Repertoire and applications

Competition Repertoire

All the pieces in the competition must be played by heart, except for works written after 1945 and the compulsory piece. In case of difficulty in acquiring the scores, please contact us at: contact@genevemusicale.com

CATEGORY A – PIANISTS BORN AFTER JANUARY 1st 2011

First Round
VIDEO RECORDING to be sent by March 6, 2023 (duration up to 8 minutes)
– ONE BAROQUE OR CLASSICAL STYLE PIECE
– ONE STUDY
– ONE PIECE BY SWISS COMPOSER FROM THE LIST BELOW:

Hans HUBER (1852-1921): Jugendalbum – no.5 “Perpetuum mobile”
Ernest BLOCH (1880-1959): Enfantines – N° 5 Joyous March
Heinz HOLLIGER (1939): Sonatine pour piano, 2e mouvement
Frank MARTIN (1890-1974): Clair de Lune

Second Round (duration up to 15 minutes)
– ONE OR MORE ROMANTIC STYLE PIECES
– ONE PIECE REPRESENTING THE CANDIDATE’S COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND/OR OF RESIDENCE
– COMPULSORY PIECE BY MICHEL RUNTZ – PETITS RICOCHETS (free downloading, granted by RuntzMusicEdition) – duration around 2’00
– PIECE BY SWISS COMPOSER PLAYED IN THE FIRST ROUND

Final Round with “Solistes de Neuchâtel” under Sergey Ostrovsky

– FIRST MOVEMENT OF A CONCERTO FROM THE LIST BELOW:

J. Haydn: Concerto Hob.XVIII/11 in D Major
J.S. Bach: Concerto BWV 1056 in F minor

CATEGORY A

APPLICATION ONLINE 2023

CATEGORY B – PIANISTS BORN AFTER JANUARY 1st 2008

First Round
VIDEO RECORDING to be sent by March 6, 2023 (duration up to 15 minutes)
– ONE OR MORE BAROQUE STYLE PIECES OR ONE OR MORE CLASSICAL SONATA MOVEMENTS
– ONE STUDY
– ONE PIECE BY SWISS COMPOSER FROM THE LIST BELOW:

Raffaele D’ALESSANDRO (1911-1959): Douze Études pour piano – N° 8 “Tremolo”
Arthur HONEGGER (1892-1955): Trois pièces – “Hommage à Ravel”
Frank MARTIN (1890-1974): Huit Préludes – no.5

Second Round (duration up to 25 minutes)
– ONE OR MORE ROMANTIC STYLE PIECES
– ONE PIECE REPRESENTING THE CANDIDATE’S COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND/OR OF RESIDENCE
– COMPULSORY PIECE BY MICHEL RUNTZ – MOIRE (free downloading, granted by RuntzMusicEdition) – duration around 3’30
– PIECE BY SWISS COMPOSER PLAYED IN THE FIRST ROUND

Final Round with “Solistes de Neuchâtel” under Sergey Ostrovsky

– FIRST MOVEMENT OF A CONCERTO FROM THE LIST BELOW:

J.S. Bach: Concerto BWV 1052 in D minor
W.A. Mozart: Concerto KV 414 in A Major

CATEGORY B

APPLICATION ONLINE 2023

CATEGORY C – PIANISTS BORN AFTER JANUARY 1st 2005

First Round
VIDEO RECORDING to be sent by March 6, 2023 (duration up to 30 minutes)
– ONE PRELUDE AND FUGUE BY J.S. Bach, F. Mendelssohn or D. Shostakovich
– ONE RAPID MOVEMENT OF A SONATA BY:J. Haydn, W.A. Mozart or L.van Beethoven
– ONE STUDY BY: F. Chopin, F. Liszt, S. Rachmaninoff, G. Ligeti, C. Debussy, A. Skriabine, S. Prokofiev, N. Kapustin, B. Bartók, W. Lutoslawski, F. Mendelssohn, M. Moszkowski or I. Stravinsky
– ONE PIECE BY SWISS COMPOSER FROM THE LIST BELOW:

Emile JAQUES-DALCROZE (1865-1950): Impromptu-Scherzetto op.3
Frank MARTIN (1890-1974): Huit Préludes – N° 8
Julien Francois ZBINDEN (1917-2021): Suite brève op.1-Tarentelle en forme d’étude

Second Round (duration up to 45 minutes)

– ONE OR MORE ROMANTIC STYLE PIECES
– ONE PIECE REPRESENTING THE CANDIDATE’S COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND/OR OF RESIDENCE
– COMPULSORY PIECE BY MICHEL RUNTZ – ÉCLATS (free downloading, granted by RuntzMusicEdition) – duration around 5’30
– PIECE BY SWISS COMPOSER PLAYED IN THE FIRST ROUND

Final Round with “Solistes de Neuchâtel” under Sergey Ostrovsky
– FIRST MOVEMENT OF A CONCERTO FROM THE LIST BELOW: