My friends are those who haunt the Ideal; there, dear friend, we 'recognize' each other, and shall always do so…

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World-renowned British composer to chair the jury in 2024

World-renowned British composer to chair the jury in 2024

7 December 2023

Composer-conductor Thomas Adès will chair the International Jury for the 2024 Composers’ Competition, an event with a total prize fund of €10,000 and organised by the Liszt Academy, which expects to receive applications from 18 January.

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"The best country image and promoting Bartók's oeuvre in the world"

6 October 2023

Conductor Péter Halász, first conductor (Kapellmeister) at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf and principal guest conductor at the Hungarian State Opera, is a regular guest at many domestic and foreign institutions. The artist was a member of the jury at the Bartók World Competition for the first time this year, which helped him gain extremely important impressions in several ways.

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High-ranking Japanese delegation holds talks at the Liszt Academy

High-ranking Japanese delegation holds talks at the Liszt Academy

7 September 2023

The delegation – led by Hajime Furuta, the governor of Gifu Prefecture – held discussions with Dr. Andrea Vigh, rector at the Liszt Academy, about continuing the nearly 30-year-old cooperation as well as the participation of the institution at a festival in Japan next year.

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This year's Bartók World Competition begins with violinists from 16 countries

This year's Bartók World Competition begins with violinists from 16 countries

4 September 2023

After the order of appearance for the entrants was determined, the 2023 Bartók World Competition for Violinists at the Liszt Academy of Music, with a total prize fund of 46,000 euros, began on 3 September with the preliminaries and will end on 10 September with the award ceremony and gala, bringing together 32 young talents from 16 countries.

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