Discover the life and impact of Franz Liszt, the 19th-century Hungarian composer and pianist who redefined music superstardom, as explored by Gergely Fazekas from the Liszt Academy.

Classical music audiences have a reputation for being decorous if not downright prim, but such was Liszt’s broad appeal, says Hilmes, that “there were times when the enthusiasm triggered by ...

Obviously Liszt didn't spend all his time composing music for laughs though. Quite the opposite, in fact. His suite entitled 'Années de pèlerinage' (Years of Pilgrimage) runs the whole gamut from ...

The pianist said he first heard Liszt's music as a 2-year-old. "I was watching Tom and Jerry, and they were playing Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2," Lang Lang says. "And I was fascinated." ...

When Franz Liszt died in 1886, months short of his 75th birthday, he left one of the largest and most diverse bodies of music composed in the 19th century. There’s an innovative and influential ...

Newman damns Liszt’s music when he says that it closely resembles his life. Liszt pronounced his own tragic epitaph when after an unusually flattering ovation he once said: “I would gladly ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The Liszt year has begun. Ours is an era in which superstars have ...

Tomorrow is the 200th birthday of composer and pianist Franz Liszt. Morning Edition's music commentator Miles Hoffman thinks there are plenty of reasons to celebrate. "This is a man who lived an ...

Obviously Liszt didn't spend all his time composing music for laughs though. Quite the opposite, in fact. His suite entitled 'Années de pèlerinage' (Years of Pilgrimage) runs the whole gamut from ...