After a fiercely contested First Round, ten semifinalists take to the stage for another artistic showdown in the Semifinal.
At this decisive and exciting stage of the Concours, each competitor must present a carefully selected 50-minute program comprising of:
- A complete sonata by Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Enescu, Fauré, Franck, Janáček, Prokofiev, Ravel, Schnittke, Schumann, Schubert or R. Strauss
- A work of the competitor’s choice, by any composer
- A work of the competitor’s choice, by a Canadian composer
Program
- Ana Sokolović Chant
- Ernest Chausson Poème, op. 25
- Karol Szymanowski Sonata for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op. 9Allegro moderato — Andantino tranquillo e dolce — Allegro molto, quasi presto
- Fritz Kreisler Three Old Viennese DancesLiebesleid
- Fritz Kreisler Caprice viennois, op. 2
- Richard Strauss Sonata for Violin and Piano in E‑flat major, Op. 18Allegro, ma non troppo — Improvisation, Andante cantabile — Finale, Andante, Allegro
- Eugène Ysaÿe Sonata for Solo Violin No. 3 in D minor ‘Ballade’, Op. 27
- Maria Kaneko Millar Sakura for Solo Violin
- Henryk Wieniawski Original Theme with Variations, Op. 15
- Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2Allegro con brio — Adagio cantabile — Scherzo, Allegro — Finale, Allegro, Presto
- Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski Souvenir d’un lieu cher, op. 42Scherzo — Mélodie
- Jocelyn Morlock Alba
- Arnold Schönberg Phantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47
- Henryk Wieniawski Capriccio-Valse, op. 7
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