2025 is for the pianists

According to the structure of the competition, pianists will compete at the Bartók World Competition Budapest in the first week of September. Applications will be accepted prospectively from 3 March by submitting video material here on the website until 26 May. Live rounds will be running from 31 August to 7 September at the Liszt Academy in Budapest. In the semi-finals, the two winning pieces from the 2024 Composers' Competition will be compulsory, they can be heard here on the website at the Repertoire section (see below), performed by pianist József Balog.

Prizes of the competition:

1st prize: EUR 22000

2nd prize: EUR 14000

3rd prize: EUR 8000

The application form is expected to open on 3 March.

Competition Announcement 2025

Repertoire 2025

Application

News

SILVER BLADE, WHICH IS WORTH GOLD

31 May 2017

THE IMAGE OF THE BARTÓK WORLD COMPETITION AND FESTIVAL HAS BEEN AWARDED THE SILVER BLADE PRIZE IN THE CATEGORY DESIGN SOLUTIONS/IMAGE AND LOGO DESIGN ISSUED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNICATION AGENCIES IN HUNGARY FOR THE 18TH TIME THIS YEAR.

SIXTY-FIVE YOUNG VIOLINISTS SHORTLISTED FOR THE LIVE ROUND OF THE BARTÓK WORLD COMPETITION AND FESTIVAL

20 April 2017

Based on the judgement of the three-member jury, representatives of twenty-three countries from four continents will have the chance to take to the stage of the Liszt Academy between 10 and 17 September. Forty-five of the successful candidates are ladies, while twenty competitors are men.

LIST OF COMPETITORS MAKING IT THROUGH THE ONLINE QUALIFYING ROUND HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO 20 APRIL

29 March 2017

PLEASE, BE INFORMED THAT DUE TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, THE LIST OF THE APPLICANTS HAVING QUALIFIED FOR THE PRELIMINARY ROUND OF THE INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION OF THE BARTÓK WORLD COMPETITION & FESTIVAL WILL BE PUBLISHED ON 20 APRIL, 2017, FIVE DAYS AFTER THE ORIGINALLY ANNOUNCED DATE.

Winners so far

The competition

LISZT ACADEMY

Supported by

Ministry of Culture and Innovation

UMP Editio Musica Budapest