2025 Repertoire Requirements
The last day the video may be submitted for the pre-screening round is April 30, 2025.
The program for the live rounds must be submitted via www.muvac.com together with the confirmation of participation by June 11, 2025 at the latest.
The up to eight participants who reach the semi-final round will perform a 60-minute recital, which must include compelling and engaging introductions to the repertoire of 12 to 15 minutes in total, narrated by the artist in German or English.
In preparation for this, we offer a two-hour online workshop before the competition under the guidance of a professional moderator (Uta Sailer, BR-KLASSIK) as well as an information sheet; and during the competition a three-hour face-to-face workshop, to facilitate the ability to put that which has been learned into practice.
Competitors must perform a different selection of works in each round (including the Pre-Screening Round).
The order of performance for the programs in the pre- screening, quarter-final and semi-final rounds is at the discretion of the competitor.
The number of competitors noted below may be subject to change; the jury will have the discretion to decide on the final number of competitors for each round.
The jury reserves the right to not award particular prizes and/or to share prizes. The decisions of the jury will be final.
Printable Version
To be submitted by April 30, 2025
The two required music videos must be produced without any audio or video retouching and must be recorded from start to finish without cuts and/or splices. The selection process of the video pre-screening round will take place anonymously. Therefore, there must be no identification in the videos themselves or in the file names that suggests the name of the participant.
The videos must contain the following:
1) First movement from the Concerto for Clarinet ( arr . for Viola) and Orchestra in A major, KV 622 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(alternative version in G major is also permitted)
and
2) A piece of the competitors’ choice for viola solo or viola and piano written and published after 1985.
For longer works, a reduction to individual movements is possible in order to stay within the 25-minute limit for this round.
* Maximum length of the videos in total may not exceed the duration of 25 minutes *
The maximum of 24 competitors in the Quarter‐Final Round will perform the following works:
1) Johann Sebastian Bach:
At least two contrasting movements of
• a Suite BWV 1007-1012
or
• a Violin Sonata or Partita BWV 1001-1006, transcribed for viola
and
2) Paul Hindemith:
At least two contrasting movements of sonata for viola solo
and
3) A commissioned piece of about 8 minutes length, composed by Isabel Mundry for viola solo. This piece will be available by June 1st, 2025
* The maximum length of performance may not exceed the duration of 28 minutes *
The maximum of eight competitors who advance to the Semi-Final Rond will be required to play a recital of 60 minutes (including moderation).
This must include the Sonata Op. 25 No. 4 by Paul Hindemith for viola and piano.
The program must relate to Hindemith and have its own moderation (12-15 minutes).
Works with and without piano accompaniment are permitted in the Semi-Final Round.
Works from previous rounds (including the pre-screening round) and works with orchestra are not permitted in the Semi-Finals.
Each of the 3 competitors in the Final Round will perform the following repertoire:
1) Claude Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp (Anne-Cathérine Heinzmann, Flute; Andreas Mildner, harp); and
2) Darius Milhaud: Concerto no. 1 for viola and orchestra, op. 108 (1929)
(accompanied by the orchestra of the University of Music and Theatre Munich)