Mihály Könyves-Tóth won silver in Prague
The trumpeter, who graduated from the Liszt Academy last year, came second out of 132 entrants at the 68th Prague Spring International Music Competition held between 7 and 15 May.
The 68th Prague Spring International Music Competition took place between 7 and 15 May, where 132 competitors matched their skills in the category ’Trumpet’ from all over the world. After the jury’s selection of the best recordings, 65 trumpeters – from all over Europe, Japan, the United States, Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico and Korea - were invited to participate in the first round.
Only 12 entrants got shortlisted for the second round to perform, the only Hungarian trumpeter being Mihály Könyves-Tóth, and only four of the musicians could compete in the final round. In the three rounds, seven different – both classical and modern - pieces had to be presented all together. The international jury of seven (Vladimír Rejlek, Eric Aubier, Jan Broda, Frits Damrow, Jouko Harjanne, Zoltán Kovács, Philip Smith) deemed Huw Morgan (UK) best, while Maio Martos Nieto (Spain) won the bronze medal.
In this video of the final round, Mihály Könyves-Tóth’s performance is to be seen from 1:02:00
Mihály Könyves-Tóth winning the silver medal in the competition began playing the trumpet in the Music School of Kőbánya under the tutelage of Roland Bakó, then he went on to attend the Leo Weiner Conservatory of Music and studied trumpet with Kálmán Kovács Jn. He was admitted to the Liszt Academy in 2009 and graduated in 2015 as the student of János Kirsch, the trumpeter of the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has participated, among others, at the master classes of Gábor Boldóczki Gábor, Gábor Tarkövi and Jeroen Berwaerts. He has been a member of the Orchestra of the Hungarian Opera since 2012. In the same year, he won a second prize at the Ulm International Trumpet Competition, and in 2013, he received the gold medal for his performance at the National Trumpet Competition in Budapest.
Congratulations!