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The Carpathian Basin International Piano Competition will be held for the first time as part of the Carpathian Basin Classical Music Festival on 21-23 September 2021 at the King St. Stephen High School of Music. (1145 Budapest, Columbus utca 11.)
The International Piano Competition’s aim is to discover young talents. It is open to young piano students between the ages of 10-19 from the Carpathian Basin countries of Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
President of the Jury
Gábor Eckhardt – Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Aladár Tóth School of Music, Budapest
Members of the International Jury
Boldizsár Csíky Jnr. - Gheorghe Dima Academy of Music, Cluj-Napoca
Erzsébet Kőrösiné Belák – King St. Stephen High School of Music, Budapest
Krisztina Mate - Music School of Subotica, Subotica
Marianna Szakács - Dezső Zádor Secondary School of Music, Uzhhorod
Awards
Grand Prize of the Carpathian Basin
1st, 2nd, 3rd place, special prizes, valuable gifts worth 1.000.000 Ft.
Schedule of the Competition
21 September 2021 19.30 Opening Concert
22-23 September 2021 Presentation of the Competition Programmes
23 September 2021 19.00 Award Ceremony, Gala Concert
The programme of the Gala Concert will be decided by the jury. Attendance at the prize-giving ceremony is expected and is a condition of receiving the prize. The jury will grant an exemption to this only in exceptional circumstances.
The competition will be organized in 3 age groups
Age group I: children born between 1 September 2008 and 30 August 2011
Age group II: those born between 1 September 2005 and 30 August 2008
Age group III: those born between 1 September 2002 and 30 August 2005
Competition material
At least two works of different style and character, one of which must be a piano work by Béla Bartók or Zoltán Kodály.
Age group I: 5-7 minutes.
Age group II: 7-10 minutes.
Age group III: 10-13 minutes.
The time allowed for each category must be respected! The jury reserves the right to stop the performance of any competitor who exceeds the time limit.
Entry fee: 8000 Ft or 25 Euro
The entry fee is non-refundable. Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation. Information on accommodation options will be provided on request after registration closes.
Registration:
You can apply by filling in the application form and paying the application fee on the Carpathian Basin Festival of Classical Music website www.karpatfesztival.hu.
Application deadline: 20 August 2021
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