For 10 years, Liszt crisscrosses Europe from England to Russia, giving over 1000 concerts, receiving unprecedented accolades and rewards, and the adulation of audiences. He also concertizes to raise money for a Beethoven statue, which still stands in Bonn, Germany.
Hearing reports of massive flooding in Hungary, Liszt gives 10 enormously successful relief concerts, which mark his return to the concert platform.
The couple travel through Switzerland and Italy, providing the inspiration for many of Liszt's piano masterpieces, later revised and collected in the three books titled Years of Pilgrimage. They elope to Switzerland and have three children, including Cosima, future wife of the composer Richard Wagner. Pilgrimage Years 1835-39: Liszt falls in love with the countess Marie d'Agoult, married, with two daughters, and six years his senior.Hearing mega-virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini in concert provides a model for Liszt's renovation of his piano technique, as shown in his fiendishly difficult Etudes after Paganini (1838-1840). At Paris' salons he meets the leaders of French Romanticism, as well as composers Frédéric Chopin and, especially, Hector Berlioz, who becomes a good friend. He dips into various radical philosophies, most notably that of the Abbé Lammenais, a Catholic priest turned democratic activist. Wake-up call, 1830-35: The "July Revolution" in Paris brings Liszt back to life.Suffering a breakdown, Liszt withdraws from the stage, experiences a bout of religious mania, and is obsessed with thoughts of death. Liszt is traumatized and, as the only child, must support his mother by giving lessons to the aristocracy in Paris. In mourning, 1827-30: On holiday with his son, Adam dies of typhoid fever.In 1825 in Paris, his comic opera, Don Sanche is performed four times. Further English tours in 18 also showcase Liszt as a composer. Early tours, 1823-27: Adam decides to take his son on a concert tour to Paris.
FRANZ LISZT FREE
His talent so impresses the famous pedagogue Carl Czerny in Vienna, that he gives Liszt lessons each evening free of charge. Within three years, Liszt is giving public concerts. Child Prodigy: Liszt's father, Adam, a fine, amateur musician and clerk on the estates of the Esterházy family (Haydn's patrons) discovers his son's talent at age six.
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