The Attitude Quartet received the outstanding award for excellence and special prize of the rector, and a further four chamber formations received awards for excellence at the competition organized in Debrecen between 7-9 March 2014.

Dr. Thomas Mastroianni, President of the American Liszt Society, will hold a two-day piano master class combined with lecture on the works of Liszt associated with literature, on 8-9 April 2014.

Interview with Kristóf Baráti on the occasion of his first solo recital at the Academy of Music. Written by Peter Lorenz

The joint workshop of the Liszt Academy and the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in Budapest has ended with a successful concert in the Sir Georg Solti Chamber Hall.

László Stachó, senior lecturer at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, has won a three-month research scholarship of the joint research centre for music performance of Cambridge University, Oxford University and King's College London.

Emmanuel Pahud, Zakhar Bron, Fabio di Casola and Claudio di Segni will be guest professors at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music over the course of March 2014.

Anastasia Razvalyaeva and Miklós Környei won second prize at the 4th Concurso Ibérico de Música de Cámara con Arpa competition.

An autograph orchestral transcription by Ferenc Liszt of the song Erlkönig by Schubert and other valuable acquisitions were unveiled in the Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum of the Liszt Academy in the presence of the President of the Republic János Áder on Wednesday.

The head of the organ department of the Liszt Academy won the post in improvisation performance skills at the Paris institution; he takes up the appointment from the start of the next academic year. He has hopes of nurturing numerous joint projects between the two academies.

This year students specializing in piano at the Liszt Academy could apply for the annual scholarship announced by Yamaha Music Europe GmbH.