News

Announcement of the Hungarian Liszt Society’s 35th annual Franz Liszt International Grand Prix du Disque competition, 2010
The Grand Prix du Disque has been awarded to:
Alexander Djordjevic ’Gray Clouds’-Piano Music of Franz Liszt, a private edition disc. Details >>>

"LISZT 2000"
Selected Lectures given at the International Liszt Conference in Budapest May 18-20, 1999. Book available for € 50 (plus postal costs). For more information contact the secretary-general.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
International Interdisciplinary Conference "LISZT AND THE ARTS" 11-14 November 2011 organized in Budapest, Hungary in honour of the Liszt Bicentennary by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Musicology and the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum and Research Centre
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Board meeting
The general assembly of the Liszt Ferenc Society was held on May 19th 2009 at the Old Music Academy; Chairman István Lantos chaired the assembly. All the five sections gave an account of their activities in 2008, and also a report on the finances of the Liszt Society in 2008 was submitted. The participants received the public utility report, the 2008 balance sheet and the plans for 2009 in writing. After the accounts, the Assembly adopted the public utility report (available on the homepage www.lisztsociety.hu) and the plan for 2009, elected the members of the Supervisory Board and decided on the new membership fees valid from January 1st 2009: 2000 Ft/year for active members and 1000Ft/year for students and pensioners. The Chairman of the Hungarian Music Council, Máté Victor, was present at the meeting as a guest.

Csaba Király's Recital
We held the last concert of the Budapest section in the 2008/9 season on April 29th 2009: Csaba Király’s piano recital. His performance received a warm welcome as he played works by Liszt and Schubert-Liszt with poetry and empathy.

Piano Recital - France Clidat as our guest artist
French pianist France Clidat gave a recital at the Old Music Academy on April 25th 2009. The first international success of France Clidat was the prize she won at the Budapest International Liszt Contest in 1956. Unfortunately, the artist - who holds the French National Order of the Legion of Honour, the National Order of Merit, the Vermei medal of Paris, and a knight of arts and sciences - has not given a concert in Budapest since then, although she took part in the jury of the Liszt Piano Contest. The pianist known and appreciated worldwide played works by Debussy, Chabrier, Albeniz, M.Sogny and – last but not least – Liszt at her recital. Several encores proved the success of the concert: we witnessed a recital performed with energy and temperament worth of admiration. The producer of the concert Abisso International, the Liszt Ferenc Society and the Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum gave a joint reception in honour of the pianist. We have received a late, but all the more valuable remembrance: France Clidat has dedicated us the first album of the Liszt recording series that received Prix du Disque in 1976 (pictures)

International Workshop on planning the programme for the Liszt Bicentenary in 2011
The Bálint Balassi Institute of the Ministry for Education and Culture, and the Ministerial Programme Office of the "Ungarischer Akzent" (a large-scale series of Hungarian cultural events in Germany in 2006 and 2007), together with the Hungarian Liszt Society, the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music and its Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum and Research Centre, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and its Institute for Musicology have begun an exceptional undertaking: as an extremely important stage of the conceptual work begun two years ago, an international workshop will take place between 30 November and 3 December.
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Summer excursion
Between July 27 and 29 2007 the Liszt Society organized a trip for its members to Sopron and to its surroundings where Liszt used to stay. There were 65 members to join the trip enjoying the 3 day-programme.

33rd International Record Grand Prix
Based on the decision of the jury, the 33rd Grand Prix 2007 has been awarded to the following CD... Details >>>

Session of the Presidium
The actual programmes of the Liszt Society for the year 2007 was debated on the session of the presidium of the Society on May 11th. Members discussed about the upcoming plans as well between 2007 and 2010.

Liszt Newsletter available
"Hungarian View of Liszt", the first (Hungarian-English) Newsletter of the Liszt Society has been launched. From the content: Greeting, News, 2007 Spring program of the Hungarian Liszt Society, International Piano Competition in memory of Liszt Ferenc, Liszt Festival Sopron, Grand Prix, Last year events, Around Franz Liszt’s memorial places in Hungary Part 1 - Sopron, Ágnes Watzatka: The Predessor of the Hungarian Liszt Society, Liszt’s complete piano works at the Old Music Academy, News of the Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum, Supporters.

"It is a great pleasure both for me and for the members of the Hungarian Liszt Society and for those who are interested in Liszt’s music to provide a lot of information about the life and activities of the whole Liszt Society (Budapest and its branches), about Hungarian and international Liszt-related events, the Liszt memorial places in Hungary and the activities of enthusiastic cultivators of Liszt’s art. Our newsletter also includes articles and reviews related to Liszt."
/Csaba Király, secretary-general/

The newsletter is available at the office of the Society. Prize: HUF 300, for members: HUF 150.

Award
We are glad to inform readers that the former Secretary General of our Liszt Society, Klára Hamburger, musicologist, Doctor of Sciences has been recently awarded a Szabolcsi Bence prize. Congratulations!

Summer trip
July 27-29, 2007 the Society will organize a trip to Sopron on the occasion of the Sopron Liszt Festival. The planned itinerary will be: 27th Budapest-Sopron – 28th: Nagycenk – Horpács (possibly Koszeg) – 29th: Kismarton – Doborján – Budapest. The program will include the visiting of the Liszt memorial places and two concerts, Alpár Nagy offered to make guided tours in Sopron and in the other locations too. The Liszt Society offers to take over the organizing. The expectable costs of a participant (bus, hotel, meals) would range about HUF 15.000 (per person). Participants are kindly asked to apply until April 11th, 2007.

Resignation
Dr. László E[sze, a founding member and Co-President of the Hungarian Liszt Society announced us in January, that he would like to give up his duties. We thank him for the thirty years of fruitful work in the leadership of the Liszt Society and according to the statutes of our Society we invite him to be a honorary member of the Presidium.

Archives 2005-2006

Session of the Presidium
The programmes of the Liszt Ferenc Society for the year 2006 was debated on the session of the presidium of the Liszt Ferenc Society on December 13th, 2006. Members discussed about the upcoming plans between 2007 and 2010.

Session of the Presidium
The programmes of the Liszt Ferenc Society for the year 2006 were debated on the session of the presidium of the Liszt Ferenc Society on October 22nd, 2006. Members discussed about the upcoming plans for 2007-2010.

Session of the Presidium
The programmes of the Liszt Ferenc Society for the year 2006 was debated on the session of the presidium of the Liszt Ferenc Society on September 8th, 2006. Members discussed about the upcoming plans for 2007-2010.

International Record Grand Prix 2006
In the year 2006, ten CD-s issued by 5 producers applied for the Grand Prix.
On June 8th, 2006 the jury presided by József Soproni brought the following decisions: The Grand Prix will be awarded to the CD of Stockfish, Germany – „ Franz Liszt Sinistre. Late Piano Works” – performed by Péter Tóth. A diploma will be awarded to the 5 CD-series of Membran Music, Hamburg – Franz Liszt Organ Works, performed on contemporary instruments and thoroughly documented with extensive and valuable informations by Martin Haselböck.

Session of the Presidium
The programmes of the Liszt Ferenc Society for the year 2006 were debated on the session of the presidium of the Liszt Ferenc Society on January 4th, 2006.

The Formation of the Szeged Group
We are happy to inform our readers, that on September 28th, 2005 the Szeged Group of the Liszt Society was formed. The President of the group is Dr. Ferenc Kerek. The group celebrated their formation with a concert following the founding session.

Trip to Bedegkér
On October 15th, 2005 the Liszt Ferenc Society organized a trip to Bedegkér to commemorate the 150 years anniversary of the death of Barbara Liszt, the aunt of Liszt. The festivity was organized by the Association for the Embellishment of Bedegkér under the leadership of their president, Mrs. Andok László. The Liszt Ferenc Society was represented by Csaba Király secretary general and two members. In the palaestra a short program was performed by the brass band of the Tab Institute for Art Tutoring. In the Catholic church a mass was celebrated, after which parson Valentin Serbán blessed the tomb of Barbara Liszt. Maior Jeno Steinbacher gave a short commemorative speach after which the wreathes of the Liszt Ferenc Society, the County Assembly, the Local Government, the Association for the Embellishment of Bedegkér and of the Red Cross of Bedegkér and Bábonymegyer were layed on the grave.

Ferenc Liszt International Record Grand Prix
In 2005 the Grand Prix was won by József Balog’s CD, „Hungaricum”. The CD, on which József Balog plays piano pieces, was issued by Convention Budapest Classic. From the three CD-s sent by Harmonia Mundi to the jury, two CD-s containing Liszt’s orchestral works and the late compositions respectively, were awarded a diploma. The giving out of the awards took place on October 22th before the gala concert. The Bartók Radio gave a live broadcasting of the events.

Last update: November 4, 2007