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News
42nd Liszt Ferenc International Grand Prix Du Disque 2022 - Results
About the Liszt Ferenc Society
The
Liszt
Ferenc
Society
bears
the
name
of
the
famous
Hungarian
pianist
and
composer,
Ferenc
(Franz)
Liszt.
There
were
attempts
to
form
a
society
bearing
his
name
already
in
his
lifetime.
The
Hungarian
Liszt
Society
was
founded
in
1893
and
functioned
with
several
interruptions
until
the
end
of
World
War
II.
The
Society
did
not
line
up
to
any
political
program,
therefore
it
could
not
function
in
the
years
of
severe
communist
oppression.
Its
second
foundation
was
in
1973.
Since
the
political
changes
of
1990
it
is
a
free
civil
association
promoting
the culture in Hungary.
Presidium
•
President:
Csaba Király, Liszt Prize-winning concert pianist and organist, professor of the Faculty of Music and Visual Art,
the University of Pécs
•
Honorary President:
István Lantos, Kossuth Prize-winning pianist and organist, professor of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
•
Co-presidents:
Mária Eckhardt, chief adviser and academic director of the Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum and Research Centre
József Bánky, piano professor emeritus of the Faculty of Music and Visual Art, University of Pécs
•
Secretary General:
Judit Rozsnyay, retired economist
•
Further members of the Presidium:
László Gombos, Szabolcsi Prize-winning musicologist, head of the Budapest Section
Ferenc Kerek, Liszt Prize-winning pianist, professor, head of the Faculty of Music of the Szeged University,
head of the Szeged Section
Erzsébet Bencsik, retired piano teacher, head of the Sopron Section
Ildikó Pogány, piano teacher of the Liszt Ferenc Music School Pécs, head of the Pécs Section
The
Liszt
Ferenc
Society
is
a
member
of
the
Hungarian
Music
Council.
The
Society
has
a
centre
in
Budapest
and
groups
in
the
towns
Pécs,
Sopron, Szeged. The total number of members is 508.
The aims of the Society are to spread the cult of Liszt’s music and personality and propagate his noble ideas.
Programs
•
Monthly
club-days
organized
by
each
group
of
the
Society,
which
consist
mostly
of
lectures
about
Liszts
music
(with
musical
illustrations) and of concerts.
•
Every year the Society commemorates Liszt’s birthday with a gala concert held at the Old Music Academy.
•
Every
year
the
Society
awards
the
Ferenc
Liszt
International
Record
Grand
Prix,
for
which
CD-s
issued
in
the
previous
year
may
apply.
•
Esztergom Liszt Week, organized by the Society every second year
•
The Newsletter “Hungarian View of Liszt” is published in Hungarian and in English, released quaterly.
•
The Society issues twice a year a circular letter to inform its members.
International relations
The
Hungarian
Liszt
Society
has
contacts
with
many
Liszt
Societies
in
the
world
(there
are
Liszt
Societies
in
many
countries
in
and
out
of
Europe), see:
Links
.
Membership
The Liszt Ferenc Society has at present 508 members in Hungary. In Budapest there are 228 members. The number of members in the
Groups are: Pécs 180, Sopron 80, Szeged 20.
The participation of the members of the Liszt Ferenc Society at the club-days is free, for the other programs they enjoy a discount.
For those who would like to join the Liszt Ferenc Society the following links are available for downloading:
The Statutes of the Liszt Ferenc Society (in Hungarian)
Membership Registration Form (in Hungarian)
Annual Membership Fee (from 1st July, 2023)
Euro 35 (thirty-five Euros)
Fee of the supporting members: at least threefold of the minimum membership fee
Way of payment: Cash, bank transfer
(Address, bank account number found below)
Permanent sponsors and supporters
The Liszt Ferenc Society is grateful to all those who have supported and who have been still supporting the activity of the Society:
National Cultural Fund (NKA)
Human Resources Management (EMET)
Hungarian Academy of Arts
Municipality of Sopron
Members, supporting members
Private persons, who supported the Society with 1% of their income-tax
We express our thanks to t
he sponsors:
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Our address (central office):
LISZT FERENC SOCIETY
Tax number: 19359876-1-42
1064 Budapest, Vörösmarty u. 35.
Phone/Fax: (36-1) 342 1573
E-mail: lisztferenctarsasag[kukac]gmail.com
Website: http://www.lisztsociety.hu
Bank account: OTP 11706016-20441966
Updated: 5 January, 2024
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