Budapest - Academy of Music

(Local Name: Zenemuvészeti Föiskola) The Academy of Music established by Franz Liszt is housed in a building designed by Flóris Korb and Kálmán Giergl between 1904 and 1907.

The Grand Hall on the ground floor occupies two levels and has room for an audience of 1,200; it boasts exceptionally good acoustics. Most concerts are now held in the Small Hall on the first floor.

Other buildings of note along Andrássy út include the former Musical Academy (No. 67; architect A. Lang, 1879; at one time the residence of Franz Liszt), the State Puppet Theatre (Allami Bábszínház, No. 69; architect A. Lang, 1877) and finally the Academy of Fine Art (Kepzomiuészeti Foiskola, No. 71; architect L. Rauscher, 1875)