Programmes

IV International Competition of Pianists in the Memory of Vera Lotar-Shevchenko (25th of june until 8th of july in Yekaterinburg).

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PROGRAMME

JUNIOR Competition:

I Round

Duration of the performance to be no greater than 20 minutes.

1. Choose one prelude and one fugue by the following composers: Bach, Taneyev, Shostakovich. (same composer for both prelude and fugue)

2. Czerny, étude from the 740th Composition.

3. One étude by the following composers: Chopin, Lizst, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff.

4. A piece by a 19th or 20th century French composer.

II Round

Duration of the performance to be no greater than 30 minutes.

Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert classical sonata (1st movement).

A Romantic piece by a Western European composer.

A work by a composer from the entrant's own country, written after 1960.

MAIN Competition

I Round

· Performance to be no longer than 45 minutes, not including pauses between the pieces. In the qualifying rounds of the competition video recordings of performances may be shown.

· The selection and arrangement of the performance should be conducted by the entrant them self, and should include works of various styles as well as noteworthy compositions of the Pianoforte's repertoire.

· Entrants' personal compositions may not be performed in this round of the competition.

II Round

· Performance to be no longer than 60 minutes, not including pauses between the pieces (If the entrant wishes there may be a break of 3-5 minutes.)

· The performance must include different styles (of which two are compulsory – a long, or one long and one medium composition, and a composition from 1960 onwards.)

· The entrant's own composition may be performed.

· Pieces from the first round may not be repeated.

III Round – Final

· The finalist must perform two complete piano concerti accompanied by a symphony orchestra. One concerto must be chosen from group ‘A’, and one from group ‘B’. The conductor and orchestra are to be given instructions by the entrant.