X International Stasys Vainiūnas Competition for Pianists and Chamber Ensembles The International Stasys Vainiūnas Competition for Piano and Chamber Ensembles will take place from 20 to 28 March 2026 in Vilnius and Kaunas.

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Program requirements: PIANO | DUO | TRIO | QUARTET | QUINTET |

The repertoire of piano competition

General rules:

• Registration will be open until 1 February, 2026;
• Each participant have to prepare the program in accordance with the competition repertoire presented below, and the selected program must be stated in the application form;
• Programs of the pianists (soloists) must be performed by memory within all the competition rounds;
• Pieces in different rounds can not be repeated;
• During the 1st round, the jury has the right to ask to perform only one or several movements of the sonata;
• The piano concerto in the final round will be performed with the Kaunas Symphony Orchestra conducted by maestro Dainius Pavilionis;
• Participants will be able to change their programs and performance order when logged in to their artistDB account until 20 February, 2026;
• Participants will be required to perform their programs in the order of their own choice, finally made and provided in artistDB on 20 February, 2026;
• Jury members can stop an unprofessional performance.

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PRESELECTION ROUND VIDEO may be submitted, amended or modified until the end of the registration. The applicant are required to submit an active YouTube link of the video recording of about 10-15 minutes, where he/she/they performs a free program. Pieces presented at these recordings may be repeated in the following rounds. Each piece must be recorded in its entirety, providing coherency without any editing or cutting, which is strictly prohibited, but different pieces may be recorded at different times and in different locations.

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1ST ROUND
1) One J. S. Bach compositions from the list below:

• French Suite;
• English Suite;
• Partita;
• Toccata · BWV 910–916;
• French Overture · B minor · BWV 831.

2) A chosen piano sonata by a XX century composer, listed below:

• S. Prokofiev · Piano Sonata;
• L. Janaček · Piano Sonata · I.X.1905;
• S. Barber · Piano Sonata · Eb minor · Op. 26;
• A. Ginastera · Piano Sonata · No. 1 · Op. 22 / No. 2 · Op. 53;
• H. Dutilleux · Piano Sonata · Op. 1;
• P. Hindemith · Piano Sonata;
• A. Berg · Piano Sonata;
• B. Bartók · Piano Sonata;
• K. Szymanowski · Piano Sonata;
• I. Stravinsky · Piano Sonata;
• D. Shostakovich · Piano Sonata.

3) S. Vainiūnas · "Pakalnutės žydi" ("The Lilies of the Valley Are in Bloom") from the cycle "Gimtinės pievos" ("Meadows of the Homeland") · Op. 31.

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2ND ROUND
1) S. Vainiūnas. Solo pieces or the ones from the cycles listed below, in any order and combination (duration of 5-10 min.):

• "Mažoji vabzdžių siuita" ("Little Insects Suite") · Op. 7;
• "Gimtinės pievos" ("Meadows of Homeland") · Op. 31;
• "Ballad" · D minor;
• "Aštuonios nuotaikos" ("Eight Moods") · Op. 43;
• "Sonata-fantasy";
• "Rauda" ("Lament").

2) One or more of C. Debussy or M. Ravel compositions or cycle (duration of 10-15 min.).

3) One or more compositions of the composers listed below (duration of 10-15 min.):

• F. Chopin • R. Schumann • F. Liszt • J. Brahms.

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FINAL
One of the piano concertos, listed below:

• L. van Beethoven · Piano Concerto · No. 1 · C major · Op. 15;
• L. van Beethoven · Piano Concerto · No. 2 · B-flat major · Op. 19;
• L. van Beethoven · Piano Concerto · No. 3 · C minor · Op. 37;
• F. Chopin · Piano Concerto · No. 1 · E minor · Op. 11;
• F. Chopin · Piano Concerto · No. 2 · F minor · Op. 21;
• F. Liszt · Piano Concerto · No. 1 · E-flat major · S. 124;
• F. Liszt · Piano Concerto · No. 2 · A major · S. 125;
• W. A. Mozart · Piano Concerto · No. 20 · D minor · K. 466;
• W. A. Mozart · Piano Concerto · No. 23 · A major · K. 488;
• W. A. Mozart · Piano Concerto · No. 24 · C minor · K. 491;
• M. Ravel · Piano Concerto · G major · M. 83;
• R. Schumann · Piano Concerto · A minor · Op. 54;
• S. Vainiūnas · Piano Concerto · No. 2 · Op. 22;
• S. Vainiūnas · Piano Concerto · No. 4 · Op. 40.

We would like to remind that the 1000 Eur special prize will be awarded only for the best performance of S. Vainiūnas' piano concerto.

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For the scores of S. Vainiunas' pieces please contact us by e-mail: info@ipmc.lt.

 

Program requirements: PIANO | DUO | TRIO | QUARTET | QUINTET |

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