Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest

It was the tradition left by its founders and professors that formed the mission of the Liszt Academy. The Liszt Academy is striving to train creative and performing artists, teachers, who are in possession of values laying in universal and national culture, especially in music. Having received an exceptionally demanding training, students of the Liszt Academy graduate from the institution as real masters of their profession, who are ready to start their musical career as creative and performing artists, musicologists, church musicians or music teachers. Aside from developing the students artistically, training at the Liszt Academy is focusing on the teaching profession as well. The Liszt Academy not only provides students with a universal cultural education, but also lays emphasis on courses in pedagogy, psychology and methodology, therefore, graduates of the institution are ready to pass on their knowledge to future generations.