Liszt gave several concerts in Geneva, found time to compose (first Schubert transcription) and also wrote six programmatic articles on the position of artists, in which he for the first time formulated the educational claim of art for society. Soon after his arrival in Geneva in 1835, Liszt was taken up by social obligations and took part as an honorary piano professor in meetings of the board of directors and in the teaching activities of the Geneva Conservatory, which was founded at that time. The fiasco was seen as new proof that Liszt was completely incapable of composing. Until the spring of 1835 Liszt composed further works, which, however, were described by contemporaries as “ incomprehensible monstrosities of a fantastic eccentricity” and later Liszt generally did not include them in his catalogue of works. When Liszt played the Fantasy in a Berlioz concert in 1834, it was a catastrophic failure. 2, a fantasy about the theme of the Rondo finale of Paganini’s Second Violin Concerto. There he wrote an incomplete first version of his Clochette Fantasy. In the summer of 1832 he was a guest of a family Reiset in Ecoutebœuf near Rouen. Liszt now took part again in public concert life. It was in 1831 when Liszt heard Chopin, Paganini, Rossini and Mendelssohn Bartholdy, finding out that his abilities as a pianist had decreased, which deeply motivated him to end the crisis and continue his career.
On the other hand, the young Liszt developed an eccentric relationship with the ladies, much to the chagrin of his mother. He considered becoming a priest and wrote his essay “ On future church music“. In order to make a living for himself and his mother, Liszt now gave lessons in piano playing and composition. He ran into a deep crisis due to some unsuccessful pieces and ended his career as a pianist for two years. His father has passed away and the 16 year old was from then on responsible for his life and most importantly for his works. He was appointed reborn Mozart in reviews. But indeed his father managed to raise money for Franz’ musical education wherefore they moved to Vienna, where famous musicians and composers noticed his huge talent and before turning 15, Liszt was considered to be one of the greatest pianists of all times. After private appearances in the highest social circles and concerts in the Italian Theater of Paris, Liszt quickly rose to fame as “ petit Litz“. His father, aware of his son’s talented then did everything to support Franz Liszt as a pianist but caused his son a lack of education in every subject but music, which he had to make up by himself years later. He was able to perform his own music on stage when he was nine and was already considered a virtuoso. It was soon clear that Franz was special, learning to read music and write on sheets of music autodidactically at the age of seven. Liszt was born in 1811 as the son of Adam Liszt, who had a long lasting experience as cellist in orchestras led by the famous Joseph Haydn or Johann Hummel himself. Franz Liszt, as quoted in Youth and Education “Sorrowful and great is the artist’s destiny.” According to his contemporaries he was the most technically advanced pianist of his age and by the 1840s he was considered by some to be perhaps the greatest pianist of all time. During the nineteenth century Liszt was renowned for his extreme virtuosic skill as a pianist. On October 22, 1811, famous Hungarian piano player, composer and conductor Franz Lisztwas born.
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