The Catalan viola da gamba artist Jordi Savall is a living legend in the realm of period performance practice. He has moved mountains popularising his ancient instrument and rediscovering its literature. For the non-specialist audience he has uncovered an entire musical repertoire, often penetrating deep into the musical past. But we should not forget his radical reinterpretations of the fundamental works of classical music. He comes now to the Liszt Academy with a late Bach masterpiece 'The Musical Offering'. He sat down to speak about his repertoire, 'The Musical Offering' and the future of early music performance with Balazs Mate, who is a member of his group and also artistic director of the Aura Musicale group, which has performed on several occasions at the Liszt Academy.

Áron Tálas, Krisztián Oláh and Mátyás Gayer are among the top 10 finalists of the Piano Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival. The final will take place on 5-6 July.

It was pure accident that led to Klára Würtz and Kristóf Baráti performing together. They played Beethoven, retained him on their programmes, and have now recorded all the composer's sonatas for violin and piano. The critics were very impressed, and in May they will present in three concerts in the Solti Hall of the Liszt Academy the material for their joint CD, which has been nominated for the German Recording Prize.

The study written by László Stachó, professor at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, under the title of ”The Clue to Bartók’s Performing Genius” is probably the first article in musicology to be ever published in the National Geographic magazine.

Szabolcs Antal, Dénes Antós and Barnabás Lenner have been qualified for the final of the ICA Young Artist Competition.

Liszt Academy’s image spot Lisztery – Music Here Lives won the Silver Hugo Award at the prestigious Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards, where it was qualified as best in the commercial and corporate design category.

One of the most important Hungarian choirs, the internationally respected Purcell Choir, was founded exactly a quarter of a century ago by György Vashegyi.

We are very sorry to inform you that the concert of the Israeli-American jazz clarinetist and her ensemble scheduled for 28 May 2015 has been cancelled due to technical difficulties.

Dr. Andrea Vigh, President of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, was ranked among the 50 most influential Hungarian women by the prestigious Forbes Magazine Hungary.

The legendary piano professor, former president and chair of Piano Department, István Lantos will hold on 11th April a lecture in english around the thematic of the sacred music of Liszt, supported by sound-tracks and his own live piano playing.