International Piano Competition in Memoriam Ferenc Liszt

 

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
 
 
The competition is open to piano players of all nationalities who were born on or after 1 January 1979.
 
APPLICATION
 
The application form should be mailed to the address of Philharmonia Budapest Concert Agency (H-1054 Budapest, Alkotmány u. 31. I/2.) or sent by e-mail (liszkay.maria@hu.inter.net) by 1 May 2011 (at latest)
 
 
All of the following documents must be enclosed with the application form:
            a/ brief curriculum vitae
         b/ certificate of musical qualification
         c/ letter of recommendation from a prominent personality in music life
         d/ ID or passport copy 
         e/ two recent photographs with your name on the back
         f/ the copy of the receipt about the transfer of the entry fee
 
 
 
The entry fee of equivalent to EUR 140 is to be remitted   to the following bank account:

 
                   Magyar Nemzeti Bank / Hungarian National Bank
                   H-1054 Budapest, Szabadság tér 8-9.
                   Filharmónia Budapest  Nonprofit Kft.  – Piano Competition
                   SWIFT: MANEHUHB
                   IBAN: HU70 1003 2000 0028 6978 0000 0048
                   (Please cover the costs of the transfer!)
 
The application is valid only after the entry fee is paid in and the letter of confirmation has been received. The entry fee will not be refunded to contestants who withdraw from the competition.
The number of participants will be determined by the Organizing Committee which reserves the right of pre-selection.
Candidates will be informed of the acceptance of their application by 10 June 2011.
 
THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMPETITION
 
The competition is divided into three rounds: preliminary, semi-final, final.
Singers in the semi-final will be ensured by the organizers of the competition.
 
Finalists perform twice during the final round.
All rounds will be open to the public.
The order of appearance will be decided by ballot at the opening of the competition. This order will be valid throughout the competition.
 
 Before each stage competitors have the opportunity of a short rehearsal at the venue of the competition.
 
After the distribution of the prizes, the prize winners will perform at a Gala Concert. No payment will be made for this or any of the contestants‘ performances, radio and TV recordings during the competition, and any further use of these recordings.
 
JURY
 
The jury will evaluate the performances with points ranging from 1 to 25 and will handle the points strictly confidential.
The competitors selected for the next round will be listed in alphabetical order.
According to plans the jury will select 12 contestants for the semi-final and 6 contestants for the final round.
The jury reserves the right to decide whether or not to award the prizes, or to change the contents of any of the prizes. The jury‘s decisions are final and are not open to any appeal or discussion.

INTERNATIONAL JURY

Rolf-Dieter ARENS – Germany
William FONG – Great Britain
Klára HAMBURGER - Hungary
Károly MOCSÁRI - Hungary/France
Ick-Choo MOON – Korea
Péter NAGY - Hungary
Charles ROSEN - USA
Elisso VIRSALADZE - Russia                 
 
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
 
Klára HAMBURGER
Károly MOCSÁRI
Péter NAGY
 
 
ACCOMMODATION
 
The organizers of the competition offer a reduced-price accommodation possibility for the participants of the competition and their accompaniment. Detailed information will be provided after the acceptance of the application.
 
Those selected to play in the final will be the guests of Philharmonia Budapest Concert Agency till the end of the competition.
 
 
PRIZES
         First Prize            12000€
         Second Prize         8000€  
         Third Prize             5000€   
 
Beyond these prizes concert engagements and special prizes will be offered to the winners by foreign and Hungarian institutions, festivals and concert organizers.
 
SECRETARIAT OF THE COMPETITION
All communications should be addressed to
Philharmonia Budapest Concert and Festival Agency
Mária LISZKAY, Manager, Secretary of the Competition
H- 1054 Budapest, Alkotmány u. 31. I/2.
Hungary
Phone: +(36-1) 266-14-59, 302-49-61
Telefax: +(36-1)302-49-62
 
 
 
REPERTOIRE OF THE COMPETITION
 
I. PRELIMINARY
 
Competitors should play pieces by Liszt in 20 minutes. The program schuld include two etudes.
 
          
II. SEMI FINAL
 
Programme of own choice in the duration of 40 minutes compiled from Liszt’s works with the following restrictions
 
A/ Two songs from the following list, according to the participant’s choice:
 
Liszt-songs (with Humphrey Searle’s catalogue numbers)
 
1.            S.276, Comment, disaient-ils (Hugo) [2nd version]
2.            S.282, O quand je dors (Hugo) [2nd version]
3.            S.284, S'il est un charmant gazon (Hugo) [2nd version]
4.            S.286, Gastibelza, Bolero (Hugo)
5.            S.272, Im Rhein, im schönen Strome (Heine) [2nd version]
6.            S.273, Die Loreley (Heine) [2nd version]
7.            S.289, Vergiftet sind meine Lieder (Heine) [2nd version]
8.            S.309, Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam (Heine) [2nd version]
9.            S.275, Mignons Lied (Kennst du das Land) (Goethe) [3rd version]
10.          S.278, Es war ein König in Thule (Goethe) [2nd version]
11.          S.280, Freudvoll und leidvoll (Goethe) [3rd version]
12.          S.297, Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß (Goethe) [2nd version]
13.          S.306, Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh (Goethe) [2nd version]
14.          S.292, Three songs from Schiller's Wilhelm Tell [3 songs, 2nd version]**
15.          S.294, Es rauschen die Winde (Rellstab) [2nd version]
16.          S.296, Ich möchte hingehn (Herwegh)
17.          S.317, Lasst mich ruhen (Hoffmann von Fallersleben)
18.          S.318, In Liebeslust (Hoffmann von Fallersleben)
19.          S.320, Die drei Zigeuner (Lenau)
20.          S.327, J'ai perdu ma force est ma vie. (Alfred de Musset)
21.          S.270 3 Sonetti di Petrarca
 
Ferenc Liszt's musikalische Werke in 33 Bd., (Ferruccio Busoni) (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1907-1936)
Serie VII - Einstimmige Lieder und Gesänge, 1-3 Bd. (Peter Raabe) (1917; 1921; 1922)
**In case the participant chooses the Songs from Wilhelm Tell, the performance of no further song is required
 
B/ The programme can comprise any work by Liszt (including pieces from his last
      decade) as well as transcriptions (his own and  other composers’ works).             
 
        
III. FINAL
 
Competitors will perform twice
 
A) Liszt: Sonata in B minor       (R. 21; S. 178)
 
B) Competitor must choose two orchestral pieces in the following combination
 
 1. Liszt: Concerto Nr.1 in E flat major (R. 455; S. 124) and
             Totentanz – Dance macabre  (R. 457; S. 126)
 
                                      or
 
 2. Liszt: Concerto Nr.2 in A major     (R. 456; S. 125) and
              Hungarian Phantasie
 
The jury marks out one of the two selected pieces for performance.