The curtain comes up on the new, hi-tech Hungarian instrument on 11 March in Liszt Academy's Grand Hall. Video reportage by Euronews

The Jazz Department at Liszt Academy is the direct successor of the Faculty established at Bartók Conservatory 50 years ago. János Gonda, Széchenyi prize winner music historian, Liszt prize winner pianist, professor of the Liszt Academy took on the task of summarizing the Faculty's history on the occasion of the 8 March gala concert.

The students of brass instruments had the opportunity of tendering for a grant from Yamaha Music Europe GmbH in the 2014/15 academic year.

In the course of Liszt Academy's Four by Four series, Zehetmair Quartet will perform on 5th March. Profile of the quartet's eponym by Gergely Fazekas.

The most widely read and vitriolic music critic of our day is coming to visit Budapest at the invitation of the Liszt Academy so that he can share his latest research findings with a Hungarian audience. As an introduction, check out his essay entitled Catch a Falling Star System exclusively for Liszt Academy’s January-June 2015 edition of the concert magazine.

A young Norwegian talent who, when she was four, wanted to learn the double bass. And yet she ended up a violinist. When Vilde Frang was eleven, she was discovered by Anne-Sophie Mutter, and at twelve made her debut with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. She cannot abide competitions and yet travels the world with the finest orchestras and conductors.

Explore the art nouveau concert centre of Liszt Academy on Saturdays!

The award going with a 400,000 euro cash prize will be presented in June 2015 to the notable alumnus and ex-teacher of Liszt Academy.

We kindly inform our guests that in the 9 May 2015 concert of the Talent Oblige series, Morimoto Miho and Mukeda Narihito will be performing instead of the Nyári Quartet.

Ten students of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music won the HUF 500.000 scholarship.