Stage 1 Rehearsal days with HIPCC Accompanists Tuesday 19th and/or Wednesday 20th February

Contestant Reception Wednesday 20th February

Stage 1: Thursday 21st to Saturday 23rd February

Stage 2: Rehearsal day with HIPCC Accompanists Sunday 24th February

Stage 2 : Monday 25th and Tuesday 26th February

Semi-final: Wednesday 27th February

Masterclass: Thursday 28th February

FINAL: Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd March with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

First Prize: £15,000 plus Concerto performances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and other concerts/ engagement(s) including the United States of America.

• Second Prize: £7,000
• Third Prize: £3,000
• Fourth Prize: £1,500
• Fifth Prize:  £850
• Sixth Prize: £600

Engagements may be offered to other prize winners.

• Semi-Finalists who do not reach the final:  £150 each
• Orchestra Prize: £500
• Special Prize: £1000 (awarded at the discretion of the Jury).

• Preliminary Auditions – For 2019 Contestants may either attend a live audition or upload an unedited video recording.
• Live auditions – will take place in five centres:
  – UK, London – Guildhall School of Music and Drama
  – Italy, Milan – Yamaha, Via A. Tinelli, 67/69, 20855 Gerno, Lesmo MB
  – USA, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, More information HERE
  – Japan, Tokyo – Matsuo Hall, Hibiya Marine Building B1, 1-5-1 Yuraku-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 松尾ホール, 東京都千代田区有楽町1-5, 日比谷マリンビルB1（日比谷交差点角）
  – China, Wuhan – BIG HOUSE CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTRE, 76 linjiang avenue , wuchang district, wuhan, hubei province, PR CHINA, 430060

Audition Repertoire for live and video auditions:

Contestants must include:

• 1 major Cadenza by any composer (free choice)
• 2 other solo works by different composers and from different periods (free choice)
• Maximum programme/performance time, including all pauses and breaks: 26 minutes (minimum 23 minutes).
• Contestants must upload a copy of their chosen cadenza for the auditions with the application (this will be discarded after the auditions).
• Video recording must have been recorded after November 2016. This must be uploaded with your application.
• Please submit FULL DETAILS for every chosen work.

Select one Concerto from the Stage 1 list. Contestants will give a maximum performance of 28 minutes including all breaks/pauses. Contestants must select which sections of the concerto they will play but must include part of every movement and any main Cadenza. The Jury reserves the right to request any part of the concerto.

This stage is on two pianos.

• W A Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23 in A major K 488
• L van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 in G major Op.58
• L van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major Op.73
• F Chopin: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op.11
• F Liszt: Piano Concerto No 2 in A major S.125
• J Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op.15
• P Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor Op.23
• E Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16
• B Bartok: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Sz 95 BB 101
• A Scriabin: Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor Op.20
• S Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op.18
• S Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op.30
• M Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
• G Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F 
• S Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 3 in C major Op.26

Select one Concerto from the Stage 2 list. This must be a different Composer to the Concerto chosen from Stage 1. Contestants will give a maximum performance of 35 minutes including all breaks/pauses. Depending on the length of the chosen concerto, Contestants must select which sections of the concerto they will play but must include part of every movement and any main Cadenza. The Jury reserves the right to request any part of the concerto.

This stage is on two pianos.

• W A Mozart: Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat major  K 271
• L van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor Op.37
• R Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54
• F Liszt: Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat major  S.124
• C Saint Saens: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op.22
• S Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43
• C Franck: Symphonic Variations M 46
• D Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 in F major Op.102
• F Delius: Piano Concerto Op.20
• J Ireland: Piano Concerto in E flat major

The Judges may select either of the two Concerti chosen by contestants from Stage 1 or 2, to be performed in the Final. 

2019, the Recital programme must include at least 3 composers from 3 different periods.

Contestants must include one work from one of the following composers.

• D Scarlatti: (at least 2 Sonatas)
• J S Bach
• W A Mozart: (A movement from a substantial sonata is allowed)
• J Haydn: (A movement from a substantial sonata is allowed)
• L van Beethoven: (A movement from a substantial sonata is allowed)

Six finalists perform a complete concerto during two evenings with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The Jury may select either of the two Concerti chosen by contestants from Stage 1 or 2, to be performed in the Final.

• Entry Fee
• £100 (UK Sterling) non-refundable

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Eligibility

Conntestants must be aged between 16 to 30 for the duration of the competition (21/02/2019 – 02/03/2019).

Former First and Second prize winners are not eligible to re-enter the competition.