Prizes
First place: $8,000
Second place: $5,000
Third place: $3,000
Awards
Audience Communication: $500
Wisconsin Contestant: $750
Sigma Alpha Iota – Milwaukee Chapter – for best performance of a duo: $500
Scholarship
International Keyboard Institute and Festival at Mannes College of Music in New York City in July 2009
Performances
Debut Recital at Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts
Recital for Artist Series of Sarasota
Recital for Green Lake Festival of Music
PianoArtist-In-Residence performances will be scheduled for PianoArts winners during the 2008-2009 season. More prizes and performance opportunities will be listed as they become available.
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Memory
During the Semifinal and Final Rounds, contestants must perform from memory, with the exception of the violin and piano duo, or the cello and piano duo, which should be performed with music.
Presentations at the Semifinal Recitals
Semifinalists will speak to the audience about the American work and the concerto. They will also share why they selected their solo, the contestant's choice.
1. One solo, the contestant’s choice, lasting no more than twelve minutes
2. Any nocturne by FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
3. Duo for violin and piano or cello and piano from the following list:
Any movement of one of the following works for violin and piano –
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
- Sonata in G major, K. 301 Sonata in E minor, K. 304
- Sonata in A major, K. 305
FRANZ SCHUBERT
- Sonatina No. 1 in D major, Opus posthumous 137/1 (D. 384)
- Sonatina No. 2 in A minor, Opus posthumous 137/2 (D. 385)
OR one of the complete sets of variations from the following works for cello and piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
- Twelve Variations on Handel’s Judas Maccabeus, WoO 45
- Seven Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” from Mozart’s
Magic Flute, WoO 46
4. Any five-to-eleven-minute piece or movements of an American work composed after 1940.
5. First movement of the selected concerto from the Concerto Repertory List below:
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
- Concerto No. 1 in C major, Opus 15
- Concerto No. 2 in B–flat major, Opus 19
- Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Opus 37
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
- Concerto No. 9 in E–flat major, K. 271
- Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414
- Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453
- Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459
- Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
- Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
- Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
Final Round
All movements of the selected concerto from the Concerto Repertory List.
Contestants may not change their chosen concerto. Other changes in repertory must be approved no later than May 1, 2008 by phoning the PianoArts office at 414.962.3055 or via e-mail: Info@PianoArts.org |
