The most important class, however, for me and for hundreds of other Hungarian musicians, was the chamber-music class. From about the age of fourteen, and until graduation from the Academy, all instrumentalists except the heavy-brass players and percussionists had to participate in this course. Presiding over it for many years was the composer Leó Weiner, who thus exercised an enormous influence on three generations of Hungarian musicians.
2013. December 30.
The young piano professor of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music won two special awards along with the Grand Prize and the First Prize.
2013. December 09.
The renowned composer and professor emeritus of Liszt Academy passed away last Sunday in his Sopron home.
2013. December 04.
Liszt Academy's first international contest is open to singers from all nationalities aged 18-32/35 years. Application deadline: 15 March 2014.
2013. November 18.
Founder and director of the Kodály Musical Training Institute and the Kodály Center of America died peacefully on November 11, 2013 at the Briarwood Health Care facility in Needham, Massachusetts.
2013. November 07.
Dr. Andrea Vigh, harpist, university professor and former vice president of the Liszt Academy, became president of the Liszt Academy of Music on November 1, 2013.
