Violin: 1st age group – 15-20 years
A participant cannot repeat the same piece in 2 different rounds
I round – not longer than 15 mins on stage (performed by heart except for sonatas)
1. One virtuoso composition
2. One movement of classical sonata from the following list:
– Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (KV 293 a/301/, KV 293b/302/, KV 293c/ 303/, KV 300 c/ 304/, KV 293 d/305/, KV 300 l / 306/)
– Franz Peter Schubert, Sonatas (Sonatinas) D.384, D.385, D. 408, Sonata ( Duo) D. 574
– Ludwig van Beethoven №1 Ор.12, №2 Ор.12, №3 Ор.12, №4 Ор.23, №5 (printemps)
II round – not longer than 20 minutes on stage (performed by heart)
1. Cantilena composition
2. Virtuoso piece or a concerto movement (no slow movement)
One of these 2 pieces must be written by a composer who lived before 1951.
Violin: 2nd age group – 21-32 years
A participant cannot repeat the same piece in 2 different rounds
I round – not longer than 15 minutes (performed by heart)
1. One Caprice of Henryk Wieniawski or Niccolò Paganini
2. Two contrasting movements of Johann Sebastian Bach from one of the sonatas and partitas (Chaconne is not allowed)
II round – not longer than 25 minutes (performed by heart)
Two pieces of different styles. One of them should be a major work (movement of concerto or concert piece).
One of these 2 pieces must be written by a composer who lived before 1951.
Viola: 1st age group – 15-20 years
A participant cannot repeat the same piece in 2 different rounds
I round – not longer than 15 minutes (performed by heart except for sonatas)
1. One movement of Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Suite or Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Sonata or Johann Sebastian Bach Partita transcribed for viola
2. Competitors may perform a piece or a single movement of Sonata from the following list:
– Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber Andante e Rondo ungarese
– Glinka viola sonata
– Franz Peter Schubert Arpeggione (first mov.)
– Rebecca Clarke Sonata (first mov.)
– Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Pot-Pourri op. 94 for viola
– Franz Anton Hoffmeister Concerto in B-Dur (first mov.)
– Stan Golestan Arioso
– Joseph Schubert Concerto in C (first mov.)
II round – not longer than 20 minutes (performed by heart except for sonatas)
1. One or two pieces from the following list:
– Paul Hindemith sonata for solo viola op.25 num 11 (mov. 1-2)
– Henri Vieuxtemps Caprice for solo viola
– Max Reger Suite en sol menor for solo viola – (mov. Andante y Presto)
2. One of the following pieces:
– William Turner Walton viola concerto (first mov)
– Robert Schumann Märchenbilder 1-2-3 mov.
– Robert Schumann, Adagio and Allegro opus 70
– Paul Hindemith “Der Schwanendreher” (first mov)
Viola: 2nd age group – 21-32 years
A participant cannot repeat the same piece in 2 different rounds
I round – not longer than 15 minutes (performed by heart except for sonatas)
1. One movement or two contrast movements of a Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Sonatas or Partitas transcribed for viola
2. A single movement of sonata from the following list:
– Johannes Brahms Sonata op. 120/1
– Johannes Brahms Sonata op. 120/2
– Franz Schubert Arpeggione, Sonata
– Rebecca Clarke Sonata
– Bohuslav Martinů Sonata
II round – not longer than 25 minutes (performed by heart except for sonatas)
1. One or two pieces from the following list:
– Krzysztof Penderecki Cadenza, for solo viola
– Krzysztof Penderecki Sarabanda,
– Fyodor Drouzhinin Viola sonata (free choice of movements),
– Igor Stravinsky Elegie,
– Paul Hindemith op.11 num 5- Passacaglia,
– Philippe Hersant Pavane,
– György Kurtág Signes op.5 (free choice of movements),
– Paul Hindemith sonata op.25 num 11 (mov. 3-4),
– György Ligeti Sonata (free choice of movements).
2. One or two pieces from the following list:
– Robert Schumann Märchenbilder
– Benjamin Britten Lachrymae
– Sergei Prokoffiev Romeo and Juliette (arr.by Borisovsky) (free choice of movements)
– George Enescu Concertpiece
– Paul Hindemith Sonate op.11/4
– Niccolò Paganini Sonata per La Grand Viola
– First movement from the viola concert by Béla Bartók (any version)
– Second and Third movement from the viola concert by Béla Bartók (any version)
– First movement from the viola concert by Paul Hindemith “Der Schwanendreher”
– Second and Third movement from the viola concert by Paul Hindemith “Der Schwanendreher”
– First and Second mov. from viola concert by Alfred Schnittke
Cello: 1st age group – 15-20 years
A participant cannot repeat the same piece in 2 different rounds
I round – not longer than 15 minutes (performed by heart except for sonatas)
1. A short virtuoso composition by David Popper or Adrien François Servais.
2. One movement by candidates choice from the following list:
– a celloconcerto from Joseph Haydn in C major Hob.VIIb.1 or in D major Hob VIIb.
– a sonata from the second half of the 18th century or from the 19th century such as Boccherini, Beethoven, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Schumann, etc…
II round – not longer than 20 minutes (performed by heart except for sonatas)
Full pieces or a movement from a concerto
1. Cantilena compostion
2. A virtuoso compositon (not slow)
One of these 2 pieces must be written by a composer who lived before 1951.
Cello: 2nd age group – 21-32 years
A participant cannot repeat the same piece in 2 different rounds
I round – not longer than 15 minutes (performed by heart)
1. One caprice by Adrien François Servais, Auguste Franchomme or Alfredo Piatti.
2. Johann Sebastian Bach two contrasted movements from one of the six suites.
II round – not longer than 25 minutes (performed by heart)
Two pieces from different styles. One of them should be a major work (movement of concerto or concert piece).
One of these 2 pieces must be written by a composer who lived before 1951.
Chamber music ensemble (String instruments or String instruments with piano): 18-35 years
A participant cannot repeat the same piece in 2 different rounds
I round – not longer than 15 minutes
Two parts of different works from different period. One of these 2 pieces must be written by a composer who lived before 1951.
II round – not longer than 25 minutes
One composition of the composer lived before the year 1951