Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition

Application CD:
1. First Movement of a Classical Sonata (Beethoven, Clementi, Haydn or Mozart)
2. One Virtuoso Etude by one of the following composers: Bartok, Chopin, Ligeti, Liszt, Moszkowski, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin or Stravinsky
3. First movement of one of the following Concerti:

Bartok No. 3
Beethoven Nos. 1 through 5
Chopin No.1 or No.2
Grieg A Minor
Mozart (excluding KV 37, KV 39, KV 40, KV 41, KV 413, KV 414, KV 449)
Prokofiev No. 2 or No. 3
Rachmaninoff Nos. 1 through 4
Ravel G Major
Saint-Saens No. 2
Schumann A Minor
Shostakovitch No. 2
Tchaikovsky No. 1 or No. 2

The movement can be recorded with or without second piano accompaniment. If you have performed this Concerto previously with an orchestra, you can use the recording from that performance.

Disklavier/Video Recording – Virtual Audition (up to 25 minutes)
1. First Movement of a Classical Sonata (Beethoven, Clementi, Haydn or Mozart)
2. One Virtuoso Etude by one of the following composers: Bartok, Chopin, Ligeti, Liszt, Moszkowski, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin or Stravinsky. Etude from the Application CD can be used.
3. A selection from the Second Round.

Total should not exceed 25 minutes.

First Round (up to 25 minutes)
1. Bach: One Prelude and Fugue from WTCI or II, or one Sinfonia, or a Preludio from any of the 6 English Suites
2. First movement of a classical Sonata (Beethoven, Clementi, Haydn or Mozart). Sonata from the Application CD and/or the Virtual Auditions can be used.
3. One Virtuoso Etude by one of the following composers: Bartok, Chopin, Ligeti, Liszt, Moszkowski, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin or Stravinsky. Etude from the Application CD and/or Virtual Auditions can be used.
4. A work(s) of contestant's choice.

Second Round (up to 30 minutes)
1. One impromptu by Schubert from Op. 90 or 142 OR one Moment Musical
2. A work of a composer born after 1880
3. The rest of the program is selected by contestant.

Semi-Finals (up to 40 minutes)
1. Beethoven Variations WoO 80 C Minor OR Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Variations Serieuses Op. 54.
2. The rest of the program selected by the contestant. The Semi-Final Round must represent at least two different styles.

Finals
First movement of one of the following Concerti:

Bartok No. 3
Beethoven Nos. 1 through 5
Chopin No.1 or No.2
Grieg A Minor
Mozart (excluding KV 37, KV 39, KV 40, KV 41, KV 413, KV 414, KV 449)
Prokofiev No. 2 or No. 3
Rachmaninoff Nos. 1 through 4
Ravel G Major
Saint-Saens No. 2
Schumann A Minor
Shostakovitch No. 2
Tchaikovsky No. 1 or No. 2

The concerto must be the same one as on the application recording.

Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition has announced the Screening Jury for the 2009 e-Competition.
Disklavier/Video Recordings are taking place this month New York, Los Angeles, Beijing, Paris and Moscow. Click here to see locations, times and names of the performers.
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