Chamber Orchestra on the Podium Presented by Liszt Academy

The history of the institution today called the Bartók Béla Secondary School of Music began decades before the opening of the Liszt Academy, in 1840. The concept of a modern music school offering a high standard of teaching such as the Paris Conservatoire, the Conservatoire in Vienna or the Leipzig Conservatory founded by Mendelssohn, was of great concern to the decision-makers of the age, but providing the financial backing did not prove easy. Ferenc Liszt, who performed in Pest in January of that year, came to the rescue; in the course of a single performance he raised 12,000 francs to go towards the institution. The school bore the name National Conservatory until 1948. It has endowed domestic and international music with a long line of superb artists. Naturally, there is no lack of talent today, as amply proven by the mature and inspired productions of ‘Konzi’ students in the Solti Hall of the Liszt Academy each year.