Budapest - Bartók World Competition
The pluridisciplinary competition founded by the Liszt Academy Budapest in 2017 covers the most important fields of Béla Bartók’s oeuvre, which is piano, violin and string quartets.
Agenda
Deadlines
The competition is held in six-year cycles: first, in 2017, it was for violinists, the pianists followed two years later, the year 2021 was devoted to string quartets.
Composers compete in the intervening even years by submitting works intended for the next year’s instrumental round. In 2023 the cycle started again with violin, and in 2026 it will be composers’ turn.
The Bartók World Competition Budapest – Composition 2026 is open to composers of all nationalities, aged maximum 40 years with 5–6 minutes pieces for string quartet to be submitted. The competition is entirely online, the prize-winning compositions will be presented at a Gala Concert on 29 November 2026.
Contact Bartók World Competition Secretariat Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music office
bartokworldcompetition.com
https://www.bartokworldcompetition.hu/en
Contact
Bartók World Competition Secretariat
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
Budapest
Liszt Ferenc tér 8
1061
Hungary
