Dates

Competition postponed to 2012

Auditions: September 2009, in
Berlin, London, Moscow, Kiev, New York, Beijing,
Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney

  up to 40

Location

History

1st competition in 2006
2nd competition in 2012

to be determined

since 2004

Audition

solo --- 2 works

1st stage

solo

2nd stage

solo  --- 60 min.

3rd stage

chamber music + solo

Finals

two concertos

Appl. fee

Total amount

  50'000 Euro
(this amount includes the fees for several concert engagements)

Jury

(originally invited for 2010)

Boris Bloch (frg/rus) (Chm)
Tigran Alikhanov (rus)
Bao Hui-qiao (chn)
Piers Lane (gb)
Dirk Mommertz (frg)
Matti Raekallio (fin)
Pascal Roge (f)
Jerome Rose (usa)
Mitsuko Shirai (jpn)

Audition

    solo
1 - Bach
1 - Sonata Haydn/Beeth./Schub. (1st movem.)
     (same as in 1st or 2nd stage)

1st stage

    solo
1 - Sonata Haydn
set of works - Mendelssohn

2nd stage

    solo  (60 min.)
1 - Sonata Beeth./Schub.
1 or more - Schum./Chopin/Liszt

3rd stage

    Chamber Music
1 - piano quartet  or
     song accomp. Schumann
     solo
1 - contemporary work from Essen or Ruhr

Finals

    two concertos
1 - Haydn
1 - Mend./Schum./Chopin/Liszt

NB

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