Competition Program
Tibor Varga International Violin Competition 2021
Each candidate will interpret a selection of pieces from the list below:
The pieces must be played from memory, except the work composed by Michel Petrossian for the first round, all pieces mentioned in lists A and B for the second round, and the Trios for the chamber music final.
For repeats: at the free choice of the candidate but preferably without repeats (Sonatas and J. S. Bach).
Preselection by video:
A.
- Niccolò Paganini: A Caprice of your choice, Op.1
B.
- Sonata: The first movement of a Sonata from the 2nd round list A
First round: solo violin (maximum time of 30’)
A piece from each category: A, B and C
The Jury reserves the right to choose the movements to be played.
A.
- J. S. Bach: Two consecutive movements from a Partita or Sonata for solo violin, except the Chaconne from Partita for violin N°2
B.
- Eugène Ysaÿe: One of the six Sonatas for solo violin, Op. 27
- Niccolò Paganini: A Caprice of your choice, Op.1 (It is possible to select the same Caprice as for the preselection round)
C.
- Piece by Michel Petrossian commissioned for the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition 2021
Second Round: solo violin with piano (maximum time of 45′ – 60′)
A piece from each category: A, B and C
The Jury reserves the right to choose the movements to be played.
A.
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata N° 3, 5, 6 or 8
- Johannes Brahms: Sonata N° 1 in G major, Op. 78 or Sonata N° 2 in A major, Op. 100 or Sonata N° 3 in D minor, Op. 108
- Wolfgang A. Mozart: Sonata in C major, K.403 or Sonata in B-flat major, K.378
- Franz Schubert: Sonata in A major, D. 574
- Robert Schumann: Sonata N° 1 in A minor, Op. 105 or Sonata N° 2 in D minor, Op. 121
B.
- Claude Debussy: Sonata for violin and piano
- Leoš Janáček: Sonata for violin and piano, JW VII/7
- Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for violin and piano N° 1 or N°2
- Georges Enesco: Sonata for violin and piano N° 3 in A minor, Op. 25
- Francis Poulenc: Sonata for violin and piano
- Béla Bartók: Sonata for violin and piano N° 1, Sz. 75 or N° 2, Sz. 76
- Maurice Ravel: Sonata for violin and piano M. 77
- Arnold Schönberg: Phantasy for violin and piano, Op. 47
- Karol Szymanowski: Sonata for violin and piano in D minor, Op. 9
- Sándor Veress: Sonata for violin and piano N° 2
C.
- Piece of virtuosity for solo violin or violin with piano at the candidate’s free choice
First part of the Final: Chamber Music with two members of the Jury who will play the piano and cello parts. (maximum time of 45’)
A.
- Felix Mendelssohn: Trio in D minor N° 1 Op. 49, Scherzo
B.
A Trio of your choice from the following list:
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio N°5 in D major, Op. 70 N° 1, entitled “Geistertrio“
- Johannes Brahms: Trio N° 3 in C minor, Op. 101
- Dmitri Shostakovich: Trio N° 2 in E minor, Op. 67
- Frank Martin: Trio based on popular Irish melodies
- Maurice Ravel: Trio in A minor, M. 67
Second part of the Final: Concerto with Orchestra
A Concerto of your choice from the following list, to be played from memory:
A.
- Béla Bartók: Concerto N°2, Sz. 112
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto in D major, Op. 61
- Johannes Brahms: Concerto in D major, Op. 77
- Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto N° 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129
- Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto Nº 2 in E minor, Op. 64
- Piotr I.Tchaikovsky: Concerto in D major, Op. 35
B.
- BIS: Piece for solo violin, preferably composed after 1970, at the free choice of the finalist (max. 5′)