First Liszt Fest International Cultural Festival to start on 8 October

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...

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Martin Sturm’s Organ Recital

10. 10. 2021.

Martin Sturm’s Organ Recital

Organ works form an important part of Ferenc Liszt’s oeuvre. It is interesting, however, that he wrote most of the organ pieces and transcriptions in the last two decades of his life, and would return to them almost till the end. In addition...

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Balázs Szabó’s Organ Recital

11. 10. 2021.

Balázs Szabó’s Organ Recital

Ferenc Liszt took an interest in the organ at the zenith of his career. He had of course played the instrument before, but did not write an original composition for it until 1850. The fantasy and fugue of that year, which he based on a melody (Ad...

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Balázs Szokolay Dongó Photographer: Anita Veres
László Fassang Photographer: Szilvia Csibi / Müpa Budapest

16. 10. 2021.

Liszt and Sacrality

Like other artists in the age of Romanticism who sought new sources of inspiration, Liszt showed a keen interest in the music of cultures other than his own, like medieval church music and Gypsy music. However, he was not exposed to traditional folk...

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Polina Pasztircsák Photographer: Giancarlo Pradelli
Dorottya LÁng Photographer: Chris Gonz
Gábor Bretz Photographer: László Emmer
Szabolcs Brickner

22. 10. 2021.

Liszt: Esztergom Mass

“The church composer is also a preacher and a priest, and where the word is no longer sufficient to express the sentiment, music transfigures it and lifts it aloft,” said Ferenc Liszt. Composed with exceptional care, the music of the...

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