Bartók World Competition

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

 

Singing BA Diploma Concerts

1 June 2024, 11.00-16.00

Solti Hall

Singing BA Diploma Concerts Presented by Liszt Academy

11:00-12:00: Anna Szekér (vocals)
Zsigmond Kóta
: Clouds
Gluck: “Che fiero momento” – Euridice’s recitative and aria from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 3
Verdi: Six Romances » 6. Deh, pietoso, oh, Addolorata
Verdi: La seduzione
Verdi: Six Romances » 3. In solitaria stanza
Grieg: Melodies of the Heart, Op. 5 » 3. Jeg elsker dig (I Love but Thee)
Grieg: Five Songs, Op. 26 » 1. Et håb (Hope)
Grieg: Six Romances, Op. 39 » 1. Fra Monte Pincio (From Monte Pincio)
Puccini: “Donde lieta uscì” – Mimì’s aria from the opera La bohème, Act 3
Featuring: Domonkos Tóth (clarinet), Eszter Deli (cello), Mariann Holló, Zsigmond Kóta (piano)

12:00-13:00: Anna Szabó (vocals)
A. Scarlatti: Ardo, è ver, per te d’amore – cantata
Featuring: Dorottya Takács (flute), Áron Rátkay (cello), Erika Dallos (harpsichord)
Roussel: Deux poèmes de Ronsard, Op. 26 » 1. Rossignol, mon mignon
Featuring: Dorottya Takács (flute)
Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch » 15. Mein Liebster ist so klein, 46. Ich hab’ in Penna einen Liebsten wohnen, 20. Mein Liebster singt am Haus
Featuring: Márta Budai (piano)
György Orbán: Five Songs » 1. Sunday of Students
György Orbán: Nine Songs on Poems by Sándor Weöres » 5. Simplification
György Orbán: Six Songs (Idylls and Two Fables) » 2. Cricket and Ant
György Orbán: Five Songs » 2. Fairy Love
György Orbán: Nine Songs on Poems by Sándor Weöres » 9. Bolero
Featuring: Márta Budai (piano)

14:00-15:00: Fanni Melánia Tóth (vocals)
J. S. Bach: “Tief gebückt und voller Reue” – aria from the cantata Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199
Mendelssohn: Der Blumenstrauss, Op. 47/5
Mendelssohn: Der Mond, Op. 86/5
Mendelssohn: Suleika, Op. 57/3
Mendelssohn: Venetianisches Gondellied, Op. 57/5
Mendelssohn: Ich wolltʼ, meine Liebʼ ergösse sich, Op. 63/1
Mendelssohn: Herbstlied, Op. 63/4
Mendelssohn: Gruss, Op. 63/3
Roger Quilter: Three Shakespeare Songs, Op. 6
Featuring: Donatella Hunyadi (vocals), Kristóf Cseri, István Nagy Csomor (violin), Kristóf Antal (viola), Olivér Pál (cello), Erika Dallos (harpsichord), Gabriella Gyökér (piano)

15:00-16:00: Hajnalka Pusztai (vocals)
Brahms: Zigeunerlieder Op. 103 » excerpts
Featuring: Emma Vámos (mezzo-soprano), András Farkas (tenor), Lehel Tihamér Borbély (baritone)
Händel: “Tornami a vagheggiar” – Morgana’s aria from the opera Alcina, Act 1
Mariann Holló (piano)
Ippolitov-Ivanov: Four Poems by Rabindranath Tagore, Op. 68
Featuring: András Vavrinecz (violin), Panna Szöllősy-Vágó (harp)
Puccini: “O mio banbino caro” – Lauretta’s aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi
Dvořák: Zigeunermelodien, Op. 55
Mariann Holló (piano)

Presented by

Liszt Academy Concert Centre

Tickets:

Admission is free, subject to availability of seats.