Franz Liszt International Piano Competition (Budapest)
Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest was a long-standing competition founded by the Office of International Music Competitions in Budapest as one of 17 competitions under the flagship name of "Budapest International Music Competition." The Franz Liszt International Piano Competition debuted in 1933 under the leadership of Ernő Dohnányi of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, where the competition was held.[1]
Franz Liszt International Piano Competition (1933-)
The Liszt Piano Competition started in 1933, but had a hiatus from 1937 to 1956. The competition takes place in 5-years cycles (1956, 1961, 1966, etc.). In the year 2006, the competition repertoire was from Liszt and Bartók. Year 2011 competition's repertoire was solely of Liszt again - due to Liszt's 200th birth anniversary. Forcoming competition will be held in 2016 September with an application deadline of cca. May.
Winners
Year | First prize | Second prize | Third prize |
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1933 | Annie Fischer | Mikischa Tarkas | Louis Kentner |
1956 | Lev Vlasenko | Mihály Bächer | Lazar Berman, Liu Si-Kun |
1961 | David Wilde (born 1935), Gábor Gabos | Dino Ciani | Igor Belcenko |
1966 | - | Imre Antal | - |
1971 | Reiko Matsuzaki, Mykola Suk | Elena Skuratowskaja | László Baranyay, Etsuko Tazaki |
1976 | Robert Benz | Gary Steigerwalt, Frédéric Aguessy | Imre Rohmann, Vadim Monartitsky |
1981 | - | Muza Rubaczkitye | Hortense Cartier-Bresson |
1986 | - | Károly Mocsári | Dmitrij Racer |
1991 | Alexander Strukov | Leonid Kuzmin, Nohara Midori | Etelka Csuprik, Valerie Shkaroupa |
1996 | Gergely Bogányi | Igor Kamenz | Nadejda Blaeva |
2001 | - | Péter Tóth | Gábor Farkas, Vadym Kholodenko, Massimiliano Motterle |
2006 | Elmar Gasanov | Olivier Besnard, László Borbély | István Lajkó |
2011 | Alexander Ullman | Ilya Kondratiev | János Balázs |
2016 |
Prize winners
- 1956: Valerie Tryon (born 1934)
- 1933: Andor Foldes
Winners, year not known
- Vlastimil Lejsek (1927–2010)
See also
Other piano competitions by the same name
- International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, Utrecht, Netherlands (founded in 1986)
- International Franz Liszt Piano Competition, Weimar, Germany
- Franz Liszt Piano Competition, Town Hall, New York City (held only one year, in 1960)
References
- ↑ Ernst Von Dohnányi: A Bio-Bibliography by James A. Grymes, Greenwood Publishing Group, pg. 6 (2001) OCLC 46641002