Tchaikovsky Competition Adds Brass Instruments

Considered one of the most supreme music competitions in the world, the International Tchaikovsky Competition has announced the addition of the brass category to its 2019 competition. Since the creation of the competition in 1958, the Tchaikovsky Competition has been an important musical launchpad for international artists such as Van Cliburn, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Deborah Voigt, and many others. While the competition originally began with piano and violin, the categories have since expanded to cello, voice, and woodwind instruments. With the addition of brass instruments, this competition – held once every four years – will continue to grow for years to come.

For this landmark moment within this historic competition, Ian Bousfield, former principal trombone of the Vienna Philharmonic, will chair the jury of world-class brass performers. Also included on the jury are the following:

• Alessio Allegrini – French Horn
• Walter Hilgers – Tuba
• Timothy Jones – French Horn
• Christian Lindberg – Trombone
• Jörgen van Rijen – Trombone
• Nikolai Slepniov – Tuba
• Timur Martynov – Trumpet
• Sergei Nakariakov – Trumpet
• Radovan Vlatković – French Horn

The schedule of events is as follows:

• Grand Opening of the Competition
  • June 17, 2019, 7 pm, Moscow
• Brass Instruments
  • June 18-27, 2019, St. Petersburg
• Award Ceremony, Gala Concert of Laureates
  • June 28, 2019, 7 pm, Moscow
• Gala Concert of Laureates
  • June 29, 2019, 7 pm, St. Petersburg

Below is a list of the required selections for each instrument according to each round.

Qualifying Round (Video Recording)

• Trumpet
  • Jolivet – Concertino
  • Brand – Konzertstück No. 1 or Konzertstück No. 2
• French Horn (Double Horn)
  • Mozart – Concert in E-flat Major, K 495 (only first movement with cadenza)
    • Edition: Bärenrieter or Henle
  • Buyanovski – España from ‘Traveling Impressions’ for Solo Horn
    • Edition: McCoy’s Horn Library
• Trombone
  • A program at the performer’s choice
    • No longer than 20 minutes
• Tuba
  • A program at the performer’s choice
    • No longer than 20 minutes

Round One

• Trumpet
  • Haydn – Concerto in E-flat Major in 3 movements (B-flat or E-flat trumpet)
  • One of the following pieces (C trumpet)
    • Vizzutti – Cascades
    • Persichetti – Parable XIV
    • Plog – Postcards
    • Takemitsu – Paths
  • One of the following pieces (B-flat or C trumpet)
    • Honneger – Intrada
    • Sutermeister – Gavotte de concert
    • Enescu – Legend
• French Horn
  • One of the following pieces
    • Haydn – Concerto No. 1 in D Major (cadenza from “Henle” edition or cadenza composed by a participant)
    • Mozart – Concerto in E-flat Major, K 417
      • Edition: Bärenreiter or Henle
  • Buyanovski – Scherzo ‘À la chasse’ for Horn and Piano
    • Edition: Izdateljstvo Muzika, Leningrad, 1962
  • Tchaikovsky – Barcarola from ‘The Seasons’
    • arranged by Usov
      • Edition: State Music Publishing House (Moscow, 1958)
• Trombone
  • Pergolesi – Sinfonia
  • One of the following:
    • Nesterov – Concerto
    • Grøndahl – Concerto
    • Tomasi – Concerto
    • David – Concertino
• Tuba
  • Stevens – Variations in Olden Style
  • One of the following:
    • Penderecki – Capriccio
    • Bashmakov – Cassazione
    • Buyanovsky – Improvisation
    • Schumann – Adagio and Allegro, op. 70

Round Two

• Trumpet
  • One of the following works (piccolo trumpet):
    • Fasch – Concerto in D major in 3 movements
    • Telemann – Concerto in D major in 4 movements
    • Mozart. Concerto in D major in 2 movements
  • One of the following pieces (B-flat trumpet):
    • Peskin – Concerto No. 1 in C minor (1st movement)
    • Goedicke – Concerto
    • Pakhmutova – Concerto
      • First editions
    • Сharlier – Solo De Concours in B flat minor
      • perform either on cornet or B-flat trumpet
• French Horn
  • One of the following:
    • Vignery – Sonata for Horn and Piano op. 7
      • Edition: Andel or Brogneaux
    • Hindemith. Althorn Sonata in E flat (1943)
      • Edition: Schott
  • One of the following:
    • Bozza – Sur les Cimes
      • Edition: Leduc
    • Bozza – En Forêt
      • Edition: Leduc
  • Anisimov – ‘The Poem’
    • Edition: Izdateljstvo Muzgiz (Leningrad, 1961)
• Trombone
  • Mozart – Concerto for alto trombone
    • traditional version
    • performed on alto trombone
    • order of movements is the performer’s choice
  • One of the following:
    • Rabe – ‘Basta’ for solo trombone
    • Buyanovski – 3 pieces for solo trombone
    • Xenakis –  ‘Keren’ for solo trombone
    • Tchaikovsky – Suite for trombone from ‘The Queen of Spades’
      • Arranged for trombone and piano by Lindberg
• Tuba
  • The program will consist of the following pieces, no longer than 30 minutes:
    • One of the following:
      • Schmidt – Sonata
      • Plog – Sonata
      • Madsen – Sonata
      • Kladnicki – Sonata
    • A virtuoso piece of the competitor’s choice

Round Three

Performance with orchestra

• Trumpet
  • Program consisting of the following pieces (to be performed by memory):
    • Tchaikovsky – Lensky aria from the opera ‘Eugene Onegin’
      • participant’s choice of instrument: E-flat, C, B-flat, cornet, flugelhorn
      • direct transcription of the vocal part must be made by the participant
      • accompaniment will use the score of the opera
    • One of the following concertos (B-flat or C trumpet):
      • Weinberg – Concerto
      • Shchedrin – Concerto
• French Horn
  • Program consisting of the following pieces (to be performed by memory):
    • Tchaikovsky – “Andante Cantabile” for Horn and Strings
      • transcription by Maximiliano Santos of the version for cello and strings from String Quartet No. 1, op. 11
    • Glière – Horn Concerto B-flat Major, op. 91
      • cadenza by Polekh
        • Edition: Izdateljstvo Muzika (Moscow, 1964) or MCA Music (Melville, New York, 1957)
• Trombone
  • Program consisting of the following pieces (to be performed by memory):
    • Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin Suite
      • arranged by Kruglik
      • Cadenza at the performer’s choice
        • Cadenzas composed by contestants are recommended
    • Rota – Concerto for Trombone
• Tuba
  • Program consisting of the following pieces (to be performed by memory):
    • Tchaikovsky. ‘Andante cantabile’ for Tuba and strings
      • transcription by Maximiliano Santos of the version for cello and strings from String Quartet No. 1, op. 11
    • One of the following concertos:
      • Arutiunian – Concerto
      • Korchmar – Concerto

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