Repertoire 2027
General Conditions
- The whole repertoire must be played by memory.
- Participants are allowed to play pieces from their preliminary repertoire in the competition.
- In 2nd Round participants are not allowed to repeat any of the pieces that they already played in the 1st Round.
- The performance duration in the 1st and 2nd rounds should be approx. 25 minutes.
The allowed minimum performance duration is 20 minutes, the allowed maximum performance duration is 30 minutes.
- Regarding the repertoire of free choice: Participants are allowed to play single movements of pieces.
Repertoire - Age Category A
Age 11-151st Round
25 minutes repertoire, including one of the following works of Carl Nielsen:
- 5 klaverstykker, op. 3
- Humoreske Bagateller, op. 11
- Klavermusik for Smaa og Store, op. 53 (an excerpt of own choice with the minimum duration of 6 minutes)
The rest of the repertoire for 1st round is of free choice.
2nd Round
25 minutes of free repertoire
Repertoire - Age Category B
Age 16-211st Round
25 minutes repertoire, including one of the following works of Carl Nielsen:
- 5 klaverstykker, op. 3
- Symfonisk suite, op. 8
- Chaconne, op. 32
- Tema med variationer, op. 40
- Tre klaverstykker, op. 59
The rest of the repertoire is of free choice.
2nd Round
25 minutes of free repertoire
3rd Round
The first movement of one of the following piano concertos, performed with Aarhus Symphony Orchestra:
- L.v. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, op. 37
- L.v. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73
- F. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11
- F. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor, op. 21
- R. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54
- E. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16
- P.I. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23
- S. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30
