Liszt Academy announces the Davison Young Musicians Foundation National Brass Competition

The primary goal of the competition is to offer a prestigious competition for university age students of all brass instruments to compete for a significant prize money.

Venue AND DATE:

10:00 Thursday 17 October 2024 | Liszt Academy Main Building (H-1061 Budapest, Liszt Ferenc tér 8.), Room X

ELIGIBILITY:

Hungarian or foreign students who either study at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music or another Hungarian musical higher education institution in a BA, artist MA or one-tier MA programme.

At the same time, trumpet students can also enter the Davison Young Musicians Foundation National Trumpet Competition where trumpets will be awarded to the winners.

APPLICATION PERIOD:

25 September – 5 October 2024

The application form can be found HERE and the related privacy notice HERE (in Hungarian).

Number of participants: maximum 25 persons in order of application

CONDITIONS:

Travel and accommodation costs are the responsibility of the participants.

Further information:

jankus.balazs[at]academy.liszt.hu

Members of the Jury:

Head of the Jury:

• Mr. Tom Davison, ABRSM. BA., DYMF founder

Further members:

• Edward Lloyd. RNCM. DYMF Jury Member. Concert pianist and teacher.
• Tamás Pálfalvi, DYMF jury and board member, Junior Prima, Cziffra Talent and Artisjus Prize-winning trumpeter, assistant lecturer at Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
• Gyula Fekete, Vice-President of Research and International Affairs at Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
• Zsolt Czeglédi, Former solo trumpeter of the Budapest Festival Orchestra
• Attila Sztán, trombone player of the Budapest Festival Orchestra

Prizes:

The total prize money of the competition is 900 000,- HUF.

• First prize: 400 000,- HUF
• Second prize 300 000,- HUF
• Third prize 200 000,- HUF

The jury reserves the right to either divide or decline to hand out certain awards.

CATEGORIES: 

University students (BA and MA students together)

AUDITION MATERIALS:

Maximum 15 minutes

1^st piece
Baroque Concerto or Sonata: two different movement
(The two movements must be choosen from the same composition. One slow and one fast)

2^nd piece
Hungarian composition written after 1950.

The pieces can be played by score

On request piano accompaniment will be provided

IMPORTANT: For university trumpet students, the same repertoire cannot be played in the DYMF National Trumpet Competition “Piccolo trumpet” category.

Application form: