Dimensions of the Trio

The first meeting between Haydn and Beethoven took place on December 26th in 1790.
Hungarian Concert Tour With Muzsikás Ensemble

What could Bartók hear during his collecting tours? What songs, motives and musical instruments could leave their traces in his soul, his mind and later in his works? And which tunes could influence Kodály?
In Remembrance of Bartók

Now it is the second year of the Bartók World Competition arranged by the Liszt Academy: for violinists last year and this year for composers under the age of 40 with piano solo pieces.
Piano in the Focus

Sensibility and sensuality – how will a piece sound if the performer uses the former or the latter?
Chamber Music at a High Level

On October 8th within the framework of the series titled ‘The Workshops of the Liszt Academy’ the Chamber Music Department will be introduced in the Solti Hall – in accordance with the traditions – with joint productions by the teachers and the students.
Miss Clarinet

Richard Mühlfeld, the solo clarinetist of the Meiningen Court Orchestra, has „retrained” himself from violinist to clarinetist; what’s more, he was an autodidact.
Autumn in Szeged

The concert with Attila Falvay and Balázs Fülei will involve a period of about 40 years from the Gründerjahre, i.e. the period of the founders’ years through World War I to the restless 1920s.
The Third Echo

In July, already the third Echo Summer Academy was held in the Károlyi Castle in Fehérvárcsurgó; this time with the participation of eighteen young violinists, cellists and pianists.
You Must Be Able to Play the Piano…

In the early 40s when the young pianist, Károly Váczi at the beginning of his career, was preparing for the performance of the Piano Concerto in E minor at the Liszt Academy, he was complaining to Dohnányi, who was the conductor of the concert as well, what a difficult piece he had written. Dohnányi's laconic answer was: Well, son, you must be able to play the piano…..
Chopin’s Garden

In Żelazowa Wola, on the estate of Count Skarbek, the tutor in the Count’s service was looking forward to becoming a father again: Mikolaj Chopin, an immigrant from France and his wife, Justyna already had a three-year-old daughter and in the early months of 1810 – according to some sources, on February 22nd, while to others on March 1st – their son, Frederyk was born.
Towards a New Season

The new season will begin with a solo recital with a programme consisting of pieces by Chopin and Liszt at Chopin’s birthplace in Żelazova Wola and then will continue in Moscow where Balázs Fülei will play Dohnányi’s Piano Concerto No.1.