JUNIOR-SOLO
I round:
- Bloch - Improvisation
- Chopin/L. Auer - Nocturne
- Glazunov - Meditation
- Glazunov - Adagio from ballet “Raymonda”
- Glière - Romance
- Kabalevsky - Improvisation
- Paganini - Cantabile
- Rachmaninov - Romance
- Rachmaninov - Vocalise
- Szymanowski - Nocturne
- Shostakovich/A. Tsyganov - Andantino
- Shchedrin - In The Style of Albeniz
- Tchaikovsky - Melody
- Tchaikovsky - Song without words
- Wieniawski - Legende
- Veracini - Largo
or any other lyrical character piece of participant’s choice
- Bartok - Romanian dances
- Beriot - Scene de Ballet
- Ernst - Othello Fantasy
- Kreisler - Sicilienne and Rigaudon
- Kreisler - Preludium and Allegro
- Paganini - Sonata № 12
- Ries - Perpetuum Mobile
- Sarasate - Introduction and Tarantella
- Vieuxtemps - Ballade et Polonaise
- Vieuxtemps - Fantasia appassionata
- Vieuxtemps - Rondino
- Vitali/L. Charlier - Chaconne
- Wieniawski - Scherzo-Tarantelle
- Zimbalist – Golden Cockerel Fantasy
or any other virtuoso piece of participant’s choice
Special piece
We are publishing a special piece, which you will have to perform in the FIRST ROUND
download a pdf-file
II round:
Concerto for violin and orchestra accompanied by piano, I or II and III movements
- Bruch - Concert № 1
- Kabalevsky - Concert
- Khachaturian - Concert
- Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole
- Mendelssohn - Concert
- Saint-Saëns - Concert № 3
- Spohr - Concert № 2
- Viotti - Concert № 22;
- Vieuxtemps - Concert № 5 (full)
- Wieniawski - Concert № 2
or any other concerto of the same difficulties
SENIOR-SOLO
I round:
- Adagio and Fugue from Sonata № 1 (g-moll, BWV 1001) - Grave and Fugue from Sonata № 2 (a-moll, BWV 1003) - Adagio and Fugue from Sonata № 3 (C-dur, BWV 1005) - Allemande and Double, Courante and Double or
II round
- Bartók
- Bethoven
- Brahms
- Debussy
- Franck
- Janáček
- Prokofiev
- Ravel
- Schnittke
- Schumann
- Shostakovich
- Szymanowski
- Weinberg
or any other composer
b) A miniature piece of participant’s choice, solo or with piano (transcriptions are allowed)- Bartók - Rhapsody № 1, 2
- Chausson - Poéme
- Hubay - Carmen Fantasy
- Paganini - I Palpiti
- Paganini - Witches’ Dance
- Ravel - Tzygane
- Saint-Saëns - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
- Saint-Saëns - Havanaise
- Saint-Saëns - Etude in the Form of a Waltz
- Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy
- Sarasate - Caprice Basque
- Schubert - Rondo
- Tchaikovsky - Valse Scherzo
- Waxman - Carmen Fantasy
- Wieniawski - Polonaise in D-dur or A-dur
- Wieniawski - Variations on an Original Theme
- Wieniawski - Fantasy on Themes from “Faust”
- Ysaÿe - Any of the six sonatas for solo violin
or any other virtuoso piece of participant’s choice
Special piece
We are publishing a special pieces, which you will have to perform in the SECOND ROUND
download a pdf-file
III round:
Concerto for violin and orchestra
- Beethoven
- Brahms
- Dvořak
- Glazunov
- Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole (all movements)
- Mendelssohn
- Paganini - № 1
- Prokofiev - № 1, 2
- Shostakovich - № 1
- Sibelius
- Tchaikovsky
All works except for the sonatas should be performed by memory.
STRING QUARTET
I round
a) one of the quartets by the participants’ choice:
- L. Beethoven op. 18
- J. Haydn op. 20, 33, 50, 64, 76
- W. A. Mozart K. 387, K. 421, K 428, K. 458, K. 464, K. 465
b) one of the quartets by the participants’ choice::
- Borodin - any of the string quartets
- Brahms - any of the string quartets
- Debussy - String Quartet
- Dvořak - any of the string quartets
- Glazunov - Quartet №5
- Grieg - Quartet №1
- Janachek - any of the string quartets
- Mendelssohn - any of the string quartets
- Ravel - String Quartet
- Schubert - any of the string quartets
- Schuman - any of the string quartets
- Smetana - Quartet “From My Life”
- Tchaikovsky - any of the string quartets
or any other quartet of the romantic period
II round
a) One of quartets by Beethoven op. 59, 74, 95
b) One of the quartets by
- Bartók
- Prokofiev
- Schnittke
- Shostakovich (except for №15)