Winners of the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition and the Internationaal Vocalisten Concours present a programme of songs by Franz Liszt and his arrangements of songs by the Russian composer Anton Rubinstein, as well as works by Borodin and Tchaikovsky. This unique concert features Liszt specialist Olga Kozlova on piano and the young soprano Gulnara Shafigullina, winner of the opera prize at the Internationaal Vocalistenconcours in 2012 in Den Bosch, who will be making her debut at the Met in New York in April 2014. This concert follows on the popular ‘In Love with Liszt’ programme at last year’s Grachtenfestival, hosted once again in the Church Hall of the Hermitage Amsterdam.
his performance is part a partnership in the context of the Netherlands - Russia Year 2013.