THE ROUNDS OF THE COMPETITION
• The violin competition consists of two eliminatory rounds, the semi-final and the final - concert with orchestra. • The first round (eliminatory) will take place on August 30th, 31st and September 1st 2009. Each competitor will perform a program that can not exceed 45 minutes. • The second round (eliminatory) will take place on September 2nd 2009. Each competitor will perform a program that can not exceed 50 minutes. • The Semifinal will take place on September 3rd 2009. Each competitor will perform a program that can not exceed 40 minutes. • The rehearsal with the orchestra for the final round of the competition will take place on September 4th 2009. • The Final of the Competition - concert with the orchestra - will take place on September 5th 2009. The Competition Board will announce the result of each round immediately after the jury’s deliberation
THE REPERTOIRE
• The works included in the registration form are definite and can not be changed. • Each competitor will establish the order of the works to be performed in each round. • Excepting the sonatas for violin and piano, all other works must be performed from memory. First round • J.S. Bach - Adagio and Fugue from the Sonata in g minor or - Grave and Fugue from the Sonata in a minor or - Partita in d minor – Ciaccona - Adagio and Fugue from Sonata in C major • Mozart - one of the concertos (1-5) for violin and orchestra - first movement with cadenza Second round • A work to be chosen among the following: - Sarasate – Carmen Fantasy, Zigeunerweisen or - Paganini – Moses Fantasie, Motto perpetuo, Le Streghe, I palpiti, Nel cor piu non mi sento or - Saint-Saens – Introduction and Rondo Capricioso, Study in Waltz form transcribed by E. Ysaye or - Ernst – Erlkonig, The last rose or - Ravel – Tzigane or - Wieniawski – Faust Fantasie, Polonaise in D major • A work to be chosen among the following: - F. Schubert - Rondo Brillant for violin and piano D 895 or - Rondo in A Major for violin and piano or - Schumann - Fantasy in C Major op. 131 • Enescu - Sonata for violin and piano in F Minor no.2, op.6, (1st movement) Semifinal • Beethoven - a sonata chosen by the candidate among no. 3, 7 or 10. • A sonata chosen among the following composers: Brahms (sonata no. 1 or 3), Ravel, Hindemith (Sonata no. 1), Debussy or Bentoiu • Ad libitum - on top of the lasting time established for this round: George Enescu - Sonata no.3 op.25 for violin and piano or - Suite “Impressions from childhood” for violin and piano Final - Concert with orchestra • A concerto by one of the following composers:Beethoven, Mendelssohn – Bartholdy, Brahms, Tchaikovski, Sibelius, Prokofieff (2nd concerto) or Bartok (2nd Concerto).
THE JURY
• KRZYSZTOF WEGRZYN - Poland • MIHAELA MARTIN - Romania • PAVEL BERMAN - Italy • FLORIN CROITORU - Romania • SERGEY KRAVCHENKO - Russia • IGOR PETRUSHEVSKY - UK • DANIEL PODLOVSCHI - Romania • WERNER SCHOLZ - Germany