Preliminary Programme of the Conference “Liszt and the Arts”
Preliminary Programme of the Conference “Liszt and the Arts”
(Budapest, November 18th - 20th 2011)
organized by the
Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum and Research Centre of the Liszt Academy of Music
(Liszt Ferenc University of Music)
Thursday 17th November – pre-Conference programme
14.00 – 17.00 Institute for Musicology, Bartók Hall
Open session of the working group of the international UNESCO project “Liszt's concerts in European countries”. Report on current progress of the project.
17.00 -19.00 Registration for the conference
An opportunity to view the exhibition “Liszt and the Arts” in the Museum of Music History, which will extend its opening time until 19.00
19.00 Bartók Hall
Piano recital by Valerie Tryon (Canada) on Bartók's Bösendorfer piano. Works by Liszt, Dohnányi and Bartók (public concert)
After the concert welcome drinks in the Haydn Hall
Friday 18th November – first day of the Conference
Venues of the opening and plenary sessions: Institute for Musicology, Bartók Hall; venues of the sectional sessions: A - Bartók Hall, B - Kodály Hall.
We estimate that papers read at the plenary sessions will last 30 minutes, and those read at the sectional sessions 20 minutes, plus 5 minutes for discussion.
8.30 Registration for the conference
9.00 Opening of the conference. Speeches of welcome
9.30 Plenary session, 3 papers
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Two sectional sessions, each of 3 papers
12.45 Lunch
14.30 Plenary session, 2 papers
15.30 Coffee
16.00 Two sectional sessions, each of 4 papers
17.50 buffet supper in the Haydn Hall
19.30 Concert in the Matthias Church, works by Liszt
Saturday 19th November – second day of the Conference
Venues: morning in the Old Music Academy, afternoon in the Institute for Musicology
9.00 A bus will take participants from the conference hotel to the Old Music Academy, Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum
9.30 An opportunity to view the permanent exhibition of the Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum with demonstrations of the instruments (guided by Zsuzsanna Domokos and Mária Eckhardt )
10.15 An opportunity to view the Liszt Museum's exhibition “Liszt and Budapest” (guided by Zsuzsanna Domokos)
11.00 Matinée concert at the museum: works by Liszt for women's choir and harp
11.15 Transfer by bus to the new building of the Liszt Academy of Music at 52 Wesselényi street. A guided tour of the building with lunch. Return by bus, via a short sightseeing tour of the city, to the Institute for Musicology.
15.00 Plenary session, 2 papers
16.00 Coffee
16.20 Two sectional sessions, each of 4 papers
18.00 Buffet supper in the Haydn Hall
19.00 Presentation of the exhibition “Liszt and the Arts”. During the presentation a short recital on the Erard piano restored for the exhibition and a short film presentation by Ophra Yerusalmi
Sunday 20th November – third day of the Conference
9.30 Plenary session, 2 papers
10.30 Two sectional sessions, each of 3 papers
11.45 Coffee
12.10 Two sectional sessions, each of 2 papers
13.00 Lunch
15.00 Plenary session, 2 papers
16.00 Coffee
16.20 Two concurrent sessions, each of 2 papers
17.10 Plenary session: final paper and closing speech
Final supper available (at one's own expense) at a restaurant, for those who wish to go
Detailed programme and list of participants
See the special lists below
Conference venues:
Institute for Musicology, H-1014 Budapest, Táncsics Mihály u. 7
(Bartók Hall, Kodály Hall, Haydn Hall, Museum of Music History
Old Music Academy, H-1064 Budapest, Vörösmarty u. 35
(Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum, Liszt Ferenc Chamber Hall)
Conference hotel:
Hotel Budapest (1026 Budapest II, Szilágyi Erzsébet fasor 47)
http://www.danubiushotels.com/en/our_hotels/hungary/budapest/hotel_budapest
Conference hotel price: single room 50 EUR/night, double room: 60 EUR/night.
Visitors who wish to reserve a hotel room for this special conference price, should do it through the Conference Organization Office in the Institute for Musicology. For conference lecturers, hotel rooms will be offered and reserved automatically for 4 nights; only special wishes have to be announced at the Conference Organization Office.
Registration, fees:
Visiting all conference sessions is free. Participation at special programmes such as concerts, exhibitions and receptions is possible for a registration fee of 50 Euros. You should announce your intention in forward at the Conference Organisation Office, but the fee is to be paid only on the spot at the registration. For conference lectures, no fee is to be paid.
Connection:
liszt2011 [at] zti [dot] hu (Conference Organisation Office)
eckhardt [dot] maria [at] lisztakademia [dot] hu (professional matters only)