The competition consists of three rounds. The first two rounds take place with a piano accompaniment. The final will be accompanied by the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra.
1st competition rounds
Johann Sebastian Bach
One of the following works for solo violin:
I. Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001, 1. Adagio, 2. Fugue
II. Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003, 1. Grave, 2. Fugue
III. Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005, 1. Adagio, 2. Fugue
Niccolò Paganini
A caprice from: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1
Théodore Dubois
Ballade for violin and piano
2nd competition rounds
I. One of the following works:
Franz Schubert
Fantasy for Violin and Piano in C major, Op. 159 (D 934)
Violin Sonata in A major, Op. post. 162 (D 574)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major Op. 96
II. One of the following works:
Eugène Ysaÿe
Poème élégiaque in D minor, Op. 12 – for violin and piano
Eugène Ysaÿe
Caprice after the Study in the form of a Waltz by Saint-Saëns, Op. 52
Eugène Ysaÿe
Paganini Variations Op. posth.
Niccolò Paganini
I Palpiti, Op. 13
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Fantaisie brillante sur la Marche et la Romance d'Otello de Rossini (Othello Fantasy) Op. 11
III. Commissioned composition
David Philip Hefti (playing time approx. 5 minutes)
The total performance time for this round may not exceed 50 minutes.
Final
1. Partially with the Lotus Quartett
One of the following works:
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet op.18, No. 2 in G major (1st violin)
String Quartet op.18, No. 6 in B flat major (1st violin)
2. Partially with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by: Ariel Zuckermann
One of the following works:
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Robert Schumann
Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35