11.09.2025 18:00

Budapest International Cello Competition - Semi-Final

Budapest, Liszt Academy, Solti Hall

Competition

Tickets and prices

Prices

7 900 HUF

Tickets can be purchased at the Budapest office of the Filharmonia Hungary (1143 Budapest, Szobránc u. 6-8.), at the Liszt Academy and online at www.jegymester.hu.

Ticket discounts:

We offer a 10% discount for students and pensioners.

Filharmonia Hungary season ticket holders can purchase tickets with a 20% discount by showing their season tickets! The discount can be applied to one ticket per concert per subscription.

If you purchase your ticket for 3 different events, we provide a 30% basket discount, if for 4 events, then we provide a 40% basket discount.

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Are you curious to hear how the world’s best young cellists perform with an orchestra?
Then don’t miss the semifinal round of the Budapest International Cello Competition organised by Filharmonia Hungary!

And what will they play?
The most significant cello concertos in the repertoire include both well-known masterpieces and hidden gems that only cellists might recognise.

2025.09.11. 6:00 PM

6:09–6:37 PM Jinseok Jeong – Schumann: Cello Concerto

6:38–6:58 PM Woochan Jeong – Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme

6:59–7:27 PM Haddon Kay – Schumann: Cello Concerto

7:27–7:47 PM Intermission

7:49–8:09 PM Lionel Martin – Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme

8:10–8:30 PM Antonia Straka – Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme

8:31–8:46 PM Michael Wehrmeyer – M. Weinberg: Cello Concerto

8:47–9:02 PM Arne Zeller – M. Weinberg: Cello Concerto

Come cheer for the very best and be captivated by their artistry!

If you purchase your ticket for 3 different events, we provide a 30% basket discount, if for 4 events, then we provide a 40% basket discount.

ARTISTS:

The competitors who reached the middle round (6)
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
concert master: Péter Tfirst

PROGRAMME:

J. Haydn: Cello Concerto in C Major
J. Haydn: Cello Concerto in D Major
R. Schumann: Cello Concerto
P. I. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo theme
M. Weinberg: Cello Concerto, Op. 43 bis