Online Round (max. 20 minutes)

A) One Liszt étude chosen by the competitor from the following:

Études d’exécution transcendante, R. 2/b; S. 139

• No. 2 Allegro molto

• No. 4 Mazeppa

• No. 5 Feux follets

• No. 8 Wilde Jagd

• No. 9 Ricordanza

• No. 10 Allegro agitato molto

• No. 11 Harmonies du soir

• No. 12 Chasse-neige

Grandes études de Paganini, R. 3/b; S. 141

• No. 3 La Campanella (Allegretto)

• No. 6 Quasi Presto

Zwei Konzertetüden, S. 145

• No. 1 Waldesrauschen

• No. 2 Gnomenreigen

B) Freely chosen original works by Liszt and/or transcriptions, paraphrases within the remaining performance time, excluding Liszt études.

First Round (max. 30 minutes / competitor)

A) Two pieces chosen by the competitor from the following:

(same list as in the Online Round – see above)

B) Freely chosen original works by Liszt and/or transcriptions, paraphrases within the remaining performance time, excluding Liszt études.

C) Selection from the following works, up to a maximum of 5 minutes:

• György Kurtág: Játékok (Games), Books 5, 6, 7

⚠️ Works performed in this round may not be repeated in later rounds.

Second Round (max. 50 minutes / competitor)

The works must be performed in the following order: A – B – C – D

A) One freely chosen Liszt transcription / opera paraphrase from the following:

• Reminiscences de Don Juan de Mozart, R. 288; S. 418

• Reminiscences de Norma [Bellini], R. 133; S. 394

• Miserere du Trovatore (Verdi), S. 433

• Rigoletto – Paraphrase de Concert (Verdi), S. 434

• Ouverture zu Wagners Tannhäuser, S. 442

• Isoldens Liebestod aus Tristan und Isolde (Wagner), S. 447

• La Muette de Portici (Auber), S. 386

• La Valse de l’opéra “Faust” (Gounod), S. 407

• Saint-Saëns–Liszt: Danse macabre, S. 555 (original version)

B) One freely chosen Liszt piece from the following:

• Any piece from Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage)

• Any piece from the Hungarian Rhapsodies (Nos. 1–19)

• Polonaise, S. 223/2

• Fantasia and Fugue on the Theme B–A–C–H, R. 22; S. 529

• Grand galop chromatique, S. 219

• Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (Dance in the Village Inn, from Episodes from Lenau’s Faust), S. 514

• Rhapsodie espagnole, R. 90; S. 254

• Grosses Konzertsolo, S. 176

• Funérailles (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, No. 7), S. 173

C) One or more freely chosen original works by Liszt or Liszt transcriptions for the remaining time.

Final Round

Required solo piece:

• Liszt: Sonata in B minor, R. 21; S. 178

One Liszt concerto chosen by the competitor from the following:

• Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, R. 455; S. 124

• Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, R. 456; S. 125

• Liszt: Totentanz, R. 457; S. 126

In the final, the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra will perform.