Hi all,
I am fantasizing about going to Naples in 2008 to play in the Thalberg competition/festival. It would be fun to have fellow pianists workign on this. Perhaps one or more of us can actually go.
Thalbergmad, do you play any of these Thalberg transcriptions or studies? I don't know any, so my first step is to get my hands on the one on La Traviata.
Here is the program:
a) Chopin: a study
b) Rachmaninoff, Liapunov, Scriabin, Debussy, Prokofieff, Bartòk, Strawinsky, Ligeti: a study;
c) one piece by Thalberg chosen by the candidate among the followings:
Op 3 Improvviso su Le Siège de Corinthe by Rossini (12' 55")
Op.9 Fantasia e variazioni su La Straniera by Bellini (12' 41")
Op.28 Notturno (7' 18")
Op.44 Andante e Finale della Lucia de Lammermoor by Donizetti ( 7' 35")
Op.68 Fantasia su La Fille du Règiment by Donizetti ( 8' 53")
Op.77 Grande Fantasia su Il Trovatore by Verdi ( 9' 31")
Op.78 Grande Fantasia su La Traviata by Verdi ( 9' 45")
Op.81 Souvenir di Un Ballo in Maschera by Verdi (9' 06")
Op.82 Souvenir di Rigoletto by Verdi (11' 26")
(the score can be demand, contextually to the registration, to the reception office of the Study Centre )
.Audition time must not exceed 20 minutes
Semi-final audition
a) Liszt or Thalberg study (the 6 from Paganini also comprises);
b) one or more significant compositions of the Romantic period;
c) one or more significant compositions from Debussy onward;
Audition time must not exceed 40 minutes
Final audition
A recital program lasting from 50/60 minutes, including obligatory a classical sonata.
You can get more info here:
https://www.centrothalberg.it/premiothalberginglese.htm