COMPETITION REPERTOIRE

Category A

Round
Pre-selection by video (maximum 15 minutes)

– One or more works from the Baroque period ;
– One virtuoso étude ;
– One work of the candidate’s choice.

Semi-final (maximum 25 minutes)

A free-choice programme which must include the following :

– One or more movements from a sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven ;
– One Romantic work ;
– One or more modern or contemporary works ;
– One Swiss work selected from the following: Caroline Charrière:L’enfance en éclats + Toccata; Peter Mieg: Lettres à Goldoni, No. 1 Allegro molto AND No. 3 Allegretto comodo; Frank Martin: Clair de lune; Michel Runtz: Regard sur E.S. (Erik Satie).

N.B. One of the works in the programme must represent the candidate’s country of origin or country of residence; an original composition by the candidate may fulfil this requirement.

Final

First movement of one of the following concertos :

W. A. Mozart: Concerto K. 414, I – Allegro ;
L. van Beethoven: Concerto No. 1, Op. 15, I – Allegro con brio ;
L. van Beethoven: Concerto No. 2, Op. 19, I – Allegro con brio ;
E. Grieg: Concerto, Op. 16, I – Allegro molto moderato.

Category B

Round
Pre-selection by video (maximum 20 minutes)

– One prelude and fugue by J. S. Bach, F. Mendelssohn or Shostakovich ;
– One virtuoso étude ;
– One work of the candidate’s choice.

Semi-final (maximum 35 minutes)

A free-choice programme which must include the following:

– One movement from a sonata by Beethoven or Schubert ;
– One Romantic work ;
– One modern or contemporary work ;
– One Swiss work selected from the following: Peter Mieg: Sonata IV, 4th movement, Allegro; Arthur Honegger: Hommage à Ravel; Frank Martin: Prelude No. 8; Michel Runtz: Éclats.

N.B. One of the works in the programme must represent the candidate’s country of origin or country of residence; an original composition by the candidate may fulfil this requirement.

Final (Complete concerto)

L. van Beethoven: Concerto No. 3, Op. 37;
F. Liszt: Concerto No. 1;
S. Rachmaninov: Concerto No. 2, Op. 18;
F. Chopin: Concerto No. 2, Op. 21.