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Statement of the Piano Department of the Liszt Academy

Statement of the Piano Department of the Liszt Academy

20 May 2026

We, the undersigned professors of piano at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, were deeply shocked to learn that the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition held in Budapest since 1933 is planned to be organized in Pécs this year, not at the Liszt Academy.

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Manuscript by György Kurtág Discovered at Kodály Institute

Manuscript by György Kurtág Discovered at Kodály Institute

23 February 2026

Staff members at the Kecskemét-based institute of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music have discovered the original manuscript of the composer’s Op. 2, Wind Quintet, written in 1959, among the literary estate of the musicologist László Eősze. The centenarian composer himself shared details about the historically significant document.

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