MEMBERS OF THE JURY:
Éva BÁTORI
Gyula FEKETE
Péter LAKATOS
Andrea MELÁTH
Dániel VADÁSZ
CHIEF PATRON OF THE COMPETITION:
Eszter PETROVICS
VENUE:
University of Debrecen Faculty of Music, Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 82., Hungary
CATEGORIES:
Category I:
Young singers who have not yet started their higher music studies
Category II:
Students of higher music institutions and young singers born after 1996
Category III:
Singers born between 1996–2004, vocal music of 21th century with chamber music accompaniment
REPERTOIRE:
CATEGORY I:
Compulsory:
1 song or aria composed by Emil Petrovics or by a composer studied under him, at contestant’s choice
(If you need help finding the pieces, please contact the organizers at petrovics.comp@gmail.com)
Composers studied under Emil Petrovics:
Zoltán ABRUDBÁNYAI, Marica ANTAL, Gábor BARTINAI, Gyula CSAPÓ, Miklós CSEMICZKY, Erzsébet CSÍK, Benedek DARVAS, Csaba ERŐS, Gyula FEKETE, Zsolt FELVINCZI, Gyöngyvér GUPCSÓ, Iván KÁRPÁTI, Tamás KONCZ, Albin LESZKOVSZKI, Árpád NAGY, Katalin PÓCS, Attila REMÉNYI, Zsolt SEREI, Ferenc SZABÓ, Balázs SZUNYOGH, Zsófia TALLÉR, Péter TÓTH, János VAJDA
or
the prize-winning piece of the 4th Tallér Zsófia International Contemporary Composition Competition
(the piece will be available on our website after 16th March, 2026)
Free choice:
one or more pieces from any musical era at contestant’s choice
(total time: max. 10 minutes)
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CATEGORY II:
Compulsory:
1 song or aria composed by Emil Petrovics or by a composer studied under him, at contestant’s choice
(If you need help finding the pieces, please contact the organizers at petrovics.comp@gmail.com)
Composers studied under Emil Petrovics:
Zoltán ABRUDBÁNYAI, Marica ANTAL, Gábor BARTINAI, Gyula CSAPÓ, Miklós CSEMICZKY, Erzsébet CSÍK, Benedek DARVAS, Csaba ERŐS, Gyula FEKETE, Zsolt FELVINCZI, Gyöngyvér GUPCSÓ, Iván KÁRPÁTI, Tamás KONCZ, Albin LESZKOVSZKI, Árpád NAGY, Katalin PÓCS, Attila REMÉNYI, Zsolt SEREI, Ferenc SZABÓ, Balázs SZUNYOGH, Zsófia TALLÉR, Péter TÓTH, János VAJDA
or
the prize-winning piece of the 4th Tallér Zsófia International Contemporary Composition Competition
(the piece will be available on our website after 16th March, 2026)
Free choice:
one or more pieces from any musical era at contestant’s choice
(total time: max. 15 minutes)
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CATEGORY III:
1 song or aria preferably composed after 2000 with chamber music accompaniment
(max. 5–6 instruments, max. 10 minutes)
PRIZES BY CATEGORY:
1st prize: 300 000 HUF
2nd prize: 200 000 HUF
3rd prize: 100 000 HUF
PIANO ACCOMPANIST:
Piano accompanists are provided by the competition upon request for a fee of 20 EUR including one rehearsal session and one competition performance.
REGISTRATION FEE: 70 EUR
Payments can be made by bank transfer until the application deadline.
Name of account holder: Conservatory Foundation
Bank: OTP Bank, SWIFT/BIC: OTPVHUHB
EUR IBAN: HU91 1176 3385 5617 7880 0000 0000
(In comment section, please give us the competitor's name.)
The registration fee is non-refundable.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 2nd April, 2026