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.

5 May 2024, 19.00-21.00

Old Academy of Music, Chamber Hall

Shimizu Yosuke Cello Concert Presented by Liszt Academy

Two-Time Winner of the David Popper International Cello Competition

Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
Mihály: Mouvement
Kodály: Cello Sonata, Op. 8

INTERMISSION

Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise, Op. 3 (‘Polonaise brillante’)
Popper: Polonaise de concert, Op. 14
Grieg: Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 36

Shimizu Yosuke (cello), Zsuzsanna Homor, Yamagami Sohei (piano)

Shimizu Yosuke was born in Japan in 2002 and began his cello studies at the age of six. His first major professional success came in 2013 at the 5th David Popper International Cello Competition in Hungary, where he won 1st prize. Since 2017, he has been studying at the Liszt Academy in the class of Csaba Onczay, first as a student of the School for Exceptional Young Talents and now he is finishing the Bachelor’s programme. He has won several national and international competitions: 1st prize at the VI Gifu International Music Competition in 2014, 2nd prize at the I Cellist Composer National Competition in 2016, and 1st prize at the XVI Izumi-no Mori National Cello Competition in the same year. As a soloist, he has performed with several orchestras and played solo at the New Year’s Eve 2023 at the Liszt Academy with the Hungarian Radio Orchestra conducted by Oliver von Dohnányi. In 2024, he received the “Gifu Prefecture Arts and Culture Award” from the Gifu Prefecture. He is a member and active participant of the “Kobaken and Friends Orchestra” led by Kenichiro Kobayashi. He has given concerts in Japan, Hungary and Germany. He has participated in the master classes of many renowned cellists, including Miklós Perényi, Tamás Varga, Kangho Lee and Matias De Oliveira Pinto.

Presented by

Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music

Tickets:

Admission is free, subject to availability of seats.

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