Schedule of live rounds 2-10 September

Preliminaries: 3 September 15:00 and 19:00; 4 September 15:00 and 19:00; 5 September 15:00

Admission is free.

Although the Bartók World Competition has not yet been running for several decades, it is already one of the most prestigious competitions in the world: hundreds of entries are received for each year, and every year the audience and jury hear world-class performances - not only in the final but also in the preliminaries thanks to the video preselection round. The preliminaries will be held in the Solti Hall of the Liszt Academy

Semi-finals: 6 September 19:00; 7 September 15:00 and 19:00

Admission is free.

Every two years, the competition organises an instrumental round, with a composition competition in the even years. In 2022, the task was to write a violin-piano duo, the winning pieces became compulsory pieces for the current semi-final: all competitors must perform one of them. The semi-finals will also be held in the Solti Hall of the Liszt Academy.

Orchestral finals: 9 September, 15:00 and 19:00. Tickets are available by clicking on the selected time.

Only the best young artists will be admitted to the orchestral finals of the Violin Competition, with six young artists scheduled to compete. They will have a choice of seven concertos for the final competition in the main hall of the Liszt Academy: in addition to two Bartók concertos, the final will include a violin concerto by Mendelssohn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven or Sibelius. Featuring the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Conducted by János Kovács.

Gala concert: 10 September at 19:30 in the Great Hall of the Liszt Academy. Tickets are available here.

Liszt Academy is streaming all the live rounds on Youtube.

21 April 2024, 19.30-22.00

Grand Hall

Volumes I

Concerto Budapest

Wagner: Tannhäuser » Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93

Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)
Concerto Budapest
Conductor: András Keller

In the spring of 2024, Elisabeth Leonskaja, who has a close artistic relationship with András Keller and his ensemble, Concerto Budapest, will play Beethoven’s Concerto for Piano in C minor in his second concert in Budapest. Premiered in 1803, this Concerto is closely related to Beethoven’s Symphonies 3 and 5: its key links it to the Fate Symphony and to the Funeral March of Eroica. Furthermore, the latter is also similar to the Piano Concerto in that both are dedicated to the Prussian Prince, Louis Ferdinand. Before the Concerto, the Overture from Tannhäuser will be heard: the two intertwining and opposing main musical motives of Wagner’s opera refer to the attraction the protagonist feels towards the two women in the opera. Following the intermission, Symphony No. 10 by Shostakovich will be performed, which premiered in December 1953. It seems to be even richer in motives with meanings attributed to them, than the Tannhäuser Overture mentioned previously. Shostakovich not only hid the letters of his own name, and a scale that can be considered his hallmark, but also concealed a reference to a beautiful lady dear to his heart in the music. Moreover, based on the confession of the author, to which people often refer despite its dubious credibility, even Stalin’s demonic portrait can be recognised in the second movement of the piece.

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Concerto Budapest

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HUF 3 100, 3 900, 4 800 , 5 900 , 7 500

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