Bartók World Competition – Composition 2024 / Award Ceremony and Gala Concert

23 November 2024, 19.00-21.00

Solti Hall

Bartók World Competition – Composition 2024 / Award Ceremony and Gala Concert Presented by Liszt Academy

Bartók: Fourteen Bagatelles, BB 50 [Op. 6] » excerpts
The third prize winning work
Bartók: Three Hungarian Folksongs from Csík, BB 45b
Bartók: Allegro barbaro, BB 63
The second prize winning work
Bartók: Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, BB 83 [Op. 20]
The first prize winning work

József Balog (piano)
Host: Szilvia Becze

This is the night when all is revealed – the excitement of long months is condensed in the Solti Hall of the Liszt Academy on the occasion of the Gala Concert of the composers’ competition of the Bartók World Competition. The members of the jury are the only ones to know who the winner is: the audience, the performers, and the competitors will only learn who composed the best piano piece for the Bartók World Competition in 2024 when the results are announced. Thus the programme is a surprise, works deemed to be the best will be performed on stage. József Balog pianist guarantee that we will be in for an unforgettable evening should the excitement of the competition not suffice.