Ars Septem Presented by Liszt Academy

In this series, we introduce some of the Liszt Academy’s most promising young talents. Each year, in cooperation with the Chamber Music Department, the university organizes a kind of fare where student ensembles can present themselves through an interesting program concept or project idea. The performance of the Ars Septem ensemble revolves around an unusually personal theme: childhood, and the inner world of children. Music history is full of works written for children or inspired by them, but the musicians’ selections here paint a much more layered picture. Their aim is to bring to life the childlike spirit itself – wonder, playfulness, and honesty. So let’s set everyday life aside for a while and rediscover what it feels like when a wind quintet, joined by piano and voice, calls up Kosztolányi’s lines in us once again:

“... a shadow flew above my head,

my childhood, that I’d given up for dead,

and buried long ago.”