The reconstruction project of the main building of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music was awarded World Silver Winner in two categories at the FIABCI World Prix d’Excellence Awards 2015 in property development presented at the organization’s annual congress held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Invited by the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Catalan viola da gamba artist Jordi Savall held a master class in the Solti Hall on the morning of 18 May, while in the evening he performed Bach’s perhaps most complex late masterpiece Musikalisches Opfer (The Musical Offering) with Le Concert des Nations before a full house at the Grand Hall.

The 2015/2016 season tickets with a primarily classical musical repertoire are only one part of the varied program of the Liszt Academy Concert Center, which also provides jazz and folk music aficionados with impressive star performances.

Lesley Rosenthal, general counsel to the New York Lincoln Center speaks about how a leading American cultural corporation reacts to the social demands of the 21st century.

The 2015 Weiner Leó Memorial Prize has been awarded to violinist János Rolla, the artistic director of the Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra.

The memorial plaque commemorates the tragic event that took place within the walls of the building in December 1944.

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.