VIOLIN
PRE-CATEGORY (born in 2015 or after)
(program up to 7 min.)
- Two compositions of choice from different stylistic periods
A – CATEGORY (born in 2012 or after)
Preselection round
- One or two pieces from the competition program.
Competition program up to 15 min.
- One or more pieces from the baroque period
- А choice of pieces from the classical and romantic period, XX and XXI century or a Macedonian composer
B – CATEGORY (born in 2009 or after)
Preselection round
- One or more pieces from the baroque period
Competition round up to 20 min.
- One virtuoso piece of choice (H. Wieniawski, P. de Sarasate, F. Kreisler etc.)
- А choice of pieces from the classical and romantic period, XX and XXI century or a Macedonian composer
C – CATEGORY (born in 2005 or after)
Preselection round
- A baroque composition of choice
Competition round up to 25 min.
- One virtuoso piece of choice (H. Wieniawski, P. de Sarasate, F. Kreisler etc.)
- The Ist ; or IInd and IIIrd movement of a concerto of choice
D – CATEGORY (born in 1999 or after)
Preselection round
- J. S. Bach: Two movements from the collection of solo sonatas, partitas or chaconnes
- N. Paganini: One of 24 caprices op. 1 for solo violin of choice
Competition round I
- W. A. Mozart: Ist movement with cadenza of choice from the following concertos:
K V. 216 No.3; KV.218 No. 4; KV. 219 No. 5 - One complete sonata for violin & piano ( Bartok, L. van Beethoven, J. Brahms, C. Debussy, G. Faure, C. Franck, E. Grieg, S. Prokofiev, M. Ravel) of choice*
- One virtuoso piece of choice
Competition Round II
- One whole concerto of choice
*(The composition in D – category, competition round I, no. 2 can be performed from the score)