Franz Liszt Academy of Music · Hungary

Choir Conducting

Six-semester BA in choral conducting at the Liszt Academy in Budapest; entry is an audition rehearsing and conducting a choir, with hearing, harmony and piano tested.

Where: BudapestHungary
Degree: BA
Length: 3 years
Taught in: English
Starts: Autumn 2027
Apply by: Not published yet2026: apply 14 January–31 March
Admission: SelectiveAudition
EU/EEA fee: HUF 1,600,000 a year2 semesters

More facts

Degree: BA
Length: 3 years
Taught in: English
Starts: Autumn 2027

Deadlines

Not published yet2026: apply 14 January–31 March

6 July 2027*

IB results released

Details
After most Hungarian deadlines. You apply on predicted grades and entrance exams, and upload the Diploma once you have it.
Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in Hungary

What it is

Choral conducting is the main subject, taught in English in the academy's six-semester BA. Programmes of this kind typically combine conducting technique and score study with rehearsing and leading a choir, supported by ear training, harmony, vocal studies, music history and piano. Graduates usually continue to a master's in conducting, and careers lie with choirs, vocal ensembles, concert and opera organisations and music education.

Two ways to take it

Path	What is different
Choir conducting	Choral repertoire rehearsed with a live choir; in-person exam only.
Orchestral conducting	Orchestral repertoire conducted from memory.

What you need

Audition: conduct and rehearse Renaissance, Romantic and Kodály/Bartók choral pieces from memory; in person only. English needs 3 or more international admits.

Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at Zeneakadémia

Your IB Diploma is the school certificate, but BA applicants need an official Hungarian translation of it. English: TOEFL iBT 60, IELTS 5.0 or Cambridge 154. The audition decides, not IB grades.

Where it says so

Check it on uni.lisztacademy.hu