Szokolay wins Bartok World Competition in Budapest

Hungarian pianist Adam Szokolay won the Bartok World Competition and Festival in Budapest, organisers told MTI after the gala concert closing the event late on Sunday. At the grand final on Saturday, Szokolay played Bartok's 1st piano concerto, the organiser Hungarian Liszt Academy of Music said. Adam Balogh, who was awarded second prize, played Bartok's 3rd piano concerto, and third place winner Peter Klimo from the US performed Liszt's piano concerto in A major, they said. The competitors worked with the National Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Zsolt Hamar. The Bartok World Competition will resume with a competition for composers in 2020 and one for string quartets in 2021, they said.