REPERTOIRE AND KEY DATES FOR THE LEEDS 2024

The Leeds International Piano Competition 21st Edition will take place as follows:

• Pre-Selection:

o November 2023

o Applications open July 15th – October 31st, 2023

o Notification on December 4th, 2023

o Public announcement January 31st, 2024

• International First Round:

o April 2nd – 7th April, 2024 - 10 International Venues

o Public announcement on May 1st, 2024

• Leeds Rounds:

o Second Stage September 11th – 13th, 2024

o Semi-Finals September 15th – 17th, 2024

o Concerto Finals September 20th – 21st, 2024

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ELIGIBILITY
The Leeds International Piano Competition is open to pianists of all
nationalities born on or between 22nd September 1994 and 1st April 2004.

REPERTOIRE

• The competitors should choose editions that adhere to the original text.

• Transcriptions are permitted on condition they adhere to the

Competition Repertoire Rules (see below). For example Bach / Busoni
would not be permitted as a work for the Pre-Classical Period, but a Liszt
transcription would be permitted as a work from the Romantic period.

• All pieces must be performed from memory, with the exception of the 20th
/ 21st Century work and the Chamber Music.

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PRE-SELECTION – AUDIO FILE
Application dates 15th July - 31st October 2023

Notification on 4th December 2023 - Public announcement 31st January

2024

Applicants must provide audio files of a programme of contrasting repertoire

(piano solo works only) lasting a minimum of 20 minutes and no longer than 25
minutes.

This should include a work from the Baroque Classical or early Romantic period
(no later than 1820) and a later Romantic or early 20th century work. Transcriptions
unless by the composer of the work concerned are not permitted. All works must
be from editions that adhere to the original text individual movements are
permitted and repeats are not compulsory.

One of these works can also be played in the International First Round or the
Second Round.

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INTERNATIONAL FIRST ROUND

Week commencing 2 April 2024 – multiple venues worldwide

To be held in different venues worldwide, including London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna,

Helsinki, Basel, New York, Cleveland, Beijing, Seoul. This round will be filmed with
no audience present.

You do not need to detail the programmes below until you are notified of
your successful progression through to the First International Round. The
deadline of repertoire submission will be Friday 26th January 2024.

Competitors must offer a recital programme lasting no longer than 25 minutes

including contrasting works from the Baroque or Classical period (before 1800)
and the Romantic period and / or early 20th century. Transcriptions unless by the
composer of the work concerned are not permitted. All works must be complete
from editions that adhere to the original text and played from memory. Repeats
are at the Competitor’s discretion.

Only one work from the Pre-Selection repertoire can be played.

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SECOND ROUND

11 - 13 September 2024 – Leeds, UK

Competitors should prepare two contrasting programmes each of 40 minutes

duration, and each to include one substantial work or group of works by a major
composer.

No music from the First Round may be selected for the Second Round. All works
must be complete, from editions that adhere to the original text and played from
memory. Repeats are at the Competitor’s discretion.

Notification of the programme chosen for this round will be given with the
announcement of the successful Competitors on 3rd May 2024. Programmes may
not be changed after this date.

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SEMI-FINALS

15 - 17 September 2024 – Leeds, UK

Competitors should prepare two contrasting programmes – Programme A and

Programme B – of no longer than 75 minutes music in total, made up of solo piano
music and chamber music chosen from two Groups (see below). Consideration
should be given to the building of each of these programmes as a whole.

The Jury will select one of the two programmes for the Competitor to perform.
Competitors will be notified of this when the list of Semi-Finalists is announced at
the end of the Second Round.

In Programme A, each Competitor should include one piece of chamber music

from Group 1 (Piano Trios, Quartets and Quintets). In Programme B, each
Competitor should include one piece of chamber music from Group 2 (Violin
Sonatas and Cello Sonatas).

The remainder of each programme will consist of solo piano music of the
performer’s choice but must include one 20th/21st century work from the list
provided. The solo piano music selected should be different for each programme,
with the exception of the 20th/21st century piece, which can be the same piece in
both Programme A and Programme B.

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SOLO PIANO

No music from the First or Second Round repertoire may be selected for the Semi-
finals.

• In total the solo piano music for each programme should last not less than
30 minutes and not more than 45 minutes.

• The final duration of the solo piano music in each programme is at the
discretion of the Competitor and will depend on the duration of the
chamber works selected.

• The total duration of each programme must not exceed 75 minutes,

including pauses.

• The repertoire must include a 20th / 21st century work (use of the scores is
permitted), which can be the same in each programme, drawn from the
following (see next page):

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20th/ 21st Century Works – Solo Piano

Thomas Ades
Three Mazurkas (9’)

George Benjamin
Meditation and Relativity Rag (7’)

Luciano Berio
Sequenza (11’)

Unsuk Chin
Etudes (selection up to approx 10’)

Brett Dean
Hommage a Brahms (3 pieces – 8’)

György Ligeti
Selection of Etudes (up to approx. 10’)

Sofia Gubaidulina
Chaconne (10’)

György Kurtág
Selection of Játékok (up to approx. 10’)

Kate Whitley
Five Piano Pieces (8’)

This work can be played with the score

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CHAMBER MUSIC (Played with the score)

Two chamber works should be chosen, one from each of two different groups.
One piano trio/quartet/quintet and one duo sonata, drawn from the following:

Group 1 – Chamber Music

Piano Quintets and Quartets

Johannes Brahms
Piano Quartet in C minor, Op.60 (33')

Amy Beach
Piano Quintet in F sharp minor, Op.67 (29’)

Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.57 (35')

Edward Elgar
Piano Quintet (36')

Piano Trios

Ludwig van Beethoven

Trio in D major, Op.70 No.1 (22') OR in C minor Op.1 No.3 (25')

Fanny Mendelssohn
Trio in D minor, Op.11 (23’)

Maurice Ravel
Trio (27')

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Group 2 – Chamber Music

Violin Sonatas

Ludwig van Beethoven

Violin Sonata in C minor, Op.30 No.2 or in G major, Op.30 No.3

Gabriel Faure
Violin Sonata No.1 in A major, Op.13 (26')

Cello Sonatas

Felix Mendelssohn
Cello Sonata in D Major, Op.58 No.2

Johannes Brahms
Cello Sonata in E minor, Op.38

Only one chamber work will be selected by the Jury. Notification of the chosen
piece will be given when the list of Semi-Final competitors is announced.

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CONCERTO FINALS

20 and 21 September 2024 – Leeds, UK

Competitors should submit two choices of concerto, one from Group 1 and one
from Group 2. Only one concerto will be chosen by the Jury.

Notification of the concerto to be played will be given when the finalists are
announced. The concerto will be played with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Domingo Hindoyan.

(see next page)

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Group 1 – Concerto Finals

J.S. Bach

Concerto in D minor, BWV1052

Ludwig van Beethoven

Concerto No.1 in C major, Op.15

Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37

Concerto No.4 in G major, Op.58

Felix Mendelssohn

Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op.40

W.A. Mozart

Concerto in E flat major, K271

Concerto in B flat major, K450

Concerto in D minor, K466

Concerto in E flat major, K482

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Group 2 – Concerto Finals

Béla Bartók
Concerto No 3, Sz.119

Johannes Brahms
Concerto No.2 in B flat major, Op.83

Frédéric Chopin
Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op.21

Franz Liszt
Concerto No. 2 in A major, S125

Sergei Prokofiev
Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.16
Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op.26

Sergei Rachmaninov
Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op.40
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor, Op.43

Maurice Ravel
Concerto in G major

Schumann
Concerto in A minor, Op.54

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