Magyar News, 2002. szeptember-2003. augusztus (13. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2003-04-01 / 8. szám
1 Zsuzsanna Schur, Bette Johnson and Adrian Schur. FROM BO A move from Connecticut to Massachusetts in 2000, took me away from my native Fairfield, Connecticut county life and Hungarian contacts, far to the historically rich Boston area. But where were the Hungarian organizations. ..churches, stores, etc. ??? I soon learned that they were in the area, but buried inside the educational, business and art activities of Greater Boston. To my great delight, I attended a performance in October, 2002, of The Trio International composed of a Japanese pianist, a New Zealand violinist, and a Hungarian clarinetist. One finds treasures in rare places! The clarinetist was Adrian Schur, Hungarian Director, Master of Ceremonies, and performer on the clarinet, whose charm and brilliant playing captivated everyone. Who was Adrian Schur? Where had he come from to invade the music world of Boston? As with many of the international artists, who seek fame and fortune in America, Adrian in 1994 received a scholarship which first took him to Los Angeles, where he studied, worked, mastered speaking "American-English", followed by a stint in New York City. His musical activities were strong, having grown up in a musical family and learned from his mother Zsuzsanna Makausz, pianist, and from his father, Alexander Schur, educator and chief clarinetist of the Lviv Opera. By then Adrian's talent earned him a scholarship at Boston University where he continued perfecting his work on clarinet, studied conducting, received an M.A. degree in 1997. At that point he set his sights on studying for a doctorate in music at Boston University, but first returned to Europe. While there, he married Julia Shakolinina and, together, they returned to Boston. Things moved quickly for the talented and capable, hard-working Adrian. As of December, 2002, Adrian had completed all class work for his PhD, but simultaneously he became Artistic Director of The Boston Music Workshop, handling performances and managing many outstanding musicians in the Greater Boston area. Talk about "entrepreneur"! That's Adrian Schur...for sure! Now caught up in the swift tide of practice, performances, contacts and contracts, he is making his strides to penetrate the music festival scene in the U.S.A. For starters he and Trio International will be touring Virginia, in the Fall of 2003, sponsored through Professor Dr. Ethan Sloane of Boston University. With Trio International's brilliance, who knows where the next tour will be??? Meanwhile, Adrian continued to manage chamber groups, soloists, and lead the impressive choir of the Congregational Church of Weston, Massachusetts, and, most importantly, nurturing his family where his son, Richard Michael, is now a member. Adrian created his own holiday festival season, 2002, by inviting his parents to come to Boston from Budapest, where both are professors in the Kodály Music Gimnasium. Together the three musicians spread out through the Greater Boston communities and presented the "Hungarian Christmas Family Celebration Concert", which brought a scintillating program during the festive season to more than 600 attendees. What a great addition Adrian Schur has become to the U.S. music world. We'll hope to give you an update on his progress in about a year. For those of you who have internet access, go and visit his website at: <www.aschur.com>. I HUNGARY’S NEW ARCHBISHOP PETER ERDŐ I A new Hungarian archbishop said his priorities would be Christian unity and helping build true peace in the church and entire nation." Preaching at a televised installation Mass January 11 in Esztergom's cathedral, Archbishop Péter Erdő of Esztergom-Budapest said he hoped to contribute to the strengthening of religious and spiritual life in light of challenges and problems that the church in Hungary now faces. Archbishop Erdő, 50, replaced Cardinal László Paskai 75, who celebrated his last Mass as archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest January 6 in Budapest. The president of the Hungarian bishops' conference, Arch-bishop István Seregély of Eger, underlined the importance of Archbishop Erdő's appointment to Hungary's primatial see in the run-up to the country's May 2004 planned accession to the European Union. Page 7 T
