Competition venues

Material of the application DVD

1. 1st and 2nd mvt. from a quartet by Haydn

2. one fast mvt. (1st or 4th) from a quartet by Mendelssohn

The competition consists of 4 rounds.

Program of competition rounds

1^st round                                                                                               

1.

one quartet by Haydn from op. 74., 76., 77., or one quartet Mozart K. 387–590 (excepted Adagio and fugue K. 546), or by Beethoven from op. 18. or by Schubert D 87, 112.

The 1st and 4th mvts. are to be performed without repetitions.

2.

Schumann: 1st and 2nd mvts. from op. 41 No. 3 in A-major

2^nd round                                                                  

1.

3 (or 5) fugues chosen from the following works:

Mozart: K 405 (all 5 fugues)

Bach: 3 fugues from Die Kunst der Fuge no. 1., 2., 4., 6., 9., 10., 11. (Bãrenreiter)

Purcell: 4-part Fantasias (3 fantasias)

or

Mozart: Adagio and fugue K. 546

2.

one 20th century quartet from the following list

Schönberg: String quartet no. 3

A. Berg: Lirische Suite

Hindemith: String quartet no.2

Zemlinsky: String quartet no.2

Kodály: String quartet no.2

Sosztakovics: String quartet no.8

Britten: String quartet no.3

Veress: String quartet no. 2

Lajtha: String quartet no.7

Ives: String quartet no.2

Szervánszky: String quartet no. 2

Schnittke: String quartet no. 3

Ligeti: String quartet no. 2

Kurtág: 6 Moments musicaux

Penderecki: String quartet no. 3 „Leaves from an unwritten diary"

Gorecki: String quartet no. 3

Szöllösy: String quartet

Durkó: 11 Pezzi

Eötvös: Correspondence

Gubaidulina: String quartet no. 3

Dutilleux: Ainsi la Nuit

Wolfgang Rihm: String quartet no. 4

Thomas Ades: Arcadiana

Takemitsu: String quartet no. 1

3^rd round                                                     

1.

P. Tornyai: MOON-ZOOM – compulsory piece commissioned by the Végh Competition from the winner of the 2011 UMZF Composer’s Competition

2.

one romantic quartet by following composers

Schubert: D 804, 810, 887

Mendelssohn

Brahms

Schumann op. 41 no. 1, no. 2

Tchaikovski

Verdi

Grieg

Smetana

Dvořák

Sibelius 

Chausson

Debussy

Ravel

Janáček

4^th round (final round)                             [4 quartets]

1.

one quartet by Beethoven from op. 127–135 (op. 130 can be performed with the Grand Fugue or with the new finale alike)

2.

one quartet by Béla Bartók

Competitors are kindly asked to prepare their programs from available Urtext editions.