Concert Centre News
Application open for the 5th Éva Marton International Singing Competition
14 January 2022
The Liszt Academy, the organizer of the competition – which will be held in early September with prizes totalling 70,000 euros - welcomes applications until April 25. Contestants will perform Liszt songs again this year.
Oscar-winning composer John Corigliano will chair the jury of this year's Bartók World Competition
12 January 2022
The application for the Bartók World Competition 2022, which will continue with a contest of composers, is now open. Liszt Academy, the organizer of the event, is inviting applicants to submit works written for violin-piano duets. The prestigious international jury will be chaired by world-renowned American composer John Corigliano.
The 2022 programmes of the Liszt Academy promise unique experiences
7 December 2021
Tickets have gone on sale for the Liszt Academy’s 2022 concerts that will feature several international celebrities and rarely performed works. Those who buy tickets to several concerts of a given series will receive significant discounts.
Students of the Liszt Academy win Junior Prima Awards this year
30 November 2021
Ten young talents were awarded the Junior Prima Prize in Music this year and the majority of the winners are current and former students of the Liszt Academy. The jury was chaired by Dr. Andrea Vigh, President of the university, and renowned faculty members sat on the panel.
Publication containing works by Liszt and a portrait of the artist presented at the Liszt Museum
18 November 2021
A new publication – complete with a DVD - featuring unknown versions of Franz Liszt's works was presented at the Old Academy of Music on November 13. At the event, Alajos Landau's 1873 charcoal drawing of Liszt, purchased by the Liszt Museum Foundation in Vienna, was also unveiled.
Winners hail Bartók World Competition for invaluable musical and human experience
5 November 2021
The members of the string quartets that won the top three prizes - including the Hungarian musicians of the Vienna-based Chaos String Quartet - unanimously praised the professional organization of the competition, and all of them feel that Bartók's music has opened up new vistas for them.
Japanese quartet wins this year’s Bartók World Competition
31 October 2021
The Quartet Integra was awarded the first prize totalling 12,000 euros at Sunday’s awards ceremony and gala evening of the 2021 Bartók World Competition for string quartets.
Five quartets advance to the finals of this year's Bartók World Competition
29 October 2021
The international jury judged that the string quartets competing in Thursday’s semi-finals were so excellent that they allowed more formations than initially planned to take part in Saturday’s final.
The jury of the Bartók World Competition selects the semi finalists
28 October 2021
The international jury on Wednesday night selected seven quartets, instead of the initially planned six, that will advance to the semi-finals.