Application rules:
The Concours Géza Anda 2024 is open to participants from all countries who are born after 30th May 1992. Applications can only be submitted online. All applicants must create an individual account and enter their application in the online portal from 19th November 2023 until 31st January 2024, which includes:
the upload of personal contact details and a valid identification document
individual choice of repertoire for the CGA 2024, if necessary upload a score of the (optional) piece of free choice
information on CV, training, concerts, masterclasses and competitions, details of commitments to concert agencies
artistic CV and artist photos
confirmation of being familiar with the General Terms of Participation, the Conduct Clause and the CHF 300 registration fee
video recording provided through YouTube (link not open to the public)
please note for your video recording:
The video recording has to be approx. 30 minutes long and unedited (in one take).
Your hands should be visible in the video.
No application videos will be accepted which contain works or parts of works from the complete repertoire list of the Concours Géza Anda 2024 (from 1st Round to Final, see: Rules & Repertoire).
Your application becomes valid after payment of the registration fee of CHF 300 to:
Géza Anda Foundation
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Privatbank IHAG Zürich AG
Ref. CGA 2024 / Surname / First name
Awards:
First prize: 40.000 CHF
Second prize: 30.000 CHF
Third prize: 20.000 CHF
Repertoire:
First Round
The audition is open to the public and will be streamed online.
Duration: max. 25 minutes
The candidate has to specify his choice of repertoire in his online application.
The candidate is obliged to prepare works from the following list to play them in the order of the three parts:
1st part:
Either one sonata by
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in D minor, K 1 (L.366) Sonata in D minor, K 9 (L.413) Sonata in E major, K 20 (L.375) Sonata in B minor, K 87 (L.33) Sonata in D major, K 214 (L.165) Sonata in E major, K 380 (L.23) Sonata in F minor, K 519 (L.475)
or a “Prelude and Fugue” from “The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II” by
Johann Sebastian Bach
No. 1: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 870
No. 2: Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 871
No. 3: Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp major, BWV 872 No. 4: Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 873 No. 5: Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 874
No. 6: Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 875
No. 7: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 876 No. 8: Prelude and Fugue in D-sharp minor, BWV 877 No. 9: Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 878
No. 10: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 879
No. 11: Prelude and Fugue in F major, BWV 880
No. 12: Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 881
No. 13: Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major, BWV 882 No. 14: Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor, BWV 883 No. 15: Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 884
No. 16: Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 885
No. 17: Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 886 No. 18: Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, BWV 887 No. 19: Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 888
No. 20: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 889
No. 21: Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major, BWV 890 No. 22: Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 891 No. 23: Prelude and Fugue in B major, BWV 892
No. 24: Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 893
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2nd part:
Three sonatas from the following list:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2,1
Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10,1
Sonata No. 8 in C minor „Pathéthique“, Op. 13
Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major „Marcia funebre“, Op. 26 Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major, Op. 27,1
Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor „Mondschein“, Op. 27,2 Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major „A Thérèse“, Op. 78 Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major „Das Lebewohl“, Op. 81a Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
3rd part:
Three etudes from the following list:
Frédéric Chopin: Études Op. 10
No. 1 in C major
No. 2 in A minor
No. 3 in E major
No. 4 in C-sharp minor No. 5 in G-flat minor No. 6 in E-flat minor No. 7 in C major
No. 8 in F major
No. 9 in F minor
No. 10 in A-flat major No. 11 in E-flat major No.12 in C minor
Frédéric Chopin: Études Op. 25
No. 1 in A-flat major No. 2 in F minor
No. 3 in F major
No. 4 in A minor No. 5 in E minor
No. 6 in G-sharp minor No. 7 in C-sharp minor No. 8 in D-flat major No. 9 in G-flat major No. 10 in B minor
No. 11 in A minor No. 12 in C minor
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Franz Liszt: “Grandes études de Paganini”, S. 141
No. 1 in G minor “Tremolo”
No. 2 in E-flat major
No. 3 in G-flat minor “La Campanella” No. 4 in E major “Arpeggio”
No. 5 in E major “La Chasse”
No. 6 in A minor
Franz Liszt: “Douze études d’exécution transcendante”, S. 139
No. 1 “Prélude” in C major
No. 2 “Fusées” in A minor
No. 3 “Paysage” in F major
No. 4 “Mazeppa” in D minor
No. 5 “Feux follets” in B-flat major No. 6 “Vision” in G minor
No. 7 “Eroica” in E-flat major
No. 8 “Wilde Jagd” in C minor
No. 9 “Ricordanza” in A-flat major
No. 10 “Appassionata” in F minor
No. 11 “Harmonies du soir” in D-flat major No. 12 “Chasse neige” in B-flat minor
Second Round
The audition is open to the public and will be streamed online.
Duration: 50 to max. 55 minutes
The candidate must prepare three alternative recital programmes, specify them in his online application and write a short note about the concept of each recital programme.
The three recital programmes must include the following parts:
Part A: major work
Each of the three recital programmes must contain a different complete work selected from the following list. Repetition within the three recital programmes is not allowed.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2,3
Sonata No. 11 in B-flat major, Op. 22
Sonata No. 17 in D minor “Der Sturm”, Op. 31,2 Sonata No. 21 in C major “Waldstein”, Op. 53 Sonata No. 23 in F minor “Appassionata”, Op. 57 Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata No. 9 in A minor, K. 310
Sonata No. 15 in F major, K. 533 (K. 494)
Joseph Haydn
Sonata No. 60 in C major, Hob. XVI:50 Sonata No. 62 in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:52
Franz Schubert
Fantasy in C major “Wanderer Fantasy”, Op. 15 / D. 760
Sonata No. 13 in A major, D. 664
Sonata in G major “Fantasia” (without repeats), Op. 78 / D. 894 Sonata in C minor Op. posth. / D. 958
Moments musicaux (complete), Op. 94 / D. 780
Three Piano Pieces (complete), Op. posth. / D. 946
Robert Schumann
Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 11
Sonata No. 3 in F minor “Concert sans Orchestre”, Op. 14 Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13
Johannes Brahms
Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5
Variations on a Theme of Paganini (both books), Op. 35 Ballades (complete), Op. 10
Frédéric Chopin
Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
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24 Préludes, Op. 28
Ballades (complete), Op. 23, 38, 47, 52
Franz Liszt
Sonata in B minor, S.178
Maurice Ravel
“Gaspard de la nuit”, M.55
Béla Bartók
Piano Sonata (Sz 80 / BB 88)
Part B: minor work(s)
Each of the three recital programmes must contain one or several works selected from the following list. Repetition within the three recital programmes is possible.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata No. 18 in D major, K. 576
Fantasy in D minor, K. 397
Fantasy in C minor, K. 475 (without K. 457) Rondo in A minor, K. 511
Adagio in B minor, K. 540
Joseph Haydn
Sonata No. 38 in F major, Hob. XVI:23
Franz Schubert
Three Piano Pieces, Op. posth. / D. 946: No. 1 in E-flat minor Three Piano Pieces, Op. posth. / D. 946: No. 2 in E-flat major Three Piano Pieces, Op. posth. / D. 946: No. 3 in C major
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Songs Without Words, book 1, Op. 19b: No. 1 E major
Songs Without Words, book 1, Op. 19b: No. 2 A minor
Songs Without Words, book 1, Op. 19b: No. 3 A major
Songs Without Words, book 1, Op. 19b: No. 4 A major
Songs Without Words, book 1, Op. 19b: No. 5 F-sharp minor
Songs Without Words, book 1, Op. 19b: No. 6 G minor “Venetianisches Gondellied”
Songs Without Words, book 2, Op. 30 No. 1 E-flat major
Songs Without Words, book 2, Op. 30 No. 2 B-flat minor
Songs Without Words, book 2, Op. 30 No. 3 E major
Songs Without Words, book 2, Op. 30 No. 4 B minor
Songs Without Words, book 2, Op. 30 No. 5 D major
Songs Without Words, book 2, Op. 30 No. 6 F-sharp minor “Venetianisches Gondellied”
Robert Schumann
Abegg Variations, Op. 1
Variations in E-flat major on an original theme “Ghost Variations”, WoO 24
Johannes Brahms
Ballade Op. 10 No. 1 in D minor
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Ballade Op. 10 No. 2 in D major Ballade Op. 10 No. 3 in B minor Ballade Op. 10 No. 4 in B major Rhapsodie Op. 79 No. 1 in B minor Rhapsodie Op. 79 No. 2 in G minor
Frédéric Chopin
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 29 Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp major, Op. 36 Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major, Op. 51 Fantaisie-Impromptu No. 4 in C-sharp minor, Op. 66
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12, S.244/12
Mephisto-Waltz No. 1 (Arr. Eugen d’Albert), S.514
Funérailles, S.173
Two Concert Études, S.145, No. 1 “Waldesrauschen” in D-flat major Two Concert Études, S.145, No. 2 “Gnomenreigen” in F-sharp minor
Claude Debussy
Estampes, L.100, No. 1 “Pagodes”
Estampes, L.100, No. 2 “La soirée dans Grenade”
Estampes, L.100, No. 3 “Jardins sous la pluie”
Images I, L.110, No. 1 “Reflets dans l’eau” in D-flat major Images I, L.110, No. 2 “Hommage à Rameau” in G-sharp minor Images I, L.110, No. 3 “Mouvement” in C major
Maurice Ravel
“Pavane pour une infante défunte”, M.19 “Valses nobles et sentimentales”, M.61
Béla Bartók
Three Burlesques, Op. 8c (Sz 47 / BB 55) Suite, Op. 14 (Sz 62 / BB 70)
Part C: piece of free choice (optional)
The candidate is free to add one short work (ca. 5 minutes) which is not part of his online application video or of the CGA 2024 repertoire. Repetition within the three recital programmes is possible.
Third Round
The candidate has to prepare two of the following piano concertos by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 8 in C major “Lützow”, K. 246 Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major “Jenamy”, K. 271 Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595
Final Round
For the Final Concert participants will prepare two piano concertos by different composers from the following list, and the compulsory encore:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 or
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Camille Saint-Saëns
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Béla Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 1 (Sz 83 / BB 91) or
Piano Concerto No. 2 (Sz 95 / BB 101) or
Piano Concerto No. 3 (Sz 119 / BB 127)
Compulsory encore: Toshio Hosokawa
Etude I-VI (2011): No. 1 “2 Lines”
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