Lilia Pocitari was awarded the first prize of 22,000 euros at the gala event of the Liszt Academy’s 2023 World Bartók Competition on Sunday.

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.

Ninety-seven applications from twenty-six countries have been received for Liszt Academy’s violin edition of the Bartók World Competition, the pre-selection jury will decide by 22 June who will be invited to the live rounds in September.