Each candidate will interpret a selection of pieces from the list below:

The pieces must be played from memory, except the contemporary work for the first round, all pieces mentioned in lists A and B for the second round and the chamber music works for the third round.

Repeats (Sonatas and J. S. Bach) are at the candidate’s discretion, but candidates are encouraged to omit them.

Preselection by video:

A.

• Niccolò Paganini: A Caprice of your choice, Op.1
  

B.

• Sonata:  The first movement of a Sonata from the 2nd round list A

First round: solo violin (maximum time of 30’)

A piece from each category: A, B and C
The Jury reserves the right to choose the movements to be played.

A.

• J. S. Bach:  Two consecutive movements from a Partita or Sonata for solo violin, except the Chaconne from Partita for violin N°2

B.

• Eugène Ysaÿe:  One of the six Sonatas for solo violin, Op. 27

C.

• Helena Winkelman: Piece commissioned for the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition 2027

Second Round: solo violin with piano (maximum time of 45′)

A piece from each category: A, B and C
The Jury reserves the right to choose the movements to be played.

A.

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 3, 5, 6 or 8
• Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 or Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 or Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
• Wolfgang A. Mozart: Sonata No. 30 in C major, K.403 or Sonata No. 26 in B-flat major, K.378
• Franz Schubert: Sonata in A major, D. 574
• Robert Schumann: Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 or Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121

B.

• Claude Debussy: Sonata for violin and piano
• Leoš Janáček: Sonata for violin and piano, JW VII/7
• Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for violin and piano No. 1 or No. 2
• Georges Enesco: Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25
• Francis Poulenc: Sonata for violin and piano
• Béla Bartók: Sonata for violin and piano No. 1, Sz. 75 or No. 2, Sz. 76
• Maurice Ravel: Sonata for violin and piano M. 77
• Arnold Schönberg: Phantasy for violin and piano, Op. 47
• Karol Szymanowski: Sonata for violin and piano in D minor, Op. 9

C.

• Virtuosic piece of the candidate’s choice for solo violin or violin with piano

Third round: Chamber Music with two members of the Jury who will play the piano and cello parts (maximum time of 30’)

Maurice Ravel, Sonata for violin and cello, M.73, I. Allegro

A.

A Trio of your choice from the following list:

• Johannes Brahms, Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101 (22’)
• Dmitri Shostakovitch, Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 (26’)
• Felix Mendelssohn, Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 (28’)
• Maurice Ravel, Trio in A minor, M. 67 (28’)

Final: Concerto with Orchestra

A Concerto of your choice from the following list, to be played from memory:

A.

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto in D major, Op. 61
• Johannes Brahms: Concerto in D major, Op. 77
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto No. 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129
• Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 64
• Robert Schumann: Concerto in D minor, WoO 23
• Piotr I.Tchaikovsky: Concerto in D major, Op. 35

B.

• Encore: Piece for solo violin, preferably composed after 1970, at the free choice of the finalist (max. 5′)