Program

Category I – under 12

Required Pieces:

Moszkowski Etude in G major Op. 91, No. 7, or in C major No. 14

Mazurka in C-sharp minor Op. 6, No. 2, or Mazurka in B-flat major Op. 7, No. 1, or Mazurka in A minor Op. 17, No. 4

Live Stage in Lausanne

Performance Requirements : it is compulsory to perform one piece from each group:

1. F. Chopin – Polonaises written in Chopin’s youth:

Polonaise in G minor
Polonaise in B flat major
Polonaise in A flat major.

2. F. Chopin – The Waltzes, one of the following:

Waltz in E major, Op. posth
Waltz in E minor, Op. posth
Waltz in A flat major, Op. posth
Waltz in E flat major, Op. posth

3. F. Chopin – Prelude or Nocturne

Prelude in E minor, op. 28 No 4
Prelude in B minor, Op. 28, No. 6
Nocturne in C minor, Op. posth.
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. posth.

4. Any composition by Chopin except the ones mentioned above. The duration of the composition should not exceed 6 minutes.

Category II – under 15

Preliminary Stage – Program max 10 min – Upload on YouTube

Required Pieces:

Berceuse by Chopin

One Etude by Chopin or Liszt Op. 1 or Mendelssohn

Live Stage in Lausanne

Performance Requirements : it is compulsory to perform one work from each group listed below:

Chopin Etudes :

Chopin’s Etude Op. 10, No 5, 7, 9, 12 or Op. 25 No 1, 2 ,3
Or Liszt Etude Op.1
Or Moszkowski’s Etude Op. 72, No 1, 2, 6
Or Mendellshon’s Etude Op. 104B

2. Chopin Polonaises :

Polonaise in C sharp minor Op. 26 No 1
Polonaise in C minor Op. 40 No 2
Polonaise in D minor Op. 71 No 1
Polonaise in B flat major Op. 71 No 2
Polonaise in G sharp minor Op posth.
Polonaise in B flat minor Op posth.

3. Chopin Nocturnes :

Nocturne in B flat minor op. 9 No 1
Nocturne in E flat major op. 9 No 2
Nocturne in F major op. 15 No 1
Nocturne in F sharp major op. 15 No 2
Nocturne in G minor op. 15 No 3
Nocturne in B major op. 32 No 1
Nocturne in A flat major op. 32 No 2
Nocturne in G minor op. 37 No 1
Nocturne in F minor op 55 No 1
Nocturne in E minor op. 72 No 1

4. Chopin Waltzes :

Waltz brillant in E flat major op. 18
Waltz brillant in A flat major op. 34 No 1
Waltz brillant F major op. 34 no 3
Waltz in A flat major op. 42
Waltz in D flat major op. 64 no 1

5. Any composition by Frederic Chopin except the ones mentioned above. The duration of the composition should not exceed 8 minutes.

Category III – under 18

Preliminary Stage – Program max 15 min – Upload on YouTube

Required Pieces:

1.Etude Op. 25, No. 7 in C-sharp minor

2. One Etude from Op. 10 or Op. 25 (except Op. 10, No. 3)

3.One Nocturne from the competition’s listed program

4.One Mazurka from Op. 30, No. 1 or Op. 30, No. 2

Live Stage in Lausanne

STAGE 1

It is compulsory to perform two Etudes—one from each group (a and b)—and one composition from the second list below:

1. Etudes :

C major op. 10 No 1
C sharp minor op. 10 No 4
G flat major op. 10 No 5
F major op. 10 No 8
C minor op. 10 No 12
A minor op. 25 No 11
C minor op. 25 No 12

A minor op. 10 No 2
C major op. 10 No 7
A flat major op. 10 No 10
F major op. 25 No 3
A minor op. 25 No 4
E minor op. 25 No 5
G sharp minor op. 25 No 6
D flat major op. 25 No 8
B minor op. 25 No 10

NOTE: THE ETUDES SHOULD BE PERFORMED IN A SEQUENCE

2. Nocturnes or Berceuse (Choose one) :

Berceuse in D-flat major op. 57
Nocturne in B major op. 9 No 3
Nocturne in C sharp minor op. 27 No 1
Nocturne in D flat major op. 27 No 2
Nocturne in G major op. 37 No 2
Nocturne in C minor op. 48 No 1
Nocturne in F sharp minor op. 48 No 2
Nocturne in E flat major op. 55 No 2
Nocturne in B major op. 62 No 1
Nocturne in E major op. 62 No 2

STAGE 2

It is compulsory to perform one compositions from each group:

Chopin’s Major Works:

One Ballade, Scherzo, Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60, Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49, or Polonaise-Fantasia in A-flat major, Op. 61.

Mazurkas (Choose a series from the following Opuses):

Op. 6, 7, 17, 24, 30, 33, 41, 50, 56, 59, 63

Polonaises (Choose from the following Opuses):

Op. 26, 40, 44, 53