On the occasion of Cultural Heritage Days, harpist Klára Bábel will give a concert with cellist Árpád Amirás on September 20, 2025, at 4 p.m. at the ELTE University Library and Archives. The concert will feature works by Boccherini, Leoncavallo, Charpentier, Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Paganini.
Klára Bábel began her musical studies with the piano, and at the age of 12 she was accepted to the preparatory course at the Liszt Academy of Music. In 2007 she was admitted to the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussels, and in 2008 she was awarded a special prize at the 4th Vera Dulova Harp Competition in Moscow. In 2010 she was awarded the Artisjus Prize, in 2010, 2011 and 2013 she was also awarded the Annie Fischer Scholarship for Musical Performing Arts. In 2009 she won a trial with the MÁV Symphony Orchestra and in 2010 with the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2024, she completed her doctoral studies at the Liszt Academy of Music and began her Master of Arts in Music Instruction at ELTE. She has participated in several master classes in Paris, Moscow and Nice. She regularly performs solo and chamber concerts in Hungary. In 2004 she gave a recital at Christie's auction house in London and in 2011 at the National Music University of Bucharest. Since 2013, she has been working with the Slovakian Quasars Ensemble in Bratislava and Kassa. In 2015 they won 1st prize in the chamber music category at the VII International Marcel Tournier Harp Competition with László Zalán Kovács, tuba player, and were finalists at the Concorso Internazionale di Musica Marco Fiorindo International Chamber Music Competition. In 2017, on the Festival Bach for All she was awarded the Festival Prize. Since 2011 she has been artistic director of the Sounds of Babel concerts. The concerts not only introduce the audience to solo harp literature, but also to the world of jazz, where the audience can hear a truly colourful repertoire in collaboration with outstanding artists.
Amirás Árpád was born in Budapest, where he also completed his musical studies. He was a student of Miklós Perényi at the Academy of Music, and later played in the Radio Orchestra alongside his high school teacher, Zsolt Puskás. He has been the Radio Orchestra's principal cellist since 2019. In addition, he has played in chamber orchestras for many years. He is a regular performer in both the domestic and international music scene.
Venue: ELTE University Library and Archives, 1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 6, Reading Hall
Date: September 20, 2025, 16:00–17:00 a.m.
For more information, please, visit our homepage or the official website of Cultural Heritage Days. All visitors are welcome!
