2020 - 12th RIMM - 6th Mirecourt International Violin Competition

The 6th Mirecourt International Violin Competition is postponed to 2021

The Jury will be composed by world known musicians and violin teachers: Martin Beaver (Canada), Esther Hoppe (Switzerland), Dong-Suk Kang (South Korea), Sergey Malov (Russia/Hungaria), Marianne Piketty (France), Marco Rizzi (Italy), Pavel Vernikov (Israel).

Biographies of the jury to download : 2020 jury biographies

• 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, organizer of the Competition.

• Special Prize for the best interpretation of the contemporary piece: a €250 voucher for music scores offered by Durand-Salabert-Eschig.

• Special Prize for the best interpretation of the French sonata: a €250 voucher for music scores offered by Durand-Salabert-Eschig.

• Public Master Classes offered to the candidates by the members of the jury.

Information to candidates to download: 2020 CIVM - information to candidates

The candidates have to provide before July 15, 2020 a high quality video comprising:

Warning : Update due to Covid-19 sanitary restrictions (May 20th, 2020)

1. PAGANNI : one Caprice, at the candidate's choice
2. 1st movement of the concerto chosen for the finale, recorded with piano accompaniment or JS BACH – piece for solo violin (played without the repeats) chosen in the list 1. of the first round.

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)
• 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 Op.45, Chaconne (2013)
• 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 opus 12 n° 1 in D major
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 2 opus 12 n° 2 in A major
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 3 opus 12 n° 3 in E flat major
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 4 opus 23 in A minor
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 5 opus 24 in F major
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 6 opus 30 n° 1 in A major
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 7 opus 30 n° 2 in C minor
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 8 opus 30 n° 3 in G major
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 9 opus 47 in A major
• Beethoven - Sonata n° 10 opus 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 de Thaon-les-Vosges

With the « Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Lorraine  » – within the framework of the « Concerts Classiques d’Epinal »

A concerto from the following list:

• Johannes Brahms - Concerto in D major Op.77
• Edouard Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole Op. 21
• 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

The pianists for accompaniement of the semi-finalists : Antoine de Grolée and Roger Sala.