piano
violin
cello
solo singing

Programme requirements:

 

All pieces must be performed from memory

Each piece can be performed only once (cannot be repeated in other rounds)

Third Round programme is performed with symphony orchestra

 

 

First Round
(duration must not exceed 35 minutes)

1. An air from an opera by a 17-18 century composer

2. Large air from an opera by a 19th century composer

3. An air from an opera or cantata by a 20th century composer

 

 

Second Round
(duration must not exceed 45 minutes)

1. A popular song - can be a song by a composer of the country represented by the Competitor (a capella or with accompaniment)

2. An air by a 19-20th century composer from the following:
Donizetti, Bizet, Wagner, Gounod, Massenet, Thomas, Saint-Saens, R.Strauss, Cilea, Dvorak, Moniuszko, Smetana, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Musorgsky, Glinka, Shedrin, Lysenko*, Khrennikov, Shaporin, Shebalin, Dankevych, Molchanov, Mayboroda, Meitus.


3. A romance by one of the following composers:
Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, Beethoven, de Falla, Dvorak, Faure, Ravel, Grieg, Saint-Saens, Debussy, Granados, Mahler, Musorgsky, Lysenko*, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Sviridov, Gliyer, Stetsenko, Stepovy.


* The Special Prize For the best performance of a piece by Mykola Lysenko can be awarded only to the Competitors who perform at least one piece by Lysenko in the Second Round.

 

 

Third Round

Three large airs with the symphony orchestra by any of the following composers:
Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Donizetti, Massenet, Gounod, Mascagni, Rossini, Bellini, Leoncavallo, Saint-Saens, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Borodin, Musorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glinka, Stravinsky, Lysenko, Mayboroda, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Meitus, Dankevych, Verykivsky.