International Violin Competition “Andrea Postacchini” – Fermo (FM) / Marche / Italy
XXIV Edition of May 2017 – Music Program
▫ Category – A
▪ Single test:
1) performance of two studies or two Capriccios and a composition, at choice of the candidate.
▫ Category – B
▪ Eliminatory test:
1) performance of two studies or Capriccios, at choice of the candidate.
▪ Final test (by heart):
1) performance of one or more compositions lasting between fifteen and twenty minutes.
▫ Category – C
▪ Eliminatory test:
1) performance of a study (étude) or Capriccio for violin solo, chosen by the Jury from the two proposed by the candidate chosen from works by the following composers: N. Paganini, H. Vieuxtemps, H. Wieniawski;
2) performance of the Adagio and Fuga taken from one of the Three Sonatas for violin solo (BWV 1001 – 1003 – 1005) or performance of the Chaconne of the Second Partita (BWV 1004) by J. S. Bach;
3) performance complete of a W. A. Mozart’s Concerto, chosen from the following: K 216, K 218, K 219.
▪ Final test (by heart):
1) performance of the first movement of Concerto by L. van Beethoven, J. Brahms, P. I. Tchaikovsky, F. Mendelssohn, N. Paganini n. 1 and n. 2, J. Sibelius, at choice of the candidate;
2) performance of an important composition of the 19th, 20th or 21st century for violin solo or violin and piano, at choice of the candidate.
▫ Category – D
▪ Eliminatory test:
1) performance of two of N. Paganini’s Capriccios, at choice of the candidate;
2) performance of the Adagio and Fuga taken from one of the Three Sonatas for violin solo (BWV 1001 – 1003 – 1005) or performance of the Chaconne of the Second Partita (BWV 1004) by J. S. Bach;
3) performance of the first movement of a W. A. Mozart’s Concerto, chosen from the following: K 216, K 218, K 219.
▪ Semifinal test:
1) performance of a Sonata by L. van Beethoven or J. Brahms, at choice of the candidate;
2) performance of an important composition of the 19th, 20th or 21st century for violin solo or violin and piano, at choice of the candidate.
▪ Final test (by heart):
1) performance of a Concerto by L. van Beethoven, J. Brahms, P. I. Tchaikovsky, F. Mendelssohn, N. Paganini n. 1 and n. 2, J. Sibelius, at choice of the candidate.
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