12th Liszt Competition
The 12th Liszt Competition takes place from 16 to 28 March 2020 at TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht. For the first time, the competition will introduce a central theme: Beethoven, as seen through the eyes of Franz Liszt.
Phase 1
International Selection Rounds
Sepember 2019 in New York, Moscow, Tbilisi, Beijing, Hong Kong & Utrecht
Phase 2
12th Liszt Competition 'The Festival'
TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht
17 – 18 March 2020: Recital 1 – Liszt Originals (14 participants)
19 – 20 March 2020: Recital 2 – Chamber Music (14 participants)
21 – 22 March 2020: Recital 3 – Transcriptions (14 participants)
Phase 3
The finals
TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht
25 March 2020: Finals solo (3 finalists)
28 March 2020: Finals with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (3 finalists)
Repertoire
Download the repertoire (PDF)
Application
Open 1 January 2019
Deadline 1 May 2019
International jury
Participants selected to the international selection rounds will be judged by the selection jury, consisting of former prize winners, including:
• Mariangela Vacatello, Italy
• Yingdi Sun, China
• Christiaan Kuyvenhoven,
• Jean Dubé, Canada
Participants selected to the 'The Festival’ will be judged by the international jury, including:
• Idil Biret, Turkey
• Andrea Bonatta, Italy
• Frederic Chiu, USA
• Nino Gvetadze, Georgia
• Leslie Howard, United Kingdom
• Janina Fialkowska, Canada
• Cyprien Katsaris, France/Cyprus
• Igor Roma, Italy
• Alexander Rinnooy Kan, The Netherlands (non-voting chairman)