Concert Centre News

Big Band vs the Big White Screen

18 November 2014

The acronym BJO resonates with promise. This is true if you happen to be thinking about a Hungarian big band. But this time it’s not the Budapest Jazz Orchestra but the Brussels Jazz Orchestra that will be delighting both eye and ear on November 19.

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The Song Recital

5 November 2014

On 6 November 2014 The Song Recitals at Liszt Academy series continues with the concert of Emőke Baráth & Gábor Csalog. On this occasion Máté Mesterházi outlined the specialities of the genre.

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International guitar competition at the Liszt Academy

4 November 2014

The inaugural Budapest International Guitar Competition is being organized between 4-8 November 2014. More than 30 young guitarists from 20 countries will demonstrate their skills and talents before an international jury and a Budapest audience.

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“I'm the living counter-example”

3 November 2014

How is it possible for a French pianist to feel closer to Bartók than to Debussy? Let's meet a musician who was Sir Georg Solti's last discovery, was supported by Georges Cziffra, and today plays chamber music with some of Hungary's greatest musicians. An interview with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, who in November will be giving a two-piano concert with Balázs Szokolay at the Liszt Academy.

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Liszt Academy among best

31 October 2014

The Director of Communications at the Liszt Academy, Imre Szabó Stein, was in Berlin on October 24 to personally pick up on behalf of his team the prestigious Red Dot prize. Often referred to as a design Oscar, it was awarded for the Liszt Academy's newly created corporate identity.

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The Kodály Method in the 21st Century

30 October 2014

The Liszt Academy has entered into a strategic alliance with three Budapest educational establishments to bring new life to the world famous Kodály Method of teaching, as well as creating an exemplary model representing the full scale of Hungarian vocal and music public education. The schools are the Városmajor Secondary School, the Károly Kós Specialist Music and Singing Primary School and the Városmajor Street Kindergarten.

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