The 2024/25 Season of esteemed lunchtime concerts series, Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society continues with a performance by violinist Kryštof Kohout
Czech violinist Kryštof Kohout made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2024, and at the age of 21 he appeared at the Barbican playing the Berg Violin Concerto. As a laureate of the Bartók World Competition in Budapest he performed the Beethoven Concerto in the Grand Hall of the Liszt Academy with the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Kryštof regularly performs as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe and the USA at venues including Konzerthaus Berlin, Musikverein Vienna and festivals such as Gstaad Menuhin Festival, International Chamber Music Festival Plovdiv, and Northern Chords.
His performances have been broadcast on international radio and TV including on the Czech Radio, Dutch Concert Radio, the BBC as well as Czech and Dutch national television. An avid chamber musician, Kryštof is a founding member of the Fibonacci Quartet, who perform widely throughout the UK and Europe.
Kryštof plays on a fine French violin by Vincenzo Panormo generously loaned to him by the Harrison-Frank Family Foundation.
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Programme
Manuel Infante, Chanson Gitane
J. Mouquet, La flûte de Pan:
I. Pan et les bergères
II. Pan et les oiseaux
III. Pan et les nymphes
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Chanson Arabe from Sheherazade
P. I. Tchaikovsky, Lensky’s Aria from Eugene Oneguin
Pablo de Sarasate, Carmen Fantasy
Established in 1915, the Manchester Mid-day Concerts Society supports emerging artists, and is one of the largest and most successful lunchtime concert series in the country.
Book Lunchtime Concert: Kryštof Kohout, Violin at The Bridgewater Hall
