if you were to enter the next internation chopin competition what would you play

[imbetter]

https://en.chopin.nifc.pl/=files/doc/604/rulesxvi.pdf

I thought it would be interesting to see what everybody else would play.


For me:

Preliminary round:

Etudes op.25 no.6, no.5 and op.10 no.4

Nocturne op.9 no.3

Mazurka op.33 no.4

Ballade 4

Stage one:

Etudes op. 25 no.4, 11 and op.10 no.3

Fantasy in F minor

Stage two:

Scherzos no.1 and 2

Waltz op.18

Mazurkas op.59

Polonaise op.44

Stage three:

Polonaise-fantasie

Sonata no.2

Nocturne op. 9 no.2

Barcarolle

Introduction and rondo

Final:

Concerto no.1

[communist]

Preliminary:

op.10 no.2

op.10 no. 12

op.25 no.10

op.9 no.3

fantasy



stage 1:

op.25 no. 5, 6

nocturne op.27 no.1

Barcarolle

Mazurka op.59 no.3

stage II

Scherzo no.1

Waltz op.64 no.3

Mazurkas op.24

The F Sharp minor polonaise

Introduction and Rondo

stage III

Polonaise Fantasy

Sonata no.2

Preludes op.28

Final:

Concerto no.1

[gyzzzmo]

hmmm.... what would i play.....

Space invaders, at least if i can power up that old 286 hercules again....

[aslanov]

Prelim:

Waltz op. 64 no. 2 (just for fun)
Etude Op. 10 no 12
Etude Op. 10 no 5
Nocturne op 9 no 1/2

Stage 1:

Scherzo 1
Etude op. 10 no 4
Etude op. 25 no 11
Fantasie impromptu

Stage 2:

Scherzo 3
Polonaise Heroique
Grand Valse op 18 no 1

Stage 3:

Scherzo 2
Ballade no 1

Final:
Piano Concerto 2

[pianowolfi]

lol I imagine I would go there with my 44 years and play my "Styx" and just see the stunned perplex faces and be thrown out before the first round. I really wish I had the strength to do it. What's all this about competitions anyway?

[thierry13]

Preliminary-
Etude op.25 no.11
Etude op.10 no.4
Etude op.10 no.10

Mazurkas op.59

Nocturne op.9 no.3

Ballade no.2

Stage 1-
Etude op.10 no.4
Etude op.10 no.10

Nocturne op.9 no.3

Scherzo no.3

Stage 2-
Fantasy in f minor op.49

Waltz op.42

Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante

Mazurkas op.59

Barcarolle

Stage 3-
Polonaise-fantasy

Allegro de concert

Sonata no.3

Final-
Concerto no.1

[mad_max2024]

I'd play chopsticks just to see the look on their faces.

[furtwaengler]

I think I too would play Pianowolfi's "Styx" if I knew it. That sucker's intense! 

[pianowolfi]

I think I too would play Pianowolfi's "Styx" if I knew it. That sucker's intense! 

I can send you the score, after the next revision

[richard black]

What's all this about competitions anyway?

Competitions are great! I used to do them occasionally (when I was young enough, which is well over a decade ago now) just because I was guaranteed a captive audience on whom to try out various composers and pieces they'd never heard of. I never remotely expected to get beyond the first round but I had loads of fun.