First Round
• Video Submission – Deadline: June 30, 2025
Final Round
• Date: July 21, 2025 (In-person)
• Location: TBD
• Details: 2-3 finalists per instrument will be invited to compete.
Winner’s Concert
• Date: Friday, July 25, 2025
• Venue: Munson Chapel, Azusa Pacific University
• Performance: Winners will perform with the OpusOne Festival String Orchestra
Eligibility
• Must be a registered participant of the OpusOne Festival to apply for this competition category.
• Open to Piano and all string instruments (violin, viola, cello, double bass).
Competition Guidelines
• Accompaniment: Finalists must perform with piano accompaniment if applicable.
• Memorization: Required for all solo parts.
• Judging Criteria: Musicality, technique, interpretation, and stage presence.
For inquiries or registration, click HERE or email Dr. Andrew Park, Competition Director at apark@apu.edu
Repertoire Requirements
Contestants must select ONE movement from the approved repertoire list below.
[Piano]
J.S. Bach
• All Keyboard Concertos (Nos. 1–8)
Joseph Haydn
• Concerto in F major, Hob. XVIII:6
• Concerto in F major, Hob. XVIII:7
• Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIII:11
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Concerto No. 11, 12, 13, & 14
• Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.466
• Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467
• Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K.482
- Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488
• Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K.491
Ludwig van Beethoven
• Concerto No. 1, Op.15
• Concerto No. 2, Op.19
• Concerto No. 3, Op.37
• Concerto No. 4, Op.58
• Concerto No. 5, Op.73
Frédéric Chopin
• Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op.11
• Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op.21
[Violin]
J.S. Bach
• Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
• Concerto in E major, BWV 1042
• Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
• Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052R
• Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R
Antonio Vivaldi
• The Four Seasons
• Selected Concertos from L’Estro Armonico, Op.3
Joseph Haydn
• Concerto in C major, Hob. VIIa:1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Concerto No. 1, K.207
• Concerto No. 2, K.211
• Concerto No. 3, K.216
• Concerto No. 4, K.218
• Concerto No. 5, K.219
Ludwig van Beethoven
• Concerto in D major, WoO 5
Felix Mendelssohn
• Concerto in E minor
Max Bruch
• Violin Concerto No.1, Op.26
[Viola]
Georg Philipp Telemann
• Concerto in G major
George Frideric Handel (arr. Casadesus)
• Concerto in B minor
Carl Stamitz
• Concerto in D major
Franz Anton Hoffmeister
• Concerto in D major
Ralph Vaughan Williams
• Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra (One movement from a group)
[Cello]
Joseph Haydn
• Concerto in C major, Hob.VIIb:1
• Concerto in D major, Hob.VIIb:2
Luigi Boccherini
• Concerto in B-flat major, G.482
Antonio Vivaldi
• Selected Concertos (e.g., RV 398, RV 401, RV 424, etc.)
Robert Schumann
• Concerto in A minor, Op.129
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (time limit)
• Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33
Camille Saint-Saëns (time limit)
• Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.33
Edward Elgar
• Concerto in E minor, Op.85
[Double Bass]
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
• Concerto No. 1 in E major
• Concerto No. 2 in D major
Giovanni Bottesini
• Concerto No. 2 in B minor
Johann Baptist Vanhal
• Concerto in D major
Franz Anton Hoffmeister
• Concerto in D major
Serge Koussevitzky
• Concerto, Op.3
