Night of Museums at the Liszt Museum

20 June 2026, 15.30 / 21 June 2026, 00.00

Old Academy of Music, Chamber Hall

Night of Museums at the Liszt Museum

Program changePerformer change

Csanád Szekrényessy will perform in place of János Kéry.

16.00–17.00

Csanád Szekrényessy Piano Recital

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12

Liszt: Transcendental Études » 12. Chasse-neige

Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses » 7. Funérailles (October 1849)

Liszt: Ave Maria (Die Glocken von Rom)

Liszt: Two Concert Études » 1. Waldesrauschen (Waldesrauschen)

Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, Première année: Suisse » 9. Les cloches de Genève (Les cloches de Genève)

Liszt: Valse de l’Opéra Faust de Gounod

Csanád Szekrényessy (piano)

 

17.00–17.30

Interactive Instrument Exhibition 1.

In what ways are the violin, the cello, and the guitar similar, or different? Can you recognize their sounds even if you can’t see them?

 

17.00–17.45

Guided Tour in the Research Library 1.

Presentation of the Research Library of the Liszt Academy: a collection dating back for over a hundred year in a historic setting, guided by the Head Librarian.

 

17.45–18.30

Guided Tour in Period Costumes 1.

A guided tour in English and Hungarian, featuring the most interesting objects, furniture, paintings, and musical instruments in Ferenc Liszt’s former apartment, led by tour guides dressed in period costumes.

 

17.45–18.15

Let’s Improvise Together! 1.

We introduce children to the basics of group improvisation with various percussion instruments.

 

18.30–19.00

The Secrets of the Piano

Liszt and the History of the Piano – Special Instruments at the Liszt Museum. Interactive Instrument Exhibition: We’ll show children the piano’s ancestors, its relatives, how it works, and even such unique instruments as the glass piano and the piano-harmonium.

 

19.00–20.00

Gugg Piano Duo Recital

Dvořák: Silent Woods, Op. 68/5

Smetana: Má vlast » 2. Vlatva

Stravinsky: Petrushka

Corigliano: Gazebo Dances » 4.  Tarantella

Tereza Gugg-Kalabova, Johannes Gugg (piano)

 

19.30–20.00

Interactive Instrument Exhibition 2.

In what ways are the violin, the cello, and the guitar similar, or different? Can you recognize their sounds even if you can’t see them?

 

20.00–20.30

Guided Tour in the Research Library 2.

Presentation of the Research Library of the Liszt Academy: a collection dating back for over a hundred year in a historic setting, guided by the Head Librarian.


20.30–21.15

Guided Tour in Period Costumes 2.

A guided tour in English and Hungarian, featuring the most interesting objects, furniture, paintings, and musical instruments in Ferenc Liszt’s former apartment, led by tour guides dressed in period costumes.

 

20.30–21.00

Let’s Improvise Together! 2.

We introduce children to the basics of group improvisation with various percussion instruments.

 

21.30–22.30

Simone Alessandro Tavoni Piano Recital

de Falla: Four Spanish Pieces

Satie: Gnossiennes No. 1, 3, 5

Satie: Danses de travers

Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1

de Falla: Fantasia baetica

Satie: Ogives No. 1, 2, 3

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Simone Alessandro Tavoni (piano)

 

22.30–23.15

Guided Tour in Period Costumes 3.

A guided tour in English and Hungarian, featuring the most interesting objects, furniture, paintings, and musical instruments in Ferenc Liszt’s former apartment, led by tour guides dressed in period costumes.

 

Presented by

Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum and Research Centre

Supporter:

Liszt Museum Foundation, Péter Horváth Stiftung, Italiano di Cultura di Budapest, Österreichisches Kulturforum Budapest

  

Tickets:

HUF 3 000 Ft (for students: HUF 1 500)