Palace of Music, Music education building in Bartók square, Miskolc, Hungary.

The Palace of Music is a two-storey Neo-baroque building on Bartók square, designed by Gyula Waelder and completed in 1927. Its eastern main facade has a portico of eight Doric columns reached by curved stairways, with three arched entrances and round windows above; a wrought-iron balcony runs across the first floor. Inside, a concert hall seating 400 people serves the music school and the University of Miskolc's Bartók faculty.

A mill driven by the Szinva stream stood here until it was demolished in the first third of the 19th century. After the 1878 flood cleared the site, a 1907 competition for a music palace and a women's industrial school came to nothing. Gyula Wälder's new plans were realised in 1927, funded by the American Speyer loan that also built the Palotaszálló in Lillafüred and the Market Hall on Búza tér.

The building is named after Béla Bartók, the Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist, whose relief by János Seres decorates the facade. The institute moved in in 1927 under the name of the violinist Jenő Hubay, who gave the school his bronze bust for the occasion; a statue of Hubay by Miklós Ligeti stands in the foyer before the concert hall.

The main entrance is at Bartók Béla tér 1, while the register lists the northern entrance at Hunyadi utca 7. The building is two storeys throughout, with the concert hall seating 400. It is an active school and university faculty, so access to the hall depends on concerts, readings and classes.

The concert hall has hosted performances for nearly 100 years, by both students and professional musicians. This long tradition makes it a continuing centerpiece of the city's musical life.