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 October 2024, 19.00-21.00

Solti Hall

Here and Now

Metrum Ensemble Presented by Liszt Academy

Face and Mask – Works and Bach transcriptions by Ádám Kondor

Ádám Kondor: Die lange Reise von Arnstadt nach Lübeck (BWV 600, 654)
Ádám Kondor: Another Brandenburg Concerto (after BWV61)

INTERMISSION

Eberhardt Wüllner (alias Kondor): Fanfare
Ádám Kondor: Glückliche Dorfmusikanten

Metrum Ensemble: Gergely Kuklis (violin), Anna Rákóczy (flute), Norbert Hegyi (clarinet), Aranka Szabó (horn), Eszter Agárdi (cello), Jákob Bettermann (bassoon)
Conductor: Lajos Rozmán
Művészeti vezető: Rozmán Lajos és Rákóczy Anna
Rendezte: Keresztes Tamás

The musical evening, staged with theatrical ambitions, is based on the works and transcriptions of Ádám Kondor, who turns 60 this year, and the humour, eccentricity and piquancy that they generate. The supposed Brandenburg Concerto No. 7 (!) is a reinterpretation of Kondor’s favourite Bach cantata, while The Long Journey from Arnstadt to Lübeck orchestrates chorale preludes with unconventional courage. The latter is the latest of the composer’s unique transcriptions, in which he assumes the identity of his predecessors in a thousand different ways. And in the second half, a double twist! A symphony in four movements dressed in the style of an imaginary cantor and composer from Pécs. A post-romantic parody of Mozart’s musical farce of the same title. Caricature and naive, sincere musicality at the same time. Happy village musicians respond to the challenges of a world full of tensions with a real joie de vivre.

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