Sztathatosz Sebestyén
No. 28
Country: Hungary
Date of birth: 23 May, 2000
Sebestyén Sztathatosz studied at the University of Szeged, Faculty of Music, Special School for Young Talents under the instruction of professor Ferenc Szecsődi, and since 2019, in bachelor’s and master’s programme at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest in the class of Kristóf Baráti and Miklós Szenthelyi. In March 2019 Sebestyén was accepted at the Manhattan School of Music, New York to study with Albert Markov, and he participated in masterclasses by Giovanni Guzzo, Anton Sorokow, Pieter Schoeman, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Kirill Troussov, Barnabás Kelemen, Boris Garlitsky, Zakhar Bron and Christoph Poppen, among others. He has entered several national and international violin competitions where he has won awards, including London Classical Music Competition (1st prize), King’s Peak International Music Competition (1st prize) and Nouvelles Étoiles International Music Competition (2nd prize) in 2021. He also took part in an international tour of the Youth Orchestra of Europe in 2014, where he played as soloist. He already performed with the MÁV Symphony Orchestra, the Hungarian Chamber Orchestra, seven concert with solo and chamber music repertoire at the Santander Encounter of Music and Academy, as a soloist at the International Holland Music Sessions, and with the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Bartók: 2. rapszódia // Rhapsody No. 2, BB 96a
J. S. Bach: 2. (a-moll) hegedűszonáta // Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 – 3. Andante, 4. Allegro
Semi-final
Bartók: Szonáta szólóhegedűre // Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124 – 3. Melodia. Adagio
Saint-Saëns: Bevezetés és rondo capriccioso // Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, op. 28
R. Strauss: Esz-dúr hegedű-zongora szonáta // Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat major, op. 18 – 1. Allegro, ma non troppo
Veljko Nenadić: Two Movements – Impromptu and Perpetuum mobile for Violin and Piano
Final
Brahms: D-dúr hegedűverseny // Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77