Liszt Ferenc budapesti lakása és a Liszt Ferenc-gyűjtemény a Régi Zeneakadémián
Franz Liszt’s last Budapest apartment and the Liszt Collection at the Old Academy of Music

Author(s): Mária Eckhardt
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Music, Architecture, History of Art
Published by: Pécsi Tudományegyetem Művészeti Kar Művészettörténet Tanszék
Summary/Abstract: Franz Liszt remained deeply committed to Hungarian culture throughout his life, despite spending most of his career abroad. He made major contributions to Hungarian musical education by supporting the National Conservatory and later helping to establish the Royal Academy of Music in Budapest. Liszt became the founding president and piano professor of the Academy, where he taught talented students without accepting payment. In 1879 the Academy moved into a larger building on Andrássy Avenue, where Liszt received an elegant apartment connected directly to the concert hall. The apartment was carefully furnished and decorated by Liszt’s Hungarian friends and admirers, who donated furniture, artworks, and other valuable objects. After Liszt’s death in 1886, the Academy inherited his musical instruments, books, and scores, while the apartment itself was later transformed for educational purposes. During the twentieth century the building underwent several changes in ownership and function, serving at different times as a music school, offices, and commercial premises. In the 1980s the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music launched a major reconstruction project to restore the historic building and recreate Liszt’s former residence as authentically as possible. The Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum officially opened in 1986 and today preserves original instruments, furniture, manuscripts, books, artworks, and personal belongings connected to the composer. The museum and research centre continue to honor Liszt’s legacy through exhibitions, concerts, scholarly publications, and digital access to the rich Liszt Collection.

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