Benefit Concert with Matyas Novak

The Josef Novak Foundation presents a pre-Christmas benefit concert at Zbraslav Castle. The evening will feature a piano recital by Matyas Novak, with proceeds supporting Zbraslav institutions that serve seniors and assist them during the holiday season.

Pianist Matyas Novak has achieved significant competition success and his repertoire includes four dozen orchestral concerts and hundreds of solo piano works, featuring his own fantasies and transcriptions inspired by great composers and folk music. He studied at the Incontri col Maestro piano academy in Imola, Italy, under Prof. Boris Petrushanski, and at the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague under Prof. Ivan Klanski, where he is currently pursuing doctoral studies.

Program: J. S. Bach / F. Busoni: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639; L. van Beethoven / F. Liszt: Geistliche Lieder von Gellert, S. 467 - selections (II. Bitten, III. Bußlied); F. Liszt: Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses, S. 173 - selections (X. Cantique d'amour); L. Janacek: Po zarostlem chodnicku, I series - selections (IV. Frýdecká Panna Maria); A. Dvorak: Poetic Moods, op. 85 - selections (XIII. Na svate hore); Claude Debussy: Clair de Lune; L. van Beethoven: Sonata "Quasi una fantasia" op. 27, no. 2 - "Moonlight Sonata" (I. Adagio sostenuto, II. Allegretto, III. Presto agitato); Matyas Novak: Silent Night in the Sight of Time.