Selection of Required Repertoire for the Competition (Violoncello)

The following structure serves as a guideline for repertoire selection according to age and study level. The goal is to promote musical diversity and educational value.

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Group A :Students up to age 10 

Program duration: 5–7 minutes

• Two pieces of contrasting character

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Group B: Students aged 10–12

Program duration: 7–10 minutes

• Two pieces of contrasting character

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Group C: Students aged 12–14

Program duration: 10–13 minutes

• Two pieces of contrasting character and from different musical periods

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Group D: Students aged 14–16

Program duration: up to 15 minutes

• Two pieces from different musical periods

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Group E: Pre-College (ages 16–18)

• One movement from the List of Required Cello Concertos

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Group F: Bachelor Students

• Prelude + one dance movement from Bach Suites No. 1–3

• One first movement from the List of Required Cello Concertos

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                  Master Students

• Prelude + one dance movement from Bach Suites No. 4–6

• One first movement from the List of Required Cello Concertos

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Final Round: All finalists will perform the 1st movement of a Haydn Cello Concerto

(No.1 or 2) with an orchestra.

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Required Repertoire: Cello Concertos for the First Round

• Camille Saint-Saëns

• Édouard Lalo

• Joseph Haydn – C major

• Joseph Haydn – D major

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Rococo Variations

• Robert Schumann

• Antonín Dvořák

• Sergei Prokofiev – Sinfonia Concertante

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