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Why was Franz Liszt refused admission to the Paris Conservatoire?
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Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt, oil on canvas by Henri Lehmann, 1840; in the Carnavalet Museum, Paris.
When Franz Liszt and his family moved to Paris in 1823, he was refused admission to the Paris Conservatoire specifically because he was a foreigner.1
Following this rejection, he pursued his musical studies privately with the theorist Anton Reicha and the composer Ferdinando Paer.1