Olli Mustonen / klavír, Bennewitzovo kvarteto

The Bennewitz Quartet
Jakub Fišer, Štěpán Ježek / violin
Jiří Pinkas / viola
Štěpán Doležal / cello

Olli Mustonen / piano resident artist of the 29th edition of the festival

The concert was sponsored by the Ambassador of Finland to the Czech Republic, J.E. Pasi Tuominen.

Program:
Bedrich Smetana
Vltava (arr. for piano quintet)
Olli Mustonen
Piano Quintet (2015)
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Quintet in A major op. 81

Smetana's symphonic poem Vltava belongs to the global hits of classical music. As such, it has been heavily modified in the past. Probably the most famous of them is the composer's own version for four-handed piano. Far less well-known, but musically very interesting, is the arrangement by the prominent Czech violinist and pedagogue Jan Mařák for piano quintet, in which the work will be heard at today's concert. They will be complemented by Dvořák's famous Piano Quintet in A major op. 81 and the Piano Quintet of the composer, conductor and pianist Olli Mustonen from 2015, whose participation in this performance guarantees the complete authenticity of the interpretation.