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96 composers from 31 countries apply for this year's Bartók World Competition
26 August 2022
A total of 98 violin-piano duos are submitted, awarded ones will be decided by a prestigious international jury chaired by Oscar-winning American composer John Corigliano.
Bartók World Competition joins prestigious international association WFIMC
30 June 2022
Liszt Academy's competition was elected a member and was praised for its high quality by World Federation of International Music Competitions’ General Assembly.
Art manager Beáta Schanda passes away
31 May 2022
A dedicated and important colleague, she was the secretary of Liszt Academy’s Éva Marton International Singing Competition and Bartók World Competition.
Statement of the WFIMC regarding Russian and Belarussian Candidates
8 March 2022
Organisers of the Bartók World Competition welcome and agree with the Statement of the WFIMC regarding Russian and Belarussian Candidates
Application is open for 2022 Composer’s round of Bartók World Competition
19 January 2022
The Bartók World Competition continues this year with the contest of composers. This time the Liszt Academy has called for compositions written for violin and piano in 6-7 minutes length.
Winners hail Bartók World Competition for invaluable musical and human experience
5 November 2021
The members of the string quartets that won the top three prizes - including the Hungarian musicians of the Vienna-based Chaos String Quartet - unanimously praised the professional organization of the competition, and all of them feel that Bartók's music has opened up new vistas for them.
Japanese quartet wins this year’s Bartók World Competition
31 October 2021
The Quartet Integra was awarded the first prize totalling 12,000 euros at Sunday’s awards ceremony and gala evening of the 2021 Bartók World Competition for string quartets.
Five quartets advance to the finals of this year's Bartók World Competition
29 October 2021
The international jury judged that the string quartets competing in Thursday’s semi-finals were so excellent that they allowed more formations than initially planned to take part in Saturday’s final.
The jury of the Bartók World Competition selected the semi finalists
28 October 2021
The international jury on Wednesday night selected seven quartets, instead of the initially planned six, that will advance to the semi-finals.
This year's Bartók World Competition takes off
25 October 2021
The Liszt Academy’s 2021 Bartók World Competition kicked off Monday afternoon with determining the order of performance of participating quartets.
Twelve string quartets to show mettle in Bartók World Competition
22 October 2021
The 2021 Bartók World Competition for String Quartets will commence with a ceremonial drawing of lots at 5pm on 25 October. In keeping with the tradition of the Liszt Academy’s international competitions, the first ensemble to perform in the preliminaries, which begin on 26 October, will be announced then.
String Quartets in the preliminary
1 July 2021
15 string quartets made it to the preliminary of Bartók World Competition in October 2021
This year’s competition boasts the broadest-ever range of international applicants
21 June 2021
33 ensembles submitted their entry online for Bartók World Competition for string quartets this year
Registration deadline extended
19 April 2021
Since the pandemic has made it difficult to prepare for the competition, we extend the deadline to 15 June 2021.
HIS OEUVRE HAS RELEVANCE TO HUMAN AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS TOPICAL EVEN TODAY
6 April 2021
On the 140th anniversary of the birth of Béla Bartók, a commemoration of the milestone anniversaries of a career, of understanding, of love: László Vikárius, professor at the Liszt Academy of Music and head of the Bartók Archives of the Institute for Musicology, evokes our great predecessor.