Liszt academy tours

The guaranteed dates in February are a Sunday, a Saturday and a Saturday; but February is not May? Sort of quiet here right now. Doubt they could fill a tour every day or even every week. Remember the tour involves a concert, so to drag three students out with instruments for one person on a tour .... hmmm. I will be over there in the next few days, if the box office is open I will pop in and ask. What dates are you here in May? I also have an aquaintance going to school there (son of a friend in Texas). But he only arrived in town a week ago and I doubt he knows a dang thing. You might have to wait a few months to know when the tours are in May.

As for what to see. I am guessing that the 9 May Dance House Day was the one you were looking at. Okay, heres the deal for me on these sorts of things. I go for the experience and the setting and the architecture and music and the whole 9 yards. The Dance Hall performance for some reason is only utalizing the floor seats and they arent selling very well ... so far. The other music performances on the days before and after are selling out in the upper seats and that where I would want to be. Even on the sides if necessary because from that vantage point you own the aesthetics of the room and the experience. On the floor you woud have to look up and backward. Not the same, but the sound might be better.

Because the tickets are selling so well and so early, because of the venue; and especially if you are going on a Friday or a Saturday (but with this venue I would be cautious any evenning) ... realize that the majority there are likely to be Hungarian. Be sensitive to their cultural norms for evenings such as this.

I've always found it difficult to find information about the Liszt Academy tours on the website. On my 2018 trip I walked over to the Academy early in my Budapest stay and inquired in person. That may or may not be practical for you. I don't know whether you'll see as much of the building if you just attend a performance.

Some additional Art Nouveau interiors in case you have time:

• Ráth György-villa: Very worthwhile Art Nouveau villa with decorative art exhibit--I think the best available in the city until they get the Museum of Applied Arts reopened (if ever). It seems to be a branch of the MAA (IMM in Hungarian). Very high recommendation. https://www.imm.hu/en/contents/262,R%C3%A1th+Gy%C3%B6rgy-villa Not far from the SW edge of City Park.

• Museum of Tax and Customs - small museum in very nice Art Nouveau building. https://whichmuseum.co.uk/museum/customs-and-tax-history-museum-budapest-7413. In 2018 I was given a tour (not English-speaking, so it was more like having a chaperone) by someone whose regular job was obviously not conducting tours, so I tipped him. This is also near the SW edge of City Park.

• Miksa Roth Museum (Memorial House): Former home of glass artist. Stained glass and mosaics from Art Nouveau period and artist’s glass art collection. I don't remember whether there are Art Nouveau decorative elements. https://www.rothmuzeum.hu/english/

The city is full of fabulous Art Nouveau exteriors, one of which belongs to the aforementioned (closed) Museum of Applied Arts at Ulloi ut 33-37. Other worthwhile stops for nice exteriors are Szabadsag ter, Szervita ter, the residential area immediately east of City Park and Varosligeti fasor near City Park (near the Rath Gyorgy-villa). There are dozens more great sightseeing targets for folks interested in Art Nouveau exteriors.

Thank you both so much! Our cruise starts on May 11, and I’m expecting we will want to stay 4 nights ( I wish I could do a week), so we’ll be there May 7-11.
Mr E- if you are able to ask the box office, that would be wonderful.
What you said makes sense, about seasonal hours. I don’t quite understand what you mean about needing to look behind me if we get floor seats—unless you are saying to see entirety of the beautiful room. What I’m hearing from you is that the rare opportunity to see Traditional Hungarian dance is outweighed by only having floor seat views. Hmm.

acraven— thank you! My list of AN places to visit grows daily. I appreciate adding more. I’m also disappointed that the museum of applied arts is closed. I hadn’t gotten down to it on my list yet.

I’m sure I’ll be asking more questions as I delve deeper. Thank you in advance!

I don’t quite understand what you mean about needing to look behind me
if we get floor seats—unless you are saying to see entirety of the
beautiful room.

This is astunning venue. You will be straining your neck to take it all in.

I am an architect and given my generation Bauhaus is what I am interested in and there is an amazing amount of that as well. But Bauhaus is more difficult to love.

Here are two links I had for Art Nouveau.

https://www.gemsofbudapest.com/post/art-nouveau-buildings-in-budapest-remnants-of-a-golden-age
https://aboutartnouveau.wordpress.com/2023/05/29/top-15-must-see-art-nouveau-gems-in-budapest/
Sad thing is they concentrate on the large works and there are dozens of works more fit to human scale around town. I should have been writing down addresses, but I enjoy them and move on. The northern quadrant of District VI has a few but I couldn’t tell you the addresses. But it’s a great area to walk for no particular purpose. The area is bordered by City Park, the rail tracks that go into Nyugati and Andrassy ut.

I'm sorry to report that the art nouveau museum formerly at Bedo House (see Mr. E's first link) has been closed for several years. I was fortunate to get there in 2018 before the closure.

I've seen the exteriors of most of the buildings highlighted by the linked articles. They are beautiful. Getting inside isn't always easy or even possible, but if it were, Budapest would require an incredible amount of time for lovers of Art Nouveau.