Repertoire
Qualifying round
a) Béla Bartók: Suite, Op. 14 – 1st movement (Allegretto) OR 2nd movement (Scherzo)
b) one etude by Ferenc Liszt
The works chosen for Qualifying round may be performed again during the competition.
Preliminary – max. 20 minutes
The program needs to include:
a) a piece or movement(s) from Béla Bartók’s compositions for piano except the pieces listed for the Semi-final
b) a piece by Ernő Dohnányi by the candidate’s choice (max. 5 minutes) OR
Johannes Brahms: 4 Ballades Op. 10 No. 1 in d minor OR No. 2 in D major OR No. 3 in b minor
c) one etude by Ferenc Liszt from the following cycles by the candidate’s choice:
- Études d’exécution transcendante, S. 139
- Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141
- Trois études de concert, S. 144
- Zwei Konzertetüden, S. 145
Semi-final – max. 30 minutes
The program needs to include:
a) one piece by Béla Bartók from among the followings:
- Improvizációk magyar parasztdalokra (Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs), BB 83
- Táncszvit (Dance Suite), BB 86b
- Sonata, BB 88
- Szabadban (Out of doors), BB 89
b) one or two movement(s) from a piano sonata by Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Ludwig van Beethoven – max. 10 minutes
c) one piece of the followings*:
- Dániel Dobos: Drumul Dracului
- János Mátyás Stark: Toccata
*prize winning compositions of the Bartók World Competition – Composition – 2018, published by Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest. Free scores will be available to download from the publisher’s website.
Final – max. 30 minutes
a) a piece or its movement(s) by a composer of the romantic era
b) a piece or movement(s) by one of the following composers:
Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Sergei Rachmaninov, Sergei Prokofiev, Aleksandr Scriabin, Igor Stravinsky
Grand Final
one of Béla Bartók’s three piano concertos:
- Piano Concerto No. 1, BB 91
- Piano Concerto No. 2, BB 101
- Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127
OR
Ferenc Liszt: Piano Concerto in A major
OR
Ferenc Liszt: Piano Concerto in E-flat major
All pieces must be performed by heart, except for the contemporary composition under Semi-final c)