On 14 September the Institute started its most challenging academic year in its history since it opened its gates 45 years ago. 

Fidelio’s editorial staff, with the help of renowned patrons, compiled a list of artists - Kult50 - who have performed significantly in their field in the previous year.

Dr Máté Balogh, faculty member of the Kodály Institute, received the prize of the Composers' Contest of the Salvatore Quasimodo International Poet Competition in Balatonfüred, Hungary.  

Edina Barabás, our excellent colleague who is also a teacher at the Kodály Institute's partner school, the Kós Károly Elementary School, was awarded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. 

The Hungarian ITBusiness association awarded the Move mi Music application of the Kodály Institute as the Best IT Development Project in its annual congress in Budapest.

It is with great pleasure that we recommend Dr Anna Dalos’s new monograph entitled Zoltán Kodály’s World of Music published by the University of California Press.

This summer the Kodály Seminar was organized online offering live remote and pre-recorded sessions on methodology, musicianship, choral music, singing-based music history, piano and voice pedagogy, and individual piano and voice master classes for more than 200 participants from more than 30 different countries. 

László Eősze, a Ferenc Erkel as well as Széchenyi Award winning music historian, art writer and regular member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts passed away in the 97th year of his life. 

Out of more than fifty entries, Máté Balogh, a lecturer at the Institute and the Liszt Academy, won a special prize at this year's composers' competition held by the Central European String Quartet (CESQ).

We are glad to announce that the brand new application, MOVE mi MUSIC, is now available on both the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.

Director's letter - current information concerning the pandemic situation in Hungary

Dear Students,

I am happy to announce that as a result of the admission and audition process during the past couple of weeks we have completed the list of students admitted to the 2020-2021 academic year.

Dear Colleagues, Students, Fellow Musicians, Friends of the Kodály Institute,

Thank you all for your patience regarding the details about our online programme that is now available on the Seminar's website. 

The Closing Ceremony this year was held on Friday 29th May. The special situation due to COVID-19 did not let us meet in person; therefore, we had to celebrate this year’s end on Zoom meeting.

We are glad to announce that auditions for the undergraduate and graduate programmes for the 2020-2021 academic year have been successfully completed at the Institute. 

Experts of the Kodály HUB Team have been busy checking the songs and games uploaded to https://kodalyhub.com; the competition was very tight. 

The Kodály HUB Community is actively working on uploading musical materials to the Songbook and is about to reach 1000 records. If you haven’t registered yet, do it now quickly so you have access to our diverse, rich and remarkable Songbook with games, activities etc.

Plans are underway to renovate the monastery building of the Institute, implemented under the Modern Cities Programme of the Hungarian Government. In the first phase of the development, the roof construction and façade of the monastery are renovated by the contractor, Horváth Építőmester Zrt.

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!