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The repertoire of Chamber Ensembles Competition
DUO


General rules
  • The following duets may participate in the duo category of the Chamber Ensembles Competition:
  • Violin and Piano
  • Cello and Piano
  • Each participant shall prepare a programme following the repertoire requirements below. The selected programme should be stated in the application form.
  • Compositions in different rounds cannot be repeated.
  • The exact performance program for Chamber Ensembles will be determined by the Jury, whose decision will be announced to the contestants before the performance.
  • Participants who have logged in to their artistDB account will be able to change their programs and performance order until 20 February 2026.
  • Participants will be required to perform their programs in the order of their own choice finally made in artistDB on 20 February 2026.
  • Jury members could stop unprofessional performance.
PRESELECTION ROUND VIDEO: may be submitted, changed or modified until 1 February 2026.
(The applicant must provide a valid YouTube video performance link about 10 - 15 minutes, where he/she/they performs a free program. Editing of the video recordings is prohibited, but different pieces may be recorded at different times and in different locations.)

I ROUND (the total duration of the I round program should not exceed 50 minutes)

Violin and Piano
 		 Cello and Piano
 
1) One Violin Sonata from the mentioned below:
  • Any L. van Beethoven's Violin Sonata
  • or
  • One W. A. Mozart Violin Sonata from the list:
    • Violin Sonata No. 24 · K. 376 (374d) · F major
    • Violin Sonata No. 25 · K. 377 (374e) · F major
    • Violin Sonata No. 26 · K. 378 (317d) · B flat major
    • Violin Sonata No. 27 · K. 379 (373a) · G major
    • Violin Sonata No. 28 · K. 380 (374f) · E flat major
    • Violin Sonata No. 32 · K. 454 · B flat major
    • Violin Sonata No. 33 · K. 481 · E flat major
    • Violin Sonata No. 35 · K. 526 · A major
    • Violin Sonata No. 36 · K. 547 · F major
 1) One of L. van Beethoven's Cello Sonata (Op. 5, Op. 69, Op. 102)



2) S. Vainiūnas. Violin Sonata · Op. 38 · (arrangement for Cello by Rimantas Armonas)

FINAL (the total duration of the Final performance should not exceed 50 minutes)

Violin and Piano
 		 Cello and Piano
 
1) One Romantic Period Violin Sonata from the mentioned below:
  • F. Schubert · Violin Sonata (Duo) · A major · D. 547
  • K. Szymanowski · Violin Sonata · d-moll · Op. 9
  • C. Franck · Violin Sonata · A major · FWV 8 · CFF 123
  • A. Dvořák · Violin Sonata · F major · Op. 57
  • or any Violin Sonata of the Composers listed below
    • • J. Brahms • E. Grieg • R. Schumann
 1) One Romantic Period Cello Sonata from the mentioned below:
  • F. Schubert · Arpeggione Sonata · A minor · D. 821
    • (version for Cello by "Baerenreiter" or "Henle" Editions)
  • J. Brahms · Cello Sonata No. 1 · e-moll · Op. 38
  • J. Brahms · Cello Sonata No. 2 · F major · Op. 99
  • F. Chopin · Cello Sonata · G minor · Op. 65
  • E. Grieg · Cello Sonata · A minor · Op. 36

 

Violin and Piano

 

Cello and Piano
2) One Violin Sonata from the mentioned below:
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold · Violin Sonata · Op. 6
  • Charles Ives · Violin Sonata · No. 3
  • Claude Debussy · Violin Sonata
  • Gabriel Fauré · Violin Sonata · No. 2 · E minor · Op. 108
  • Ottorino Respighi · Violin Sonata · B minor · P. 110
  • Edward Elgar · Violin Sonata · E minor · Op. 82
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos · Violin Sonata · No. 3 · Op. 59
  • Bela Bartok · Violin Sonata · No. 1 · Sz. 75 or · No. 2 · Sz. 76
  • Leoš Janaček · Violin Sonata
  • Maurice Ravel · Violin Sonata · No. 2
  • Georges Enesco · Violin Sonata · No. 3 · A minor
  • Francis Poulenc · Violin Sonata
  • Bohuslav Martinu · Violin Sonata · No. 3 · H. 303
  • Ralph Waughan Williams · Violin Sonata · A minor
  • John Corigliano · Violin Sonata
  • William Bolcom · Violin Sonata · No. 2
  • Fazil Say · Violin Sonata · No. 2 · „Mount Ida“
  • Balys Dvarionas · Violin Sonata-Balade
  • Julius Juzeliūnas · Violin Sonata
  • Feliksas Bajoras · Violin Sonata · „Prabėgę metai“ ("Years gone by")
  • Vytautas Barkauskas · Violin Sonata · No. 2 · „Dialogai“ ("Dialogues") · Op. 56
 2) One Cello Sonata from the mentioned below:
  • •    S. Barber  ·  Cello Sonata · C minor · Op. 6
    •    F. Bridge  · Cello Sonata · D minor 
    •    B. Britten · Cello Sonata · in C · Op. 65
    •    C. Debussy · Cello Sonata · D minor
    •    G. Fauré · Cello Sonata · G minor · Op. 117
    •    Z. Kodaly  · Cello Sonata · Op. 4
    •    B. Martinu · Cello Sonata · No. 3
    •    F. Poulenc · Cello Sonata
    •    M. Reger · Cello Sonata · A minor · Op. 116
    •    A. Šenderovas  · Cello Sonata · C major

 
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