Program XXXIV - 2027

 ○ Edition XXXIV » from Saturday 22 to Saturday 29 May 2027.
• Registration deadline » Monday 01 March 2027.
• Location » Aquila Theatre [via Mazzini, 6 / Fermo (FM) - Marche / Italy].
• Prize money » of over € 30.000,00.
PROGRAM
○ Category - A »
Single test
• Performance of two studies or two Capriccios and a composition, at choice of the candidate.
○ Category - B »
Eliminatory test
• 01) Performance of a study (étude) or Capriccio for solo violin, at choice of the candidate.
• 02) Performance of the first movement from one of the following sonatas for violin and piano: W.A. Mozart’s Sonata in G major K. 301, or Sonata in E minor K. 304; or F. Schubert’s Sonatina in D major Op. 137, No. 1, at choice of the candidate.
Final test (by heart)
• Performance of one or more compositions lasting between fifteen and twenty minutes, at choice of the candidate.
○ Category - C »
Eliminatory test
• 01) Performance of a study (étude) or Capriccio for violin solo, chosen by the Jury from the two proposed by the candidate chosen from works by the following composers: N. Paganini, H. Vieuxtemps, H. Wieniawski.
• 02) Performance of the Adagio and Fuga taken from one of the Three Sonatas for violin solo (BWV 1001 - 1003 - 1005) or performance of the Chaconne of the Second Partita (BWV 1004) by J. S. Bach.
• 03) Performance complete of a W. A. Mozart's Concerto, chosen by candidate from the following: K 216, K 218, K 219.
Final test (by heart)
• 01) Performance of the first movement of Concerto by L. van Beethoven, J. Brahms, P. I. Tchaikovsky, F. Mendelssohn, N. Paganini n. 1 and n. 2, J. Sibelius, at choice of the candidate.
• 02) Performance of an important composition of the 19th, 20th or 21st century for violin solo or violin and piano, at choice of the candidate.
○ Category - D »
Eliminatory test
• 01) Performance of two of N. Paganini's Capriccios, at choice of the candidate.
• 02) Performance of the Adagio and Fuga taken from one of the Three Sonatas for violin solo (BWV 1001 - 1003 - 1005) or performance of the Chaconne of the Second Partita (BWV 1004) by J. S. Bach.
• 03) Performance of the first movement of a W. A. Mozart's Concerto, chosen by candidate from the following: K 216, K 218, K 219.
Semifinal test
• 01) Performance of a Sonata by L. van Beethoven or J. Brahms, at choice of the candidate.
• 02) Performance of an important composition of the 19th, 20th or 21st century for violin solo or violin and piano, at choice of the candidate.
Final test (by heart)
• Performance of a Concerto by L. van Beethoven, J. Brahms, P. I. Tchaikovsky, F. Mendelssohn, N. Paganini n. 1 and n. 2, J. Sibelius, at choice of the candidate.
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