Liszt and Budapest - official opening

Pianist Péter Nagy will perform at the opening of the exhibiton. The exhibition covers Liszt’s stays in Pest, later Budapest from his first appearance in 1823 to his farewell concert in 1886. It shows the outstanding role Liszt played in the establishment and development of the cultural institutions of the Hungarian Reform Age, and in particular in realising the plans to create the Academy of Music as an institution of international standing. The exhibition focuses on the compositions closely associated with Budapest in their origin, including those that Liszt intended for Pest such as the Coronation Mass, the Legend of Saint Cecilia, and the melodrama of The Dead Poet’s Love (Jókai), that he completed here, or that were given their first performance here (Via Crucis, Battle of the Huns).