Biography

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 cimbaloms made by Akos Nagy in Budapest, Hungary.