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Bartók World Competition & Festival Opening Day
4 September 2019
Drawing Lots & Mini Concerts in the Liszt Ferenc Square
Special prizes and invitations at the Bartók World Competition Piano Round
12 August 2019
Debut recitals and concert opportunities for the contestants in Hungary and in New York.
38 contestants in the preliminary
27 May 2019
The following 38 contestants passed the qualifying round and are invited to Budapest to begin the preliminary in 9 September:
Online application closed
3 May 2019
Congratulations to all of you who sent their video recordings to the qualifying round of Bartok World Competition Piano 2019.
Application period is over for the competiton. Contestants will soon be notified of the jury's decision about live rounds.
Extended application deadline!
20 March 2019
You can apply until 30 April for the Bartók World Competition 2019 Piano Competition!
No application fee for young pianists!
14 March 2019
There is still time to make the application video for Bartók World Competition – Piano 2019.
“Dare to be vulnerable on stage” – interview with Cosima Soulez Larivière, winner of the Bartók Violin Competition 2017
14 February 2019
Ever since winning the first edition of the Bartók World Competition in 2017, Cosima has felt at home in Budapest. Last month she arrived at the Liszt Academy at the invitation of the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, an orchestra she is familiar with since playing with them during the final. The violinist has preserved all her youthful openness and enthusiasm, while also having amassed huge experience since our first interview in 2017. This latest portrait of Cosima Soulez Larivière sketches out her experiences and impressions during the past 18 months.
Piano competition starts!
16 January 2019
THE CONTEST IS OPEN TO PIANISTS OF ALL NATIONALITIES AGED MAXIMUM 32 YEARS
HUNGARIAN COMPOSER WINS BARTÓK WORLD COMPETITION
26 November 2018
DÁNIEL DOBOS CAME FIRST WITH A PIANO COMPOSITION, IN AN INTERNATIONAL FIELD OF OVER TWO-HUNDRED COMPOSERS.
POPULAR YOUNG PIANISTS ON THE GALA
9 November 2018
A NEW GENERATION OF COMPOSERS WILL BE INTRODUCED BY THE TWO VERY POPULAR HUNGARIAN ARTISTS JÁNOS BALÁZS AND BALÁZS FÜLEI
THE INTERNATIONAL JURY MADE ITS DECISION
19 October 2018
6 FINALISTS IN THE BARTOK COMPOSITION COMPETITION 2018
214 APPLICANTS FOR THE COMPETITION
6 September 2018
THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS FOR THE BARTÓK COMPOSITION COMPETITION HAS FAR EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS
31 AUGUST IS THE DEADLINE
27 August 2018
APPLICATION FOR THE BARTÓK WORLD COMPETITION – COMPOSERS COMPETITION CLOSES ON 31. AUGUST.
BARTÓK WITH FREEDOM
5 July 2018
„BARTÓK IS NOT TO BE AN ICON BUT A LIVING ENTITY FOR US” – THE BARTÓK WORLD COMPETITION AND FESTIVAL TO BE CONTINUED WITH THE COMPOSERS’ COMPETITION.
CALL FOR COMPETITION 2018 IS ON THE WAY
27 April 2018
IN ADDITION TO ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES, THE GOOD OLD POSTAL SERVICE IS ALSO BEING USED BY THE ORGANIZERS OF THE BARTÓK WORLD COMPETITION TO REACH MORE PEOPLE WITH THE NEWS OF THE COMPOSING COMPETITION.
COMPOSITION COMPETITION 2018 HAS STARTED
12 February 2018
COMPETITION INVITATION IS ALREADY ACCESSIBLE, AND SUBMISSION FORM CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE WEBSITE.
„BARTÓK ALWAYS TOUCHES ME, AND I MUST ANSWER TO HIS CALL”
26 October 2017
THE BARTÓK WORLD COMPETITION AND FESTIVAL FROM TH FINNISH AND JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES.
„BARTÓK ALWAYS TOUCHES ME, AND I MUST ANSWER TO HIS CALL”
26 October 2017
The Bartók World Competition and Festival from th Finnish and Japanese perspectives.
Salvatore Accardo: Just because every note is at its right place, it can’t yet be called music
16 October 2017
Most recently, this month, the world-renowned violinist Salvatore Accardo came to Hungary as the leader of the Quartetto Accardo, while at the end of summer, he visited Budapest as the head of jury of the Bartók World Competition. He believes that the level-headedness of competitors is not enough in a concert, as during a concert performance, one needs a wide range of emotions.