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| Joseph Haydn |
Hungary's National Monument Trust and Hungarofest's recently established KLASSZ Music Office - in cooperation with the Hungarian Hadyn Society - are calling the series of performances Castle Concerts Eszterháza 2008. The series is intended to be a forerunner to a series of events planned in Eszterháza and nearby Eisenstadt, in Austria, where Hadyn was the court musician for the Eszterházy family.
The Haydn at Eszterháza Festival celebrated its tenth year in 2007. In past years, the festival has boasted performances by the Orfeo Orchestra and the Purcell Choir, Malcolm Bilson, Miklós Spányi, the Salomon- and the Mosaiques Quartets, Katalin Komlós and Mária Zádori, Jaap Schröder, the Academy of Ancient Music Andrew Manze, Il Giardino Armonico Giovanni Antonini and the 18th Century Orchestra led by Frans Brüggen, Nicholas McGegan, the Festetics- and the Tomasini String Quartets, Trio Antiqua, Anna Korondi and the Kuijken Quartet.
Haydn received a post in Eszterházy's court in 1762. There he was allowed to fully dedicate his time and talent to creative work, and his stay made the court one of the centres of the music world at the time. Even today, the Estzerházy residence is still considered among the most exciting performance venues in the world.
Source: Fidelio
