In Memoriam Kodály

Kodály passionately loved Mátra Mountains and with his wife, Emma, Galyatető was their favourite place to spend their summer holiday.
Masterclass and Concert in Tallinn

According to the latest British list of international university rankings, besides the Liszt Academy, there are only two schools listed in the top 100 of Central and Eastern European art academies: the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow and the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn.
Solo Recital in Helsinki

Cardinal Gustav Hohenlohe, the owner of the Villa d’Este, the 16th-century palace near Rome invited Franz Liszt to be his guest each year from 1864 and Liszt was always glad to accept his invitation.
Viva Bartók!

„Béla Bartók has a mysterious personality. He is an assertive and petulant artist, a touchingly caring father, a shy lover, a witty storyteller, uncompromising in his artistic goals, a sharp-eyed and sarcastic observer and a true patriot. Reading Bartók’s texts is a real challenge for an actor.” – writes András Bálint in the preface of the programme booklet of the Viva Bartók! performance.
Beethoven in Buda

On May 7th of 1800, celebrating the name-day of Palatine Joseph’s wife, the Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna, a concert was held in the Buda Castle Teatrum.
Film Portrait About Balázs Fülei

An Echo TV crew has made a film portrait about Balázs Fülei. The one-hour programme was broadcast within the series titled ’Hungarians’ on March 30th.
Bartók and Folk Music

In Luzern, on March 30th the Muzsikás Ensemble and Balázs Fülei performed their programme titled Allegro Barbaro they have already been playing in Hungary for two years, based on piano pieces by Bartók and Kodály as well as on the folk tunes inspiring these works.
Masterclass in Spain

It is the third time now that the 14th Forum Internacional de Música de Orihuela has invited Balázs Fülei to give a four-day piano masterclass. As the closing event of the Music Forum he will also give a solo recital with works by Beethoven on his programme.
Dances From All Over the World

What came first: music or dance? Or have they always co-existed?
Farewell to the Sonata in Washington

In 1820 a publisher in Berlin, Adolf Martin Schlesinger concluded an agreement with Beethoven on composing three piano sonatas.
Hommage à Schubert

Franz Schubert was given only thirty-one years to live, yet he might be the composer who has composed the largest number of imperishable works within the shortest period of time. Mostly, however, he did not receive any recognition; he was – with a few exceptions – rejected by publishers, the jobs he had applied for were given to others and his efforts to conquer the theatres failed, too.