18 and 19 October 2025
SECOND TEST
Free recital programme lasting a minimum of 65 minutes and a maximum of 75 minutes, including:
Presentation in English of the chosen programme, with the aim of discussing its origins and artistic message (maximum duration 5 minutes)
Niccolò Paganini
a composition chosen by the candidate from among:
Variazioni su “Di tanti palpiti” M.S. 77
Variazioni sul “Mosè” M.S. 23 (“Sonata a preghiera”)
Variazioni su “Non più mesta” M.S. 22
Variazioni “Le streghe” M.S. 19;
Robert Schumann
Sonata in D minor, Op. 121
One or more pieces chosen by the candidate. Original pieces and transcriptions of all genres and periods are permitted.
22 October 2025
SEMI-FINAL
The competitors, performing within important ensembles, will play pieces from the chamber music repertoire and, at their choice, one of two Paganini masterpieces for solo violin:
Franz Joseph Haydn
Quartet Op. 20 No. 5 in F minor (1st and 3rd movements) – 1st violin
Igor Fedorovic Stravinsky
Three pieces for string quartet (1914–1918) – Second violin
Niccolò Paganini
Variations on ‘God Save the King’ M.S. 56
or
Variations on ‘Nel cor più non mi sento’ M.S. 44
Robert Schumann
Quintet Op. 44 in E flat major – I violin
25 October 2025
FINAL AND AWARDS CEREMONY
Each of the three finalists, accompanied by the Carlo Felice Theatre Orchestra, will perform:
Niccolò Paganini
a concert of your choice
A concert chosen from among:
Robert Schumann (WoO 1)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (op. 64);
Ludwig van Beethoven (op. 61)
Johannes Brahms (op. 77)
Antonin Dvorak (op. 53)
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (op. 35)
Jean Sibelius (op. 47)