Budapest’s Liszt Academy of Music at 8 Liszt Ferenc Square keeps the lights blazing all year with a stacked 2026 calendar, online ticketing, and a roll call of star performers. Ranked among the world’s top 50 performing arts universities, its legendary Grand Hall and jewel-box Art Nouveau architecture are half the magic—what happens on stage seals the deal. Headliners, fresh talent, chamber adventures, youth programs, and full-tilt symphonic nights flow from February to December across the Grand Hall and the intimate Solti Chamber Hall.
February: Virtuosos and Kurtág at 100
February launches on the 23rd at 7:30 PM with Masanori Sugano, Balázs Fülei, and the Budapest Strings in the Grand Hall. On the 24th at 7 PM, Virtuosos and Masters fills the same stage. The Kurtág100 homage arrives February 25 at 7:30 PM with Kikuchi, Hakii, Madaras, and the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in the Grand Hall, then continues February 28 at 7:30 PM in the Solti Hall with Banse, Husmann, Keller, and Groot.
March: Hollywood sheen, chamber gold
March 3 at 6 PM: Kérlelés, part of the Chamber Music Department’s Contrasts series, Solti. March 5 at 7 PM: Space for Sounds: Beethoven, Solti. March 6 at 7 PM: New Fossils – Jazz Here!, Solti. March 7 at 7:30 PM: Binder 70. March 9 at 7:30 PM: HOLLYWOOD! with the Danubia Orchestra in the Grand Hall. March 10 at 7:30 PM: pianist Endre Hegedűs leads a full orchestral recital with the Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra, conducted by Gábor Werner, Grand Hall.
March 13 at 7 PM: Terembura Group – Here and Now, Solti. March 17 at 7:30 PM: chamber night with András Keller, Miklós Perényi, and Mihály Berecz, Grand Hall. March 18 splits: at 7 PM, Szilvia Bognár and Klára Csernók bring Acoustic, Authentic to Solti; at 7:30 PM, János Czifra leads the Liszt Academy Symphony Orchestra and Alma Mater Choir in the Grand Hall. March 19 at 7 PM: Bach and Handel, Solti. March 20 at 7 PM: In Tune with Each Other – Conservatory Concerts, Solti.
March 21 at 7:30 PM: Dénes Várjon – Legendary Concerts 2025/26, Grand Hall. March 22 at 7:30 PM: Kabalevsky / Rimsky-Korsakov – Russian Music Festival – Portraits, Grand Hall. March 25 at 7 PM: Korossy Quartet opens Bartók String Quartets/1 in the 4×4 young quartet focus, Solti. March 26 at 7 PM: PORTRAITS RMF 2026, Solti György Chamber Hall. March 27 at 7 PM: Chaos String Quartet – 4×4, Solti. March 28 at 7:30 PM: Bach/Britten/Janáček/Prokofiev with Danubia Orchestra, Grand Hall. March 29 doubles: 11 AM brings The Waltzing Princess – Liszt Worms Academy – Symphony? Fantastic! for ages 10–15 in the Grand Hall; 4 PM sees Ars Septem – Tales from the Nursery in Solti. March 31 at 7:30 PM: Misi Boros celebrates J. S. Bach’s birthday, Grand Hall.
April: Rhapsodies, legends, and early music glow
April 7 at 6 PM: Message – Contrasts, Solti. April 9 at 7 PM: Spanish–Hungarian Rhapsody with Jesús María Gómez and Balázs Fülei, Solti. April 11 at 7 PM: Chaos String Quartet – 4×4, Solti. April 15 at 7 PM: Dávid Báll and András Kemenes, Solti. April 16 at 7:30 PM: Gergely Ménesi conducts the Liszt Academy Symphony Orchestra, Grand Hall. April 17 at 7 PM: Dóra Kokas and Izabella Simon, Solti. April 18 at 7 PM: Dittersdorf’s Il finto pazzo per amore, Solti.
April 19 stacks three: 11 AM Understandable Music 2025–26/4 – Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra; 4 PM Éva Kóbor, Nella Balog, and Sebestyén Pellet in Solti; 7:30 PM GRANDIOSO 2025/26. 4./IV. in the Grand Hall. April 21 at 7 PM: Ask the Composer!, Solti. April 22 at 7 PM: World Percussion Group – Here and Now, Solti. April 23 at 7 PM: Quartet Integra – 4×4, Solti; 7:30 PM: League of Legends – The Piano Duel with Danubia Orchestra, Grand Hall. April 24 at 7:30 PM: János Balázs – Legendary Concerts 2025/26, Grand Hall. April 25 at 7 PM: Júlia Karosi and Ensemble – Monteverdi – Past & Present – Jazz Here!, Solti. April 26 at 11 AM: The Grazing Shepherd – Liszt Worms Academy – Symphony? Fantastic! for ages 10–15, Grand Hall; 7 PM: Cavalli, Krieger, Legrenzi, Rosenmüller in Solti. April 28 at 7 PM: László Sándor Offertorium Musicum – Here and Now, Solti. April 29 at 7:30 PM: The Liszt Academy Wind Symphony, Grand Hall. April 30 at 7:30 PM: Mátyás János Stark, Gergely Devich, and Fülöp Ránki – Chamber Music for the Grand Hall, Grand Hall.
May: From folk pulse to Wagner thunder
May 5 at 6 PM: Touch – Chamber Music Department series, Solti. May 6 at 7 PM: The Temperament of the “Trout” Quintet – Musical Explorations with Balázs Fülei, Solti. May 9 at 7:30 PM: Day of the Táncház – Acoustic, Authentic, Grand Hall. May 10 at 11 AM: Understandable Music 2025–26/5 – The Father of Film Music with the Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra. May 12 at 7 PM: Tamás Szarka choral conducting DLA final concert, Grand Hall. May 13 at 7 PM: Birthday Chamber Music for György Kurtág – Here and Now, Solti. May 16 at 7:30 PM: Dóra Pétery and Trio Passacaglia – Of the Heavenly and Earthly – organ front and center, Grand Hall. May 17 at 7 PM: Korossy Quartet – Bartók String Quartets/2 – 4×4, Solti. May 20 at 7:30 PM: Dohnányi Series 2025–26/5 – What Are the Hungarians Like? with the Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra. May 21 at 7:30 PM: Wagner/Bernstein/Borodin – Danubia Orchestra, Grand Hall. May 25 at 7:30 PM: Cziffra Festival | Leonidas Kavakos – Enrico Pace duo, Grand Hall. May 31 at 11 AM: Sunday Witch – Liszt Worms Academy – Symphony? Fantastic! for ages 10–15, Grand Hall.
June: Big pianos, timeless masters
June 1 at 7:30 PM: Lucas & Arthur Jussen – Piano Percussion Project, Grand Hall. June 3 at 7 PM: Timeless Melodies, Eternal Masters, Grand Hall. June 16 at 7:30 PM: Masters’ Workshop with Baráti, Guzzo, Várdai, Magyar, Simon, Várjon – Chamber Music for the Grand Hall, Grand Hall. June 17 at 7:30 PM: Tutti – Conservatory Concerts, Grand Hall.
Autumn to Winter: Brahms, French colors, and holidays
October 8 at 7 PM: Brahms on Graph Paper? – Musical Explorations with Balázs Fülei, Solti. November 11 at 7 PM: Colors on the Palette: Poulenc, Debussy, Saint-Saëns, Solti. November 22 brings a double in the Grand Hall: at 11 AM, pianist Tamás Érdi in recital; at 7:30 PM, Festive Concert with Lilla Horti (voice), Andrea Vigh (harp), Barnabás Kelemen (violin), and Gergely Bogányi. December 20 at 7:30 PM: Christmas Concert with Andrea Vigh and friends closes the year in festive glow.
