International Fritz Kreisler Competition
The International Fritz Kreisler Competition is a violin competition dedicated to the memory of violinist and composer Fritz Kreisler.
Founded in 1979, it is carried out every four years in Vienna, Austria. It is limited to violinists of or under 30 years of age. To avoid favoritism, the members of the jury may not enter their own students in the contest.
Required repertoire
Preliminaries
- J. S. Bach: the first two movements of a solo sonata, the first four movements of a partita, or the Ciaccona
- A caprice by Paganini, Wieniawski, or Ernst
- F. Kreisler: Recitative and Scherzo-Caprice
Semifinal
- G. Tartini: Devil's Trill Sonata with the Kreisler cadenza or
- F. Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro or
- F. Kreisler: Variations on a Theme by Corelli
- A composition for violin and piano of the "Viennese school" from the 18th to the 20th century
- A modern composition of the 20th century from a composer of the participant's home country
- A virtuoso composition of free choice
- One of Fritz Kreisler's short compositions or arrangements as an encore
Final
A violin concerto of the 19th or 20th century with a Kreisler cadenza if possible''Most of these pieces must be played by memory.''