XI Krystian Tkaczewski International Piano Competition

Category  "Piano Talents"  (max 15 minutes) - up to 13 years old (before 14th birthday)

• Free program

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Category  "Young Prodigies" (max 20 minutes) - up to 16 years old (before 17th birthday)

• One Virtuosic Etude

• One F. Chopin piece

• One or more compositions freely chosen by the competitor.

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Category "Young Artists" (max 20 minutes) - up to 19 years old (before 20th birthday)

• One F. Chopin piece 

• One Etude by one of these composers: F. Chopin, F. Liszt, S. Rachmaninov, A. Scriabin, N. Kapustin, I. Stravinsky, S. Prokofiev, K. Szymanowski, W. Lutoslawski, G. Cziffra or G. Ligeti. 

• One or more compositions freely chosen by the competitor.

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Category  "Piano Masters" - no age limit

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Preliminary Round​

• F. Chopin - Etude op.10 or 25

• One etude by one of these composers: F. Liszt, S. Rachmaninov, A. Scriabin, N. Kapustin, I. Stravinsky,  S. Prokofiev, K. Szymanowski, W. Lutoslawski, G. Cziffra or G. Ligeti or G. Bizet/W. Horowitz  Carmen variations or F. Mendelssohn/F. Liszt/W. Horowitz Wedding March.

• One free piece up to 7 minutes.

• One of the following pieces: Chopin Mazurka, Chopin Waltz, Chopin Nocturne, Scarlatti Sonata, Tchaikovsky The Seasons (one piece), Schubert Impromptu, Rachmaninov Moment Musical, any cantilena piece (up to 5 min.).

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Finale (40-45 minutes):

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1. One of Maestro Krystian Tkaczewski's favorite pieces:

• F. Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise, op.22

• F. Chopin: Polonaise, op. 53 

• F. Chopin Polonaise, op.44

• F. Chopin: One Scherzo 

• F. Chopin: One Ballade

• F. Chopin: entire opus of Mazurkas. 

• F. Chopin Sonata, op.35

• F. Chopin Sonata op.58

• F. Chopin Fantasia, op.49

• F. Chopin Preludes (complete)

• E. Grieg Piano Sonata in E minor, op.7

• F. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody 2,6,12,15 

• F. Liszt: Spanish Rhapsody

• F. Liszt: Mephisto Waltz I

• F. Liszt: Dante Sonata

• F. Liszt Sonata in B minor

• M. Balakirev: Islamey 

• S. Rachmaninov: II Sonata, op. 36 

• S. Rachmaninov: Corelli Variations

• M. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition 

• S. Prokofiev: Sonata 2,3,6,7

• A. Scriabine: Sonata 2,5,9 

• I. Stravinsky: Petrouchka 

• A. Ginastera: Sonata, op. 22 

• A. Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas 

• M. Ravel: Scarbo 

• V. Horowitz: Any transcription

• G. Cziffra: any transcription

• R. Schumann: Etudes Symphoniques

• F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Variations Serieuses

• Comparable composition approved by the Artistic Director.

   2. One or more compositions freely chosen by a competitor.