Category C: Participants born on or after February 9, 1999
The competition in Category C will take place in three rounds (first rounds after recordings, semi-final and final round in Neuchâtel the 7th-9th February 2025)
FIRST ROUND :
RECORDING IN ONE TAKE of the program must not exceed 13 minutes and must include :
- One Prelude and Fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 or 2 by J. S. Bach
- One Chopin study
- One study by Liszt, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Scriabin, Ligeti, Chin or Rubinstein
SEMI-FINAL in Neuchâtel Conservatory the 7 th February maximum (20 selected candidates will be invited to play recital)
RECITAL of 30-35 minutes must include:
- One or several pieces of free choice
- One piece written after 1960 or
All works must be played from memory.
Only works written after 1960 can be performed with music.
FINAL ROUND in TEMPLE DU BAS 9th February 2025
(5 selected candidates) :
with conservatory string orchestra « La Stravaganza » under conducting Carole Hearing and Louis Pantillon.
One of the following concertos :
- J-S Bach, Concerto BWV 1052
- W.-A. Mozart, Concerto No 12, KV 414
- F. Chopin, Concerto No 1, opus 11