How should I record my videos for the preselection round ?
 
24/10/2024

If you want to apply as a candidate to the 2025 Piano Competition, you must upload several recent videos for the preselection round. Being well prepared makes your job of recording and ours of checking the video material much easier, so be sure to take into account the following technical demands :


  • Each piece or movement, in the case of works that contain several movements, must be recorded in a single take.
  • One file per piece or per movement will have to be uploaded.
  • It is strongly recommended that the camera angle should be fixed.
  • It is imperative that the candidate's hands and face should be clearly visible when he plays.
  • It is strongly recommended that the sound should be recorded professionally.
  • The videos may be recorded in different places and on different occasions.
  • Youtube links are not accepted.

Programme that you have to record

  • a fugue from the Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 by J.S. Bach (only the Contrapunctus are accepted, not the Canons) ;
  • a sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, or Schubert ;
  • a Chopin étude ;
  • a work of the candidate's choice for solo piano. Works performed with orchestral accompaniment will not be accepted.
You can find more detailed information in Articles 29-31 of the rules of the piano session.

Start on time!

In order to avoid application problems, we insist that you start uploading these videos well on time before the application deadline of Wednesday 27 November 2024 at 12:00 (noon) GMT.

Good luck with your preparations and do not hesitate to ask more questions to our team via e-mail.

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