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Concerto Repertoire

Concertos form an important part of the repertoire at major competitions. A great pianist may win a competition with a splendid interpretation of "Beethoven #4" , while another pianist is hailed by the audience after a dazzling performance of "Rach 3" . Sometimes, a competition offers the opportunity to perform a less well-known work for piano and orchestra. Clara Wieck ’s piano concerto is on the list for Cleveland, the Schumann competition in Zwickau and the Carl Maria von Weber competition in Dresden. In Dresden, one of the three works by Weber for piano and orchestra can be chosen. In Cleveland, the piano concerto by Amy Beach or Florence Price may be performed. At the Hastings Piano Concerto competition, participants may choose to play John Ireland . In Vilnius, the first or second piano concerto by Dvarionas can be heard. In Murcia (Spain), Bortkiewicz , Moszkowski and Rachmaninoff’s 2 nd Symphony , arranged by Warenberg for piano and orchestra, are listed [to be performed with 2 nd piano accompaniment] . At a few competitions, a specific concerto is compulsory , to be performed by all finalists: in Boston, but also in Weimar, Collioure and at the Piano Campus competition in Pontoise. Two concertos (or even more ...) At some competitions, two concertos have to be performed. It is then mostly a Mozart concerto and a Romantic concerto. Sometimes, two concertos must be prepared of which the jury (Bolzano, Bonn, Brescia, Cleveland, IGPA ) or the finalists themselves ( Grieg Bergen) will choose one. For the concerto competition in Shenzhen, four concertos were required. Any concerto In Montreal and for the Odyssiad and GOCAA competitions, any piano concerto may be prepared. In Brussels at the Queen Elisabeth competition and at the Honens Competition (Calgary), contestants have a free choice of their second concerto for the finals. Table of concertos Usually, the choice of piano concertos is more restricted. On page 53, the piano concertos are listed which may be performed in the AAF member competitions. The tables on pages 48-52 specify which choice the contestants have. If a competition has several age groups, it might be that the finalists in the younger age categories may also play with orchestra (Weimar, Zhuhai, …). Only the top category has been covered in the table. Alink-Argerich Foundation 2024