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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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

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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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