Palace Music: Noémi Győri – flute (Hungary) Maksim Štšura – piano
Program:
Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
“Estländler” for flute solo
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
“L’après-midi d’un faune” for flute & piano (1894)
Jules Mouquet (1867-1946)
“La flûte de Pan”, Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 15
Allegro giocoso
Adagio
Allegro molto vivace
Arvo Pärt
Partita Op. 2 for piano solo (1958)
Toccatina (attacca)
Fughetta
Larghetto (attacca)
Ostinato
Max Meyer-Olbersleben (1850-1927)
“Fantaisie-Sonate” for flute & piano
Lebhaft
Ständchen
Bacchanale
In cooperation with Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Center Tallinn
Noémi Győri is a celebrated flautist on modern and Baroque flutes, hailed internationally for her “phenomenal technique and sparkling play of colours” (Opus Klassiek), “rich tonal repertoire and enchanting melodic shaping” (Turun Sanomat), and “great skill and intensity” (Flute Journal). At home in all repertoire and a leading interpreter of contemporary music, she regularly premieres concertos and other works dedicated to her.
As a soloist and chamber musician, Noemi has captivated audiences in over thirty countries, performing with orchestras across the globe. She has appeared with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra, to name but a few, and in her home country has performed with the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra and most of Hungary’s symphonic and chamber orchestras. She has also appeared at many notable classical music festivals, collaborated with esteemed ensembles, and co-directed events such as the Ördögkatlan Classical Festival, Arcus Temporum, and her own IKZE Contemporary Music Festival in Budapest (from 2004 to 2009).
Noemi’s artistic excellence has been recognised with numerous awards. She was awarded the European Cultural Prize for Young Artists in 2011, the Career Prize of the New York-based Salon de Virtuosi Foundation in 2012, and she is a two-time recipient of the Performers’ Prize of the Artisjus Music Foundation (2006 and 2009) for her outstanding performances of Hungarian contemporary compositions.
Noemi holds a master’s degree with honours from the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, as well as a postgraduate diploma from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. Her mentors included Henrik Pröhle, Barbara Gisler-Haase, András Adorján, Lisa Beznosiuk and Benedek Csalog. In 2020, she made history as the first flautist to earn a PhD in performance practice from the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Beyond her solo career, Noemi is principal flautist of the Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich and has performed with the Vienna Philharmonic (Vienna State Opera) and BBC Philharmonic.12As an educator, she has taught flute at the Junior Royal Northern College of Music for well over a decade and at the University of Manchester since 2019. A sought-after adjudicator and masterclass leader, Noemi has shared her expertise at conservatoires and festivals across three continents, while her work with the Tampere Flute Fest, where she joined the Artistic Team in 2024, further underscores her global leadership in the flute community.
Noemi’s discography includes six critically acclaimed albums published on the Rubicon, Hungaroton and Genuin labels, with three more releases slated for 2025–26. Her performances have been featured on numerous international networks and radio stations, including the premiere of Christian Mason’s Thaleia Concerto for flute and piccolo, broadcast by Mezzo/Medici.
A regular feature in international press, Noemi has appeared on the covers of The Flute View (USA), The Flute (Japan), Eurowinds (Germany) and Gramofon (Hungary). Playing a 14K gold Miyazawa flute supported by The Solti Foundation and the Philip Loubser Foundation, she balances her thriving career with family life in London, where she resides with her conductor husband, Gergely Madaras, and their two ‘daughters. Maksim Štšura is a pianist, educator, and researcher currently based at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn. Maksim earned his Bachelor’s degree cum laude from the EAMT, where he studied with Ivari Ilja. He continued his Postgraduate education at the Royal College of Music in London, studying with Gordon Fergus-Thompson. Maksim also completed the Doctoral course at the RCM, receiving his DMus degree for a research project entitled “Translating Twenty-First Century Orchestral Scores for the Piano: Transcription, Reduction, and Performability.” In 2020, he was appointed Lecturer in Piano and Chamber Music at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn. Maksim has participated in masterclasses with many distinguished pianists, including Dmitry Bashkirov, Stephen Hough, John Lill, Barry Douglas, Nina Seryogina, Veera Gornostayeva, Daniel Pollack, Tamás Ungár, and Eliso Virsaladze. He has also been recognized in several international competitions, winning First Prize at the 7th Estonian Piano Competition in 2008 and the Intercollegiate Beethoven Piano Competition in 2013. As a soloist, Maksim has performed with orchestras such as the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and Wiener Kammersymphonie. Additionally, he serves as a Trustee of the Mills Williams Foundation. In 2012, Maksim co-founded the Foyle-Štšura Duo with violinist Michael Foyle. Together, they won the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Duo Competition and the Salieri-Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition in 2015. The duo has performed at prestigious venues including th Wigmore Hall and the Buckingham Palace in London, Usher Hall in Edinburgh, and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and has appeared at festivals including the New York Chamber Music Festival, Cervantino Festival in Mexico, and the Deal, Newbury Spring, and Brighton Festivals in the UK. As City Music Foundation Ambassadors, the Foyle-Štšura Duo has been featured live on BBC Radio 3, NPO Radio 4, and Estonian Klassikaraadio, and has recorded for Delphian Records and Challenge Classics. Their third installment of the complete Beethoven sonatas cycle for Challenge Classics received a five-star review in the January 2023 issue of BBC Music Magazine.
The artistic director of the Palace Music Concert Series is Aare Tammesalu. In cooperation of the Art Museum of Estonia. Tickets are on sale at the Kadriorg Art Museum and Piletikeskus outlets
Supporters: Estonian Ministry of Culture, The Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Estonian Public Broadcasting, Tallinn Culture and Sports Department, UNESCO City of Music Tallinn, Kultuurikõla, Pointprint
Special thanks: Visit Estonia, Visit Tallinn, Õhtuleht
