Bartók World Competition - Violin 2023 / Semi-final 2 Presented by Liszt Academy

Launched in 2017, instrumental rounds are only in every two years, focusing on those segments of the performing arts—piano, violin and chamber music—that are of particular importance in Bartók's oeuvre. In the odd years, there is a composers' competition, always linked to the instrumental repertoire of the following year. In 2022, the composers' competition was for violin-piano duos, and two award-winning pieces were selected as the compulsory pieces for the current semi-final: all competitors must perform one of them.

Contestants and their pogramme in the 2nd semi-final: 

Kelemen Gáspár (11)

Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major – 2. Allegro

Hubay: Carmen, Fantaisie brillante, op. 3/3

Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, BB 84 – 3. Allegro

Veljko Nenadić: Two Movements – Impromptu and Perpetuum mobile for Violin and Piano

Kimura Wakana (13)

Veljko Nenadić: Two Movements – Impromptu and Perpetuum mobile for Violin and Piano

Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124 – 4. Presto

R. Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat major, op. 18 – 2. Improvisation. Andante cantabile

Saint-Saëns–Ysaÿe: Étude en forme de valse, op. 52/6

Kryštof Kohout (15)

Thomas Kornél: Fun-Tasto: Reflection and Exhilaration

Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124

Ohno Yukari (20)

Veljko Nenadić: Two Movements – Impromptu and Perpetuum mobile for Violin and Piano

Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, BB 84

Click here for the competitors, and here for the competition schedule. 

Live stream during the event can be followed on Youtube Channel of the Bartók World Competition and of the Liszt Academy.

Tickets for the Orchestral Finals (9 September 2023, 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m) and the Gala Concert (10 September 2023, 7:30 p.m.) can be purchased here:

Final 1

Final 2

Gala concert