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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. 

 

Benjámin Forgó & Márton Mikulík Piano Four-Hand Recital

13 October 2024, 16.00-17.00

Solti Hall

Sunday Afternoon Classics

Benjámin Forgó & Márton Mikulík Piano Four-Hand Recital Presented by Liszt Academy

Mahler: Symphony No. 1

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major (‘Titan’) [arranged by Bruno Walter with the supplements of the performers]

Benjámin Forgó, Márton Mikulík (piano)

The new series, Sunday Afternoon Classics, will feature well-known or deserving works performed by the young talents of the Liszt Academy. On the first occasion, Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 will be performed. The original orchestral work was premiered in the Pesti Vigadó in 1888, the second version was performed in Hamburg in 1893 and in Weimar in 1894, conducted by the composer. The adjective ʻTitan’ was added to the title only in the latter two performances. In 1896, a further version, now in four movements, was played in Berlin. This version proved to be the definitive one and was published two years later. This time, the monumental work by the former conductor of the Hungarian State Opera House will be heard in a four-hand transcription by Bruno Walter. While maintaining the grandiose sound, the transcription emphasises the lyrical and dramatic aspects of the work. Benjámin Forgó and Márton Mikulík are two of the outstanding talents of the Liszt Academy. They have triumphed in numerous competitions as solo pianists, but also perform regularly as chamber musicians.

 

Buy tickets for the concerts presented by the Liszt Academy at the same time and we will give you
  • 10% discount for 2 concerts,
  • 15% discount for 3 concerts,
  • 20% discount for 4 or more concerts.

 

Presented by

Liszt Academy Concert Centre

Tickets:

HUF 1 900

Concert series:

Sunday Afternoon Classics

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16:00
Trio Opus One
Sunday Afternoon Classics

Trio Opus One

Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Arvo Pärt

Solti Hall