Bartók World Competition - Piano / Preliminary 4 Presented by Liszt Academy

Twenty-one competitors will take part in the preliminary round, each playing for a maximum of 20 minutes. The program must include a piece by Bartók and one by Scarlatti, as well as an etude of the competitor's choice. The international jury will select 12 competitors to proceed to the semi-final.

The performers and their programs in the fourth preliminary round are as follows:

Mitsuki Fukuhara [3]

Bartók: Kis szvit // Petite Suite, BB 113 » 2. Forgatós // Whirling Dance, 3. Pengetős // Quasi Pizzicato, 4. Oroszos // Ukrainian Song, 5. Dudás // Bagpipe

D. Scarlatti: E-dúr szonáta // Keyboard Sonata in E major, K. 380

Liszt: Transzcendens etűdök // Études d’exécution transcendante » 12. Chasse-neige

Bartók: Allegro barbaro, BB 63

Jiang, Michael [5]

D. Scarlatti: a-moll szonáta // Keyboard Sonata in A minor, K. 149

Bartók: Etűdök // Three Studies, BB 81, op. 18 » 1. Allegro molto 

Bartók: Táncszvit // Dance Suite, BB 86b » 1. Moderato, 2. Allegro molto, 3. Allegro vivace, 4. Molto tranquillo, 5. Comodo, 6. Finale – Allegro

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Jeonghwan Kim [6]

D. Scarlatti: G-dúr szonáta // Keyboard Sonata in G major, K. 427

Bartók: Három burleszk // Three Burlesques, BB 55, op. 8c

Liszt: Transzcendens etűdök // Études d’exécution transcendante » 8. Wilde Jagd

Yoshitsugu Kitahara [7]

D. Scarlatti: C-dúr szonáta // Keyboard Sonata in C major, K. 406

Bartók: Táncszvit // Dance Suite, BB 86b » 3. Allegro vivace, 4. Molto tranquillo, 5. Comodo, 6. Finale – Allegro

Liszt: Transzcendens etűdök // Études d’exécution transcendante » 12. Chasse-neige