Organized in Budapest, Hungary, in honour of the Liszt bicentenary by the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Musicology
and the
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum and Research Centre

Aims of the conference: the conference aims to bring together musicologists and researchers of various art disciplines, and to encourage research and co-operation on issues related to the following main topics:

• Liszt’s ideas about the interconnection of the different branches of the arts
• Liszt’s participation in the general artistic life of his time, his relations to artistic
• movements and individual artists
• Inspirations for Liszt’s music in literature and fine arts (concrete works, ideas and
• structures)
• Liszt’s person and music as a source of inspiration in works of art

Conference languages: English, German, French. The preliminary summary (translated into these languages and Hungarian) will be available for the audience.

Length of  lectures: 20 minutes (except for invited keynote speakers)

Proposal instructions: proposals for presentations should be in the form of a summary of max. 5000 characters (incl. spaces).
In addition to the proposed title and summary, the following materials should be included:
1/ name of the lecturer, address, phone, e-mail (home and professional); 2/ a short biography (max. 1000 characters, inc. spaces); 3/ a selected list of the most important publications and lectures.

Evaluating committee:

Prof. Dr. Detlef Altenburg, Institut für Musikwissenschaft der Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar und der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Prof. Dr. Rossana Dalmonte, Director of the Istituto Liszt, Bologna
Prof. Dr. Márta Grabócz, Université Marc Bloch, Département de Musique, Strasbourg
Dr. Mihály Szegedy-Maszák, Prof. of  Cultural Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, and Indiana University
Prof. Dr. Tibor Tallián, Director of the Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Conference Secretary: Mária Eckhardt, Research Director of the Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum and Research Centre, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest

Deadlines: applications must be returned by 30 June, 2010 (both by e-mail and in printed version by regular mail) to the Secretary of the Organizing Committee. Address: Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum and Research Centre, H-1064 Budapest, Vörösmarty u. 35; Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spambots geschützt! JavaScript muss aktiviert werden, damit sie angezeigt werden kann. . Evaluation results will be announced by 30th September, 2010.

Budapest, January 2010

Mária Eckhardt
Conference Secretary