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Considering the high standard of the competitors, the international jury decided that the following 13 contestant will perform in the semi-finals on September 3 and 4.

At the Bartók World Competition, the jury was looking for what a young artist could do to capture our hearts, says world-renowned violinist-conductor András Keller, with whom we talked about this year's event, the problems and challenges of a competition, and more.

Daniel Phillips, Jury President of the 2023 Bartók World Competition, on the role of the competitions, the quality of this year's semi-finalists and the event, and the difficulties of the panel's work. 

Lilia Pocitari was awarded the first prize of 22,000 euros at the gala event of the Liszt Academy’s 2023 World Bartók Competition on Sunday.