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.

17 February 2024, 19.30-22.00

Grand Hall

Geniuses II.

Concerto Budapest

Glazunov: From the Middle Ages – Suite, Op. 79 » 1. Prélude
Mikhail Pletnev: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58

Kristine Balanas (violin)
Concerto Budapest
Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev

Mikhail Pletnev became famous as a virtuoso pianist about four and a half decades ago. However, he has also been internationally acknowledged as a conductor and composer for some time. On this occasion, the audience will encounter the Russian musician as a conductor and composer who is a regular returning guest of Concerto Budapest. His Concerto for Violin will be heard at the heart of the programme. Its soloist will be Kristīne Balanas, who has participated successfully in different competitions, and who was a student of the Hungarian violinist György Pauk. Alexander Glazunov’s suite in E major from 1902 will be performed as the first piece of the concert. It is no wonder that its title is “From the Middle Ages”, since this four-movement work cites a troubadour serenade, a crusade, and the danse macabre associated with the Dies Irae motif. Finally, Tchaikovsky’s unnumbered program symphony will be played, which was inspired by Byron and premiered in 1886 in Moscow. The composer, who was always anxious even when there was no reason to be, assessed the performance as follows: “The premiere of the Manfred Symphony went absolutely fine. Still, I was of the impression that the audience was not able to grasp it, and received it in a cool and indifferent way. As a result, not even the ovation could rid me of this feeling at the end of the concert.”

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Concerto Budapest

Tickets:

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

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