PROGRAMME

Junior A group

/participants up to 11 years of age/

Participants have a free programme (total duration 8-12 minutes), which should include any composition of Arno Babajanyan or another Armenian composer.

Junior B group

/participants 12-15 years of age/

15-20 minutes programme, which should include

1. 1^st movement of a sonata or sonatina (Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven, Clementi)
2. Any composition of Arno Babajanyan or another Armenian composer
3. 1 or 2 compositions of different types on participant’s choice

Young C group

/participants 16-18 years of age/

20-30 minutes programme, which should include

1. A composition of baroque style
2. 1^st movement of classical sonata (Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven)
3. Any composition of Arno Babajanyan
4. Any composition of XIX century Western European composer (Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Gounod, Liszt, Tchaikovsky)

Young D group

/participants 19-22 years of age/

1^st round

15-25 minutes programme

1. One virtuoso etude (Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Skriabin, Debussy, Ligeti)
2. 1^st movement of classical sonata (Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven)
3. Any composition of an Armenian composer or the nationality of the  participant (foreign participants should introduce scores to the jury)

2^nd round

20-30 minutes programme

1. Arno Babajanyan - one of the obligatory compositions on participant’s choice:

• “Prelude” and “Dance of Vagharshapat”
• ‘’Impromptus’’ and ‘’Dance of Vagharshapat’’
• Two pictures from “Six pictures” included ‘’Toccatine’’ or ‘’Dance of Sasun’’
• “Capriccio”
• “Poem”

2. Any composition of XIX century Western European composer (Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Gounod, Liszt, Tchaikovsky)
3. Any composition of XX-XXI century composer (scores are introduced to the jury)