Lilia Pocitari won the first prize of 22,000 euros at the 2023 Bartók World Competition of Liszt Academy on Sunday.

The delegation – led by Hajime Furuta, the governor of Gifu Prefecture – held discussions with Dr. Andrea Vigh, rector at the Liszt Academy, about continuing the nearly 30-year-old cooperation as well as the participation of the institution at a festival in Japan next year.

The Liszt Academy officially opened the 2023/2024 academic year in the presence of first year students and the university’s management.

After the order of appearance for the entrants was determined, the 2023 Bartók World Competition for Violinists at the Liszt Academy of Music, with a total prize fund of 46,000 euros, began on 3 September with the preliminaries and will end on 10 September with the award ceremony and gala, bringing together 32 young talents from 16 countries.

The workshop is open to all students of the Liszt Academy.

Zhou Jiale, student of the School for Exceptional Young Talents, has won first place in several international competitions in recent weeks.

Kyeongmin Kang has achieved an outstanding place in the Gabriel Fauré World Music Competition.

The Evaluation Report of the ‘’PRESTO’’ online tool that equips teachers for remote music education was awarded an outstanding 96/100 score and officially labelled “Good Practice” by the competent EU Agency.

Below is the letter of welcome and farewell by Dr. Andrea Vigh, President of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music.

Instrumental and vocal performing arts students of the Liszt Academy of Music could apply for the grant, here are the ten successful applicants.