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Repertoire Requirements
Young Musicians
One Round Only
No more than 10 minutes
Two contrasting pieces from any time period
One piece must be by a Russian Composer
Junior Category
One Round Only
No more than 15 minutes
First Piece:
One Etude of contestant's choice
Second Piece:
Any movement of a Classical Sonata
Third Piece:
One piece by any Russian Composer (no Concertos)
Intermediate Category
Two Rounds
Round One: (no more than 15 minutes)
First Piece:
J. S. Bach - One prelude and Fugue from Well-Tempered Clavier, Volume I or II
Second Piece:
One Etude (Arensky, Chopin, Clementi, Liszt, MacDowell, Mosheles, Moszcowski, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin)
Third Piece:
One piece by a Russian Composer (no Concertos)
Final Round: (no more than 15 minutes)
First Piece:
1st Movement from a Classical Sonata - no repeats
Second Piece:
One piece by a Russian Composer (no Concertos)
Advanced Category
Three Rounds
Round One: (No more than 20 minutes)
First Piece:
One piece from polyphonic style - original works only (Bach, Buxtehude, Hindemith, Mendelssohn, Schedrin, Shostakovich, Taneev)
Second Piece:
One Virtuoso Etude (Bartok, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Stravinsky)
Third Piece:
One piece, or selected single movement from a Sonata, or a set of short pieces by a Russian composer
Round Two: (No more than 25 minutes)
First Piece:
First movement from a Classical Sonata – no repeats (Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart)
Second Piece:
Any piece from Romantic or Impressionistic time period
Third Piece:
One piece, or selected single movement from a Sonata, or a set of short pieces by a Russian Composer
Final Round:
Choose one piece from the following Piano Trio selection.
Note: Contestants are allowed to use music for the Piano Trio. The Competition will provide string players.
Arensky – Trio #1 in d minor, Op. 32
Glinka – Trio “Pathetique” in d minor
Rachmaninoff – Trio ”The Elegiaque” #2 in d minor, Op. 9
Tchaikovsky – Trio in a minor, Op.50
Shostakovich – Trio #2 in e minor, Op.67
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