Dance house? Get together!
25 April 2016
The 5th Dance House Day is being held on 7 May 2016. For this occasion, István Pávai has compiled the programme of the concert arranged in the Grand Hall, Liszt Academy from the collection of János Jagamas.
25 April 2016
The 5th Dance House Day is being held on 7 May 2016. For this occasion, István Pávai has compiled the programme of the concert arranged in the Grand Hall, Liszt Academy from the collection of János Jagamas.
25 April 2016
On 13 April, the Liszt Academy of Music, as one of nine selected sites, was awarded the European Heritage Label, presented by Tibor Navracsics, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport in Brussels. The Academy was recognised for its outstanding role played in the European music scene, for its preservation of European traditions, its creativity and double identity.
12 April 2016
You’d be hard-pressed to mention a classical instrumental genre in which Beethoven did not reign supreme. The piano trio is no exception. It is thought of by many as the non plus ultra of chamber music. What makes Beethoven trios so special and how do they challenge performers? We quizzed Dénes Várjon about the series of Beethoven’s complete piano trios.
7 April 2016
The Weiner Foundation and the Chamber Music Department of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music are organizing the Weiner Leó National Chamber Music Competition between 11-15 April.
2 April 2016
The 2016 top list of the QS World University Rankings, reckoned as one of the foremost global education surveys (released in late March), shows the Budapest Liszt Academy (Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music) ranked as the 30th best performance arts university in the world.
2 April 2016
On Wednesday, the composer, Zsófia Tallér and the pianist, Dénes Várjon were awarded the Bartók-Pásztory prize at the Liszt Academy. Following the reception of the award, the new facsimile edition of the Cantata Profana was also presented.
16 March 2016
Julia Lezhneva was still a young girl when she received Cecilia Bartoli's Vivaldi aria CD as a present at the turn of the Millennium. Today she possesses probably one of the most exciting voices and personalities of the post-Bartoli generation. She will be giving an aria recital at the Liszt Academy.
11 March 2016
There is no better example of the symbiosis of teaching and concert performing than the “On the Spot” series introducing the departments of the Liszt Academy. On the occasion of the percussionists’ concert, head of the percussion department Zoltán Rácz, Kossuth Prize laureate and founder of Amadinda, and pianist Balázs Fülei, director of the Chamber Music Workshop, spoke about the case for criticism, thoughtful art teaching and the ideal teacherstudent relationship.
11 March 2016
We kindly inform visitors that the buildings of the Liszt Academy, including the ticket office on Liszt Ferenc Square, will be closed on 15 March and on 27-28 March. Furthermore, no tours of the building will be held on these holidays.
4 March 2016
The Grand Hall of the Liszt Academy will host a very special event on 3 March: an orchestra of young musicians will perform an extraordinary programme that the Hungarian audience may rarely hear.