Sámuel Nemessányi, “The Hungarian Stradivarius” Conference – Exhibition – Book Launch – Violin Making Competition
June 30 – July 1, 2022
BTK Institute of Musicology
Museum of Music History and Bartók Hall
H-1014 Budapest, Táncsics Mihály utca 7.
CONFERENCE DAY 1 – Thursday, June 30, 2022, 3 p.m.
The guests are greeted by Pál Richter, Director of the Institute of Musicology
Tibor Semmelweis hereditary president of the Hungarian Musical Instrument Maker Association will give the opening speech,
15:15 – 16:45 President: Zoltán FARKAS
Klára RADNÓTI: Nemessányi instruments
in the Hungarian National Museum
Anna BARANYI: László Reményi, the Nemessányi researcher
László GOMBOS: Music lovers, teachers, virtuosos –
owners and players of Nemessányi instruments
17:00 EXHIBITION OPENING,
BOOK PRESENTATION, RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT
The guests are greeted by Pál Richter,
Director of the Institute of Musicology
The exhibition will be opened by Balázs Balogh,
Director General of the Research Center for the Humanities
On behalf of the Nemessányi family, Roland Nemessányi
remembers the great Hungarian violin maker
Ernő Kállai, the violin of the “Kiss Péter” Nemessányi,
will be performed by the concertmaster of the Hungarian State Opera House
Sámuel Nemessányi, the “Hungarian Stradivarius”
Instrument research of László Reményi
The book is presented by Michael Reményi
and László Gombos, editor of the volume
The “Biedl” Nemessányi cello played by Herbert Hein
Florian Leonhard, President of the Jury to announce the results of the Sámuel Nemessányi International Violin Making Competition
Tamás Guminár, President of the Hungarian Musicians’ Association, presents the honorary certification
Conference and translate: Becze Szilvia
The exhibition is presented in Room 5 of the Museum by
Anna Baranyi, curator of the exhibition
Instruments entered for the violin making competition can be viewed from 4 p.m.
in Room 2 of the Museum of Music History
Conference Day 2 – Friday, July 1st, 2022
14:00 Introduction by Tamás Guminár, President of the Hungarian Musical Instrument Makers Association
14:15 – 16:45
President: Michael Reményi
Péter BENEDEK (Munich): Samuel Nemessányi
his adventurous life and the presentation of the cello of “Biedl”
SZEMMELVEISZ Tibor (London): History of
Hungarian Violin Making after the Second World War
Gábor DRASKÓCZY (London):
Construction Points is a Stradivarius Violin Scroll
16:45 – 17:00 COFFEE BREAK
5:00 pm President: Michael Reményi (Toronto)
Florian LEONHARD (London):
Sherlock Holmes in the Violin
World – the Story of the Analysis of a Violin for its Authenticity
18.00 PRIZE AWARD AND CONCERT
Prize handover of the Sámuel Nemessányi International Violin Making Competition with the participation of the the string quartet of the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra
