CLARINET
REPERTOIRE
1ST ROUND
One of the following works
- Unsuk Chin,
- Advice from a Caterpillar for bass clarinet
- Jonathan Harvey,
- Cirrus Light for solo clarinet
- Márton Illés,
- Three Watercolours for solo clarinet
- Bruno Mantovani,
- Bug for solo clarinet
- Jörg Widmann,
- Three Shadow Dances for solo clarinet
One of the following concertos
- Bernard Hendrik Crusell,
- Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 5
- Louis Spohr,
- Concerto No. 4 in E minor, WoO 20
- Carl Maria von Weber,
- Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73
- Carl Maria von Weber,
- Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 74
2ND ROUND
One of the following sonatas
- Johannes Brahms,
- Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1
- Johannes Brahms,
- Sonata in E flat major, Op. 120 No. 2
- Max Reger,
- Sonata in F sharp minor, Op. 49 No. 2
- Camille Saint-Saëns,
- Sonata in E flat major, Op. 167
One of the following works
- Alban Berg,
- Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5
- Claude Debussy,
- Première Rhapsodie
- Iris ter Schiphorst,
- Five Miniatures plus Coda
Commissioned composition for the ARD Music Competition 2025 (world premiere)*
SEMIFINALE
with the Munich Chamber Orchestra (without conductor)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major, KV 622
FINALE
with the Symphony Orchestra of Bayerischen Rundfunk
One of the following works
- Aaron Copland,
- Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra with Harp and Piano
- Carl Nielsen,
- Concerto, Op. 57
- Sándor Veress,
- Concerto
Piano accompaniment
- Moeko Ezaki
- Nino Gurevich
- Masahiro Masumi
The audience prize for clarinet will be awarded in the final, which will take place on 10 September at 4 p.m. in the Herkulessaal of the Residenz.
The commissioned compositions are financed by the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung.
DATES & VENUES
1ST ROUND
September 1 to 3, from 10 a.m.
Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Großer Konzertsaal
Arcisstraße 12
2ND ROUND
September 4 and 5, from 10 a.m.
Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Großer Konzertsaal
Arcisstraße 12
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SEMIFINALE
Sunday, September 7, 4 p.m.
Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Großer Konzertsaal
Arcisstraße 12
with the Munich Chamber Orchestra
Concertmaster: Yuki Kasai
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FINALE
Wednesday, September 10, 4 pm
Herkulessaal der Residenz
Residenzstraße 1
with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor: Sasha Scolnik-Brower
Livestream: ard-musikwettbewerb.de
pricewinners of past competitions
1954 Winner Norbert Bourdon, France
1957 1st Prize Edmond Boulanger, France
1957 2nd Prize Karl Leister, FRG
1962 2nd Prize Karl Leister, FRG
1968 1st Prize Franklin Cohen, USA
1968 2nd Prize Juraj Hirner, ČSSR
1968 3rd Prize Kurt Weber, Switzerland
1973 3rd Prize David Glick, USA
1973 3rd Prize Rainer Schumacher, FRG 1977 3rd Prize Claude Faucomprez, France 1977 3rd Prize David Shifrin, USA 1982 2nd Prize Philippe Cuper, France 1982 2nd Prize Rainer Schumacher, FRG
1977 3rd prize Claude Faucomprez, France
1977 3rd prize David Shifrin, USA
1982 2nd prize Philippe Cuper, France
1982 2nd prize Charles Neidich, USA
1982 3rd prize John Bruce Yeh, USA
1987 2nd prize Anna-Maija Korsimaa, Finland
1987 3rd prize Fabrizio Meloni, Italy
1987 3rd prize Prize Richard Rimbert, France
1992 2nd Prize Sharon Kam, Israel
1992 3rd Prize Alessandro Carbonare, Italy
1998 3rd Prize Nicolas Baldeyrou, France
2003 2nd Prize Olivier Patey, France
2003 3rd Prize Florent Pujuila, France
2008 1st Prize Sebastian Manz, Germany
2008 3rd Prize Shelly Ezra, Israel Shelly Ezra, Israel
2008 3rd prize Taira Kaneko, Japan
2012 2nd prize Sergey Eletskiy, Russia
2012 2nd prize Stojan Krkuleski, Serbia
2012 2nd prize Annelien Van Wauwe, Belgium
2019 1st prize Joë Christophe France
2019 2nd prize Carlos Alexandre Brito Ferreira, Portugal
2019 2nd prize Han Kim, South Korea