International Fritz Kreisler Competition
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The International Fritz Kreisler Competition is a violin competition dedicated to the memory of the famed Violinist/Composer Fritz Kreisler.
Founded in 1979, it has been carried out every four years since in Vienna, Austria. It is limited to violinists of or under 30 years of age.
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[edit] Required Repertoire
[edit] 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
[edit] Semifinal
- G. Tartini: Devils Trill Sonata with the Kreisler Cadence or
- F. Kreisler: Präludium/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 famous short compositions or arrangements as an encore (e.g. Caprice Viennois, Tambourin Chinois, Liebesleid, Liebesfreud, Spanish Dance, Syncopation etc.)
[edit] 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.
[edit] Published Results
- 1st-Fanny CLAMAGIRAND, France http://www.Fanny-Clamagirand.com
- 2nd prize-Ms. Leticia MUNOZ MORENO, Spain
- 3rd prize-Ms. Kyoko YONEMOTO, Japan
- 4th prize-Mr. Antal SZALAI, Hungary
- 5th prize-Mr. Andreas JANKE, Germany
- 6th prize-Ms. Lucja MADZIAR, Poland
