An increasing number of concert halls and cultural institutions have their own resident ensembles. ‘Residence’ can be permanent or temporary: whereas the former category generally includes ensembles that are an integral part of the given institution (for example, the Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera House), in the latter case any ensemble can hold the title for a fixed term, typically for one or two seasons.

The 20-year old Cosima Soulez-Larivière won 1st prize at the Bartók World Competition in the category violin in the Grand Final held in the evening of 16 September.

All special prizes and diplomas were handed over on the 17 September Gala Concert.

Today's Award Ceremony and Gala Concert will feature all three grand finalists as well as competitors from the Final.

Today’s performances will decide about the final ranking, while the announcing of results and the Award Ceremony will take place tomorrow, in the Gala Concert.

Synopsis of the two-day Symposium ’Bartók and the Violin’ held within the framework of the Bartók World Competition & Festival at the Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

In the Grand Final of the Bartók World Competition on Saturday, Ágnes Langer, Cosima Soulez-Larivière and Takagi Ririko will be taking to the stage with the violin concertos written by Bartók, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.

The 16 September (Saturday) Grand Final will be live streamed on the competition website from 19.30pm.

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.