First (younger) age group
Qualifying round
Programme at contestant's preference, which is sure to include:
1. A virtuoso piece.
2. A cantilena piece.
For the qualifying round video recording of a performance lasting up to 15 minutes in one of the formats convenient for the candidate: *.mp4, *.avi, *.wmv, *.flv, *.3gp, *.mpg is to be sent.
First audition (round)
1. J. S. Bach - two diverse parts from any Sonata or Partita for solo violin.
2. At contestant's preference
- N. Paganini - any Caprice on candidate's preference
- H. Wieniawski - any Etude-Caprice from op. 10 or op. 18;
- J. Don't – ane Etudes or Caprices from op. 35 or any setting-up exercise from op.37;
- P. Rode - any Caprice of 24 Caprices;
3. A virtuoso piece for violin and piano at participant's preference
Second audition (round)
1. obligatory piece - Alexandrov "Aria". Download notes:
Solo,
With piano 2. one of concertos for violin and orchestra:
- M. Bruch – Concerto for violin & orchestra No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 (Parts 2 and 3)
- М. Bruch - Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major, Op. 46 (Parts 1 and 2)
- D. Kabalevsky – Concerto For Violin And Orchestra In C Major, Op.48 (Part 1 or Parts 2 and 3)
- F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Concerto for violin E-moll op.64 (Part 1 or Parts 2 and 3)
P. Rode Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 7 in a minor, op. 9
(1st part or 2nd and 3rd parts);
- C. Saint-Saens – Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 3 in b minor. 61
(1st part or 2nd and 3rd parts);
- H. Vieuxtemps – Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 4 in D minor, op. 31;
- H. Vieuxtemps – Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 5 in A minor, op. 37;
- G. B. Viotti – Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 22 in A minor (Part 1 or Parts 2 and 3);
- H. Wieniawski – Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 1 fis-moll op. 14 (Part 1 or Parts 2 and 3);
- H. Wieniawski – Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 2 in D minor, op. 22 (Part 1 or Parts 2 and 3);
- H. Wieniawski –Concert Polonaise for violin and orchestra No. 1 D major, op. 4;
- H. Wieniawski – Polonaise brillante for violin and orchestra No. 2 in A major, op. 21;
- E. Lalo - "Spanish Symphony" for violin and orchestra, op. 21 (1 part).
Second (older) age group
Qualifying round on video recordings
Programme at contestant's preference, which is sure to include:
1. A virtuoso piece.
2. A polyphonic piece.
3. A work of classical period (Part 1 or Parts 2 and 3 of a sonata or classical variations).
Time limit for qualifying round recording – not less than 20 minutes and no more than 30 minutes.
First audition (round)
1. J.S. Bach – solo at contestant's preference:
- Adagio and Fugue from Sonata No. 1 (G minor, BWV 1001);
- Allemande and Double, Courante and Double from Partita No. 1 (in B-flat minor, BWV 100);
Grave and Fugue from Sonata No. 2 (in A minor, BWV 1003);
- Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue from Partita No. 2 (D minor, BWV 1004) or Chaconne from Partita No. 2;
- Adagio and Fugue from Sonata No. 3 (in C major, BWV 1004);
- Prelude, Lur and Gavotte in Rondo form, Minuet I, II from Partita No. 3 (in E major, BWV 1006).
2. N. Paganini one of the 24 Caprices solo.
3. W. A. Mozart – one of the concertos No. 3, No. 4, No. 5 (K-216, G major; K-218, D major; K-219 in A major) part I, with piano accompaniment with cadences (any).
Second audition (round)
1. Sonata - one at contestant's preference:
- L. Beethoven any of 10;
- J. Brahms– No. 1, No. 2, No. 3;
- R. Schumann– № 1, No. 2, No. 3;
- B. Bartók – No. 1, No. 2;
- C. Debussy;
- M. Ravel;
- S. Prokofiev – No. 1, No. 2;
- S. Frank;
- D. Shostakovich;
- L. Janáček;
- K. Szymanowski;
- M. Weinberg – No. 2;
- A. Schnittke – No. 1, No. 2.
When choosing a work consisting of 4 parts, according to the decision of the Jury, Sonata may be performed incompletely.
2. Miniature at contestant's preference, solo or with piano (transcription is available).
3. A modern piece (from the second half of the XX century until present days) with a duration of no more than 12 minutes.
4. A virtuoso piece - one at contestant's preference
- B. Bartók – Rhapsody No. 1, No. 2;
- F. Waxman – The Fantasy "Carmen";
- H. Wieniawski – Polonaise in D major, A major;
- H. Wieniawski – Variations on an original theme;
- H. Wieniawski – Variations on a theme from the Opera Gounod's "Faust";
- P. de Sarasate – "Carmen", "Basque Capriccio";
- E. Hubay – "Carmen";
- E. Ysaÿe – Sonata No. 3, No. 6 solo;
- N. Paganini – "Palpite", "Dance of Witches";
- M. Ravel – "Gypsy";
- C. Saint-Saëns "Rondo Capriccioso," "Havanese", "Etude in Form of a Waltz";
- P. Tchaikovsky – "Waltz-Scherzo";
- E. Chausson – "Poem";
- F. Schubert – Rondo.
Third audition (round)
one of concertos at Contestant's preference
- B. Bartók – No. 2;
- L. Beethoven;
- A. Berg;
- J. Brahms;
- A. Glazunov;
- A. Dvořák;
- É. Lalo – Spanish Symphony (all parts);
- F. Mendelssohn;
- N. Paganini –No. 1;
- S. Prokofiev – No. 1, No. 2;
- J. Sibelius;
- P. Tchaikovsky;
- D. Shostakovich – No. 1, No. 2.