Adults Group Repertoire

The stages for the Adults Group will consist of the following:

1. DVD Qualification Stage

   NTSC system compatible. The video camera must be in a fixed position, showing always the right profile of the participant, his/her hands and the piano pedals.

   For this stage, the participant must record the Prelude and Fugue of J. S. Bach and the first movement of the L. v. Beethoven Sonata that he/she is going to perform in the First Stage of the Competition and a piece of the participant's choice which best represents him/her.

   The DVD must be sent with the mandatory documents no later than June 15^th 2018 via an express courier service.
   Please double check your recordings before sending them, previously we have received empty recordings, recordings without sound and recordings we haven't been aple to listen to.

   Participants will be notified of the results of this stage no later than July 13^th 2018 via e-mail.

2. First Stage - Maximum Duration (35 minutes)

   • An étude from F. Chopin, Op. 10 or Op. 25
     (Op. 10, No. 3; Op. 10, No. 6 and the postopus études cannot be played)
   • An étude from one of the following composers:
     (F. Liszt, S. Rachmaninov, C. Debussy, A. Skriabin, S. Prokofiev, among others)
   • A prelude and fugue from J. S. Bach
     (Books I and II from "The Well-Tempered Clavier")
   • A L. v. Beethoven Sonata
     (The following sonatas cannot be played: L. v. Beethoven - Sonata, Op. 49, No. 1 y No. 2; L. v. Beethoven - Sonata, Op. 79)
   
   

3. Second Stage - Maximum Duration (50 minutes)

   • Mandatory Mexican Piece * - J. Álvarez - Dualidad
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   • A work from C. Debussy or M. Ravel
     (Free choice between Preludes, Suite movements, Études, etc.)
   • An important romanticism work from one of the following composers
     (F. Chopin, R. Schumann, F. Schubert, J. Brahms, F. Liszt, F. Mendelssohn, E. Grieg, P. I. Tchaikovsky, C. Franck, M. Mussorgsky, among others)
   • An important 20^th century work written after 1900, from one of the following composers:
     (S. Prokofiev, D. Shostakovich, B. Bartók, R. Schedrin, P. Hindemith, A. Schonberg, A. Berg, A. Webern, I. Albeniz, E. Granados, M. de Falla, A. Ginastera, among others)
   
   

   * The renowned yucatecan composer Javier Alvarez is a winner of the National Science and Art Prize in 2013 for his distinguished artistic trajectory and his contribution to musical education in Mexico, also winner of the Medalla de Bellas Artes 2015 in acknowledgement of his distinguished trajectory and attributions to art and culture in Mexico.

4. Third Stage

   A concert for piano and orchestra. You can choose one of the following:

   • L. v. Beethoven – Concerts No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5
   • J. Brahms – Concerts No. 1 and No. 2
   • F. Chopin – Concerts No. 1 and No. 2
   • R. Schumann – Concert, Op. 54
   • P. I. Tchaikovsky – Concert No. 1
   • E. Grieg – Concert No. 1, Op. 16
   • F. Mendelssohn - Concerto in G minor
   • C. Saint-Saëns – Concerts No. 2 and No. 5
   • S. Rachmaninov – Concert No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
   • F. Liszt – Concert No. 1 and No. 2
   • B. Bartók – Concert No. 3
   • D. Shostakovich – Concert, Op. 102, No. 2
   • S. Prokofiev – Concert No. 1 and No. 3
   • M. Ravel – Concert in G major
   
   

   The third stage is divided in semifinal and final. The semifinal is going to be conducted with a professional accompanist, chosen by the Organizational Committee. If the participant wants to bring his/her own accompanist, he/she can do so, but the expenses must be paid for by the participant. The first three places, not defined at that moment, will participate in the Grand Finale of the Competition, accompanied by the Yucatan Symphony Orchestra on Friday, November 30^th 2018. After the concert, the winner and the second and third places are going to be announced. Furthermore the public is going to have the opportunity to choose its favorite finalist from the final stage with the Orchestra.

   * The Winner and the finalists will be defined after averaging out their grades from all of the Competition's stages.