Violin

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Category A:

First round – Pre-selection by video

1.    Kreutzer - one etude of choice

2.    One piece of choice for solo violin or with piano accompaniment

 

Final round

1.    The first movement of a Concerto of choice

2.    One piece of choice for solo violin or with piano accompaniment (different from the 1st round)

 

Category B:

First round – Pre-selection by video

1.    Bach - one slow and one fast movements from a Sonata or Partita for violin solo of choice (except Ciaccona)

2.    One etude or caprice by one of the following composers: Rode, Wieniawski or Paganini

 

Second round

1.    Mozart - the first movement with cadenza from one of the following Concertos:

Concerto no.3 G major K.216

Concerto no.4 D major K.218

Concerto no.5 A major K.219

2.    One virtuoso piece by one of the following composers: Sarasate, Saint-Saëns, Wieniawski, Vieuxtemps, Chausson, Ravel, Ernst, Paganini, Tchaikovsky

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Final round

1.    The first movement of a Concerto by one of the following composers: Khachaturian, Vieuxtemps (no.2, no.4), Wieniawski, Lalo, Saint-Saëns (no.3), Mendelssohn, Bruch, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Beethoven, Sibelius, Paganini, Prokofiev

2.    One piece (except sonatas) by one of the following composers Bartok, Szymanowski, Bloch, Prokofiev, Shostakovich

 

Category C:

First round – Pre-selection by video

1.    Bach - 2 movements from a Sonata for violin solo of choice:

Adagio and Fuga from the Sonata no.1 BWV 1001

Grave and Fuga from the Sonata no.2 BWV 1003

Adagio and Fuga from the Sonata no.3 BWV 1005

or

Ciaccona from the Partita no.2 BWV 1004

2.    Paganini One caprice of choice

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Second round

1.    Beethoven - the first movement from one of the following sonatas for violin and piano:

Sonata No. 7 in C minor, op. 30

Sonata No. 8 in G major, op. 30

Sonata No. 9 in A major « Kreutzer » op. 47

2.    One virtuoso piece by one of the following composers: Sarasate, Saint-Saëns, Wieniawski, Chausson, Ravel, Ernst, Waxman, Paganini, Tchaikovsky

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Final round

1.    The first movement of a Concerto by one of the following composers: Khachaturian, Wieniawski (no.1), Lalo, Saint-Saëns (no.3), Mendelssohn, Bruch, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Beethoven, Korngold, Sibelius, Paganini, Prokofiev

2.    An imposed piece specially written for the 2024 Competition（will be sent to the candidates on 1 June 2024）

3.    Ysaye - a Sonata for solo violin of choice

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*For the violin categories, all pieces must be performed from memory, with the exception of the sonatas for violin and piano and the specially written imposed piece.

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Chamber music

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Category A:

First round – Pre-selection by video

Free choice program (up to 15 minutes)

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Final Round

Free choice program (up to 20 minutes)

Pieces of different styles have to be chosen for the First and Final rounds

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Category B:

First round – Pre-selection by video

Works from Baroque or Classical period (up to 20 minutes)

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Final Round

Works from romantic or contemporary period (up to 30 minutes)

 

*All pieces in chamber music categories have to be original. No arrangements are allowed.

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