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  (Any TWO or THREE of five movements)

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:

A) S. Bach for violin solo, one of the following:

- 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
- Sarabanda and Double, Tempo Di Borea and Double from Partita № 1 (h-moll, BWV 1002)
- Any two movements (Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue)
or
- Chaconne from Partita № 2 (d-moll, BWV 1004)
- Any three movements from Partita № 3 (E-dur, BWV 1006).

B) N. Paganini, one of 24 caprices for violin solo op.1

 

II round:

 A) Any sonata for violin and piano by:

OR ANY OTHER COMPOSER

B) A miniature piece of participant’s choice, solo or with piano
(transcriptions are allowed)

C) Virtuoso Piece

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

D) Special piece by the winner of the
Leopold Auer Composers Competition
will be sent to participants by Sept.1,2023

III round:

 I. First movement with Cadenza of any of W.A. Mozart violin concertos  

 

 II. Concerto for violin and orchestra

Beethoven

Brahms

Dvořak

Glazunov

Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole (all movements)

Mendelssohn

Paganini - № 1

Prokofiev - № 1, 2

Shostakovich - № 1

Sibelius

Tchaikovsky

or any other virtuoso concerto of participant’s choice

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 № 1, 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  №15)

PIANO TRIO,QUARTET, QUINTET

I round

Groups must represent  two works (movements ) from different musical periods 

30 min maximum 

II round