Rising Stars with violin and piano

Don’t miss the opportunity to hear tomorrow’s classical music stars today. Rising Stars is a unique and forward-looking collaboration between 24 of Europe’s leading concert halls, all members of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO). A handful of young musicians and ensembles from various countries are selected each year and given the opportunity to tour the concert halls and perform before international audiences. Experience shows that those who are selected as Rising Stars also have internationally successful careers.

Hungarian-born violinist Júlia Pusker studied at the Liszt Academy in Budapest and at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She achieved a high placement at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in 2019. As a soloist, she has performed with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer, and as a chamber musician, she has worked with cellist Gautier Capuçon and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, among others. She performs here with Ukrainian pianist Christia Hudziy.

Júlia Pusker begins in French style, with music by prodigy Lili Boulanger and Debussy. We hear elements of her homeland, Hungary, such as music by Jenö Hubay, a violin student of legendary Joseph Joachim, who was a close confidant of Brahms. By Brahms, we hear a selection of the Hungarian Dances in a version for violin and piano. Of course, a main number is Eugène Ysaÿe’s sensual and dark Poème élégiaque, a milestone in the violin repertoire.

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