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Record number of composers submitted entries for this year's Bartók World Competition

Record number of composers submitted entries for this year's Bartók World Competition

26 August 2020

This time around, the Liszt Academy invited composers to submit entries for this year's round of the Bartók World Competition, with works written for string quartet. A record number of 348 valid applications were submitted from 59 countries by the official deadline. The final result of the competition will be announced at the gala event scheduled for November 28.

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Liszt Academy to start new season in mid-August with a special concert pair

Liszt Academy to start new season in mid-August with a special concert pair

5 August 2020

The joint concert of the Liszt Academy and the National Philharmonic Orchestra, scheduled for August 18 and 19 in the Great Hall, will feature all of Rachmaninov's piano concertos and the virtuoso Paganini variations, with the solo performance of Kossuth Prize winner János Balázs. The guest conductor will be Charles Olivieri-Munroe of Canada.

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