A brandnew hackathon contest combines music and digital creativity

The Weiner Foundation and the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music present the National Leó Weiner Chamber Music Competition for violin-piano sonatas, string quartets, and string trios.

Dániel Bögös won first place and Bálint Bress second place in the guitar category at the Ivan Ballu International Music Festival organized for the 20th time in Dolny Kubin, Slovakia.

The Simplissimus Chamber Orchestra won the Special Award at the 4th La Stravaganza Baroque Chamber Music Competition organized in early May in Cluj, Romania.

Chamber music students of the class of Prof. Perényi Miklós, the Goldmark Trio (Miranda Liu, violin; Mizuki Ueda, cello; Vida Mónika Ruth Vida, piano) won the the 2nd Prize at the 2015 International Chamber Music Competition ’Alpe Adria’ in Udine, Italy.

Guest performances and scholarship programs may reinforce the Portuguese-Hungarian relationships in music – as it was discussed in Lisbon between Csaba Kutnyánszky, Vice President of Education at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music and the directors of music institutions in Portugal.