On Sunday evening, 31 August, the youngest entrant, fifteen-year-old Chinese Michael Jiang, drew the number of the contestant who will be the first to perform, according to the tradition of the institution's competitions: it will be Anastasiia Kliuchereva from Russia, and she is followed by in alphabetical order.

THE PRELIMINARY ROUND OF THE BARTÓK WORLD COMPETITION AND FESTIVAL TOOK PLACE IN FOUR SESSIONS ON 10 AND 11 SEPTEMBER. FROM THE HUNGARIAN CONTESTANTS, ÁGNES LANGER AND GÁBOR HOMOKI GOT SHORTLISTED TO PERFORM AT THE SEMI-FINAL.

THE 12 SEPTEMBER (TUESDAY) ROUND WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON THE COMPETITION WEBSITE FROM 2 PM.

ON 9 SEPTEMBER 2017, 44 CONTESTANTS ARRIVED IN BUDAPEST FOR THE BARTÓK WORLD COMPETITION AND FESTIVAL. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OFFICIAL DRAWING LOTS, THE PRELIMINARY ROUND STARTED WITH COMPETITOR NO. 47, JAPANESE TATEGAMI MAI. ALREADY ON THE OPENING DAY OF THE EVENT SERIES ORGANISED BY THE LISZT ACADEMY, A WIDE RANGE OF EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL AND HISTORICAL TREATS AWAITED THE AUDIENCE.