On the initiative of the world-famous viola player Tabea Zimmermann and Norbert Gertsch, new Director of G. Henle Verlag, the Bartók Archives organized a conference dedicated to Bartók’s unfinished swansong, the Viola Concerto. Presentations by staff members of the Bartók Archives and beyond gave fascinating insights into the genesis, the sources, the context, and the afterlife of the Concerto, and also addressed practical issues that today’s performers face when dealing with this work. The conference took place on 22 July 2024 in the Institute for Musicology.
Click here for the conference program and abstracts.