International Fritz Kreisler Competition

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.

Prize Winners

2010

1. Nikita Borisoglebsky
2. Ekaterina Frolova
3. Aylen Pritchin
4. Yura Lee
5. Shiori Terauchi
6. Eugene Nakamura /
7. Ilja Marinkovic

2005

1. Fanny Clamagirand
2. Leticia Munoz Moreno
3. Kyoko Yonemoto
4. Antal Szalai
5. Andreas Janke
6. Lucja Madziar

2000

1. Sergej Krylov
2. Sergey Khachatryan

1996

1. Daishiu Kashimoto
2. Giovanni Angeleri

1992

1. Florin Croitoru
2. Rachel Barton Pine
3. Tomo Keller
4. Albrecht Brueninger
5. Patricia Shih
6. Natalia Lhikopoi

External links

• http://www.fritzkreisler.com