Pluck Guitar Festival: Zsombor Sidoo Concert

The Hungarian classical guitarist, Zsombor Sidoo, is one of the most promising guitarists of his generation. Born in 1997, he received his early musical influences from József Eötvös at the Franz Liszt Academy for Music in Budapest. Since 2013, he has been studying with Paolo Pegoraro at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz, and in 2021, he completed a master’s degree with the highest honours. He has been studying composition with the Swiss-born Austrian composer and conductor Beat Furrer and often premières new works, including some of his own compositions. He is a prizewinner of numerous international competitions such as the International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen, Concorso Pittaluga, Zagreb Guitar Festival and Mercatali Guitar Prize. Despite his young age, Zsombor Sidoo regularly gives concerts at prestigious venues such as the Ehrbarsaal in Vienna, Mozarthaus in Augsburg, Konzerthaus Klagenfurt, Musikhalle Markneukirchen and the Fricsay Hall in Szeged. In the past few years, he has been invited to perform as well as to give masterclasses at several Festivals (Postojna, Rome, Pordenone, Szeged, Vienna, Oberhausen, Jüchen, Poznan, Uppsala, Paris, Turin, Grado and Bale Valle). At his concerts, he presents a carefully selected program always including the great masterpieces from different eras. Zsombor Sidoo’s debut CD with three sonatas by J.S. Bach, Manuel María Ponce, and Hans Werner Henze was released in October 2019.

Concert program:

Elliott Carter: Shard
Zsombor Sidoo: Intermezzo
György Kurtág: calmo scorrevole, [without tile], Ondulation
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati: Préludes
Elliott Carter: Changes
Zsombor Sidoo: Intermezzo 2
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ciaccona (BWV 1004)
György Kurtág: “…lassan szállj és hosszan énekelj, Haldokló hattyúm, szép emlékezet!…” (calmo, dolcissimo, lontano)