(Description of Singing competition below)

PIANO COMPETITION

It is necessary for all level to realize programs without repeat and by heart, except the amateur players.
The applicants have possibility to register in several level. They must fill the form off all level chosen and pay the register fees for all level.
The applicants can download the scores on: Website of Henry Lemoine’s Editions.

Different category:

Pre-category – born in year 2008 and after
A – Category – born in year 2003 and after
B – Category – born in year 1998 and after
C – Category – born in year 1993 and after
Category Adults Amateur

Pre-CATEGORY

(born in 2008 or after) 10 ans ou moins
(program 6 – 8 min)

1. Two compositions of choice from different periods
2. Piece of ukrianien music

A CATEGORY

(born in 2003 and after) 15 ans et moins
(program up to 25 min)

Round I
(program up to 10 min)
1. One or more pre-classical pieces
2. A composition from the classical period -fantasy, sonata, allegro, rondo, variations (a first or last movement from sonata cycle is also acceptable)

Round II
(program up to 15 min)
1. A choice of pieces from the romantic period, XX and XXI century
2. Piece of ukrainien composer
3. Piece of origine country of candidat

B CATEGORY

(born in 1998 or after) 20 ans et moins
(program up to 35 min)

Round I
(program up to 15 min)
1. Concert etude (F. Chopin, F. Liszt, S. Rachmaninoff, A. Scriabin, S.Prokofiev, G. Ligeti)
2. A composition from the classical period – fantasy, sonata, allegro, rondo, variations (a first or last movement from sonata cycle is also acceptable)

Round II
(program up to 20 min)
1. A choice of pieces from the romantic period, XX and XXI century
2. Piece of Ukrainien composer (from the list)
3. Piece of origine country of candidat

List:
M. Lysenko Barcarolle ” Sailing boat ”
M. Skorulsky Sonata (1st or 3 mvmts)
V. Kosenko Eleven etudes in the form of ancien dances (Allemande or Courante)
M. Koliada-L.Kolodub “Five poems” (mvmt 5)
M. Skorik “Bourlesque”
I. Karabits “24 preludes” (3 preludes free choice)
J. Kolodub “Snow Queen”
G. Sasko “Echo of the centuries. Ancien Kyiv” (2 pieces)
M. Kolessa “Pictures of Houtsul Land” (2 pieces)
V. Kosenko Etudes op.8 (2 Studies free choice)
F. Yakimenko “Dreams on the sea beach” op.27 n.2

C CATEGORY

(born in 1993 and after) 25 ans et moins

Round I
(program up to 15 min)
1. J. S. Bach – one prelude and fugue from the “Well Tempered Clavier” Book I or ll
2. Two concert etudes (F. Chopin, F. Liszt, F. Mendelssohn, S. Rachmaninoff, A. Scriabin, S. Prokofiev, G. Ligeti)

Round II
(program up to 40 min)
1. One or several sonatas movement by J. Haydn, W. A. Mozart, L. van Beethoven
2. One or more romantic works
3. One or more pieces composed after the year 1900
4. Piece of Ukrainien composer (from the list)
5. Piece from origine country of candidat

List :
M. Lysenko Sonata in a minor (1st or 3 mvmts)
M. Lysenko “Heroic scherzo”
B. Lyatoshinsky Sonata n.1 op. 13
V. Kosenko Eleven etudes in the form of ancien dances (Passacaille)
V. Barvinsky The final of the piano cycle (“Pain, struggle, victory of love”)
M. Stepanenko Sonata-Ballad
I. Taranenko “Kolomyika-Roxolana”
V. Ptushkin “Kaleidoscope” or “Ostinato”
I. Karabits “Sonatina”
V. Kosenko Concert Valse (free choice)
L. Revutsky Prelude op.7 n.1

CATEGORY Adulte Amateur

Free program 20-30 min. including pieces of Ukrainien and origine country of candidat

SINGING COMPETITION

The International Competition RESONANCES of Opera Signing is opened to candidates of any nationality and aims to promote and reward young singers.
The candidates will perform in the category Opera / Opéra Comique and have to present the additional pieces of art (please consult the competition program).
The candidates must be born after the 1 st June, 1983 and before the 1 st June, 1998. All the requests for derogation will be examined by the Organising Committee.

– Taking into account the precise résumé of professional training and experience of the candidate, the organizers reserve the right to accept or refuse his/her candidature.
– The participant, who has already obtained a first prize in one of the categories of the competition in previous years, may not compete in this category.
– All jury members are likely to propose a song recital to the candidates or help them in their professional standing.
– The organising association reserves the right to have photographs and audiovisual recordings realized during the whole competition, without opening up any right to reward for the participants (concerning all the communication aids and internet).
– Piano Accompaniment: The candidates can choose to introduce themselves with their accompanist or contact the accompanist proposed by the Competition RESONANCE (list of accompanists will be provided very shortly). All the costs for the piano accompaniment will be at the expense of the candidates.

20-30 minutes programme :
1. Two melodies from the list required by the voice category
2. One melody written by the Ukrainian composer in choosing to sing either acapella or a traditional song
3. One or two romances or one melody or one lied written by the composers from the the Romantic period of the 19th century to the 20th century or one piece of art from the candidate’s country of origin.

List of the required melodies by the voice category:

SOPRANOS

Light Lyric Soprano

– The Abduction from the Seraglio by MOZART
Blonde

– The Tales of Hoffmann by OFFENBACH
Olympia, doll

– The Bat by STRAUSS
Adele

– Lakmé by DELIBES
Lakmé, the ‘Bell Song’

– Idomeneo by MOZART
Ilia

– Turandot by PUCCINI
Liù

Lyric Soprano

– La Somnambule (The Sleepwalker) by DONIZETTI
Amina

– Lucia di Lammermoor by DONIZETTI
Lucia

– La Traviata (The Fallen Woman) by VERDI
Violetta

– Faust by GOUNOD
Marguerite

Soprano Lirico Spinto

– Women are like that by MOZART
Fiordiligi

– La Wally by CATALANI
Wally

– The Marriage of Figaro by MOZART
Countess

MEZZO

Coloratura

– The Clemency of Titus by MOZART
Sesto (Sextus)

– Werther by MASSENET
Charlotte « the letters »

– Romeo and Juliet by GOUNOD
Stephano

– The Capulets and the Montagues by BELLINI
Capulet

– The Knight of the Rose by STRAUSS
Octavian

– The Damnation of Faust by BERLIOZ
Marguerite

Mezzo Soprano

– Samson and Delilah by SAINT SAËNS
Dalila

– Carmen by BIZET
Carmen

– Il Travatore (The Troubadour) by VERDI
Azucena

– Gioconda by PONCHIELLA
Laura

– Adriana Lecouvreur by CILEA
Princess de Bouillon

– Tristan and Isolde by WAGNER
Brangäne

– Elektra by STRAUSS
Klytämnestra

COUNTERTENOR

– Tancredi by ROSSINI
Oh Patria! Dolce e Ingrata patria

– Semiramide by ROSSINI
Aria “In such barbarious misfortune”

– The Clemency of Titus by MOZART
Sesto

– The Marriage of Figaro by MOZART
Cherubino

– Julius Caesar by HANDEL
Julius Caesar

– Orfeo and Eurydice by GLUCK
Orfeo

– A Midsummer Night’s Dream by BRITTEN
Oberon

TENOR

Light Lyric Tenor

– The Barber of Seville by ROSSINI
Count Almaviva

– The Daughter of the Regiment by DONIZETTI
Tonio

– The Abduction from the Seraglio by MOZART
Belmonte

– Women are like that by MOZART
Ferrando

– Don Pasquale by DONIZETTI
Ernesto

Lyric Tenor

– La Traviata (The Fallen Woman) by VERDI
Alfredo

– Lucia di Lamermoor by DONIZETTI
Edgardo

– Eugene Onegin by TCHAÏKOVSKY
Lensky

– Faust by GOUNOD
Faust

– The Magic Flute by MOZART
Tamino

Lyric Spinto Tenor

– Andrea Chénier by GIORDANO
Andrea Chénier

– Carmen by BIZET
Don José

– The Marksman / The Freeshooter by WEBER
Max

– Queen of Spades by TCHAÏKOVSKY
Hermann

– The Flying Dutchman by WAGNER
Erik

BARITONE

Lyric Baritone

– The Barber of Seville by ROSSINI
Figaro

– Carmen by BIZET
Escamillo

– L’heure espagnole (How They Keep Time in Spain) by RAVEL
Ramiro

– Pelléas et Mélisande by DEBUSSY
Pelléas

Verdi Baritone

– Aida by VERDI
Amonasro

– Ernani by VERDI
Carlo

– Rigoletto by VERDI
Rigoletto

– Don Carlos by VERDI
Rodrigo

– Simon Boccanegra by VERDI
Simon

Bass-Baritone

– Fidelio by BEETHOVEN
Don Pizarro

– Faust by GOUNOD
Mephistopheles

– The Marriage of Figaro by MOZART
Figaro

– The Magic Flute by MOZART
Papageno

– Pelléas et Mélisande by DEBUSSY
Olaud

Dramatic Baritone

– Prince Igor by BORODIN
Igor

– The Master-Singers of Nuremberg by WAGNER
Hans Sachs

– Wozzeck by BERG
Wozzeck

– Tosca by PUCCINI
Scarpia

Singing Bass

– La sonnambula (The Sleepwalker) by BELLINI
Count Rodolfo

– Faust by GOUNOD
Mephistopheles

– Don Carlos by VERDI
Philip II

– Il trovatore (The Troubadour) by VERRDI
Ferrando

– Boris Godunov by MUSSORGSKY
Boris

Dramatic Bass

– Prince Igor by BORODIN
Igor

– Boris Godunov by MUSSORGSKY
Boris

– Nabucco by VERDI
Zaccaria

– Simon Boccanegra by VERDI
Fiesco

– The Ring of the Nibelung by WAGNER
Wotan

Buffo Bass

– Don Pasquale by DONIZETTI
Don Pasquale

– The Barber of Seville by ROSSINI
Don Bartolo

– Women are like that by MOZART
Don Alfonso

– Don Giovanni by MOZART
Leporello

Lyric Low Bass

– The Abduction from the Seraglio by MOZART
Osmin

– The Magic Flute by MOZART
Sarastro

– Don Carlos by VERDI
The Grand Inquisitor

-The Knight of the Rose by STRAUSS
Baron Ochs

– Fidelio by BEETHOVEN
Rocco