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🕒 Date of last update of the article: 16.02.2024 at 6:50 p.m | 🖋 Author: Viktor Shatrov
The mini-sculpture of Ferenc Liszt was installed in Uzhhorod on the railing of Botanichna Embankment opposite the Philharmonic in May 2012. The author of this bronze mini-sculpture, about 20 cm high, is Mikhail Kolodko.
In April 2018, a twin mini-sculpture of Franz Liszt by Mykhailo Kolodko appeared at the Budapest airport.
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| 🗺 Location | N48°37′27″ E22°17′50″ |
| 🗽 Opening date | May 2012 |
| 🔰 Transfer date | January 2017 |
| 🧑 Sculptor | Mykhailo Kolodko |
| 🧭 Distance from the center of Uzhhorod | Near |
| 🚙 Road for | Car, on foot |
| 🏕 Stop with a tent | No |
| 🏡 Housing nearby | Uzhhorod |
| ☕ Cafes and shops | Uzhhorod |
Since its installation, this mini-masterpiece has had many adventures. In the summer of 2012, a part of a chestnut tree fell on the railing where the mini-sculpture was located during a storm. The railing was completely destroyed, and the fragment with the little Ferenc Liszt strangely disappeared somewhere. Later, the sculpture was found and returned to its original place. Ferenc misfortunes did not end there: in December 2012, unknown persons painted part of the railing yellow, spoiling the appearance of the mini-sculpture, and in early 2013, Ferenc Liszt was stolen again. A few days later, the utility company managed to find the sculpture on the banks of the Uzh and put it back in place. In January 2017, the bronze mini-masterpiece disappeared from the Uzh embankment once again. This time it was decided to move it from its unfortunate location to a new one in the heart of Uzhhorod. Since then, the mini-sculpture of Franz Liszt has been located in the centre of Uzhhorod on Zhupanatska Square (GPS: 48.624201, 22.297312).
Ferenc Liszt was a famous Hungarian composer, author of numerous works of choral, vocal, organ and symphonic music. Over the course of his life, during 60 years of hard work, he composed more than 1300 works. At birth, he was given the name Franciscus, written in Latin, but because he spoke Hungarian poorly, he preferred the German version of his name, Franz, to the Hungarian version, Ferenc.
He was the first pianist to give solo concerts, which caused a real sensation. After one performance, Beethoven came up to him and kissed the talented young man, which he remembered for the rest of his life.
Franz Liszt was also a well-known philanthropist. He provided assistance to victims of natural disasters and orphans, personally taught many talented students for free, and donated significant funds to open a conservatory in Budapest.
Ferenc travelled extensively across Europe, never leaving Transcarpathia, where he repeatedly visited his friend, the violinist Count Ploteni, at his estate in the village of Velyki Lazy.
In 1847, he performed in Kyiv, where he met Karolina Wittgenstein, to whom he dedicated all his symphonic poems. Karolina was married and, in addition, a devout Catholic. Therefore, she had to seek a divorce and a new wedding, which the Russian emperor and the Pope had to allow. However, the lovers did not receive permission. Then the lovers prepared and implemented a plan for a romantic escape to the city of Weimar.
An interesting legend related to this mini-sculpture is told by Nadia Popadiuk in her book Uzhhorod – the World Capital of Mini-Sculptures. According to legend, in 1848, Franz Liszt and Caroline Wittgenstein stopped in Uzhhorod on their way to Weimar. Here, Liszt played a recital on the organ without the participation of other musicians in the Greek Catholic Cathedral (now the Uzhhorod Holy Cross Greek Catholic Cathedral). That’s how he met the rector of the church, who secretly married him and Karolina that same night. In love and happy, they went to Weimar. After attending Liszt’s concert in the church, the Uzhhorod sculptor decided to create a mini-sculpture of the composer and installed it on the way up to the Uzhhorod Zupanat.
| 🔰 Start | From the mini-sculpture “Muhammad al-Idrisi” |
| 🚶 Walking distance (via Koryatovych Square) | 55 m |
| 🕒 Approximate time | 1 minute |
| ⬆ Rise | Mostly without ups and downs |
Author of the article: Viktor Shatrov
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He was born and lived all his life in Uzhhorod. He graduated with a gold medal from Uzhhorod School No. 1 named after Taras Shevchenko (now Uzhhorod Lyceum named after Taras Shevchenko). He studied at the History Department of UzhNU, graduating with honours in 2009. He worked as a senior researcher at the Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture and Life, a lecturer at the East European Slavic University.
