Repertoire – Piano Section

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The repertoire chosen by the candidate in the application form remains definitive and cannot be changed.

Candidates may not choose the same work for more than one round of the Competition; each title will be presented only once in the competition repertoire.

A single movement of a work is not considered a complete work, unless it has been specified in the Competition repertoire as a requirement.

Candidates may present their repertoire works in any order.

All works must be performed by memory, with the exception of sonatas and works composed by George Enescu.

First Round (maximum duration – 30 minutes)

  1. Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude and Fugue from the Well Tempered Clavier, at candidate’s choice from Book I or II.
  1. One of the following options, at candidate’s choice:
  • a piano sonata by Joseph Haydn
  • a piano sonata by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • three piano sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti
  1. One Etude at the candidate’s choice between:
  • Frédéric Chopin
  • Franz Liszt
  1. One Etude at the candidate’s choice between:
  • Alexander Scriabin
  • Claude Debussy

Second Round (maximum duration – 50 minutes)

  1. An imposed work for solo piano (duration approximately 7 minutes)
  2. One piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven at candidate’s choice (except sonatas Op. 10/1, Op. 14/1, Op. 14/2, Op. 49/1, Op. 49/2, Op. 78, Op. 90, Op. 106)
  3. One complete work of a composer from the 20th century at candidate’s choice (Atention! Allocated time for the Second Round must not be exceeded)

SEMIFINAL (maximum duration – 60 minutes)

  1. George Enescu – one compelte work at the candidate’s choice between:
  • 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
  1. One complete work of a romantic composer at the candidate’s choice between: Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Felix Mendelssohn or César Franck.

FINAL (with orchestra)

  1. One piano concert at the candidate’s choice between:
  • 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
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