Academic degree, university positions:
PhD and Habilitation; Lecturer and Research Fellow
Subjects taught:
Early 20th-Century Performance Practice; Practice Methodology: Mental Preparation for Performance; Bartók; Identifying and Developing Talent in Music Education; The Methodological Toolkit of the Mentor Teacher; Interaction Analysis in Music Education; Music Education Across the European Union.
Education:
Habilitation
Habilitation in Performance Research and Pedagogy, Liszt Academy of Music (Budapest), 2022.
PhD
PhD in Musicology, Liszt Academy of Music (Budapest), 2014.
MA & MSc
MA in Musicology, Liszt Academy of Music (Budapest), 2004.
MSc in Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest), 2006.
MSc in Theoretical Linguistics, University of Szeged, 2007.
Other university level degree
College diploma in Media & Communication Studies, Mathias Corvinus Collegium (Budapest), 2005.
Music studies and active participation in music masterclasses:
Piano and chamber music studies with Márta Gulyás and Loránt Szűcs (Liszt Academy), as well as with László Holics and Lívia Rév (Paris). Active participation in masterclasses by Erik T. Tawaststjerna (piano, 1995), Jacques van Oortmerssen (organ, 1999), Malcolm Bilson (fortepiano, 2003, 2004, 2005), Miklós Spányi (fortepiano, 2003, 2008), Jacques Ogg (fortepiano, 2004), Jaap Schröder (chamber music, 2004), Ferenc Rados (piano, chamber music, 2005, 2006), Alexei Lubimov (fortepiano, 2006), Lívia Rév (piano, 2010, 2011, 2012).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE LECTURES
Teaching and research
Current positions
Lecturer and Research Fellow, Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, 2010–present (until 2015 as Senior Lecturer at the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Academy).
Other commitments
Guest Professor, Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (Israel), 2023 (full-time).
Visiting Lecturer, Centro Superior Katarina Gurska (Katarina Gurska Academy of Music), Madrid, 2020–present.
Guest Professor, Advisor, & Mentor, Katarina Gurska Institute for Artistic Research, Madrid (Spain): DART de Investigaciones Artísticas doctoral programme (Spain’s first DLA-level programme in music), 2020–present.
Affiliated Lecturer, Institut Kodály Genève (earlier Studio Kodály Genève, Switzerland): Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS), 2020–present.
Mentor & Module Leader, Milestone Institute, Budapest, 2018–present.
Visiting Lecturer, Santa Cecilia Conservatory of Rome (Italy), 2015–present.
Official Examiner, Hungarian Educational Authority, 2017–present.
Further Education Course Leader, Association of Hungarian Music Schools and Art Schools (MZMSZ), 2014–present.
Previous positions and work experience
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Music, University of Szeged, 2007–2020 (half-time).
Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, Easter Term 2017 (full-time).
Visiting Scholar, Downing College, Cambridge, Easter Term 2017 (full-time).
Visiting Fellow, Research Centre for Musical Performance as Creative Practice (CMPCP), University of Cambridge, Easter Term 2017 (full-time).
Educational Expert, Hungarian Educational Authority, 2013–2014 (part-time).
Junior Research Fellow (Cognitive Musicology), Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä (Finland), 2006/07, 2009/10 (twice, full-time).
Undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, and further education teaching:
Subjects taught include (2005–present):
BA and MA levels: Chamber Music; Music Theory; Source Materials for Historically Informed Performance Practice.
MA level: Practice Methodology; Musical Analysis; Early 20th-Century Performance Practice; Psychology of Music; Psychology and Analysis of Music Performance; Introduction to Musical Composition; Pedagogical Communication; Personality and Developmental Psychology for Musicians.
PhD/DLA level: Early 20th-Century Performance Practice; Practice Methodology: Mental Preparation for Performance; Bartók.
Further education – Mentor Teacher Qualification Programme (postgraduate specialisation): Identifying and Developing Talent in Music Education; The Methodological Toolkit of the Mentor Teacher; Interaction Analysis in Music Education; Music Education Across the European Union; Self-Knowledge and Reflectivity in Teaching; Planning, Implementation and Assessment of Pedagogical Processes.
International masterclasses (selection):
United Kingdom: King’s College London; Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London; Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Centre London; Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
Italy: Conservatorio Santa Cecilia (Santa Cecilia Conservatoire), Rome – annually since 2015; Conservatorio di Milano (Milan Conservatoire); Intrecci Musicali di Frontiera (festival), Gorizia
Spain: Centro Superior Katarina Gurska (Katarina Gurska Academy of Music), Madrid – regularly since 2020
France: Conservatoire Jean-Philippe Rameau (Jean-Philippe Rameau School of Arts), Paris
Switzerland: Hochschule der Künste Bern (Bern Academy of the Arts); Institut Kodály Francophone (formerly Studio Kodály), Geneva
Austria: Kunstuniversität Graz (University of Music and Performing Arts Graz)
Germany: Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar (University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar); Hochschule für Musik und Theater München (University of Music and Theatre Munich)
Netherlands: Utrechts Conservatorium (Utrecht Conservatoire)
Finland: Lauttasaaren musiikkiopisto (Lauttasaari Music School), Helsinki
Sweden: Piteå Musikhögskolan (Piteå School of Music)
Turkey: Istanbul University State Conservatory
Romania: Transilvania University of Brașov, Faculty of Music; University of Arts Târgu-Mureş, Department of Music
Croatia: University of Zagreb Academy of Music
Slovenia: Ljubljana Academy of Music; Konservatorij za Glasbo in Balet Ljubljana (Ljubljana Music and Ballet Conservatory); International Guitar Festival Postojna
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Banja Luka Academy of Music
Kazakhstan: Kurmangazy National Conservatory, Almaty
USA: Collaborative Piano Institute; Bravo Summer Music Academy, Minnesota
Israel: Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance; Givat Washington Academic College of Education; Levinsky College of Education, Tel Aviv; Ron Shulamit Conservatory, Jerusalem
Artistic activity:
Regular appearances as a soloist and chamber pianist across Europe, Asia, and in the US.
Holds the dedication of five compositions (for organ / piano / viola and piano) by Márton Kerékfy (*1981), Gergely Barta (*1978), and Márton Levente Horváth (*1983).
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@laszlostacho2861
Professional innovation:
László Stachó (2011–2020, initially with László Holics): Practice Methodology, a complete attentional training for performers.
Curriculum planning and implementation of courses:
Developer of the evaluation criteria for primary and secondary level music teachers within the State Career Model for Teachers in Hungary (2013; criteria officially in force since 2014).
Co-developer of the new curriculum for the Mentor Teacher Qualification Programme at the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest (2013; curriculum in force since 2014).
Lead developer of the new curriculum for Music (Instrumental) Teacher Training at the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest (2013; curriculum in force since 2014).
Lead developer of the new curriculum for Music (Instrumental) Teacher Training at the Faculty of Music of the University of Szeged (2013; curriculum in force since 2014).
Co-author of the music education chapter of the Hungarian National Core Curriculum (2012; curriculum in force between 2013 and 2023).
Research supervision and evaluation:
Main supervisor of 9 artistic-scholarly DLA theses and 1 PhD thesis at the Doctoral School of the Liszt Academy of Music (since 2018).
Co-supervisor of 1 PhD thesis at the Doctoral School of Psychology of the University of Pécs (since 2020).
Examiner of artistic-scholarly DLA theses at the Liszt Academy of Music (3 DLA theses examined since 2020).
Supervisor and examiner of MA theses at the Liszt Academy of Music and at the Faculty of Music at the University of Szeged (40 MA theses supervised since 2007).
Supervisor and examiner of postgraduate research theses in further education (Mentor Teacher Qualification Programme) at the Liszt Academy of Music (20 theses supervised since 2014).
External examiner of a DMA thesis at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney (2017).
Official examiner for Research Pedagogue qualifications on behalf of the Hungarian Educational Authority (for three senior-stage music teachers since 2017).
Research areas:
Musicology (music history, analysis, and performance practice)
Bartók and Dohnányi as pianists and performance teachers
The Liszt school of piano performance
Empirical analysis of early 20th-century performance practice
Bartók analysis
Psychology of music
Performers’ attentional strategies and processes underlying expressivity and individuality
Musical ability: affect-related skills
The developmental trajectory of the perception of performance-related emotions in music
Music education
Effective and creative practising methods for musicians (instrumentalists, singers, and ensembles, incl. orchestras)
Performance coaching for competitions
Stress management methods for musicians
Prizes and awards (selection):
Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Arts, 2024–2027.
Hungarian Eötvös State Scholarship, 2023.
Young Researcher Award of the New National Excellence Program (Hungary), 2017/18.
Young Researcher Award of the National Excellence Program (Hungary), 2014.
Research Scholarship of the Rector of the University of Jyväskylä (Finland), 2006/07, 2009/10 (twice).
Scholarship of the Hungarian Development Bank Ltd, 2007/08.
ESCOM (European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music) Young Researcher Award, 2006.
Kodály Fellowship of the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture, 2005/06, 2007/08, 2008/09 (three times).
1st Prize at the First National Student Competition in Arts and Music Research (Hungary), 2003.
Fellowship of Excellence of the Republic of Hungary, 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2000/01 (three times).
Further professional commitments (selection):
Reviewer for the journals Musicae Scientiae and Music & Science (publisher: Sage).
Member of Review Committees of international conferences (e.g., Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology; ICMPC/ESCOM).
Member of the Editorial Board, Saryn (international peer-reviewed journal of arts and humanities).
Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, Papers in Arts and Humanities (PArtsHum, the international journal of the Partium Christian University, Nagyvárad/Oradea, Romania).
Curator of the Bartók concert series of the Juan March Foundation, Madrid, 2023–2024.
Guest Editor of the 2018 Special Issue: ‘Virtuosity’ of Musicae Scientiae, 2016–2018.
Chair of the Organising and Review Committees, ‘Virtuosity – An Interdisciplinary Symposium’, joint symposium of the Liszt Academy and the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM), 2015–2016.
Fellow Tutor, Mathias Corvinus Collegium, Budapest, 2006–2009.
Founder member of the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Music Research (Finnish Academy of Sciences and University of Jyväskylä), 2006.
Main organiser of the Symposium for the 125th Anniversary of Béla Bartók’s Birth in Nagyszentmiklós (the composer’s birthplace, now Sânnicolau Mare, Romania), 2006.
Main organiser of the Media Violence Conference at the Institute for Art Theory and Media Studies, Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, 2005.
Co-founder and editor of the review LélekJelenLét (the Hungarian Quarterly for Psychology, Sociology and Philosophy of the Babeş–Bolyai University of Kolozsvár/Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and the Szeged College for Social Studies, Hungary), 2000–2002.
Current professional memberships:
Honorary Advisory Board Member of the Klára Kokas Foundation of Music Education
Member of the Public Body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Member of the International Society for Music Education (ISME)
Member of the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (SEMPRE)
Member of the International Musicological Society (IMS)
Member of the American Hungarian Educators Association (AHEA)
Member of the Hungarian Musicological Society (MZZT)
Language skills:
Hungarian: native speaker
English: C2 level
German: C2 level
French: C2 level
Finnish: C2 level
Italian: C1 level
Russian: B2 level
Contact:
stacho.laszlo[at]lisztacademy.hu