Marc Damoulakis, Miklós Perényi, Lajos Rovátkay, Ernő Sebestyén, Simon Standage, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Wolfgang Rathert and Péter Eötvös are all holding master courses in the upcoming weeks at the Liszt Academy of Music.

There can be no better way of revealing the symbiosis of teaching and concert performance than the concert series ”On the Spot”, which introduces the departments of the Liszt Academy. Ahead of the upcoming concerts presenting the Jazz Department and the Trombone Department, pianist Károly Binder, head of the Jazz Department, and trombonist Gusztáv Hőna, head of the Woodwinds and Brass Department, spoke to Tamás Vajna about the importance of scripted music and improvisation, the unavoidability of contemporary music, and the features of Hungarian jazz.

Dr. Andrea Vigh, harpist, university professor and former vice president of the Liszt Academy, became president of the Liszt Academy of Music on November 1, 2013.

After a seven-year break the charismatic Russian returns to the Liszt Academy in order to play one of the most charming piano concertos by Mozart. Text by Gergely Fazekas

This is the first time that Brad Mehldau is going solo in Hungary, in the Grand Hall of the Liszt Academy. Interview by Tamás Vajna

3rd year student of the Liszt Academy wins 2nd prize at the 11th International Clarinet Competition in Carlino.

Liszt award-winning professor of the Liszt Academy dies at the age of 91 on October 18, 2013.

Liszt Academy teachers and six students took part in the workshop-week of the jazz department of the Franz Liszt Hochschule für Musik in Weimar.

More than a dozen of articles have appeared in the international press about the Liszt Academy.

Mihály Demeniv won first prize at the International Lanciano Accordion Competition and Márton Takáts won second prize at the piano competition organized in Lodz.