Lute + Flute – A Concert of Baroque and Romantic Works
Venue: MESZL Ötpacsirta Salon, 1088 Budapest, Ötpacsirta utca 4.
Date & Time: September 18, 2025, 6:00 PM

The program features Baroque and Romantic pieces, where the pairing of lute and flute creates a unique sound experience.
Program:
Selections from works by Jacques Gallot, Robert de Visée, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Georg Philipp Telemann, and Mauro Giuliani.
Performers:
Vera Balogh (Baroque and Romantic flute)
Igor Davidovics (Baroque lute, Romantic guitar)
Vera Balogh is a leading figure in the Hungarian early music scene. Her repertoire spans from the Baroque to the early Romantic period. She graduated in Brussels in 1999, studying with Barthold Kuijken, and earned her doctorate in 2015 at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, where she now teaches Baroque flute. She frequently gives lectures on early music at universities, schools, and courses. She performs regularly with Baroque orchestras and chamber ensembles and is a permanent member of the Traverata Ensemble, known for rediscovering and presenting numerous Baroque and Classical works.
Igor Davidovics first studied classical guitar before specializing in early plucked instruments (lute, Baroque guitar, theorbo), training in Milan with Paul Beier and in Vienna with Luciano Contini. He also attended early music courses with Toyohiko Satoh, Nigel North, and Stephen Stubbs. He has performed with renowned artists including Jordi Savall, Jonathan Cohen, Joshua Bell, Simon Standage, Stefano Montanari, Hervé Niquet, Laurence Cummings, and Philip Pickett. With the chamber ensemble L’Eclisse, he won 3rd prize at the First International Telemann Competition. He has taught at the Miszla Baroque Early Music Academy and the Festival Academy Budapest.