Programmes of the Conducting Department in 2025/26
15 October 2025
2025:
| 25 August – 07 September (Mon - Sun) | Registration period, subject registration |
| 25 -29 August (Mon - Sun) | Choir conducting diploma concert rehearsals (Rádiókórus [Hungarian Radio Choir] in the morning, Diploma Choir in the afternoon) |
| 25 August (Mon) | 10.00-13.00 Hungarian Radio Choir 15.00-18.00 - Diploma Choir |
| 26 August (Tue) | 10.00-13.00 Hungarian Radio Choir 14.00-17.00 - Diploma Choir |
| 27 August (Wed) | 10.00-13.00 Hungarian Radio Choir 14.00-17.00 - Diploma Choir |
| 28 August (Thu) | 10.00-13.00 Hungarian Radio Choir 14.00-17.00 - Diploma Choir |
| 29 August (Fri) | 10.00-13.00 Hungarian Radio Choir 14.00-17.00 - Diploma Choir (Main rehearsal) |
| 29 August (Fri) | 19.00 MA Choir Conducting Diploma Concert (Hungarian Radio Choir) |
| 1 September (Mon) | 10.00 Opening Ceremony (LF8 Grand Hall) |
| 1 - 5 September (Mon - Fri) | Choir Days (every day 14.00 - 17.00) |
| 1 - 9 September (Mon - Tue) | Postponed examination period |
| 8 September (Mon) | First day of classes |
| 9 - 11 September (Tue - Thu) | János Czifra Master Class (9.00 - 12.00, 14.00 - 16.00) |
| 8 October | Palestrina 500 Concert |
| 14 October (Tue) | Orchestral Practice for MA Orchestra Conductors (Danube Symphony Orchestra) |
| 18 October (Fri) | 19.00 "Choir+" Dome Hall Concert 1 (Kupola) |
| 18 October (Sat) | Working Day (because of 24 October rest day, Saturday class schedule) |
| 23 October (Thu) | National Holiday (rest day) |
| 23 October - 2 November (Thu - Sun) | Autumn Break (first day of classes: 3 November) |
| 30 October (Thu) | 10.00 Alma Mater Choir Concert (Solti Hall) |
4 November (Tue) 6 November (Thu) | Orchestral Practice for MA Orchestra Conductors (Miskolc Symphony Orchestra) |
14 November (Fri) | Liszt Academy 150 Anniversary Concert |
| 21 November (Fri) | 18.00 Conducting exam concert 1 (for 4th year, Old Academy Building) (Main Rehearsal: 15.00 - 17.00) |
| 25 - 26 November (Tue - Wed) | Orchestral Practice for MA Orchestra Conductors (Danube Symphony Orchestra) |
| 26 November (Wed) | 19:00 "Beszéljünk róla!" ["Let's talk about it!"] Monteverdi 1 (Éva Lax, guest of Csaba Kutnyánszky) Room I |
| 8 December (Mon) | 19.00 "Choir+" Dome Hall Concert 2 (Kupola) |
| 13 December (Sat) | Working Day (because of 24 December rest day, Saturday class schedule) |
| 16 December (Tue) | 19.30 Kodály Concert (LF8, Grand Hall) |
| 19 December (Fri) | Last day of classes of the first semester |
| 20 December - 4 January (Sat- Sun) | Winter holiday |
| 22 December (Mon) | First day of the exam period of the first semester |
2026:
| 5 January (Mon) | First day after the winter holiday |
| 10 January (Sat) | Working Day (because of 2 January rest day, Saturday class schedule) |
| 19 January (Mon) | 19.00 MA Choir Conducting Diploma Concert 1 (Main Building Grand Hall, Honvéd Men's Choir) |
| 24 January (Sat) | Last day of the exam period of the first semester |
| 26 January - 1 February (Mon - Sun) | Period of exam retakes; registration period and subject registration for the second semester |
| 26 - 30 January (Mon - Fri) | Choir days (every day 14.00 - 17.00) |
| 2 February (Mon) | First day of classes of the second semester |
| 2 - 7 February (Mon - Sat) | Postponed examination period |
| 7 February (Sat) | Orchestral Practice for MA Orchestra Conductors (Hungarian Radio Choir) |
| 13 February (Fri) | 18.00 Conducting exam concert 2 (3rd year, Old Academy Building) Main Rehearsal: 15.00 - 17.00 |
| 28 February (Sat) | 19.00 "Choir+" Dome Hall Concert 3 (Kupola) |
| 10 -11 March (Tue - Wed) | Orchestral Practice for MA Orchestra (Alba Regia Symphony Orchestra) |
| 18 March (Wed) | 19.30 Alma Mater Choir Concert (Main Building Grand Hall) (János Czifra) |
| 2 - 7 April (Thu - Tue) | Spring holiday (first day of classes: 8 April, Wed) |
| 3 April (Fri) | Good Friday (public holiday, no classes) |
| 6 April (Mon) | Easter Monday (public holiday, no classes) |
| 7 April (Tue) | Holiday granted by the President |
| 9 - 10 April (Thu - Fri) | Orchestral Practice for MA Orchestra Conductors (Danube Symphony Orchestra, Miskolc) |
| 11 April (Sat) | Conducting Conference |
| 12 April (Sun) | Lantos Rezső Conductor Competition (Main Building, Kupola) |
| 28 April (Tue) | 19.00 MA Choir Conducting concert 2 (Main Building Grand Hall, Hungarian Radio Choir) |
| 30 April (Thu) | Submission deadline of the topics for the complex exam of MA2 students |
| 1 May (Fri) | National holiday, no classes |
| 4- 23 May (Mon - Sat) | Exam period of graduating students (BA III, MA II) |
| 8 May (Fri) | 18.00 Conducting Exam concert 4 (for 3rd year, Old Academy Building) (Main Rehearsal 15.00 - 17.00) |
| 15 May (Fri) | 19.00 MA Orchestral Conducting Exam Concert 1 (Alba Regia Symphony Orchestra) |
| 15 May (Fri) | Last day of classes of the second semester (for graduating students: 2 May) |
| 18 May - 6 June (Mon - Sat) | Examination period |
| 20 - 21 May (Wed - Thu) | Main subject exams of Conducting Technique |
| 21 May (Thu) | 19.00 MA Orchestral Conducting Exam Concert 2 (Miskolc Symphony Orchestra) |
| 25 May (Mon) | Pentecost, public holiday - no classes |
| 26 May - 6 June (Tue - Sat) | Exam period of graduating students (BA III, MA II) |
| 2 -4 June (Tue - Thu) | 19.00 Conducting Exam concert (Danube Symphony Orchestra) |
| 12 June (Fri) | 19.00 "Choir+" Dome Hall Concert 4 (Kupola) |
| 9 - 13 June (Tue- Sat) | Exam retake period of the second semester |
| 24 - 25 June (Wed - Thu) | Conducting entrance examination (morning: Danube Symphony Orchestra, afternoon: Vass Lajos Chamber Choir) |
| 27 June (Sat) | 9.30, 11.00 School closing and graduation ceremony (Main Building Grand Hall) |