PRELIMINARY AUDITION

APPLICANTS FOR THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION 2008, SHOULD SEND A VIDEO RECORDING (TAPE, VCD OR DVD) ACCOMPANYING THEIR APPLICATION FORM.

PRELIMINARY AUDITION ON TAPE, VCD OR DVD OF PERFORMANCE NOT EXCEEDING 60 MINUTES, TO INCLUDE:

1. Two virtuosic Etudes:

• One by F. Chopin from the following:

Op.10: Nos.1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12
Op.25: Nos. 5, 6, 8, 10, 11

• One etude by F. Liszt or S. Rachmaninov from the following:

F. Liszt:
	Etudes Transcendentals
	-No.4 - Mazeppa
	-No.5 - Feux Follets
	-No.7 - Eroica
	-No.8 - Wilde Jagd
	-No.12 - Chasse-Neige
F. Liszt:
	Paganini Etudes
	-No.2 - (Eb major)
	-No.3 - La Campanella
	-No.6 - (A minor)
S. Rachmaninov:
	Etudes Tableaux
	Op.33 - No.3 (Eb minor)
	- No.4 (Eb major)
	Op.39 - No.5 (Eb minor)
	- No.6 (A minor)
	- No.9 (D major)

2. One fast and one slow movement from the following:

W.A. Mozart:	Sonatas
	- K.310 (A minor)
	- K.330 (C major)
	- K.333 (Bb major)
	- K.457 (C minor)
	- K.576 (D major)

3. One piece from the following list:

J.S. Bach	- Goldberg Variations
	- Any of the Partitas
L.V. Beethoven:	- Any of the late Sonatas
	(101, 106, 109, 110 or 111)
J. Brahms:	- Sonata No.3, Op.5
	- Handel Variations, Op.24
	- Paganini Variations, Op.35
F. Schubert:	-Wanderer Fantasy, D760
	- Any one of the Sonatas, D958, D959 or D960
R. Schumann:
	- Davidsbundlertanze, Op.6
	- Carnaval, Op.9
	- Symphonic Etudes, Op.13
	- Kreisleriana, Op.16
	- Fantasia, Op.17
	- Humoresque, Op.20
F. Chopin:	- Any one of the Sonatas Nos.2 or 3
F. Liszt:	- Sonata in B minor
M. Mussorgsky:	- Pictures from an exhibition
A. Scriabin:	- Any one of the Sonatas Nos.3, 4, 5, 9, or 10
S. Rachmaninov:	- Sonata No.2, Op.36
	- Corelli Variations, Op.42
M. Ravel:	- Gaspard de la nuit
S. Prokofiev:	- Any one of the Sonatas Nos. 6, 7, or 8
I. Stravinsky:	- 3 Movements from "Petrushka"