Máte Mesterházy's essay on the history of the now called Sir George Solti Chamber Hall

Portrait of Géza Anda by musicologist Sándor Kovács

There can be no better way of revealing the symbiosis of teaching and concert performance than the concert series ”On the Spot”, which introduces the departments of the Liszt Academy. Ahead of the upcoming concerts presenting the Jazz Department and the Trombone Department, pianist Károly Binder, head of the Jazz Department, and trombonist Gusztáv Hőna, head of the Woodwinds and Brass Department, spoke to Tamás Vajna about the importance of scripted music and improvisation, the unavoidability of contemporary music, and the features of Hungarian jazz.

After a seven-year break the charismatic Russian returns to the Liszt Academy in order to play one of the most charming piano concertos by Mozart. Text by Gergely Fazekas

This is the first time that Brad Mehldau is going solo in Hungary, in the Grand Hall of the Liszt Academy. Interview by Tamás Vajna