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!

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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.

On 7 December, it was the 6th occasion that the charity advent concert was organized in Kisjakabfalva where the Student Choir of the Kodály Institute is usually invited. 

The former lecturer of the Musicology Department departed at the age of 87.

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His Excellency Mr Ronan Gargan, the newly appointed Ambassador of Ireland to Hungary visited the Kodály Institute on 27 November. 

Effective from the 1st of September 2020, the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Academy is introducing a more diverse non-degree study programme with the aim of providing more tailor-made study options and increasing the homogeneity of the study groups. 

Kodály HUB, established to develop innovative methods in music education, became the first Hungarian-led higher education Erasmus project to be awarded “Good Practice” and “Success Story” qualifications. The initiative, led by the Liszt Academy of Music in collaboration with prestigious Scottish and Dutch partner institutions, is gaining recognition in more and more countries.

On 13 September the 2019-2020 Academic Year officially began at the Institute, in its temporary home, the Old Calvinist College.

Miklós Kocsár - Composer, Holder of the Kossuth Prize, Artist of the Nation, Member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts - passed away in his 86th year, on 29 August, 2019.