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

The pieces must be played from memory, except the work composed by Michel Petrossian for the first round, all pieces mentioned in lists A and B for the second round, and the Trios for the chamber music final.
For repeats: at the free choice of the candidate but preferably without repeats (Sonatas and J. S. Bach).

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.

• Piece by Silvia Colasanti commissioned for the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition 2023

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 N° 3, 5, 6 or 8
• Johannes Brahms: Sonata N° 1 in G major, Op. 78 or Sonata N° 2 in A major, Op. 100 or Sonata N° 3 in D minor, Op. 108
• Wolfgang A. Mozart: Sonata in C major, K.403 or Sonata in B-flat major, K.378
• Franz Schubert: Sonata in A major, D. 574
• Robert Schumann: Sonata N° 1 in A minor, Op. 105 or Sonata N° 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 N° 1 or N°2
• Georges Enesco: Sonata for violin and piano N° 3 in A minor, Op. 25
• Francis Poulenc: Sonata for violin and piano
• Béla Bartók: Sonata for violin and piano N° 1, Sz. 75 or N° 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.

• Piece of virtuosity for solo violin or violin with piano at the candidate’s free choice

First part of the Final: Chamber Music with two members of the Jury who will play the piano and cello parts. (maximum time of 45’)

A.

• Felix Mendelssohn: Trio in D minor N° 1 Op. 49, Scherzo

B.

A Trio of your choice from the following list:

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio N°5 in D major, Op. 70 N° 1, entitled “Geistertrio“
• Johannes Brahms: Trio N° 3 in C minor, Op. 101
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Trio N° 2 in E minor, Op. 67
• Frank Martin: Trio based on popular Irish melodies
• Maurice Ravel: Trio in A minor, M. 67

Second part of the 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 N° 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.

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