Liszt Academy is to introduce multiple changes to counter effects of economic challenges, including its operations and programming.

A total of 98 violin-piano duos are submitted, awarded ones will be decided by a prestigious international jury chaired by Oscar-winning American composer John Corigliano.

Éva Kollár, Zsuzsanna Gráf, Béla Lattmann, Sándor Horányi, Judit Hartyányi and Katalin Kiss received prestigious state awards on the occasion of the August 20th, anniversary of the state’s foundation

Liszt Academy's competition was elected a member and was praised for its high quality by World Federation of International Music Competitions’ General Assembly. Delegates also showed keen interest in the professional issues of the university's Éva Marton International Singing Competition, which had been a member for three years.

New concert series, a cast of extraordinary performers and programmes await the audience in the next season of the Liszt Academy. The collaboration between the university and the Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra will continue in the new season under the Master Play moniker.

Entries came from 38 countries around the world, from North and South America to the Far East and New Zealand.

Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music is once again among the world's top 51st-100th institutions in this year's QS rankings by subject, along with the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome and King's College London, among others.