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.

Folk Dance House Day – Generations of Transylvanian Folk Music

4 May 2024, 19.30-22.00

Grand Hall

Acoustic, authentic

Folk Dance House Day – Generations of Transylvanian Folk Music

Budatelke: Menyasszonykísérő, ţigăneşte és de ungurime
Hârleţ Ioan 'Nucu”, Dénes Hrúz, István ’Szalonna’ Pál, Szabolcs Szilágyi (violin), Zsolt Nagy (viola), Albert Mohácsy (double bass)
Gyimes: lassú magyaros, jártatója, sirülője
Zoltán Juhász, Zsombor Tulipán (recorder), Éva Fábián, Fatima Szalay (vocals), Attila Mihó (violin), Orsolya András (gardon)
Gyergyó: marosszéki, lassú & gyors csárdás
Attila Mihó (violin), Ágnes Enyedi (vocals), Tamás Enyedi (cimbalom), Orsolya András (gardon)
Felső-Maros mente: marossárpataki verbunk & sebes forduló
Magos band: Csaba Soós, Márton Kovács (violin), Márton Éri (viola), Tamás Enyedi (cimbalom), István Prihoda (double bass)
Széki lassú, magyar & csárdás
Anna Sőregi (vocals), Attila Halmos (violin), Péter Árendás (kontra), Máté Tóth (small double bass)
Palatkai ritka és sűrű magyar, páros táncok
Márta Virágvölgyi, Márton Kovács, Florin Kodoba, Szabolcs Szilágyi (violin), Antal 'Puma' Fekete, Péter Árendás (kontra), Albert Mohácsy (double bass)
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Magyarszováti lassú cigánytánc (Jár a kislány), magyar és sebes magyar
Zoltán Juhász, Zsombor Tulipán (recorder) Attila Mihó (violin), Fatima Szalay (vocals), Antal 'Puma' Fekete (kontra), Máté Tóth (double bass)
Búzai lassú magyar (Barna Jánosé), lassú énekkel és sűrű csárdás
Anna Takács, Ágnes Enyedi (vocals), Attila Mihó (violin), Antal 'Puma' Fekete (kontra), Máté Tóth (double bass)
Bonchida: esztényi lassú, lassú csárdás és régi ritka magyar
Magos band: Ágnes Enyedi, Márta Virágvölgyi (vocals), Csaba Soós, Márton Kovács (violin), Márton Éri (brácsa), Tamás Enyedi (cimbalom), István Prihoda (double bass)
Kalotaszegi hajnali nóta és legényesek
Éva Fábián, Anna Sőregi (vocals), Dűvő band: Dénes Hrúz, Szabolcs Hrúz, István 'Szalonna' Pál (violin), Zsolt Nagy (kontra), Albert Mohácsy (double bass)
Szatmári cigánybotoló, oláhos, csárdások és friss csárdás
Márta Virágvölgyi, Dénes Hrúz, Szabolcs Hrúz, Attila Halmos, István 'Szalonna' Pál, Csaba Soós, Attila Mihó, Szabolcs Szilágyi (violin), Péter Árendás (viola), Zsolt Nagy (kontra), Endre Liber (cimbalom), Albert Mohácsy (double bass)

Host: Alexandra Berta
Programme editors: László Kelemen, Péter Árendás

Traditionally, the Folk Dance House Day is celebrated nationwide in Hungary on the anniversary of the first urban folk dance house. The concert at the Liszt Academy is part of a national event series, which has been organized jointly since 2022 by the Hungarian Heritage House, the Folk Music Department, and the Liszt Academy Concert Centre. The event explores the relationship between generations of the folk dance house movement – from a musical perspective. The fourth generation of folk dancers has grown up in the course of the more than five decades since the revival of the Hungarian folk dance house movement. Each generation sets new goals that are rooted in the work of their predecessors, while wishing to change it at the same time. A common point, however, is that each generation draws from the values of traditional peasant culture. Today, institutions such as the Hungarian Heritage House and the Folk Music Department of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music support this process, bringing generations closer to the sources of inspiration as much as possible.

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