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

Prize winners

• 1956: Valerie Tryon (born 1934)
• 1933: Andor Foldes

Winners, year not known

• Vlastimil Lejsek (1927–2010)

See also

• World Federation of International Music Competitions

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

Franz Liszt
Operas	Don Sanche Sardanapale (unfinished)
Symphonic poems	Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne Tasso Les préludes Orpheus Prometheus Mazeppa Festklänge Héroïde funèbre Hungaria Hamlet Hunnenschlacht Die Ideale
Other orchestral works	Faust Symphony Dante Symphony Mephisto Waltzes
Works for piano and orchestra	Hungarian Fantasy Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 2 Piano Concerto No. 3 Totentanz
Original solo piano works	Transcendental Études Grandes études de Paganini Ab Irato Three Concert Études Two Concert Études Variation on a Waltz by Diabelli Années de pèlerinage Dante Sonata Feuille d'album Ballade No. 1 Ballade No. 2 Consolations Harmonies poétiques et religieuses Deux légendes Sonata in B minor Sarabande and Chaconne Weihnachtsbaum Dem Andenken Petőfis Nuages gris La lugubre gondola Valse-Impromptu Mephisto Waltzes Bagatelle sans tonalité Mephisto Polka Grand galop chromatique Csárdás Hungarian Rhapsodies Glanes de Woronince Rondeau fantastique Rhapsodie espagnole Liebesträume
Opera paraphrases for piano	Réminiscences de Don Juan Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's Figaro and Don Giovanni
Family	Adam Liszt (father) Cosima Wagner (daughter)
Related articles	Life Musical works Later works Treatments of the works of other composers Franz Liszt Academy of Music International Franz Liszt Piano Competition Lisztomania
Book:Franz Liszt List of compositions by Franz Liszt