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22. 05. 2025

From the Bartók Spring, Straight to the Liszt Fest: The First Events Are Revealed!

With the Bartók Spring barely ended, new discoveries are already on offer as the first events are announced of Müpa Budapest’s Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival. Christian Löffler,...

30. 10. 2024

Big Names of Classical and Contemporary Music, Groundbreaking Formations and Rapturous Audiences – The 4th Liszt Fest Has Ended

Held between 9 and 22 October, the Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival offered a colourful programme, with unique and unrepeatable collaborations in classical music, exclusive productions of...

16. 04. 2024

One-of-a-kind Rarities and Groundbreaking Musicians Announced for the 4th Liszt Fest

Different facets of Ferenc Liszt’s art are featured by Martin Haselböck and the Orchester Wiener Akademie, Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cluj-Napoca Hungarian Opera, and...

03. 11. 2023

Long-awaited Premieres, Unique Collaborations, Immense Interest and Wide Success: This Was the 3rd Liszt Fest

Held between 11 and 22 October, the Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival featured international world stars and Hungarian artists at over a hundred events, and boasted two world premieres, two...

06. 09. 2023

Premieres That Make Music History, Legendary Ensembles and Contemporary Productions Evoke the Spirit of Liszt – Here’s the Complete Programme of the Liszt Fest

Not only did Ferenc Liszt transform the music history of the 19th century, his influence continues to be felt two centuries on, whether in classical, contemporary or popular music, or even jazz,...

31. 05. 2023

Exquisite Operatic Rarities, Dance, Pop And World Music: Tickets Are Now On Sale For The First Events Of The Liszt Fest!

The highly anticipated Hungarian premiere of György Kurtág’s only opera, a piano marathon featuring works by György Ligeti, top jazz and world music performers, Castles, Warriors, Frontiers, the dance...

27. 10. 2022

Celebrated stars of the national and international arts scene, a host of unusual collaborations and performances: this is what went on at this year’s Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival

When Plácido Domingo wasn’t reciting zarzuelas to standing ovation, the Janoska Ensemble wasn’t bringing the house down, and Víkingur Ólafsson wasn’t giving a memorable concert with the Orchestre...

07. 10. 2022

Unusual fusions, Hungarian and international stars – the Liszt Fest starts today!

For sixteen days, the Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival adds zest to the cultural life of the Hungarian capital with world premieres, ensembles and soloists from around the globe, new...

12. 09. 2022

The festival of unforgettable experiences, special fusions and fresh initiatives is round the corner: Liszt Fest to start on 7 October

Stunning new productions, world premieres, eagerly awaited collaborations in classical and contemporary music, theatre and dance performances, free organ concerts, sensational jazz and pop formations,...

22. 06. 2022

More names that make you look forward to the autumn – the first Isolation Budapest at the Liszt Fest!

Elton John’s favourite performer, the Toronto singer known for her dark, intimate ballads, who also conquered the cultic Berghain of Berlin, and the British The Times’ 2021 favourite are some of the...

09. 06. 2022

Domingo, Ólafsson, Coltrane, Neue Oper Wien, Hiatus Kaiyote – here are the first names from the programme of the Liszt Fest!

Along with Plácido Domingo, Víkingur Ólafsson and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Ravi Coltrane, Hiatus Kaiyote and the Neue Oper Wien, who bring Jörg Widmann’s opera, the Janoska Ensemble, the...

29. 10. 2021

Seventeen days, stunning creators and creations, celebrated new productions: the first Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival was a great success

The first Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival came to an end with the unforgettable concert of the Brazilian legend, Gilberto Gil, a gala concert with the works of Bartók, Liszt and Roland...

09. 10. 2021

The first Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival gets under way – Cory Henry on the programme!

Patti Smith, Gilberto Gil, Thomas Hampson, Martin Haselböck and the Orchester Wiener Akademie, Barnabás Kelemen and Mihály Berecz, the Compañía Antonio Gades, László Fassang and Balázs Szokolay...

28. 09. 2021

The poet laureate of punk gives a concert in Budapest again – Patti Smith at the Liszt Fest

Some may still remember Patti Smith’s first concert in Hungary: 23 years ago the godmother of punk brought her performance at Sziget Festival to a cathartic end by tearing the strings off her guitar...

02. 09. 2021

Change of date – Electroacoustica 2020 and Tan Dun: Buddha Passion

01. 09. 2021

First Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival to start on 8 October

Musical rarities, world and local premieres, legendary ensembles, young talents, great figures of Hungarian and international cultural life: the first Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival is...