PRELIMINARY ROUND – video selection
In the Preliminary Round, each applicant will perform a program that should last no less than 25 and no longer than 30 minutes. The program must include:
- one virtuoso Etude by Frédéric Chopin (except for op. 10, no. 3, 6, 9 and op. 25, no. 1, 2, 7)
- one Etude by Franz Liszt
- one complete Sonata by Joseph Haydn or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (repeats may be taken at applicant’s discretion)
- one or more works of the applicant’s choice
Only complete works are acceptable (if not specified differently). If an applicant chooses a work that is only deemed as complete by the concert practice, the choice has to be approved by Organiser of Competition. The pieces may be performed in any order. All the pieces performed must be published works. The video must be filmed in a single shot, with high audio quality, without cuts between the pieces, with a fixed camera that frames the entire figure of the pianist and with his/her hands and face clearly visible. The program used for the video recording can eventually be included in the Round 1 of Competition. The video recordings should not be older than four months prior to submission. Applicant cannot apply using a collage of different videos for different pieces, the video must be filmed in a single shot. The applicants must play from memory.
ROUND 1 – Recital
In Round 1, each competitor will perform a recital that should last no less than 45 and no longer than 50 minutes. The program must include:
- one complete Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven (except for op. 2, no. 1, op. 10, no. 1, 2, op. 14, no. 1, 2, op. 49, no. 1, 2, op. 54, op. 78 and op. 79; repeats may be taken at competitor’s discretion)
- one or more works of the competitor’s choice
Only complete works are acceptable (if not specified differently). If a competitor chooses a work that is only deemed as complete by the concert practice, the choice has to be approved by Organiser of Competition. The pieces may be performed in any order. All the pieces performed must be published works. If the competitor exceeds the time limit, the Competition Jury is allowed to stop their performance. The competitors must play from memory.
ROUND 2 – Recital
In Round 2, each competitor will perform a recital that should last no less than 55 and no longer than 60 minutes. The program must include:
- one important Romantic work
- one important 20th Century work
- one or more works of the competitor’s choice
Only complete works are acceptable (if not specified differently). If a competitor chooses a work that is only deemed as complete by the concert practice, the choice has to be approved by Organiser of Competition. The pieces may be performed in any order. All the pieces performed must be published works. If the competitor exceeds the time limit, the Competition Jury is allowed to stop their performance. Competitors cannot include any works already performed in Round 1. The competitors must play from memory.
ROUND 3 – Finals with Orchestra
Each finalist will perform a Piano Concerto with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra chosen from the following list:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73
- Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
- Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
- Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
- Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
- Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44
- Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
- Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
