Two students of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music have excelled at this year's Generace Composition Competition in Ostrava, Czech Republic, a competition of the Visegrád Four music academies.

On the 140th anniversary of the birth of Béla Bartók, a commemoration of the milestone anniversaries of a career, of understanding, of love: László Vikárius, professor at the Liszt Academy of Music and head of the Bartók Archives of the Institute for Musicology, evokes our great predecessor.

János Kárpáti, honorary professor of the Liszt Academy and former Director of the Library passed away at the age of 88 after a protracted and serious illness.

The young student of the Liszt Academy received the highest score among the cellists in all age groups.

The awardees are Gergely Barta, Borbála Dobozy, Sándor Falvai, Zoltán Farkas “Batyu”, Miklós Harazdy, Armand Kautzky, Katalin Kokas and Dr. Zsuzsanna Domokos.

Three current and four former students of the Liszt Academy were among the best at the recently held Pa Mus Flow International Music Competition for young woodwind and brass instrument players.

Ildikó Rozsonits, who studies in the School for Exceptional Young Talents of the Liszt Academy, became the absolute winner in her age group in a competition in Spain.

Aurés Moussong won the composition competition at the Festival Expresiones Contemporáneas (FEC) in Mexico with his piece Magma written for solo contrabassoon.

The unique series of sheet music, complete with an analysis, published by violinist Márta Ábrahám, professor of the Liszt Academy and composer Barnabás Dukay, former lecturer of the institution, is bound to turn a new page in both interpretation and scientific works.

Máté Balogh won third place at the 2nd Impronta Ensemble Composition Competition in Mannheim with his string quartet Der Rhein am Tomasee (The Rhine at Tomasee).