BARTÓK AND HIS WORLD

Béla Bartók (fourth from left) with his phonograph collecting Slovak folk melodies (about 1909)

Béla Bartók's music is connected to the world in which he lived in many ways. Over the coming year, these fascinating connections will be illuminated in a series of multimedia essays.

A closer look: The story of a melody

How did Béla Bartók discover the folk melodies that he uses in his works? Why was it so important for him to collect these songs? Explore these questions and more in this discussion on his piano composition For Children No. 35.

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Inside the score

Béla Bartók’s piano music ranges from educational pieces written for children to the most demanding concert works. Explore the piano collection For Children, the II. Burlesque and "The Night’s Music" with Sir András Schiff.

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Education projects

Bartók’s music has played a central role in the long-term educational work of Klavier-Festival Ruhr for many years. His works are ideally suited for music and dance projects with young people of all ages, due to their richness of expression, rhythmic power and close relationship to folk music.

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