Franz Liszt had a very special relationship to Beethoven, whom he regarded as his ideal as an artist, from his early childhood to his death. In the preface to the piano scores made by Liszt from the German master’s symphonies he wrote: "The name Beethoven is sacred in music". The collaboration of the three institutions made it possible to present the topic "Liszt and Beethoven" from many aspects and in a particularly lavishing way.