The Semi-final round of the Bartók World Competition & Festival was held in two sessions on 12 September. Although the scores were very close, seven young violinists were shortlisted for the finals, among them two Hungarians: Ágnes Langer and Gábor Homoki.

7 violinists passed to the 14 September Final.

The Preliminary round of the Bartók World Competition and Festival took place in four sessions on 10 and 11 September. From the Hungarian contestants, Ágnes Langer and Gábor Homoki got shortlisted to perform at the Semi-final.

The 12 September (Tuesday) round will be live streamed on the competition website from 2 pm.

On 9 September 2017, 44 contestants arrived in Budapest for the Bartók World Competition and Festival. In accordance with the official drawing lots, the Preliminary round started with Competitor No. 47, Japanese Tategami Mai. Already on the opening day of the event series organised by the Liszt Academy, a wide range of extraordinary musical and historical treats awaited the audience.

The rounds of the contest organized between 10-17 September at Liszt Academy, will begin from No. 47.

„As the Alma Mater of Béla Bartók, it is the mission of the Liszt Academy to care for his oeuvre of great international significance.” –pointed out the founder and initiator of the Competition, the President of the Liszt Academy, Dr Andrea Vigh, at the press conference prior to the event on 7 September, 2017.

„We can serve a cause in many ways as long as we strive for perfection in it.”- was the first sentence of the 2017-2018 Academic Year opening speech held by the President of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Dr Andrea Vigh on 4 September.

Find out the when and where of the rounds.

A brief CV and programme of each competitor is available now on the competition website. You can find out everything about the preparations, the jury and the Bartók pieces of the live rounds in the competition catalogue.