Updated on 5 October 2024

CATEGORIES & REPERTOIRE REQUIREMENTS

APPLICATION FORM

All works below refer solely to the works of Frederick Chopin. No other composers' works will be accepted.
Repeats are not to be played.  All works must be performed from memory. There will only be ONE judging round.  
 
SOLO JUNIOR CATEGORY  – Group A, ages < 9 to 10,  Group B, ages <11 to 12

•  TWO different works by Chopin, one of which must be a waltz (max 8 mins)

 
SOLO INTERMEDIATE CATEGORY – Group A, ages < 12 to 13, Group B ages <14 to 15

• TWO different works by Chopin, one of which must be a Mazurka (max 9 mins)

 
SOLO ADVANCED CATEGORY - Group A, ages < 15 to 16, Group B, ages < 17 to 18

• ONE Etude and ONE or more Free Choice works (max 12 mins)

 
SOLO SENIOR CATEGORY – Ages < 18 to 21

• ONE ETUDE and ONE Nocturne and any Free Choice works (max 15 mins)

 
SOLO ARTIST CATEGORY – Ages < 21 to 30

• ONE Etude and (ONE Ballade or ONE Scherzo or One Polonaise) and Free Choice works  (max 20 mins).

 
SOLO PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY  - NO AGE LIMIT

• *ONE Etude, ONE Nocturne and  *ONE fast movement from a Sonata (max 20 mins)
• Final Round: ONE fast movement from a Concerto. (max 15 mins) with 2nd piano part. 

​LIST OF CHOPIN’S WORKS marked with * are listed below:

Mazurkas
Op. 17
Op. 24
Op. 30
Op. 33
OP. 41
Op. 50
Op. 56
Op. 59

Polonaises
Op. 26, No. 1
Op. 26, No. 2
F sharp minor, Op. 44
A flat major, Op. 53

Nocturnes
B major, Op. 9 No. 3
C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1
D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2
G major, Op. 37 No. 2
C minor, Op. 48 No. 1
F sharp minor, Op. 48 No. 2
E flat major, Op. 55 No. 2
B major, Op. 62 No. 1
E major, Op. 62 No. 2
 

Etudes Op. 10:
No. 1 in C major,
No. 2 in A minor
No. 4 in C sharp minor,
No. 5 in G flat major,
No. 7 in C major
No. 8 in F major
No. 10 in A flat major
No. 11 in E flat major
No. 12 in C minor

Etudes Op. 25:
No. 4 in A minor
No. 5 in E minor
No. 6 in G sharp minor
No. 10 in B minor
No. 11 in A minor
No. 12 in C minor

Ballades, Scherzos and Sonatas 
Ballade in G minor, Op. 23
Ballade in F major, Op. 38
Ballade in A flat major, Op. 47
Ballade in F minor, Op. 52
 
Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20
Scherzo in B flat minor, Op. 31
Scherzo in C sharp minor, Op. 39
Scherzo in E major, Op. 54
 
Sonata in B flat minor, Op. 35
Sonata in B minor, Op. 58
 

Other works & Concertos
Andante Spianato and Polonaise in E flat major, Op. 22
Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60
Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49
Polonaise-Fantasy in A flat major, Op. 61
Preludes Op. 28

​Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21