- Event dates: PAST EVENT
- Featured Artists:
Kevin Fitzgerald, Conductor
Roby Lakatos, Violin and The Roby Lakatos EnsembleLocation:
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
744 West Main Street, Hyannis MA 02601
MASTERPIECE 3
And we’re off! For centuries, Hungary has been a powerful inspiration for composers whose imaginations were captured by the country’s romantic beauty and colorful folk music. Highlighted by the world-renowned Romani violinist Roby Lakatos and The Roby Lakatos Ensemble, this symphony of rich melodies and cultural flavor is sure to arouse the most discerning of palates.
Program
Dances of Galánta
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY
Intermezzo from Háry János Suite
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
FRANZ LISZT
Dance Suite
BÉLA BARTÓK
Tic-tac
DARIUS BLASBAND
On the Waves of the Balaton
JENÖ HUBAY
Fiddler on the Roof Suite
JERRY BOCK
Flight of the Bumblebee
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Fire Dance
J. SUHA BALOGH
Memory of Bihary/Hejre Katy
IVO CSÀMPAI/JÁNOS BIHARY
Nina
DARIUS BLASBAND
Csárdás
VITTORIO MONTI

KEVIN FITZGERALD, Conductor
In July 2023, Kevin Fitzgerald won the Special Prize for Best Performance of the Contemporary Piece at The Mahler Competition. He is the first conductor to win this award, a prize sponsored by the Mahler Foundation, which led to him conducting the world premiere of Bernd Richard Deutsch's Con Moto with the Bamberger Symphoniker during the competition's final concert. Kevin was a 2021 Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellow and has been awarded Career Assistance Grants by the Solti Foundation U.S. for four consecutive years. He has been Associate Conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony since the 2022-23 season, during which he conducted over 35 performances, including a fully-staged production of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. In the 2023-24 season, Kevin is excited to make his subscription debut with the Jacksonville Symphony and pianist Joyce Yang, to lead a recording of Sean Shepherd's Concerto for Ensemble with the University of Chicago's Grossman Ensemble by invitation of the composer, and to make his debut with the Cape Symphony. Also this season, Kevin will return to the New York Philharmonic as a cover conductor for three programs, in addition to assisting Stéphane Denève at the St. Louis Symphony.