Repertoire Requirements

2025 Palm Springs International Piano Competition 

Repertoire Requirements

PRELIMINARY SCREENING ROUND

NOT TO EXCEED 20 MINUTES OF PERFORMANCE TIME

SUBMITTED VIA RECORDED PERFORMANCE

1. Any Prelude and Fugue of J.S. Bach from Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 or 2
2. A virtuoso etude, chosen from Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin, or Rachmaninoff
3. A contrasting solo piece, other than a composer chosen from those listed above in 1 and 2. Complete single movements are acceptable.

LIVE ROUND 1 – Maximum 25 Competitors

1. 1^st or last movement only, chosen from one of the following classical sonatas:

• Any Haydn Sonata
• Any Mozart Sonata
• Beethoven Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, op. 2, no.1
• Beethoven Sonata No. 2 in A Major, op. 2, no. 2
• Beethoven Sonata No. 3 in C Major, op. 2, no.3
• Beethoven Sonata No. 4 in E Flat Major, op. 7
• Beethoven Sonata No. 5 in C minor, op. 10, no. 1
• Beethoven Sonata No. 6 in F Major, op. 10, no. 2
• Beethoven Sonata No. 7 in D Major, op. 10, no. 3
• Beethoven Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, op. 13 (Pathetique)
• Beethoven Sonata No. 9 in E Major, op. 14, no.1
• Beethoven Sonata No. 10 in G Major, op. 14, no. 2
• Beethoven Sonata No. 11, in B Flat Major, op. 22
• Beethoven Sonata No. 12 in A-Flat Major, op. 26

2. Any complete romantic or impressionistic solo piece as represented by Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Debussy or Ravel.

3. A contrasting solo piece, other than a composer chosen from 1) and 2) in Live Round 1. Complete single movements are acceptable.

Repertoire from Preliminary Screening Round may not be repeated in Live Round 1 or 2

LIVE ROUND 2 – 13 Competitors

NOT TO EXCEED 35 MINUTES

1. Any solo work written after 1945.
2. A slow, lyrical piece, similar to a Nocturne or Intermezzo (subject to approval by PSIPC Artistic Committee)
3. A contrasting piece, other than a composer chosen from those listed in 1 and 2 (above) in Live Round 2. Complete single movements are acceptable.

Repertoire from Preliminary Screening Round may not be repeated in Live Round 1 or 2

SEMI-FINAL ROUND – 7 Competitors

One complete movement of a concerto (see concerto selections below) with second piano accompaniment. Jury will determine the movement to be performed following Live Round 2. PSIPC will provide a pianist for the accompaniment.

FINAL ROUND – 4 Competitors

A complete concerto, to be performed with the PSIPC Festival Orchestra, chosen from the following:

• Mozart Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271
• Mozart Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466
• Mozart Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
• Mozart Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595
• Beethoven Concerto No. 1 in C Major op. 15
• Beethoven Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, op. 19
• Beethoven Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37
• Mendelssohn Concerto in G Minor, op. 25
• Schumann Concerto in A Minor, op. 54