News

Chrysanthemum Scholarship Awarded for the 2024/2025 Academic Year
16 January 2025
Thanks to the generous support of Japanese companies in Hungary, the scholarship is awarded to young, talented Japanese students of the Liszt Academy.

"Rethinking Central European Music" – a new special issue of Studia Musicologica is now available
10 December 2024
The new special issue of Studia Musicologica (the international journal of musicology of
the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) is dedicated to the papers of the conference "Rethinking Central European Music," held at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music on September 8-9, 2023.

Turkish guitarist was guest at the Folk Music Department
25 November 2024
Tolgahan Çoğulu is an active musician and promoter of microtonal music with the instrument developed by him, and professor at the state conservatory in Istanbul.
Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship for the academic year 2025/2026
14 November 2024
The application system is now open for applicants wishing to pursue studies at the Liszt Academy with the Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship in the academic year 2025/2026.

Liszt Academy hosted again students from partner institutions
4 November 2024
Every year, the Liszt Academy organises a workshop and a concluding concert as part of an Erasmus programme, this time the Hungarian and foreign students learned from and performed with violinist Péter Kováts as a string orchestra.

World-renowned pianist hosts masterclass at the Chamber Music Department
14 October 2024
Xavier Torres gave lessons to students studying chamber music at the Academy of Music on October 10 and 11.

Renovated Kodály Institute Officially Opened
10 October 2024
The building of the Liszt Academy’s Kecskemét institution was modernized and outfitted with additional classrooms and state-of-the-art educational technology during an extensive, multi-year reconstruction.
World-renowned guitarist hosts masterclass at the Jazz Department
9 October 2024
Agostino Di Giorgio led a workshop for guitar students in the morning, followed by an interactive afternoon session focused on improvisation and ensemble playing.