» General Rules    » Application form    » Jury    » Competitors    » Prize-winnersEach competitor must prepare one work from each of the following groups ( points ). Each round is eliminatory.

Age category A

FIRST ROUND
1. a baroque work at choice
2. a work at competitor's own choice

SECOND ROUND
3. a classical work at choice
4. a virtuosity work at choice

Age category B

FIRST ROUND
1. a baroque work at choice (max. 10 min.)
2. a work at choice by ( max. 6 min.):
Fr. Chopin, Fr. Liszt, R. Schumann, F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, J. Brahms

SECOND ROUND
3. a sonata at choice ( part I ) by:
J. Haydn, W.A.Mozart, L. v. Beethoven, F. Schubert
4. a work at choice by:
C. Debussy, M. Ravel, S. Prokofiev, I. Stravinski,
G. Enescu, A. Berg, S. Rachmaninov, B. Bartok
5. a virtuosity work at choice

Age category C

FIRST ROUND
1. a baroque work at choice (max. 10 min.)
2. a work at choice by ( max. 6 min.):
Fr. Chopin, Fr. Liszt, R. Schumann, F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, J. Brahms

SECOND ROUND
3. a sonata at choice ( part I ) by:
J. Haydn, W.A.Mozart, L. v. Beethoven, F. Schubert
4. a work at choice by:
C. Debussy, M. Ravel, S. Prokofiev, I. Stravinski,
G. Enescu, A. Berg, S. Rachmaninov, B. Bartok
5. a virtuosity work at choice

Age category D

FIRST ROUND
1. J.S. Bach - a work at choice ( max. 15 min.)
2. an étude at choice by:
    Fr. Liszt, C. Debussy, S. Rachmaninov, A. Skriabin, S.
    Prokofiev, I. Stravinski

SECOND ROUND
3. Fr. Chopin – one etude at choice (except étude op. 10/6)
4. a sonata at choice by:
J. Haydn, W.A.Mozart, L.v. Beethoven, Fr. Schubert
5. a work at choice by:
   C. Debussy, M. Ravel, S. Prokofiev, I. Stravinski, G.
   Enescu, A. Berg, S. Rachmaninov, B. Bartok

FINAL ROUND
6. a virtuosity work at choice ( max. 12 min.)
7. a concerto at choice by:

• W.A.Mozart - Concerto in d minor K.V. 466
• L.v.Beethoven - Concerto no. 3 in c minor op. 37
• R. Schumann - Concerto in a minor op. 54
• E. Grieg - Concerto in a minor op. 16

The works in Final Round must be performed from memory. For all the other works, scores may be used.
The order of the performance is always left to the participant’s own choice.

“I like the idea of Jeunesses Musicales because it makes music accessible to children, allowing young people of modest origins to enter into a Realm that otherwise wouldn’t really be open to them”