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Revision as of 07:40, 25 May 2010
The International Fritz Kreisler Competition is a violin competition dedicated to the memory of violinist and composer Fritz Kreisler.
Founded in 1979, it is carried out every four years in Vienna, Austria. It is limited to violinists of or under 30 years of age.
Required Repertoire
Preliminaries
- J.S. Bach: the first two movements of a solo sonata, the first four movements of a Partita, or the Ciaccona (of the Second Partita)
- A Caprice by Paganini, Wieniawski, or Ernst
- F. Kreisler: Recitative and Scherzo Caprice
Semifinal
- G. Tartini: Devils Trill Sonata with the Kreisler Cadence or
- F. Kreisler: Präeludium and Allegro or
- F. Kreisler: variations on a theme by Corelli
- A composition for violin and piano of the "Viennese school" from the 18th to the 20th century (Viennese Classic, Brahms, R. Strauss, Schönberg, Webern, Krenek etc.)
- A modern composition of the 20th century (violin/piano or violin solo) from a composer of the participant's home country
- A virtuoso composition of free choice (violin/piano or violin solo)
- One of Fritz Kreisler's short compositions or arrangements as an encore (e.g. Caprice Viennois, Tambourin Chinois, Liebesleid, Liebesfreud, Spanish Dance, Syncopation etc.)
Final
A violin concerto of 19th or 20th century (the earliest accepted being Beethoven) with a Kreisler cadenza if possible
Most of these pieces must be played by memory.