Dear Students,

I am sure that through reading or listening to the English-language news you are all aware of the difficult situation that Hungary is currently facing similarly to all countries across Europe. This week we are doing our best to get ready for eight weeks of distant teaching. 

On 15 March, Hungary's national holiday, the Hungarian Government awarded the Hungary's Excellent Artist Award to Professor Erdei, founding director of the Kodály Institute. Congratulations!

3/2020. SZ. (III.11.) PRESIDENT’S AND CHANCELLOR’S DECREE REGARDING THE OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS OF THE LISZT FERENC ACADEMY OF MUSIC

The month of February was full of events at the Institute. Guests included a group of students and teachers from the British Kodály Academy, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, choir conductor and artistic director of the Los Angeles Children's Chorus, and Professor Yinam Leef, president of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. 

The Award was presented on 19 January at a gala event held in the Galánta Cultural Center.

On 16 December, as part of the celebratory events to commemorate the 137th anniversary of Zoltán Kodály's birth, the students and staff of the Institute laid wreath at the Railway Station and the Psalmus Hungaricus monument in Kecskemét.

Erzsébet Szőnyi, whose name in the world has over the years coincided with the name of Zoltán Kodály, passed away this morning.