Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music (Liszt Academy)

Founded in 1875 by Franz Liszt (Ferenc Liszt, 1811-1886) — the great Hungarian composer and pianist — as the Royal National Hungarian Academy of Music. Approximately 700 students. One of the world's most internationally distinguished music conservatories. **Faculty and alumni include essentially the entire 20th-century Hungarian musical tradition**: composers Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály (both taught here), Ernő Dohnányi, György Ligeti, György Kurtág; conductors Sir Georg Solti, Antal Doráti, Fritz Reiner, Eugene Ormandy, Iván Fischer; pianists György Cziffra, András Schiff, Zoltán Kocsis. Beautiful Art Nouveau main building (1907) in central Budapest. ⚠️ Added by curator (collector omission of an internationally renowned institution).

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