Liszt Academy announces the Davison Young Musicians Foundation National Trumpet Competition for High School Students

The primary goal of the competition is to offer a prestigious competition for high school age trumpet students to compete for significant prize money.

Venue AND DATE:

10:00 Friday 18 October 2024 | Liszt Academy Main Building (H-1061 Budapest, Liszt Ferenc tér 8.), Room X

ELIGIBILITY:

Hungarian or foreign students who study at a Hungarian musical high school.

Students can also enter the “Davison Young Musicians Foundation National Trumpet Competition” at the same time, where instruments 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 30 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:

• Mr. 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
• Gergely Csikota, Solo trumpeter of the Budapest Festival Orchestra

Prizes:

The total prize money of the competition is 600 000, - HUF.

• First prize: 250 000, - HUF 
• Seconde prize 200 000, - HUF 
• Third prize 150 000, - HUF 

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

CATEGORIES: 

High school students

AUDITION MATERIALS:

Maximum 10 minutes

1st piece
Tomaso Albinoni: Concerto in E-flat major, Op. 7, No: 1. III. Adagio, IV. Allegro (first half with repetition, second half without repetition) Publisher Edward Edward (the composition must be played on B-flat Trumpet)

2nd piece
One free choice of piece from another style

The pieces can be played by score

On request piano accompaniment will be provided

IMPORTANT: For high school trumpet students, the same repertoire cannot be played in the DYMF National Trumpet Competition "Yamaha trumpet" and “JP A-Bb piccolo trumpet” category.

Application form: