Tenerife International Viola Competition 2025

Preliminary Round (video submission)

a. Max Reger – Two contrasting movements from Three Suites for Solo Viola, Op. 131d and

b. Georg Philipp Telemann – One fantasia from Twelve Fantasias for Violin without Bass, TWV 40:14–25 and

c. One of the following:

• A caprice from Niccolò Paganini’s 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1

• An étude from Maurice Vieux’s Vingt Études pour Alto

First Round (live at the Auditorio de Tenerife)

a. Garth Knox – Commissioned piece for solo viola and

b. A piece from the following list:

·  York Bowen – Sonata for Viola and Piano No. 1, Op. 18

·  Johannes Brahms – Sonatas for Piano and Viola, Op. 120, Nos. 1 & 2

·  Johannes Brahms – Sonatas for Piano and Violoncello, Op. 38 & Op. 99

·  Johannes Brahms – Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Op. 78, Op. 100, Op. 108

·  Rebecca Clarke – Sonata for Viola and Piano

·  César Franck – Sonata for Piano and Violin in A major

·  Paul Hindemith – Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 11 No. 4; Sonata for Viola and Piano (IPH, 1939); Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 25 No. 4

·  Franz Schubert – Sonata for Piano and Arpeggione, D 821

·  Robert Schumann – Märchenbilder for Piano and Viola, Op. 113

·  Robert Schumann – Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 1 in A minor

·  Robert Schumann – Three Fantasiestücke, Op. 73

·  Dmitri Shostakovich – Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147

·  Tōru Takemitsu – A String Around Autumn

c. And an encore piece (max. 10 minutes)

A piece of the candidate’s choice, either original or a transcription, for solo viola or viola with piano. The work must be composed by a Spanish or Ibero-American composer or incorporate elements of Spanish or Ibero-American culture.

Final Round (live at the Auditorio de Tenerife)

a.     Johann Sebastian Bach – Chaconne from Partita No. 2, BWV 1004 and

b. Joaquín Turina – Escena Andaluza, Op. 7, for viola, piano and string quartet