Repertoire for International Competitions

[cadenceiiv7i]

I've just started competing at international-level piano competitions and I'm not sure if my repertoire list is balanced or advanced enough. I would really appreciate it if anyone could give me some advice about choosing repertoire.

So here is my current list:

J.S. Bach. Prelude and Fugue in C sharp Major, WTCI
L.v.Beethoven. Sonata in C major op. 2 no. 3
Schubert. Drei Klavierstucke- I,II
Liszt. Venezia e Napoli-Tarantella
Rachmaninov-Prelude in G major op. 32 no. 5
Chopin. Etude op 25 no. 11
            Etude op 10 no 8
Ginastera. Sonata no. 1-I
Rachmaninov. Piano Concerto no. 2-1st movement

Thanks so much!

[le_poete_mourant]

It depends on what competitions you are planning to enter. do you have specific competitions right now?  If you don't have something specific, it will be difficult to advise you. Right now, your program seems a little bit weak if you want to enter an artist-level competition like the Cliburn or Leeds. It's unwise to program segments of a full work. If you're going to do Ginastera Sonata, program the complete sonata. Program all the of the Schubert pieces. Program all of the Liszt Venezia e Napoli. If we're talking about a young artists type competition, then your program will be more suitable as it is. Again, it all depends on the competition.

Many of the major international competitions require significantly more music than you have right now. A lot of them ask for two full recital programs of 50-60 minutes and one or two complete concertos (classical and other, if they ask for two), not just one movement of a concerto. Some competitions also have chamber music rounds. Sometimes, as in Cliburn or Queen Elisabeth, you will need to learn a newly written piece on very short notice.

[asiantraveller101]

It depends on what competitions you are planning to enter. do you have specific competitions right now?  If you don't have something specific, it will be difficult to advise you. Right now, your program seems a little bit weak if you want to enter an artist-level competition like the Cliburn or Leeds. It's unwise to program segments of a full work. If you're going to do Ginastera Sonata, program the complete sonata. Program all the of the Schubert pieces. Program all of the Liszt Venezia e Napoli. If we're talking about a young artists type competition, then your program will be more suitable as it is. Again, it all depends on the competition.

Many of the major international competitions require significantly more music than you have right now. A lot of them ask for two full recital programs of 50-60 minutes and one or two complete concertos (classical and other, if they ask for two), not just one movement of a concerto. Some competitions also have chamber music rounds. Sometimes, as in Cliburn or Queen Elisabeth, you will need to learn a newly written piece on very short notice.

Exactly!! Complete works please. To add: if it is Chopin competition, you need a whole lot more Chopin pieces of different genre.

[j_menz]

Most competitions, surely, have websites these days that list requirements and often list the repertoire played in past competitions. You should check those out generally, and especially those of competitions you are thinking about.

A useful directory is to be found here.

How you could start competing without first considering these matters beforehand escapes me.

[le_poete_mourant]

Additional resources for competition information:

https://www.bakitone.com/
https://www.alink-argerich.org/calendar.htm

[cadenceiiv7i]

It depends on what competitions you are planning to enter. do you have specific competitions right now?  If you don't have something specific, it will be difficult to advise you. Right now, your program seems a little bit weak if you want to enter an artist-level competition like the Cliburn or Leeds. It's unwise to program segments of a full work. If you're going to do Ginastera Sonata, program the complete sonata. Program all the of the Schubert pieces. Program all of the Liszt Venezia e Napoli. If we're talking about a young artists type competition, then your program will be more suitable as it is. Again, it all depends on the competition.

Many of the major international competitions require significantly more music than you have right now. A lot of them ask for two full recital programs of 50-60 minutes and one or two complete concertos (classical and other, if they ask for two), not just one movement of a concerto. Some competitions also have chamber music rounds. Sometimes, as in Cliburn or Queen Elisabeth, you will need to learn a newly written piece on very short notice.

Thanks for your reply! I'm still a teenager so I'm just entering in young artist competitions. I found that most of them don't require more than an hour of repertoire (with exceptions, of course) and most of them have around the same requirements (Bach-polyphonic piece, Classical sonata etc).

[le_poete_mourant]

In that case, I think your repertoire is quite suitable. Good luck!

[canada100]

This sounds pretty reasonable to me.

Beethoven's Op. 2 No. 3 is difficult enough, and the rest of your repertoire is also sufficient. Good luck!