Ritmuller National Piano Competition
Senior Category
ELIMINATION ROUND (Online Submission):
⏱ Recommended duration: 5 – 7 minutes
đź“Ś Perform one Etude selected from the prescribed list and one or more short pieces chosen from the prescribed repertoire list.
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FINAL ROUND (Face-to-Face):
⏱ Recommended duration: 7 – 10 minutes
đź“Ś Option 1: Participants may perform one movement (excluding slow movements) selected from any sonata in the prescribed repertoire list.
📌 Option 2: Participants may perform one etude plus one or more short pieces selected from the prescribed repertoire list, appropriate to the participant’s standard and level of difficulty, demonstrating musicality, stylistic understanding, and technical control.
đź“Ś Option 3: Participants may select one short piece from the prescribed repertoire list, provided that the performance adheres strictly to the specified time limit.
📌 Finalists must provide copies of their music scores for the judges’ reference.
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RECOMMENDED ETUDES
| Frédéric Chopin
Op.10 No.1,3,4,5,8,9,10,11,12 Op.12 No.12 Op.25 No.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
Nikolai Kapustin Eight Concert Etudes, Op. 40: any |
Franz Liszt
Transcendental Etudes: any La Campanella Un Sospiro La Leggierezza Waldesrauschen Gnomenreigen
Robert Schumann Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13: any
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| Sergei Rachmaninoff
Etude-Tableaux Op.33 No.2, 3, 5, 8, 9 Etude-Tableaux Op.39 No.1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9
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Claude Debussy
Pour les arpèges composés Pour les octaves Pour les degrés chromatiques Pour les sonorités opposées
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| György Ligeti
Etude No. 1 Désordre Etude No. 4 Fanfares Etude No. 5 Arc-en-ciel Etude No. 6 Automne à Varsovie Etude No. 13 L’escalier du diable
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Igor Stravinsky
Etudes Op.7 Nos.1, 2, 3, 4
Jean Sibelius Ten Fugitive Pieces, Op. 24 No. 1, 3, 5, 9 Five Characteristic Pieces, Op.75 No.1, 3, 5 Etude in A minor Op. 76 No. 2
Alexander Scriabin Etude Op.8 No.5,6,11,12 Etude Op.42 No.4
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| Carl Czerny
Op.365 No.2, 6, 9, 10 Op.740 No.10, 16, 22, 29, 32 |
Sergei Prokofiev
Toccata Op.11 Op. 2, No.1,2,3,4 Â |
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RECOMMENDED PIECES
| Johann Sebastian Bach
Italian Concerto BWV 971 (I) Toccata in C Minor BWV 911 Toccata in E Minor BWV 914 Prelude and Fugue in D Minor BWV 851 Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903
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Joseph Haydn
Hob.XVI:34 in E Minor Hob.XVI:46 in A-flat Major Hob.XVI:52 in E-flat Major
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| Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 – 1st Movement Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 – 1st Movement Sonata Op. 14 No. 1 – 1st Movement Sonata No.8 Op.13 “Pathétique” Sonata No. 3 Op.10 Sonata Op. 49 No. 1 – 1st Movement Sonata No.26 Op.81a “Les Adieux” Sonata No.28 Op.101 Bagatelle Op. 33: any Bagatelle Op. 126: any Rondo in C major Op. 51 No. 1 Andante favori WoO 57 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in A Minor, K.310 Sonata in B-flat Major, K.333 Sonata in C Minor, K.457 Sonata in D Major, K.576
Gabriel Fauré Pavane, Op.50 Nocturne No.4 in E-flat Major Nocturne No.6 in D-flat Major Nocturne No.13 in B Minor Barcarolle No.1 in A Minor Barcarolle No.3 in G-flat Major Barcarolle No.6
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| Frédéric Chopin
Ballade No.1,2,3 Scherzo No.1,2,3 Barcarolle Op.60 Berceuse Op.57 Polonaise Op.53 Polonaise-Fantaisie Op.61 Nocturne Op.27 No.2 Sonata No.2 in B-flat Minor, Op.35 Sonata No.3 in B Minor, Op.58
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No.6 Hungarian Rhapsody No.12 Mephisto Waltz No.1 Liebestraum No.3
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| Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody Op.79 No.1 Rhapsody Op.79 No.2 Scherzo in E-flat Minor, Op. 4 Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2 Ballade Op. 118 No. 3 Romanze Op. 118 No. 5 Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 6 Piano Sonata No.1 in C Major, Op.1: 3rd or 4th movement Piano Sonata No.2 in F-sharp Minor, Op.2: 1st or 3rd movement Piano Sonata No.3 in F Minor, Op.5: 3rd and 5th movement
Franz Schubert Schubert: Impromptu Op. 90 No. 2 Impromptu Op.90 No.4 Impromptu Op.142 No.4 Sonata in A Minor, D.784 Sonata in B-flat Major, D.960 Sonata in A Major, D.959
Clara Schumann Scherzo No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 14 Caprices en forme de Valse, Op. 2: any
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude Op.23 No.4 Prelude Op.23 No.5 Prelude Op.23 No.6 Prelude Op.32 No.10 Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op.3 No.2 Prelude in D-flat major, Op. 32 No. 13 Moments Musicaux (any) Sonata No.2 in B-flat Minor, Op.36: any movement Humoresque, Op. 10 No. 5 in G Major
Felix Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, Op. 35 No. 1 Prelude and Fugue in D Major, Op. 35 No. 5 Prelude and Fugue in D Major, Op. 35 No. 6
Robert Schumann Toccata in C Major, Op. 7 Kreisleriana, Op. 16: any Novellette Op.21 No. 8 Fantasie, Op. 17: any movement
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Grand Sonata in G Major, Op. 37: except 2nd movement Theme and Variations, Op. 19 No. 6 |
| Claude Debussy
L’isle Joyeuse Feux d’artifice Reflets dans l’eau Estampes: Pagodes La cathédrale engloutie Jardins sous la pluie
Philip Glass Metamorphosis No. 3 |
Maurice Ravel
Jeux d’eau Alborada del gracioso Sonatine (I) Miroirs: Une barque sur l’océan Ondine
Aram Khachaturian Masquerade Suite (for piano solo) – Waltz, Nocturne, Galop Toccata (1932) The Maidens’ Dance from Gayaneh ballet Sabre Dance (piano arrangement) Sonata in E-flat major Sonatina in C Major Toccata in E-flat minor
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| Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata No.3 Sonata No.6 Sonata No.7 Sonata No.2 in D Minor, Op.14 Sonata No.4 in C Minor, Op.29 Sonata No.5 in C Major, Op.38 Sonata No.8 in B-flat Major, Op.84 Suggestion Diabolique: any Visions Fugitives: any
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, Op.87 Prelude Op.34 No.24 Sonata No.2
Alban Berg Sonata Op.1
Alexander Scriabin Sonata No.2 “Sonata-Fantasy”: 2nd movement Sonata No.4: 2nd movement Vers la Flamme, Op. 72 Poème Tragique, Op. 34 Poème, Op. 32 No. 1 |
| BĂ©la BartĂłk
Burlesques Sz.47 Mikrokosmos No.10,14,20,36 Out of Doors Suite No.2,3,5,6 Dance Suite No.6 (Finale)
Samuel Barber Piano Sonata, Op.26: 2nd or 4th movement
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Isaac Albéniz
Asturias Sevilla
Enrique Granados Spanish Dance No.5 “Andaluza”
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| CHINESE REPERTOIRE
Wang Jianzhong Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Plum Blossoms Melody in Three Variations
Chu Wanghua Xinjiang Capriccio Toccata for Piano
Chen Peixun Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake
Ding Shande Children’s Suite: any
Tan Dun Eight Memories in Watercolor
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Joe Hisaishi
Merry-Go-Round of Life
La La Land Jazz Medley Arrangement
RADWIMPS Sparkle – Your Name. (Kimi no Na wa) |
