The concert, named Zarathustra, given by Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra on 16 April, 2015, is a lot more than merely the introduction of the musical instrument in Southern Transdanubia because it is the first time it will be heard by an audience in a piano concerto on stage with a classical orchestra. 
The futuristic-looking Bogányi piano with several technical innovations was introduced to the public at Liszt Academy in January. The new grand piano’s sound is strong, clear and smooth and according to Gergely Bogányi, designer of the instrument, its sound is nicer than that of a modern piano. Apart from the pianist, giving the piano its name, the new design is also attributed to Attila Bolega, chief constructor, Péter Attila Üveges, chief designer and József Cs. Nagy, music technician and intonation expert.  /Fidelio.hu/

There are numerous extraordinary features regarding the concert in April which make it a cultural programme nobody should miss. On the one hand, on the occasion of the piano’s debut with an orchestra, the melodies of a contemporary Hungarian composer’s, László Dubrovay’s, composition will be heard – possibly in the presence of the composer. On the other hand, Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra is also playing an iconic composition of music history, the symphonic poem, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Richard Strauss. The composition requiring a magnificent orchestra will be performed by the orchestra in Kodály Centre on 16 April and in the Palace of Arts in Budapest on 18 April. Thus, Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra continues to take the path it chose some years ago intending to perform the whole series of symphonic poems by Richard Strauss.
Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra is looking forward to the arrival of the special instrument and its introduction in Kodály Centre’s music hall of European standards, which will be recorded in the Hungarian art scene as an important moment in the history of music. Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra is a progressive-minded, open art workshop which is in the forefront of national orchestras due to its own innovative efforts and as a result, it strongly advocates every important step of Hungarian artistic innovation.
A limited number of tickets are still available on www.jegymester.hu or in the ticket office of Kodály Centre.
The concert was sponsored by the National Cultural Fund of Hungary.

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