Jeno Lisztes

Jeno Lisztes was born in Budapest in 1986. He  started to play on the most famous hungarian  instrument, the cimbalom at the age of 4. His father  and grandfather are cimbalom players too, so it is  kind of tradition in his family. 

Ágnes Szakály was his first teacher in the music  school and later in the Franz Liszt Music Academy  was Ilona Szeverényi Gerencsérné. He was graduated  in 2010 as a cimbalom teacher and artist. He is a member of Roby Lakatos Ensemble since  2006 and has his own jazz trio called Jeno Lisztes  Cimbalom Project. 

He often plays as a soloist with world famous  symphonic orchestras. He played on the most  famous stages like Carnegie Hall, Musikverein,  Concertgebouw, Bozar, Palace of Arts in Budapest  with several formations. 

In 2012 he was invited to make the cimbalom part for  a Hollywood movie called Sherlock Holmes 2, Game  of Shadows by Hans Zimmer. 

He was invited by Ivan Fischer and the Budapest  Festival Orchestra to perform many concerts and  playing as a soloist on the BBC Proms in 2018.

In 2023, he was invited to play on the International  Holocaust day in the European Parliament in  Brussels, Belgium. 

Also in 2023, Jeno was invited by the world-famous  Finnish conductor, Susanna Malkki and the New York  Philharmonic to play 3 concerts in David Geffen Hall  and a recital concert as well in the Lincoln Center,  New York. 

Jeno plays on cimbalom made by Akos Nagy in  Budapest, Hungary.