July 31, 2018
Music@Menlo – a whistle-stop in Hungary
The sixth main-stage concert in the Music@Menlo festival centered on the music of Budapest, the center of Hungarian culture. Held July 31 at the Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, this program featured four composers who drew from the folk music of Hungary.
“This music is incredibly nationalistic,” claimed our presenter, “the essence of the Hungarian spirit!”
Bella Hristova and Nicholas Canellakis, two rising stars of the string world, opened the concert with Zoltán...