2023 - 14th RIMM - 7th Mirecourt International Violin Competition: from November, 4th to 12th 2023

The Jury will be composed by world known musicians and violin teachers: Christian Altenburger (Austria), Nora Chastain (United-States), Hu Kun (China), Alissa Margulis (Russia), Mihaela Martin (Romania), Lavard Skou-Larsen (Brazil) et Marianne Piketty (France).

• 1^st prize: €5,000
• 2^nd prize: €3,000
• 3^rd prize: €1,000
• 4^th prize: €500
• Special Prize of the bow makers: a modern bow valued at €4,000, offered by La Venotte and the Jeunesses Musicales de Mirecourt, organizers of the Competition.
• Special Prize for the best interpretation of the contemporary piece: €300.
• Special Prize for the best interpretation of the French sonata: €300.
• Special Prize of Contemporary String Instrument Manufacturing: a two-year-lent-violin by David Wiedmer.
• Public Master Classes offered to the candidates by the members of the jury.

Information to candidates and subscription form to download: 2023 CIVM - Information to candidates

The candidates have to provide before July 1st, 2023 a high quality video comprising:

1. PAGANNI : one Caprice, at the candidate's choice;
2. 1st movement of the concerto chosen for the finale, recorded with piano accompaniment.

Concert Hall – Cinéma Rio, Mirecourt

A solo violin programme of no more than 30 minutes’ duration, comprising:

1. JS BACH - one piece for solo violin (played without the repeats) from the following list:

• Sonata n°1 in G minor (BWV 1001) - Mvt 1-2 (Adagio & Fuga)
• Partita n°1 in B minor (BWV 1002) - Mvt 1-4 (Allemanda, Double, Corrente, Double)
• Partita n°1 in B minor (BWV 1002) - Mvt 5-8 (Sarabanda, Double, Tempo du borea, Double)
• Sonata n°2 in A minor (BWV 1003) - Mvt 1-2 (Grave & Fuga)
• Partita n°2 in D minor (BWV 1004) - Mvt 1-4 (Allemanda, Corrente, Sarabanda, Giga)
• Partita n°2 in D minor (BWV 1004) - Mvt 5 (Ciaccona)
• Sonate n°3 in C major (BWV 1005) - Mvt 1-2 (Adagio & Fuga)
• Partita n°3 in E major (BWV 1006) - All movements

2. PAGANINI : One Caprice, at the candidate’s choice
    
3. A French contemporary piece for solo violin from the following list:

• Georges Aperghis - I.X. (2006)
• Pierre Boulez - Anthème (1991)
• Bernard Cavanna - Fauve (1995)
• Pascal Dusapin - In vivo (2017)
• Bechara El-Khoury - Trois pièces : Arminia, Beyrouth-Jérusalem, Perpétuel (2013)
• Graziane Finzi - Capriccio flamenco (2021)
• Philippe Hersant - Tarab (2010) 
• Philippe Hersant - Chants du Sud (1996)
• Marc Monnet - Fantasia dolorosa (1982)
• Eric Montalbetti - Sonate pour violon seul (2016)
• Florentine Mulsant - Sonate Op. 19 Corail – Dédale (1999-2002)
• Florentine Mulsant - Sonate de concert n°2 Op. 45, Chaconne (2013)
• Florentine Mulsant - Sonate de concert pour Violon n°3 Op. 100 (2020)
• Eric Tanguy - Sonate brève (1999) 

Concert Hall – Cinema Rio, Mirecourt

A recital of no more than 60 minutes’, comprising:

1. A work for violin and piano from the following list:

• Schubert - Fantasy in C major (D934)
• Schubert - Sonata in A major (D574)
• Schubert - Rondo brilliant in B minor, op. 70 (D895)
• Schubert - Sonatina in D major (D384)
• Schubert - Sonatina in A minor (D385)
• Schubert - Sonatina in G minor (D408)
• Beethoven - Sonata n°1 Op. 12 n°1 in D major
• Beethoven - Sonata n°2 Op. 12 n°2 in A major
• Beethoven - Sonata n°3 Op. 12 n°3 in E flat major
• Beethoven - Sonata n°4 Op. 23 in A minor
• Beethoven - Sonata n°5 Op. 24 in F major
• Beethoven - Sonata n°6 Op. 30 n°1 in A major
• Beethoven - Sonata n°7 Op. 30 n°2 in C minor
• Beethoven - Sonata n°8 Op. 30 n°3 in G major
• Beethoven - Sonata n°9 Op. 47 in A major
• Beethoven - Sonata n°10 Op. 96 in G major                      

2. A French Sonata for violin and piano from the following list:

• Mel Bonis - Sonata
• Claude Debussy - Sonata
• Gabriel Fauré - Sonata n°1 in A major Op. 13
• Reynaldo Hahn - Sonata in C major
• Guillaume Lekeu - Sonata in G major
• Gabriel Pierné - Sonata in D minor Op. 36
• Francis Poulenc - Sonata
• Maurice Ravel - Sonata
• Maurice Ravel - Sonata Op. posthumous
• Camille Saint-Saëns - Sonata n°1 in D minor Op. 75

3. A virtuoso piece, at the candidate’s choice, for solo violin or with piano accompaniment.

Concert Hall –  La Rotonde of Thaon-les-Vosges

With the Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lorraine, conducted by William Le Sage – within the framework of the « Concerts Classiques d’Epinal »

A concerto from the following list:

• Johannes Brahms - Concerto in D major Op.77
• Félix Mendelssohn - Concerto in E minor Op. 64
• Camille Saint-Saëns - 3rd Concerto in B minor Op. 61
• Jean Sibelius - Concerto in D minor Op. 47
• Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski - Concerto in D major Op. 35

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