Academy Liszt Music Art is the new name given to the historic association that has been operating in the Marche region since 1984, proposing art in all its forms and expressions. Among its objectives prevail:

• the research and support of young talents of Lisztian piano
• the diffusion of classical music with the aim of sensitizing the soul and the sense of spirituality that only Music can give as a universal language of peace between peoples.

Now at the height of success after eighteen years of musical and theatrical activities, jazz festivals, young musicians festivals, lyrical-instrumental improvement courses, social events, historical research and operas, in 2002 the association felt the need to make a change in its activities, organizing a major cultural event: the Piano Competition dedicated to the famous Hungarian musician Ferenc Liszt as a sign of eternal gratitude for having praised, in the summer of 1868, the city of Grottammare (Italy) where he stayed for six weeks and which he recalls in his writings as follows: