Franz Liszt News

Following the American Symphony Orchestra's (ASO) immensely successful free opening concert at Bryant Park on Sept. 17, the Orchestra continues its 2022-23 season with two winter performances.

On the wings of familiar melodies by Liszt, Bartók, and Kodály plus improvisations inspired by the traditions of Central Europe, Hungarian classical pianists Eva Polgár and László Borbély and jazz pianist Gábor Varga take listeners on a sensational journey, exploring the diverse, heartbreaking, peaceful, and virtuosic nature of this ancient cultural treasure.

First performed in 1978 by the Royal Ballet in London, Mayerling, along with L’Histoire de Manon, is Kenneth MacMillan’s most famous ballet. For this vast, three‑act fresco, the British choreographer drew inspiration from an historic event: the suicide of the archduke Rodolphe, heir to the Austrian throne, in the company of his mistress, the baroness Marie Vetsera, in a hunting lodge in Mayerling, near Vienna, in 1889.

The classical music concert series 'Technopolis 20 Classics' continue the new season, with a piano solo concert at Markideio Theatre, on Friday, 21st of October 2022, at 8pm.

The Cleveland Orchestra raised $2 million for its education programs and community engagement initiatives during its annual Gala, The Celebration, on Saturday, October 1 at its home, Severance Music Center. The evening also capped the first week of the beginning of the Orchestra's 105th season of concerts, which runs from September to May.

“Keep it pretty, keep it shallow, keep it moving.” As well as being words that American cabaret singer Justin Vivian Bond (pronoun v) lives by, they go some way to sum up Only An Octave Apart, this eye-catching and pacy two-hander with Grammy-winning countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo.

Ben Stevenson’s Dracula, presented by the Nevada Ballet Theatre, will fill the stage with all the eerie, Gothic grandness to begin the Halloween season. Haunting performances will be presented at The Smith Center Oct. 6-9.

This October, The Royal Ballet opens their 2022/23 Cinema Season with Kenneth MacMillan's Mayerling, marking 30 years since the choreographer's death in 1992.

Following his success at the Berlin Philharmonie, pianist Jean-Philippe Sylvestre returns to Quebec this fall for two thrilling concerts: Montréal's Maison symphonique and Quebec City's Salle Raoul-Jobin.

Mayerling, Kenneth MacMillan's dark tale of dangerous obsession, returns to the Royal Opera House to open The Royal Ballet's 2022/23 season. Based on the true story of the murder-suicide scandal that plagued the Austro-Hungarian empire, Mayerling follows the events leading to the violent deaths of Crown Prince Rudolf and his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera.  

Un total de 61 aspirantes, 48 hombres y 13 mujeres, con edades entre los 17 y los 29 años, participarán en el X Concurso Nacional de Piano Angélica Morales-Yamaha 2022, que se realizará del 12 al 30 de septiembre, en el marco del 140 aniversario del nacimiento de Manuel M. Ponce.  

The Hylton Performing Arts Center kicks off its 2022-2023 season of in-person programming this September and October 2022 with exciting performances as part of Hylton Presents, Hylton Family Series, and Matinee Idylls, plus performances by Hylton Center Arts Partners, the return of Arts Alive!, and a new lineup of workshops at the Hylton Center and offsite at Prince William Public Library locations as part of the Veterans and the Arts Initiative.

Meridian Performances launches its new season on October 27 at 8 pm in Merkin Hall with a concert by Beth Levin, a pianist whose artistic fearlessness is matched by her technical excellence. Her program for the evening features an astounding array of showpieces: Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky, Sonata in B Minor, S. 178 by Franz Liszt, and Portrait Miniatures: Three Women by Andrew Rudin.

EXTENSITY is launching EXT Pop Ups-an ongoing series of short-form concerts spotlighting today's most promising emerging composers in non-traditional venues and unexpected locations-with two adventurous California recitals in partnership with Wildflower Composers.

The Cape Symphony has an exciting slate of new performances scheduled for the upcoming 2022-23 season, designed to inspire joy among audiences. Guests at the Barnstable Performing Arts Center will 'tour' Australia with the ongoing Passport series; drop in on the Roaring '20s and the Romantic era; and revisit musical moments from childhood.

Rockefeller Center presents artist Sarah Meyohas's Dawn Chorus and Speculations at Top of the Rock Observation Deck. Top of the Rock ticket holders will have access to two presentations by Meyohas, both on display beginning July 15 through September 12. 

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will stage the Bay Area Premiere of Hershey Felder’s musical play Hershey Felder: Chopin in Paris. Felder returns to the TheatreWorks stage August 19 – September 11 as brilliant Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin, illuminating an exclusive piano lesson with this musical master.

June 2022 with the Calgary Philharmonic is a celebration of youth and of the spirit of collaboration, beginning with Kevin Chen in Concert (June 3 & 4). The 17-year-old Calgary pianist – a MacLachlan/Ridge Emerging Artist – is the youngest musician ever to win the prestigious Franz Liszt International Piano Competition.

Ten pianists have been chosen to advance to the Semifinals of Canada's Honens International Piano Competition. The pianists (aged 21 to 31) come from seven countries: Austria, Hungary, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Ukraine, and the United States.

Regresa el Café Concierto al Gran Teatro Nacional, un encuentro íntimo con la música en el foyer del teatro. En esta nueva fecha disfrutaremos el concierto del pianista Daniel Mulanovich.