Rules for Application

1. The Danubia Talents Art Association announces an VI.Danubia Talents Liszt International Music Competition.

Venue: Falconieri Palace – via Giulia 1. 00186 Rome Italy, at the Collegium Hungaricum.

Date of the competition: 25-28 March 2025.

2. Musicians of all nationalities, without age limit will be admitted to the competition.

3. We announce the competition in four categories:

• Piano soloist
• Chamber & piano four hands
• Student - teacher (piano four hands, other instruments)
• Accordion

Please pay attention to surely keep the legal number of minutes, because violating the time rule causes point lose in every categories, if overruns the accepted time.

4. Candidates will be able to enrol into higher categories of their age if, according to their preparation, they deem it appropriate.

Note: Winners of the first absolute prizes of the previous editions cannot re-enrol in the same category, but only in higher category. You can apply in several categories.

5. Deadline for application

Deadline for application – 3. March 2025.

6. Program

Piano soloist, chamber, piano 4 hands, teacher-student, accordion: can be chosen freely.

We ask every participant to do not overrun the accepted time limit because it will cause points lose in every category.

The jury can decide whether they do not give a price in a category if the competitors perform in a low level.

The jury is made up of well-known artists from Hungary and other nationality.

7. Age categories & Time rules

piano, chamber & piano 4 hands, teacher-student, accordion:

Category	Age	Playing time
Category A	9 years old	up to 6 minutes
Category B	10-13 years old	up to 8 minutes
Category C	14-18 years old	up to 12 minutes
Category D	19 - no age limit	up to 16 minutes

8. Entry Fee, Application fee

The application fees are:

For solo or 2-member chamber music:

Category A	50 EUR
Category B	60 EUR
Category C	75 EUR
Category D	100 EUR

For chamber music with more than 2 members:

Category A	20 EUR/person
Category B	25 EUR/person
Category C	30 EUR/person
Category D	35 EUR/person

9. Awards, Prizes

The absolute winners in every category win the prizes below:

Category A	100 EUR
Category B	250 EUR
Category C	500 EUR
Category D	1000 EUR

Absolute first prize: (points 99-100) certificate
First prize: (points 95-98) certificate
Second prize: (points 90-94) certificate
Third prize: (points:80-89) certificate
Honorable mention: (points 70-79) certificate
Participation: (lower than 70 points) certificate

Other awards (category A, B, C, D):

• Danubia Talents Festival Rome 2025-2026
• Concerts at European Liszt Institutes
• “Váci Világi Vigalom” 2025
• Concert opportunities in Budapest 2025-2026
• Orchestra concert opportunity
• Participation in a master class
• Invitation to be a jury member (in one of the 2026 Danubia Talents Competition editions)

Special awards: 

• Award for the best performance of a piece by Liszt Ferenc
• Award for the best performance of a piece by Bartók Béla
• Award for the best performance of a piece by Hungarian composer

It is obligatory to participate at the gala concert, and the prizes will be given there also. Performance at the gala concert is mandatory for the absolute first prize winners & special awards winners where the awards will also be presented. The awarded competitors, who do not perform at the gala concert, will lose their prizes. The organizers hold the right for themselves to change the rules if it will be necessary. These rules are obligatory without any condition.

The jury reserves the right not to award prizes if no candidate achieve the standard required.
The jury's decisions will be final and not subject to any appeal.

10. Registration

The payment of registration fee please transfer to this account number:

EUR Bank Account:

Name: Danubia Talents Art Association, 1091 Budapest, Üllői út 121. Hungary
Bank name, address: Erste Bank Zrt., 1138 Budapest, Népfürdő u. 24-26. Hungary
Bank account number: 11600006-00000000-85001482
IBAN: HU88 1160 0006 0000 0000 8500 1482
SWIFT: GIBAHUHB

Note: Danubia Talents and name/ category/section

The paid fee is non-refundable.

Registration on Application form and please attach:

• Vocational CV or teacher recommendation,
• Copy of your ID or Passport
• For underage candidates, a consensus form, signed by a parent or guardian
• Copy of application fee proof of payment.

Condition of the apply:

• Correct fill of the registration form
• Documentation of the entry fee

Participation fees are non-refundable. If the contestant or his/her official representative, for any reason, withdraw from participation in the contest, the fee will not be returned!

Who apply incorrectly or we do not receive their application, the fee will not be returned!

Once the application fee is paid it cannot be refunded by any circumstances.

The payment reference must contain the wording "Contribution to Danubia Talents Liszt Competition 2025, the candidate's surname, section and category.

The registration fee is not refundable, with the exception if the competition is cancelled.

In absence of the participation fee, the registration will not be valid and participation will not be guaranteed.

11. Registration procedure

Candidates will be able to register for the competition from 15 January 2025 and no later than 3 March 2025 by filling in the registration form on the website www.danubiatalents.com to complete the registration procedure, follow all the instructions on the form including the upload of the required documents and link.

Any questions sent after the deadline may exceptionally be accepted at the discretion of the Artistic Director.

On the application form, candidates must indicate the author, title and duration of the compositions that will be performed.

Each candidate, by signing the entry form, will renounce all rights, fees and claims recordings, films and broadcasts.

For underage candidates, a consensus form, signed by a parent or guardian, is required to authorise personal data, photos, audio and video submitted.

• Candidates, awarded at the International Danubia Talents Competition, commit themselves to use the title actually issued by the jury. Any abuse will be prosecuted according to the law.
• Registration for the Competition implies acceptance of these rules, Competition Administration reserve the right to amend any of the rules or regulations contained herein if it is considered necessary to give proper efficacy to the running of the Competition.

The organizers hold the right for themselves to change the rules if it will be necessary.

These rules are obligatory without any condition.

Every given datas will be handled privately, according to the updated laws.

For any dispute, the jurisdiction will be under the Hungarian legislation.