Audition video
The audition video may be recorded in three takes.
No cuts within the pieces.
1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
One of the following sonatas;
• KV 454, KV 481 or KV 526 (1st and 2nd movements respectively)
2. Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)
• Two Caprices from: 24 Caprices for solo violin, op.1
Competition
The competition consists of three rounds.
The first two rounds are accompanied by piano.
The final round is accompanied by the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra.
1st round of the competition
I. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
One of the following Sonatas for solo violin:
• Sonata for Solo Violin No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001, 1. Adagio
• Sonata for Solo Violin No.2 in A minor, BWV 1003, 1. Adagio
II. Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
• Sonata for solo violin, Sz 117, 2. Fuga
III. Gabriel Dupont (1878-1914)
• Journée de printemps pour violin et piano, 1901
No. 1 Au matin
No. 2 Au soir
2nd round of the competition
I. One of the following Sonatas: Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
• Violin Sonata Nr. 1 in A minor, op. 105
• Violin Sonata Nr. 2 in D minor, op. 121 (without repeats in the 1st and 4th movements)
• Violin sonata Nr. 3 in A minor, WoO 2
II. One of the following works:
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)
• Le streghe, Op. 8, MS 19
• I Palpiti, Op. 13, MS 77 (original version)
• Nel cor piu non mi sento, MS 44
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814-1865)
• Fantaisie brillante sur la Marche et la Romance d´Otello de Rossini, op.11
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)
• Paganini-Variations op. posth.
III. Commissioned composition
Avner Dorman (*1975)
• „Schwung“ for solo violin
The score will be sent along with notification of admission to the competition.
Final
Part 1
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
• Rondo in A major, D 438
with the Cuarteto Arriaga
Part 2
One of the following works:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
• Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op.77
Antonin Dvořák (1841–1904)
• Concerto for violin and orchestra in A minor, op.53
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
• Concerto for violin and orchestra in E minor, op. 64
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
• Concerto for violin and orchestra in D minor, WoO 1
Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Michał Nesterowicz