Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Ferencz Liszt, in modern use Ferenc Liszt, from 1859 to 1867 officially Franz Ritter von Liszt) (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso ...

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) once said, "My sole ambition as a composer is to hurl my javelin into the infinite space of the future." Indeed, though as both performer and composer he was one of the ...

Franz Liszt 10/20/2011 In his restless life as a piano virtuoso, Franz Liszt often sought out oases of peace. One of them was the island of Nonnenwerth in western Germany on the Rhine River, a ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Marc-André Hamelin’s recording features fantasias on Italian opera by Franz Liszt and Sigismond Thalberg, who faced off onstage in 1837. By ...

Song Without End dramatizes the story of pianist-composer Franz Liszt. It is a must-see motion picture for music lovers, an enriching experience for family audiences, and a particularly compelling ...

Xiangyu Zhao is a composer, pianist and doctoral candidate at the UMKC Conservatory. Franz Liszt's Transcendental Etudes are touchstone works for pianists to test their technical and physical ...