Ágnes Langer

6 July 1992

Germany / Hungary

Born in Budapest in 1992, Agnes Langer began playing the violin at the age of six. After early successes in Hungary at the 2003 Eduard Zathurecky National Competition, the Balys Dvarionas International Competition in the same year, as well as the Bartok National Violin Duo Competition. Ms Langer was awarded the 3rd and the Audience Prize at the 2009 Yankelevich International Competition in Siberia and 2nd prize at the Spivakov International Competition in 2016. She first appeared as a soloist with an orchestra at the age of 11, performing Mozart’s Concerto No.3 in G major. Since then, she has been collaborating with many orchestras throughout Europe, performing works by Mendelssohn, Haydn, Mozart, Bach, Sibelius, Shostakovich, Beethoven, Bartok and others. Ms Langer moved to Germany in 2005 to study with Professor Anne Shih at the Hochschule für Musik Mainz.

Repertoire:

Preliminary

Bartók: Rhapsody No. 2, BB 96c

J. S. Bach: Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 – 4. Gigue

Semi-final

Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, BB 84

Final

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218

Grand Final

Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2, BB 117