LISZT FESTIVAL BY LISZT ACADEMY
Between 9 and 22 October, we are inviting you to a large-scale programme series with special concerts, introductions of records and conferences for those interested.
The festival is organized by Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum and Research Centre, with professional responsibility of Dr. Zsuzsanna Domokos, director of the Liszt Museum. Except for the exhibition opening and the closing concert, all events will take place in the Chamber Hall of the Old Academy of Music.
9 October 11 AM Matinee concert by Trio Auer
Opening address: Dr. Vigh Andrea, Rector of LFZE
Schubert: Piano Trio in E-flat major, D. 897 („Notturno”/„Adagio”)
Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 („Carnival in Pest”)
Tickets available soon on our website (under Events menu) and in the museum's ticket office.
9 October 6 PM Concert and introduction of record by Prof. Mūza Rubackytė
Supported by Lithuanian Embassy
Schubert–Liszt: Zwölf Lieder – Du bist die Ruh, Die junge Nonne
Schubert–Liszt: Schwanengesang – Der Doppelgänger, Die Stadt
Schubert–Liszt: Zwölf Lieder – Erlkönig
Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage 1., Suisse
Tickets available soon on our website (under Events menu) and in the museum's ticket office.
10 October 6 PM, Atrium
Supported by Liszt Festival Albano
Supported by & included in the programme of Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival
“I’m deeper and deeper in Dante’s dark forest…”
Exhibition opening: Liszt and Dante, opening address by Dr. Andrea Vigh, Rector of Liszt Academy
Exhibition curated by: Anna Peternák, Krisztina Halász and Dóra Bodrogai, associates of Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum and Research Centre.
This programme is free.
Related event: 7:30 PM in Solti Hall, literary-musical programme with pianist Péter Kiss, organized by Liszt Academy Concert Centre.
More information about the exhibition can be found here.
13 October 5 PM
Supported by local government of Budapest district VI., through the Liszt Museum Foundation
“Newly Discovered treasures: Unknown manuscripts of published works by Liszt”
Introduction of facsimile book, hosted by Ádám Bősze (conversation partners: Zsuzsanna Domokos, Kristóf Csengery, András Láng), featuring pianist Péter Kiss, professor at Liszt Academy
Free event.
15–16 October Festival for Liszt’s birthday
Liszt’s complete symphonic poems arranged for piano four hands: four-part concert series by Edit Klukon and Dezső Ránki
Supported by & included in the programme of Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival
15 October 5 PM
Liszt: Ce qu’on entend sur la montagne
Liszt: Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo
15 October 7:30 PM
Liszt: Les Préludes
Liszt: Orpheus
Liszt: Prometheus
Liszt: Mazeppa
16 October 5 PM
Liszt: Festklänge
Liszt: Héroïde funèbre
Liszt: Hungaria
16 October 7:30 PM
Liszt: Hamlet
Liszt: Hunnenschlacht
Liszt: Die Ideale
Liszt: Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe
16 October 11 AM Matinee concert by Fülöp Ránki
Supported by & included in the programme of Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival
Liszt: Dante Sonata
Saint-Saëns–Liszt: Danse macabre
Liszt: Valse mélancolique
Saint-Saëns: Mazurka No. 2 in G minor, Op. 24
Liszt: Mazurka brillante
Saint-Saëns: Mazurka No. 1 in G minor, Op. 21
Liszt: Valse-Impromptu
Saint-Saëns: Valse nonchalante, Op. 110
Liszt: Grande valse di bravura
Attention! For these five concerts of the Festival for Liszt's birthday, tickets are currently available only via the Liszt Fest website and in the ticket offices of Müpa.
18–19 October Conference in Hungarian: The Relationship Between Liszt and his Hungarian Contemporaries in the Light of Hungarian Cultural History
Supported by & included in the programme of Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival
With participation of associates of the Liszt Academy's Liszt Ferenc Research Centre and the Research Centre for the Humanities Institute for Musicology Department for Hungarian Music History
Detailed programme is to be found here.
Free but registration required. You will be able to register on the website of Liszt Fest, here for 18 October, here for 19 October.
19 October 5 PM Historically informed concert: Atala Schöck – voice, Ferenc János Szabó – piano, professor at Liszt Academy
Volkmann: Drei Lieder, Op. 16
Végh: Wiegenlied
Végh: Alphorn
Végh: Grau und schwer...
Mihalovich: Komm o Nacht
Mihalovich: Nur dich allein
Mihalovich: Nachtreise
Aggházy: Bitte, Op. 23/1
Aggházy: Das ist ein Brausen, Op. 30/4
Aggházy: Lieb’ Liebchen, Op. 31/5
Liszt: Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh
Liszt: Es muss ein Wunderbares sein
Liszt: Die drei Zigeuner
Free but registration required. You will be able to register here.
21–22 October International Conference in English: New Additions to the World of Liszt
Supported by & included in the programme of Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival
With participation of world-renowned Liszt scholars, authors of the newest literature.
Detailed programme is to be found here.
Free but registration required. You will be able to register on the website of Liszt Fest, here for 21 October, here for 22 October.
21 October 5 PM Introduction of record by Prof. Kenneth Hamilton
Kenneth Hamilton plays Liszt – Volume 1, Death and Transfiguration; Volume 2, Salon and Stage
Free but registration required. You will be able to register here.
22 October: closing concert in the Grand Hall of the Liszt Academy, organized by Liszt Academy Concert Centre and Cziffra Festival
The programme is subject to change, depending on pandemic regulations!
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