The competition in Category A will take place in two rounds (first round after recording, second final round in Neuchâtel, February 6, 2027)
FIRST ROUND :
RECORDING IN ONE TAKE: duration of program (from minimum 8 minutes to maximum 12 minutes)
- One virtuoso piece( study or presto or toccata or final movement of sonata)
- One piece of free choice
- If the total duration is under 8 minutes, you may add another piece of free choice.
SECOND ROUND: (maximum 20 finalists will be invited in Neuchâtel February 6, 2027)
Free program max. 15 minutes
All works must be played from memory. Only works written after 1970 can be performed with music.
Category B: participants born on or after February 7, 1998
The competition in Category B will take place in three rounds (first rounds after recordings, semi-final and final round in Neuchâtel February 5 and 7, 2027)
FIRST ROUND :
RECORDING IN ONE TAKE :
- One Prelude and Fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 or 2 by J. S. Bach
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One study by Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Scriabin, Ligeti, Unsuk Chin or Rubinstein