Dr. Andrea Vigh has been appointed Rector of the Liszt Academy of Music and Dr. Kálmán Dráfi and Dr. Miklós Mohay as Professors of the academy.

Rector’s Day on the date of the opening ceremony, Fall Break from October 28 to November 3.

The new image of the Liszt Academy is built on the arc of tension between patina and progress.

The symphony orchestra in residence at the Liszt Academy Concert Center from autumn 2013 is announcing auditions for Principal Viola and Violin positions.

The Liszt Academy welcomes five internationally renowned guest lecturers in October-November 2013. The master courses are open to both active and passive participants!

The recently restored piano-orgue from the Ferenc Liszt heritage will be presented at a concert event held on October 12, 2013.

In the third New Hungarian Musical Forum Composition Competition the first place in chamber music category went to an assistant lecturer of the Liszt Academy, while its postdoctoral student won in the full symphony orchestra category.

The Liszt Academy’s second-year jazz student proved best in the György Vukán-founded competition held on 22nd September 2013.

On 22 October 2013, the anniversary of the birth of Ferenc Liszt, Budapest regains one of the defining buildings of its cityscape, the Liszt Academy. In addition to the music and musicology teaching at tertiary level, the reopening marks the moment that the university launches its own cultural and concert organization activities – under the name Liszt Academy Concert Centre – in the historical building on Liszt Ferenc Square.

A second year MA piano student, Petra Kiss, gave three concerts in Beijing in August 2013. Here is her account of on her Far Eastern tour.