Repertoire of the Competition
1st Round 25 minutes
Candidates may choose their programme freely with a minimum of 4 different composers, but must include:
- Two Virtuoso Etudes by two different composers from the following F. Chopin, F. Liszt, S. Rachmaninoff, A. Scriabin or C. Debussy
- One Composition by F. Chopin, F. Liszt. J. Brahms. R. Schumann, F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, C. Frank, A. Scriabrin or S. Rachmaninoff (not Etudes).
- One composition composed after 1900
* All pieces must be performed by memory
Final Round 40 minutes
Candidates may choose their programme freely with a minimum of 3 different composers, but must include:
- 3 pieces from Childhood Memories Suite by Alexey Shor
- A complete sonata by F. Schubert, J. Haydn, W.A. Mozart or L.v. Beethoven
- One composition of own choice
Compositions performed in the 1st Round cannot be played in the Final Round
* All pieces must be performed by memory