Repertoire – Violin 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 violin sonatas and works composed by George Enescu.

First Round (maximum duration – 30 minutes)

  1. Johann Sebastian Bach: at candidate’s choice between:
  • 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
  1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: – First movement with cadenza at candidate’s choice between:
  • 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)
  1. Niccolò Paganini: One Capriece for Solo Violin

Second Round (maximum duration – 50 minutes)

  1. An imposed work for solo violin (duration approximately 7 minutes)
  1. One complete violin sonata, at candidate’s choice between:
  • 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
  1. One complete work for solo violin or with piano, at candidate’s choice. (Atention! Allocated time for the Second Round must not be exceeded)

SEMIFINAL (maximum duration – 70 minutes)

  1. George Enescu: Ménétrier from Impressions d’enfance Suite 28
  1. A complete violin sonata at candidate’s choice between:
  • 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 108
  • César Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
  • Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major Op. 13
  • Gabriel Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor Op. 108
  • Edvard Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major Op. 13
  • Edvard Grieg: 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
  • Sergei Prokofiev: 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
  • Francis Poulenc: Violin Sonata FP119
  1. George Enescu – a complete violin sonata at candidate’s choice between:
  • Violin Sonata No. 2 in F minor Op. 6
  • Violin Sonata 3 in A minor Op. 25, “dans le caractère populaire roumain”
  1. A virtuoso work of the candidate’s choice from one of the following composers: Pablo de Sarasate, Niccolò Paganini, Camille Saint-Saëns, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Maurice Ravel, Henryk Wieniawski, Alfred Schnittke, Nathan Milstein, Franz Waxman or Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

FINAL (with orchestra):

  1. One violin concerto at candidate’s choice between:
  • 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
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