Total duration : 20 mn
(Timing is mandatory 20 mn, otherwise automatic expulsion).

• CHOPIN : Sonata n° 2 in B flat minor, op. 35
  (1st and 4th movements, without repeat).
• The additional programme is free
  For rare or contemporary works, send the booklets compulsory

Key deadlines :

To be sent with the registration
On May 1st 2009 (confirmed by the Post Office date)

Results

The 26 selected candidates are :

- Mr. Ryoji Ariyoshi, 30, Japan
- Mr. Eric Artz, 26, France
- Miss Suzana Bartal, 23, Romania
- Mr. Yunjie Chen, 28, China
- Mr. Tomohiro Hatta, 23, Japan
- Mr. Patrick Hemmerlé, 28, France
- Mr. Louis Lancien, 18, France
- Miss So-Hee Kim, 28, South Korea
- Miss Hyun Jung Kim, 18, South Korea
- Mr. Rostilav Krimer, 29, Belarus
- Mr. Louis Lancien, 19, France
- Miss Ho Jeong Lee, 23, South Korea
- Miss Hyo Joo Lee, 24, South Korea
- Miss Miyeon Lee, 26, South Korea
- Miss Yesol Lee, 26, South Korea
- Mr. Dmitri Levkovich, 30, Canada
- Miss Kathie Mahan, 27, United States
- Miss Maria Masycheva, 26, Russia
- Mr. Masahiko Omori, 23, Japan
- Mr. Samuel Parent, 27, France
- Mr. Kazuya Saito, 19, Japan
- Mr. Takaya Sano, 29, Japan
- Mr. Timur Scherbakov, 26, Belarus
- Mr. Diyi Tang, 29, China
- Mr. Guillaume Vincent, 18, France
- Mr. David Violi, 27, France
- Miss Aiko Yajima, 27, Japan

Drawing of lots
- Tuesday October 13th
> 10 am

Place : Paris CRR auditorium, 14, rue de Madrid, 75008 Paris.

Total duration : 20 mn

Compulsory works of CHOPIN and FAURÉ (order at the candidates’ choice)

• FAURÉ :
  Nocturne No 12 in E minor (duration : 7 mn 30)
  Or
  Nocturne No 13 in B minor (duration : 8 mn)

AND

• CHOPIN :
  Prelude No 16 in B flat minor (duration : 1 mn 20)
  Or
  Prelude No 19 in E flat major (duration : 1 mn 20)
  

And

• CHOPIN :
  Mazurka op. 59 No 1 in A minor (duration : 4 mn 30)

And 5-6 minutes at candidates’s choice : modern
or contemporary work composed after 1930.

Key deadlines :

-  Thursday October 15th
> 10.30 a.m. to 12.30
> 2.30 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.

- Friday October 16th
> 10.30 a.m. to 12.30
> 2.30 p.m. to 7.00 p.m

Place : Paris CRR auditorium

Price : 5 € per day, free for students and pupils of the schools of music.

Total duration : 40 mn

• MOZART - one Sonata to be chosen from the following list :
  
  • K 281 in B major (duration : 15 mn)
  • K 282 en in E flat major (duration : 16 mn)
  • K 310 en in A minor (duration : 14 mn)
  • K 330 en in C major (duration : 14 mn)
  • K 333 en in B major (duration : 15 mn)
  • K 475 & 457 in C major (duration : 28 mn)
  • K 576 in D major (duration : 15 mn)
  
  Sonata movements to be played without repeat.
  
  
  AND, one piece to be chosen from :
  

• ALBENIZ : Lavapies (from Iberia) (duration : 7 mn)
• ALKAN : Etude op. 39 No 12 "Esop Feast" (duration : 9 mn)
• BALAKIREV : Islamey (duration : 8 mn)
• CHABRIER : Bourrée fantasque (duration : 7 mn)
• DE FALLA : Fantaisia baetica (duration : 14 mn)
• LYAPOUNOV : Etude d’exécution transcendante No 10 in B minor (duration : 7 mn)
• LISZT :
  
  • Etude d’exécution transcendante No 5 "Feux Follets" (duration : 4 mn)
  • Etude d’exécution transcendante No 8 (duration : 5 mn)

• SAINT-SAËNS : Etude en forme de Valse (duration : 6 mn 15)
• SCRIABINE : Sonata n° 9 op. 68 in F major "Black Mass" (duration : 7 mn)

AND

• The contemporary work :
  5 mn maximum by heart compulsory
  

AND

• Melody to be chosen from :
  
  • DEBUSSY : Spleen (duration : 2 min 50)
  • LISZT : Die drei Zigeuner, S. 320 (duration : 5 min 30)
  • RAVEL : Histoires naturelles, excerpts to be choosen (duration : maxi 5 minutes)
  • WOLF : Die Zigeunerin (duration : 3 min 30)

(The singer that the candidate will accompany
will be an official singer of the contest.)

• AND : works to be chosen by the candidate
  up to the required timing.

Key deadlines :

- Saturday October 17th
> 2.30 pm to 7.00 pm

- Sunday October 18th
> 2.30 pm to 7.00 pm

Place : Paris CRR auditorium

Price : 10 € per day, free for students and pupils of the schools of music.

Total duration : 60 mn

1 hour free with works from different styles

Forbidden works :
BEETHOVEN : Sonatas "Moonlight", "Pathetic", "Dawn", "Appassionata".
CHOPIN : Ballades, Scherzos.

Key deadlines :

- Monday October 19th
> 4 p.m. - 8.00 p.m

Place : Salle Gaveau

Price : 15 € for one session, 22 € for two sessions (8 € and 12 € for students), free for the pupils of the schools of music.

2 concertos to be chosen from the list hereunder. The jury will choose the concerto for the finale with orchestra after the semi-finale results.

• BARTÓK : Concerto No 3 in E major (duration : 25 mn)
• BEETHOVEN : Concerto No 5 in E flat major, op. 73 (duration : 38-40 mn)
• BRAHMS : Concerto No 2 in B flat major, op. 83 (duration : 45-48 mn)
• CHOPIN : Concerto No 1 in E minor, op. 11 (duration : 38-41 mn)
• FRANCK : Symphonic Variations (duration : 15-17 mn)
• LISZT : Totentanz (duration : 15-17 mn)
• RACHMANINOV : Concerto No 4 in G minor, op. 40 (duration : 24-25 mn)
• RAVEL : Concerto for the left hand (duration : 18-19 mn)
• SAINT-SAËNS : Concerto No 4 in C minor, op. 44 (duration : 25-27 mn)
• STRAUSS : Burleske (duration : 18 mn)
  

Key deadlines :

- Thursday October 22th
> 2 pm and 6.30 pm

Place : Salle Olivier Messiaen of Radio France

Price : 15 € for one session (8 € for students), free for the pupils of the schools of music.

Key deadlines :

- Saturday October 24th
> 7.30 pm (private event)

Place : Radio France (Salle Olivier Messiaen)

Attention ! General rehearsal open to the public at 11 am (free entrance for all, information : 33 1 56 40 15 16).