DÉNES VÁRJON
SUN, JAN 12, 2025
4:00PM / Lincoln Performance Hall, PSU
TUES, JAN 14, 2025
7:30PM / Patricia Reser Center for the Arts
“elegance, architecture, rapture”
BRAHMS
Fantaisies, op. 116
BARTÓK
Dance Suite
LISZT
Vallée d’Obermann
CHOPIN
Fantaisie-Impromptu, op. 66
Nocturne in D-flat Major, op. 27, no. 2
Etude in A-flat Major, op. 25, no. 1
Etude in F minor, op. 25, no. 2
Mazurka in B-flat minor, op. 24, no. 4
Fantaisie in F minor, op. 49
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Box Office
Seating Map (PDF)
We participate in the Arts for All ticketing discount program. Student tickets, $10.
Questions? Call (503) 228-1388
or email robin@portlandpiano.org.Lincoln Performance Hall at Portland State University
1620 SW Park Ave (at Market St.)
Portland, OR 97201Driving Directions | Trimet Directions
Parking is available nearby in PSU Parking Structure 2, diagonally across the street from Lincoln Hall. However, there is a parking fee. Please visit the kiosk at the entrance and have your license plate number handy. Park in the areas marked "Permit Parking Only".
For more information about parking and Lincoln Performance Hall, call our office at 503.228.1388. Office hours are Monday through Thursday 9am - 4pm.
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Box Office
Seating Map (PDF)
We participate in the Arts for All ticketing discount program. Student tickets, $10.
Questions? Call (503) 228-1388 or email robin@portlandpiano.org.
The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts
12625 SW Crescent St.
Beaverton, OR 97005Driving Directions | Trimet Directions
Parking is available at this venue for a nominal fee in the parking garage adjacent to The Reser.
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PRE-CONCERT LECTURE: Arrive early to the concert and listen to an insightful pre-concert lecture given by Bill Crane, executive director, and Amelia De Vaal, Resident Musicologist — 3:15 PM (Sunday) and 6:45 PM (Tuesday).
PROGRAM NOTES: Get a start on learning about this program by reading the program notes.
GET TO KNOW DÉNÉS VARJÓN
NATIONALITY:
Hungarian
HOME:
Budapest
WHERE DO YOU FIND INSPIRATION TO CREATE MUSIC?
I am very interested in all kinds of arts, especially visual arts and literature. I strongly believe that the different kinds of arts can’t be separated from each other, but on the contrary they are inspiring each other. Together with my wife, pianist Izabella Simon, we are artistic directors of “kamara.hu,” an international chamber music festival at the Liszt Academy, which has every year a literary theme, a great novel. Last year we had Dokotor Faustus by Thomas Mann. Here we can express how near we feel literature to music, how interesting it is to combine them in a concert program. Also, I go quite often to exhibitions all over the world. I particularly like Italian painters of the Renaissance and the French Impressionists.
DESCRIBE A ROUTINE YOU HAVE IN PLACE THAT HELPS YOU LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFE.
I practice yoga regularly. That is very important for me and a great help. I also like table tennis and occasionally running. I am quite careful about what I eat, and try to have good quality food, no dairy and gluten.
WHAT IS ONE SPECIFIC PRODUCT YOU HIGHLY RECOMMEND?
I would recommend some nice Hungarian wine, especially from Tokaj or Villány.