2. Date of birth* 4. ID* Upload a copy of your ID here
5. Two high-quality photos*
9. Short narrative biography* (max. 1000 characters with spaces)
10. Competitor profile
Studies: 3 most recent institutions/degrees and professors*
Masterclasses: max. 5 most relevant teachers*
Concerts (max. 5 events, relevant selection of concerts, festivals, special projects, recordings)*
Prizes (max. 5 competitions, no older than 2013)*
Other special mentions (e.g.: supported by a certain Foundation etc)
Category* 11. Repertoire
First Round - Cello
(maximum duration – 25 minutes)
I. One Caprice or Etude of candidate’s choice between* Please select Alfredo Piatti Op. 25 no. 2 Alfredo Piatti Op. 25 no. 3 Alfredo Piatti Op. 25 no. 6 Alfredo Piatti Op. 25 no. 7 Alfredo Piatti Op. 25 no. 8 David Popper Op. 73 no. 20 David Popper Op. 73 no. 29 David Popper Op. 73 no. 33
II. Joseph Haydn – First movement with cadenza at candidate’s choice between:* Please select Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major Hob. VIIb/1 (first movement with cadenza) Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb/2 (first movement with cadenza)
III. One work by Robert Schumann at candidate’s choice between:* Please select Adagio and Allegro in A flat major Op. 70 Fantasiestücke op. 73
Second Round - Cello
(maximum duration – 45 minutes)
I. An imposed work for solo cello* An imposed work for solo cello (duration approximately 7 minutes)
II. A piece for solo cello at candidate’s choice between:* Please select Zoltán Kodály: Sonata in B minor for Solo Cello Op. 8 (first movement) György Ligeti: Sonata for Solo Cello Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Solo Cello Op. 25 No. 3 Krzysztof Penderecki: Divertimento for solo cello George Crumb: Sonata for Solo Cello
III. One work for cello and piano at candidate’s choice between:* Please select Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in a minor for cello and piano D.821 Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38 Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major Op. 99
SEMIFINAL - Cello
(maximum duration – 65 minutes)
I. George Enescu:* Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major Op. 26
II. One work at candidate’s choice between:* Please select Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor Op. 40 Claude Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor L. 135 Benjamin Britten: Cello Sonata in C major Op. 65
III. A virtuosity piece at candidate’s choice between:* Please select David Popper: Elfentanz Op. 39 David Popper: Spinning Song Op. 55 Karl Davydov: At the Fountain Op. 20 No. 2 Mstislav Rostropovich: Humoresque Op. 5
FINAL - Cello
(with orchestra)
I. One cello concert at candidate’s choice between:* Please select Antonín Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104 Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85 Sergei Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante in E minor for Cello and Orchestra Op. 125 Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 în E flat major Op. 107 George Enescu: Sinfonia Concertante for Cello and Orchestra Op. 8
First Round - Violin
(maximum duration – 25 minutes)
I. Johann Sebastian Bach at candidate’s choice between:* Please select Adagio and Fugue from Sonata in G minor for Solo Violin Grave and Fugue from Sonata in A minor for Solo Violin Ciaccona from Partita in D minor for Solo Violin Adagio and Fugue from Sonata in C major for Solo Violin
II. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: – First movement with cadenza at candidate’s choice between:* Please select Violin Concerto no. 3 in G major K. 216 (first movement with cadenza) Violin Concerto no. 4 in D major K. 218 (first movement with cadenza) Violin Concerto no. 5 in A major K. 219 (first movement with cadenza)
III. Niccolò Paganini* No. 1 in E major Op. 1 No. 2 in B minor Op. 1 No. 3 in E minor Op.1 No. 4 in C minor Op. 1 No. 5 in A minor Op. 1 No. 6 in G minor Op. 1 No. 7 in A minor Op. 1 No. 8 in E-flat major Op. 1 No. 9 in E major Op. 1 No. 10 in G minor Op. 1 No. 11 in C major Op. 1 No. 12 in A-flat major Op. 1 No. 13 in B-flat major Op. 1 No. 14 in E-flat major Op. 1 No. 15 in E minor Op. 1 No. 16 in G minor Op. 1 No. 17 in E-flat major Op. 1 No. 18 in C major Op. 1 No. 19 in E-flat major Op. 1 No. 20 in D major Op. 1 No. 21 in A major Op. 1 No. 22 in F major Op .1 No. 23 in E-flat major Op. 1 No. 24 in A minor Op. 1
Second Round - Violin
(maximum duration – 40 minutes)
I. An imposed work for solo violin* (duration approximately 7 minutes)
II. One complete violin sonata, at candidate’s choice between:* Please select Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major Op. 12 Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major Op. 12 Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat major Op. 12 Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor Op. 23 Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major Op. 24, Spring Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major Op. 30 Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30 Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major Op. 30 Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major Op. 47, Kreutzer Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major Op. 96 Franz Schubert: Fantasy in C major for Violin and Piano D. 934
Semifinal - Violin
(maximum duration – 70 minutes)
I. George Enescu* Ménétrier from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28
II. A complete violin sonata at candidate’s choice between:* Please select Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major Op 78 Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major Op. 100 Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108 César Franck: Violin Sonata in A major Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major Op. 13 or Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor Op. 108 Edvard Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major Op. 13 or Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor Op. 45 Maurice Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major Paul Hindemith: Violin Sonata No. 1 in E flat major Op. 11 Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 80 or Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major Op. 94a Claude Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor L. 140 Richard Strauss: Violin Sonata in E flat major Op. 18 Leoš Janáček: Violin Sonata
III. George Enescu – a complete violin sonata at candidate’s choice between:* Please select Violin Sonata No. 2 in F minor Op. 6 Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor Op. 25, “dans le caractère populaire roumain”
IV. A virtuoso work of the candidate's choice from one of the following composers:* Please select Pablo de Sarasate Niccolò Paganini Camille Saint-Saëns Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst Maurice Ravel Henryk Wieniawski Alfred Schnittke Nathan Milstein Franz Waxman Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
FINAL - Violin
(with orchestra)
I. One violin concerto at candidate’s choice between:* Please select Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61 Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 Niccolò Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major Op. 6 Niccolò Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor Op. 7 Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35 Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47 Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major Op. 19 Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 63 Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op. 77 Édouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole in D minor Op. 21 Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 26 Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D minor Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 53 Edward Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor Op. 61 Béla Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 BB 117 Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor Op. 61 Aleksandr Glazunov: Violin concerto in A minor Op. 82
First Round - Piano
(maximum duration – 25 minutes)
I. Johann Sebastian Bach - Prelude and Fugue from the Well Tempered Clavier, at candidate’s choice* Please select Book I Book II
II. One of the following options, at candidate’s choice:* Please select a piano sonata by Joseph Haydn a piano sonata by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart three piano sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti
III. One Etude at the candidate’s choice between:* Please select Frédéric Chopin Franz Liszt
IV. One Etude at the candidate’s choice between:* Please select Alexander Scriabin Claude Debussy
Secon Round - Piano
(maximum duration – 50 minutes)
I. An imposed work for solo piano* (duration approximately 7 minutes)
Semifinal - Piano
(maximum duration – 60 minutes)
I. George Enescu – one complete work at the candidate’s choice between:* Please select Piano Suite No. 2 in D major Op. 10, Des cloches sonores Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 24 Piano Sonata No. 3 in D major Op. 24
II. One complete work of a romantic composer at the candidate’s choice between:* Please select Robert Schumann Franz Schubert Franz Liszt Johannes Brahms Frédéric Chopin Felix Mendelssohn César Franck
FINAL - Piano
(with orchestra)
I. One piano concert at the candidate’s choice between:* Please select Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 58 Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major Op. 73, The Emperor Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11 Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21 Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54 Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major S. 124 Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major S. 125 Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16 Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 15 Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op. 83 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18 Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Op. 30 Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 16 Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major Sz. 119
12. Piano Accompanist* Composition* Please select Symphonic Music Chamber Music
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