Felix Mendelssohn. He began writing his series of "sinfonias" at the age of 12. These works would have likely been heard during Sunday afternoon soirees at his family's Berlin home, and demonstrate the early genius that was unfolding.

Principal Conductor, Awadagin Pratt, has received acclaim for delivering "forceful, imaginative, and precisely tinted" performances (Washington Post) and is hailed as "one of the great and distinctive American pianists and conductors of our time" (WGBH). To close the concert, he has selected the Brahms Symphony no. 4. His final symphony reaches deep into the recesses of musical emotion in a meticulous manner that only Brahms could deliver.

Filip Pogády – Biography

Violinist Filip Pogády has been praised by the press for the "beauty of his tone", "lightning-like virtuosity" (Russkoe Slovo) and his "commanding performance" (The New York Times).

Pogády has performed in some of the most renowned concert venues in the world including Lincoln Center (New York), Rudolphinum (Prague), Konzerthaus (Vienna), Tel Aviv Opera House, Kamakura Arts Center (Kamakura), Natori Arts Center (Tokyo), Lotte Hall (Seoul), and Seoul Arts Center.

Pogády gave his solo debut with orchestra at age 11 at the Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna after winning the 1st prize at the Tsusuki Violin Competition as the youngest contestant.

He participated three times at Austria's nationwide music competition "Prima La Musica" and won the 1st prize each time. He was also honored with special prizes by the Austrian String Society and the Raiffeisen Bank for extraordinary results at this competition.

Pogády earned his Master's Degree in Violin Performance under the tutelage of Maestro Pinchas Zukerman at the Manhattan School of Music, where he was awarded a full scholarship.

Born in Bratislava (Slovakia), Pogády moved with his family to Austria as a child and began his violin studies at age 7. Just one year later he was admitted to the Bruckner Conservatory Pre-college in Linz. He gave his first recital at age 10.

Pogády resides in New York City.