Dracula wins Bartok competition

Dracula wins Bartok competition

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norman lebrecht

November 27, 2018

The winning entry in the Bartok World Competition is titled Drumul Dracului, Romanian for The Devil’s Road.

The winning composer, in a field of 200, is the Hungarian Dániel Dobos.

The jury was chaired by Thomas Ades.

 

 

Comments

  • Paul Mauffray says:

    Perhaps you could clarify which Bartok competition that is, since there is also a “Bartok international opera conducting competition” at the Hungarian opera in Cluj, Romania.

  • John Borstlap says:

    Dobos is a composer of entertainment stuff:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2VEu67sLpI

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kye7Br2puT4

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfWaHyNTxsg

    Uncooked, sentimental music, influenced by film music and a vague idea of music history. Apparently, nothing better could be found among the entries. For a competition called after Bartok, a truly embarrassing result.

  • Old Man in the Midwest says:

    “Judges all noted that they had two marks on their neck the morning following the finals”

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