The Liszt Academy with the help of the Hungarian Ministry of Human Capacities launched the Bartók World Competition and Festival on the occasion of the 135th anniversary of the birth of Béla Bartók in 2017.
Besides featuring a repertoire demanding the very highest musical expertise, the Bartók World Competition and Festival achieves – even in its structure – something totally new for a competition. The competition is built around the most characteristic strands of the Bartók oeuvre, that is, piano, violin, chamber music and composition, which rotate in a six-year cycle. The individual instrumental competitions are organised every alternate year, with composer competitions in between, which always tie into the forthcoming instrumental category.
This distinctive structure is effective both at drawing the attention of the best instrumentalists of the upcoming musician generation to the works of Bartók and at the same time inspiring young composers to create new works written in the spirit of Bartók.
Bartók World Competition – violin Competition is held every sixth year. The competition was launched in January 2023 and the applications open on 20 February 2023. The application deadline is 19 May 2023, with 21 April as early bird deadline. Participants will be notified if admitted to the live rounds by 15 June 2023. The international jury’s decision is to be officially revealed at the Gala Concert in September 2023.
Competition structure
a.) Video preselection
b.) Preliminaries
c.) Semi-final
d.) Final
The video preselection is not public, all live rounds are open to the public. The repertoire of the rounds is available on the competition website
| Sections | Violin |
| Deadline | 20 Feb - 19 May 2023 |
| Finals | 10 Sep 2023 |
| Where | Budapest, Hungary |
| Age groups | Violinists aged max. 30 years (born on or after 2 September 1993) |
1st prize: 22 000 EUR
2nd prize: 14 000 EUR
3rd prize: 8 000 EUR
Prizes are gross amounts.
Special prizes such as concert and recording opportunities will also be offered.
Kristóf Baráti (Hungary); Gyula Fekete (Hungary); András Keller (Hungary); Péter Halász (Hungary); Stephan Picard (Germany); Daniel Phillips (USA); Maxim Rysanov (Ukraine/UK); Yayoi Toda (Japan); Roland Daugareil (France)
Cosima Soulez-Larivière - 1st Prize
Takagi Ririko - 2nd Prize
Ágnes Langer - 3rd Prize
Gábor Homoki - finalist, Kitagawa Chisa - finalist, Kim Yoerae - finalist, Una Stanić - finalist
The organiser of the competition will cover the costs for accommodation for the competitors admitted in the finals.
The entire live competition is open to the public, and will be broadcast (by video streaming and/or television and radio) from the Liszt Academy.
