Scherzo piano competition invites young pianists from all over the world to take part in this special musical event. Due to the current pandemic restrictions, the Fifth edition of the competition will be held online.

Repertoire requirements

Solo category

Young - age 6 to 9,
(max. 10 minutes)

Polyphonic piece of Baroque composers
Instructive or virtuoso étude (by Czerni, Gurlitt, Bertini, Mosheles and others )
Free piece of the competitor choice

Intermediate - age 10 to 12,
(max. 15 minutes)

First or second and third movement of a classic sonata or variations
Instructive or virtuoso étude
Free piece of the competitor choice

Advanced - age 13 to 16,
(max. 20 minutes)

Polyphonic piece of Baroque composers
First or second and third movement of a classic sonata or variations
Instructive or virtuoso étude
Free piece of the competitor choice

Contemporary music category

Young - age 6 to 9

Two contrasted pieces of the competitor choice (one piece can be a piece from the *EVC music composers)

Intermediate - age 10 to 12

Two contrasted pieces of the competitor choice (one piece can be a piece from the *EVC music composers)

Advanced - age 13 to 16

Two contrasted pieces of the competitor choice (one piece can be a piece from the *EVC music composers)

* EVC Music composers

All program pieces must be
performed by heart

Application requirements

The participants must submit the completed application form before 23:59pm on May 9 2021 and pay the registration fee according to the stated below.

Application fee

Solo category:

Young: 50 USD or 41 EURO
Intermediate: 55 USD or 46 EURO
Advanced: 60 USD or 50 EURO

Contemporary
music category:

40 USD or 34 EURO

Payment via PayPal

Transfer via Wise

Account holder: Stella Brener

IBAN: BE21 9671 8951 2603

BIC: TRWIBEB1XXX

Jury

The jury includes internationally recognised pianists, experts, and music teachers.

The jury of the Competition has the right:

to divide the prizes between the participants
to establish special prizes for the best performance of the piece composed by Russian composer, best performance of the etude and the best performance of the piece by composer from the EVC music.

The jury’s decision cannot be subjected to revision.

Yanina Kudlik

Yanina is a Head of Akadma Conservatory in Ashdod. She is a founder and art director of national piano competition “Piano forever “, Editor of classic music program at the Ashdod Performance Art Center. Yanina Kudlik is a member of the society of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, Tel Aviv.

Dr. Maria Pukhlyanko

Maria is a Honored Artist of Ukraine, Associate Professor of the Department of Special Piano No. 2 of the National Music Academy of Ukraine named after P.I. Tchaikovsky. She is an art-director of the International Festival “Dynasty” and director of the project “The art of playing with orchestra”.

Murray McLachlan

Murray is Head of Keyboard at Chetham’s School of Music and he is on the staff at RNCM. He is Artistic Director of the internationally celebrated Chetham’s International Summer school and festival for Pianists. Murray is prolific as a writer on pedagogical issues, is editor of Piano Professional and chair of EPTA UK. Many of his students enjoy successful careers.

Goara Lazic

Goara is an artistic director of International Piano Competition in Sabac, Serbia. She received an award for long-term results and commitment to musical talents from the Association of Music and Ballet Schools.Goara is an expert in music education with more than 30 years of experience.

Prizes

All the participants will receive a participant diploma.
All the teachers of the participants will receive diplomas.