Ritmuller National Piano Competition
Junior Category
ELIMINATION ROUND (Online Submission):
⏱ Recommended duration: 2–5 minutes
📌 Perform one Etude selected from the prescribed list and one or more short pieces appropriate to the participant’s level.
FINAL ROUND (Face-to-Face):
⏱ Recommended duration: 5 – 7 minutes
📌 Option 1: Perform one etude selected from the prescribed list, followed by one or more short pieces appropriate to the participant’s level. The combined program should demonstrate technical study as well as musical contrast and artistic expression.
📌 Option 2: Perform one or more short pieces from the prescribed list, appropriate to the participant’s level. The repertoire should reflect musical variety, stylistic awareness, and suitability for the performer’s technical development.
📌 Finalists must provide copies of their music scores for the judges’ reference.
RECOMMENDED ETUDES
| Frédéric Chopin
Etude Op.10 No.3,5,6,9,12 Etude Op.25 No.1,2,3,5,7,8,9,12 |
Alexander Scriabin
Etude Op.2 No.1,2,5,6,8,9,11,12
Sergei Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableaux Op.33 No.2, 3, 5, 8, 9
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| Sergei Prokofiev
Etude Op.2 No.1,2,3,4 |
Claude Debussy
Etude No.1 “Pour les cinq doigts” Étude No.7 — “Pour les degrés chromatiques” Étude No.8 — “Pour les agréments” Étude No.10 — “Pour les sonorités opposées” Étude No.11 — “Pour les arpèges composés”
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| Johann Sebastian Bach
Two-Part Inventions: No.1 in C Major No.4 in D Minor No.8 in F Major No.13 in A Minor
Sinfonia No.1 in C Major Sinfonia No.2 in C Minor
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Carl Czerny
Op.299 “School of Velocity” No.1, 2, 6, 8, 14, 19, 21, 29
Op.740 “The Art of Finger Dexterity” No.1, 2, 5 |
| Moritz Moszkowski
Op.72 No.1 in E Major Op.72 No.2 in G Minor Op.72 No.6 in F Major
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Stephen Heller
Op.45, No.1, 2, 3, 5, 8 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 Op.46, No.1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 21 Op.47, No.1, 2, 3 |
| Igor Stravinsky
Op.7 No.1 in F-sharp Minor Op.7 No.2 in F-sharp Major Op.7 No.3 in E-flat Major Op.7 No.4 in A-flat Major
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Robert Schumann
Album for the Young, Op.68 No.1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 16 Kinderszenen Op.15 No. 1, 2, 7, 10, 13 |
| 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 |
Felix Mendelssohn
Etude Op. 104: any |
RECOMMENDED PIECES
| Johann Sebastian Bach
Invention No.1 in C Major Prelude and Fugue in C Major BWV 846 Prelude and Fugue in C Minor BWV 847 Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major BWV 848 French Suite No.5 – Allemande |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in C Major, K.545 (I. Allegro) Sonata K.283 (I) Sonata K.310 (I) Sonata K.333 (I) Fantasy in D Minor, K.397 Rondo alla Turca
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| Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle in G Minor, Op.119 No.1 Sonata Op.13 “Pathétique” – 3rd movement Sonata Op.27 No.2 – 1st movement Rondo a Capriccio “Rage over a Lost Penny”
Antonio Vivaldi Four Seasons (Piano Arrangement): any |
Frédéric Chopin
Prelude in E Minor, Op.28 No.4 Prelude in A Major, Op.28 No.7 Waltz in A Minor Waltz in B Minor, Op.69 No.2 Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op.9 No.2 Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Op. Posth. Nocturne in E Minor, Op. Posth. Fantaisie-Impromptu Polonaise in A Major, Op.40 No.1
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| Robert Schumann
Scenes from Childhood, Op.15 No.1 Arabeske, Op.18 Blumenstück, Op. 19 Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: Des Abends, Aufschwung, End vom Lied Novellette Op.21 No. 1
Clara Schumann Romance in G Minor, Op. 21 No. 3 Scherzo No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 10 Caprices en forme de Valse, Op. 2: any Impromptu in E Major
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Felix Mendelssohn
Songs Without Words: any Scherzo à Capriccio in F-sharp Minor Rondo Capriccioso in E Major, Op. 14 Spinnerlied (Spinning Song), Op. 67 No. 4 Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30 No. 6
Sergei Rachmaninoff Humoresque, Op. 10 No. 5 in G Major Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3: any Prelude in B minor, Op. 32 No. 10 Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32 No. 12
Ottorino Respighi Six Pieces for Piano: any |
| Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo Op.118 No.2 Ballade in D Minor, Op. 10 No. 1 Intermezzo in A Minor, Op. 76 No. 7 Intermezzo in B Minor, Op. 119 No. 1 Capriccio in B Minor, Op. 76 No. 2 Capriccio in F-sharp Minor, Op. 76 No. 1 Intermezzo in E-flat Major, Op. 117 No. 1 Romanze in F Major, Op. 118 No. 5 Intermezzo in A-flat Major, Op. 76 No. 3
Friedrich Burgmüller The Storm, Op.109 No.13 Op.105 No.12
Franz Schubert Impromptu Op.90 No.3
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Humoresque, Op. 10 No. 2 Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 19 No. 4 Scherzo Humoristique in D Major, Op.19 No.2 Dumka, Op. 59 Capriccio Op.8 |
Franz Liszt
Consolation No.3 Liebestraum No.3 Romance in E minor S.169
Aram Khachaturian Children’s Album No. 2 – Sounds of Childhood: any Sonata in E-flat major Toccata in E-flat minor Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia Sabre Dance (piano arrangement) The Maidens’ Dance from Gayaneh ballet |
| Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Alexander Tcherepnin Bagatelle No.1
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Claude Debussy
Arabesque Deux Arabesques Clair de Lune La fille aux cheveux de lin
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| Béla Bartók
Romanian Folk Dances Allegro Barbaro
Christopher Norton Latin Preludes (any one)
Fazil Say Jazz Fantasy on Mozart – (Turkish March Improvisation)
Ernesto Nazareth Odeon
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CHINESE REPERTOIRE
He Luting Buffalo Boy’s Flute Shepherd Boy’s Piccolo
Wang Jianzhong Liuyang River Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon
Ding Shande Spring Dance
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