Program of the Competition

Entry Fees

Groups A and B: 60€, C: 70€, D: 80€, E and F: 110€;

Groups A, B, C and D will be held in two separate sections, Live in Athens or Online with YouTube videos (to be submitted before May 18^th 2025).
Groups E and F will comprise a first Round Online, with YouTube videos (to be submitted before April 6^th 2025), a second Round Live in Athens and a third Round Live, with string  quartet accompaniment.

Group A: 8 years and under (Born after 31 May 2016) (live or online video)

• Two pieces (max. total time 5 mn)

Group B: 9 - 10 years (Born after 31 May 2014) (live or online video)

• Two or three pieces – free choice (max. total time 7 mn)

Group C: 11 - 13 years (Born after 31 May 2011) (live or online video)

• One piece of baroque, classical or romantic style
• One or two pieces – free choice

(max. total time 10 mn)

Group D: 14 - 16 years (Born after 31 May 2008) (live or online video)

• One piece of baroque, classical or romantic style
• Two or three pieces – free choice

(max. total time 15 mn)

Group E: 17 - 19 years (Born after 31 May 2005)

First round (online video)

• One piece from J.S. Bach (or of baroque style)
• One etude – free choice

(max. total time 10 mn)

Second round (live)

• One piece from J.S. Bach (or of baroque style) – same as first round!
• One quick movement from a classical sonata (Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven)!
• One romantic piece
• One jazz or one contemporary piece as follows:
       Jazz (eligible for the Jazz prize):
  • Nikolaï Kapustin – Toccatina Op. 36,
  • Angel Nikolov – Jazz Etude – Clock Alarm (score attached)
  • an improvisation in jazz style,
      20th century or contemporary piece – free choice.

(max. total time 30 mn)

Third round (live, with string quartet accompaniment on the competition)

• First movement of a concerto amongst the following:
  1. J. S. BACH – concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
  2. J. HAYDN – concerto in D major, HOB. XVIII/11
  3. J. HAYDN – concerto in F major, HOB. XVIII/3
  4. W. A. MOZART – concerto No 12 in A major, K414
  5. W. A. MOZART – concerto No 13 in C major, K415
  6. W. A. MOZART – concerto No 14 in E flat major, K449
  7. W. A. MOZART – concerto No 20 in D minor, K466
  8. W. A. MOZART – concerto No 21 in C major, K467
  9. W. A. MOZART – concerto No 23 in A major, K488
  10. W. A. MOZART – concerto No 24 in C minor, K491

Group F: over 20 years (Born before 31 May 2005)

First round (online video)

• One prelude and fugue from J.S. Bach
• One etude – (Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Debussy, Prokofiev, Ligeti)

(max. total time 12 mn)

Second round (live)

• One prelude and fugue from J.S. Bach – same as first round!
• One classical sonata (Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven)
• One romantic piece
• One jazz or one contemporary piece as follows:
      Jazz (eligible for the Jazz prize):
  
  • Nikolaï Kapustin – étude Op. 40, N°1,
  • Kenneth Lim – Concert Etude (score attached)
  • an improvisation in jazz style,
      20th century or contemporary piece – free choice.

(max. total time 40 mn)

Third round (live, with string quartet accompaniment on the competition)

• One concerto amongst the following: 
  1. W. A. MOZART – concerto No 20 in D minor, K466
  2. W. A. MOZART – concerto No 21 in C major, K467 
  3. W. A. MOZART – concerto No 23 in A major, K488
  4. W. A. MOZART – concerto No 24 in C minor, K491 
  5. L. V. BEETHOVEN – concerto No 1 in C major, Op. 15
  6. L. V. BEETHOVEN – concerto No 2 in B major, Op. 19
  7. L. V. BEETHOVEN – concerto No 3 in C minor, Op. 37
  8. L. V. BEETHOVEN – concerto No 4 in G major, Op. 58
  9. L. V. BEETHOVEN – concerto No 5 in E flat major, Op. 73
  10. F. CHOPIN - concerto No 1 in E minor, Op. 11
  11. F. CHOPIN - concerto No 2 in F minor, Op. 21
  12. R. SCHUMANN – concerto in A minor, Op. 54
  13. S. RACHMANINOV – concerto No 2 in C minor, Op. 18
  14. C. SAINT – SAËNS – concerto No 2 in G minor, Op. 22