Friends of the Liszt Academy Association and Concorde Securities Ltd. arranged the first Concorde Private Banking Christmas concert featuring Anastasia Razvalyaeva and Ivett Gyöngyösi, who also collected the Concorde Talent Award.

Current and former full-time students of piano, violin, and voice of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music are eligible to apply for the Weingarten Scholarship provided by the Joseph Weingarten Memorial Trust of the Birmingham City University, Birmingham Conservatoire, in the United Kingdom.

First violinist of Kelemen Quartet and professor at the Liszt Academy, Barnabás Kelemen is holding a master course for chamber music ensembles of any format (classical instrumental, other instrumental, vocal, etc.).

Vienna – Helsinki – Budapest Contemporary Composition Workshop and Concert at the Liszt Academy of Music

Pianists born after 1 January 1984 can submit applications for the 14th Liszt Competition (organized by Filharmónia Magyarország) by 2 May 2016.

The teacher of the trumpet at Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music collected the award and HUF 500,000 at the Bács-Kiskun County Prima Prizes ceremony in Kecskemét on 26 November.

Liszt Academy student András Pálfy came third at the 26th Citta di Porcia international trombone competition organized in Italy in November 2015.

The 6th Dávid Popper International Cello Competition in Várpalota ended on 22 November. This year the two-round contest attracted entries from 77 competitors from 24 countries. Young cellists arrived from many parts of Europe as well as the USA, China, South Korea, Brazil and Australia. There were 14 entrants from Hungary, three of them – Eszter Karasszon, Mátyás Hotzi, Hagiwara Riku – from the Liszt Academy.

The master class focuses on the works of György Kurtág and György Ligeti.

Ágnes Dobszay, head of the Church Music Department, was presented with the important education award.