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News August 2023

The Liszt Academy Jámbor Prize – Second Year

The descendants and the Liszt Ferenc University of Music established last year a HUF 100,000 scholarship to support students in memory of the late students of the institution, Olga Jámborné Riesz, Böske Jámbor and Ági Jámbor.

The winner of the prize for 2023 will be announced in the autumn term.

Full details here

News January 2023

photo: Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner

Famed Baltimore pianist lives on in a grand Steinway

Robert Fiscella is the owner of a Steinway piano that belonged to his late friend, Agi Jambor. She would not have wanted her piano to sit in his living room like a piece of art. He wishes for people to come and play the piano. There was always someone to tell about his late friend Agi Jambor.

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News March 2022

The Liszt Academy announces the Jámbor Prize

The descendants and the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music have established an annual scholarship in memory of the late students of the institution, Olga Jámbor Riesz, Böske Jámbor and Ági Jámbor. The award is open to applications from all graduating students (BA, MA and TMA) of the Liszt Academy.

Full story here

A CircleSq Evening
The Musician and the Scientist: A Love Story in Troubled Times

A virtual event exploring the story of Agi Jambor and and her husband, Imre Patai – two extraordinary Hungarians who not only survived the Holocaust, but left us gripping testimonies of their experiences and of their time.

Nick Viner hosts Frances Pinter who edited her great-aunt Agi’s memoir, and Mika Provata-Carlone who wrote the introduction as well as Hungarian scholar Istvan Pal Adams, who read all 28 volumes of Imre’s diaries (now residing in the Washington DC Holocaust Museum Archives) along with pianist Sarah Cahill.

The memoir Escaping Extermination
Agi's website will be expanded as more is added
If you’d like to contribute articles, documents or pictures, please let us know. Agi Jambor’s full memoir is an extraordinary read and is published by Purdue University September 2020.

A memorial concert to celebrate the life of Agi Jambor was held in Budapest, Hungary at the Liszt Academy in the Solti Hall. A full house marvelled at the depth and breadth of the performances.

The programme featured Bach, Mozart, Schumann, Chopin and Bizet.
For full details of the concert programme here