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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. 

 

János Kovács & Liszt Academy Symphony Orchestra

22 October 2024, 19.30-22.00

Grand Hall

Masters of the Orchestra

János Kovács & Liszt Academy Symphony Orchestra Presented by Liszt Academy

Liszt: Christus, Part One: Christmas Oratorio » Die heiligen drei Könige
Bartók: Rhapsody No. 2, BB 96b
Liszt: Prometheus – symphonic poem
INTERMISSION
Weiner: Divertimento No. 3, Op. 25 (ʻHungarian Impressionsʼ)
Liszt: Piano Concerto in E-flat major

Ádám Banda (violin), Sebestyén Pellet (piano)
Liszt Academy Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: János Kovács

Liszt was a major figure in 19th century Western music. Initially revered as a diabolical piano virtuoso (the Piano Concerto in E-flat major is one of the last works of this period), Liszt was later hailed as a composer who innovated musical language, writing oratorios and symphonic poems. For a long time he was the origin for young Hungarian musicians, and he also had a great influence on the young Bartók: as the academic student of the former Liszt pupil, István Thomán, he initially set out to continue the Liszt tradition. Although he did not ultimately become a direct successor to Liszt, his early work shows many latent Liszt influences. He was taught composition by another renowned teacher at the institution, Hans Koessler, who also taught Leó Weiner, four years his junior. Despite their common intellectual roots, the two composers took different paths, but Hungarian music – as can be heard in the works performed this evening – left its mark on the oeuvre of both of them.

 

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Presented by

Liszt Academy Concert Centre

Tickets:

HUF 2 800, 4 200, 5 500, 6 900

Concert series:

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