• 31 March 2019.
Prize offering (support)
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XV. National Piano Competition (Nyíregyháza - HU)
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  • 3 - 5 May 2019.
I. International Piano Competition "SHOPENIVSKA VESNA" - Lutsk, Ukraina

Competition patronage, jury membership, prize offering (support)
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Prize winners of the György Ferenczy Art Award:
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KSONDZIK OLGA - Lviv, Ukraina      and     POKIDAYLO MARGARITA - Kiev, Ukraina
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Invitation for a concert to Budapest:
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KSONDZIK OLGA - Lviv, Ukraina
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  • 19 May 2019.
Prize offering (support)
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The 27. International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition
for Children and Youth - Szafarnia (PL)
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György Ferenczy Art Awards (for the best performance of Chopin Mazurka):

          Yinqi WANG (CN)
          Mikolaj Krzysztof SEROKA (PL)

           
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Invitation for a concert to Hungary:

           Mateusz Miroslaw DUBIEL (PL) 

   
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  • 1 September 2019.
Concerts by Gergely KOVÁCS and Piotr PAWLAK
in Warsaw, in the Royal Baths Park (Park Lazienkowski) at the Chopin Statue
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offered by the Warsaw Fryderyk Chopin Society (TIFC)
for two ex aequo winners of the VIII. International Chopin Piano Competition in Budapest

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12.00 - KOVÁCS Gergely
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16.00 - Piotr PAWLAK
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  • 28 November - 1 December 2019.
IX. GYÖRGY FERENCZY PIANO COMPETITION
                                 International Chopin Piano Competition in Budapest

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226 participants applied for the competition:
187 from the primary level music schools, and 39 from secondary level training institutions.
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The competitors represented 16 countries:
AT, AZE, BiH, CH, CN, DE, HU, LT, MAC, MGL, PL, RUS, SK, SRB, UKR, VN.
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Main organizer : György Ferenczy Foundation, 1172 Budapest, Nagyszékes u. 8
Co-organizer : Béla Bartók Primary Art School, 1173 Budapest, Pesti út 80.
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The competition venues:
the building and the concert hall of the Béla Bartók Primary Art School, 1173 Budapest, Pesti út 80
the Theatre Hall of the Vigyázó Sándor Cultural Centre, 1173 Budapest, Pesti út 113.
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THE PATRONS:
His Exc. Jerzy Snopek - Ambassador of the Republic of Poland
Joanna Urbanska - director of the Polish Institute
Horváth Tamás - the Major of Budapest XVII. district Rákosmente
Dunai Mónika - Budapest XVII. district 14. constituency parliamentary representative
Dr. Varjuné dr. Fekete Ildikó - director of the Eastern-Pest Educational Centre
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PARTNER INSTITUTIONS:
National Fryderyk Chopin Institute - Warsaw, PL
Fryderyk Chopin Society - Warsaw, PL
Karol Lipinski Academy of Music - Wroclaw, PL
Szafarnia Chopin Centre - Szafarnia, PL
F. Chopin Music School - Lutsk, UKR
Vilnius, New-Vilnius Music School - Vilnius, LT
Wojciech Kilar Music Schools' Complex - Rzeszów, PL
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DISTINGUISHES SPONSORS:
MoU - Memorandum of Understanding Polish-Hungarian Co-operation Programme
Embassy of the Polish Republic
Polish Institute
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SPONSORS:
Antik-Varia book and souvenir shop
Aszalós Tünde - former jury member
EMB Editio Musica Budapest
Havasi couple
ILEX-Kert Kft
Grzegorz Lobodzinski
Ingrida Milasiute
MNA Group Kft
"Művészetekkel a Jövő Emberéért" Association
PWM Edition
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THE COMPETITION JURY:
the auditions were held simultaneously in two places, with the assistance of two independent juries:
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"A" jury:
Belák Erzsébet - HU
Grzegorz Lobodzinski - PL
Ingrida Milasiute - LT
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"B" jury:
Bronislawa Kawalla - PL
Grzegorz Kurzynski - PL
Alberto Nose - IT
Izabella Darska Havasi - PL / HU
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Two invited guests, young pianists, performed during the closing ceremony:
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Olga KSONDZYK - UKR
 her age group winner at the "Shopenivska Vesna" International Piano Competition in Lutsk, 2019
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and Mateusz Miroslaw DUBIEL - PL
his age group winner at the XXVII International Chopin Piano Competition in Szafarnia, PL
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