The masterclasses, 6–9 December 2026, will culminate in a portrait concert at the historic Régi Zeneakadémia.
Òscar returns to the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest from 6–9 December 2026 for a series of chamber music masterclasses devoted to the interpretation of his music. The residency will culminate in a Portrait Concert on 9 December, performed by students of the Academy at the historic Régi Zeneakadémia.
Bringing together six works composed between 2003 and 2026, the programme offers a retrospective of Òscar’s chamber music, exploring recurring ideas of memory, transformation, musical space and the relationship between sound and gesture. The masterclasses will give the participating musicians an opportunity to work directly with Òscar on the interpretative challenges and expressive aspects of his music ahead of the concert.
The programme opens with Conversation with Joseph Beuys (2005), for flute, clarinet and piano, a work whose title evokes the German artist’s exploration of artistic transformation and the relationship between material, gesture and meaning. It is followed by Brief History of Sand (2006), for violin, cello, piano and double bass, and Sund (2016), for wind quintet, in which instrumental performance extends into theatrical gesture and movement through the performance space.
The earlier part of Òscar’s catalogue is represented by his String Quartet No. 1, The Labyrinth (2003), while the more recent Campanes al Vespre (2026), for solo piano, draws on the resonance and symbolism of bells to explore the expressive possibilities of resonance, silence and the gradual dissolution of sound. Commissioned by Paloma O’Shea and premiered in Santander in July 2026, the piece has already been performed in Gijón, Coburg and Candás.
The concert concludes with Nocturnes for Piano Trio (2006–2018), a three piece cycle comprising Crime, the scherzo-like Rotten Wood and Damaged Iron and Through the Wound. Written over more than a decade, the three pieces bring together different periods of Òscar’s chamber music in a single programme.
The Budapest event is the second portrait concert devoted to his music hosted by a major European institution, following from the one at the Mozarteum Salzburg (2024).
Concert Programme
9 December 2026 — Régi Zeneakadémia, Budapest
Conversation with Joseph Beuys (2005)
Anna Pintér, flute · József Zsupos, clarinet · Luca Kovács, piano
Brief History of Sand (2006)
Barnabás Somogyi, violin · Marcel Leczky, cello · Péter Raffay, piano · Endre Márton, double bass
Sund (2016)
Zselyke Fehér, flute · Luca Czombos, oboe · Szilvia Lambert, clarinet · Tamás Varga, bassoon · Gyula Hantos, horn
String Quartet No. 1, The Labyrinth (2003)
Márton Káldy and Zoltán Tonhaizer, violins · Tardos Anducska-Kemény, viola · Dávid Mohácsi, cello
Campanes al Vespre (2026)
Máté Dömötör, piano
Nocturnes for Piano Trio (2006–2018)
Crime · Rotten Wood and Damaged Iron · Through the Wound
Barnabás Somogyi, violin · Marcel Leczky, cello · Péter Raffay, piano
