PRELIMINARY  ROUND
Candidate's choice of first movement and cadenza:

D. DRAGONETTI, Concerto in A major;
C. D. von DITTERSDORF, Concerto in E major;
J. B. VANHAL Concerto in D major (version in C).

Double bass solo piece of the candidate's choice:
H. FRYBA, Prelude and Allemande;
A. MENGOLI, Etude 1 or 5;
TEPPO HAUTA-AHO, 'Kadenza'.

SEMIFINAL
Performance of one of the following pieces of the candidate's choice:

a) G. BOTTESINI, Allegretto Capriccio alla Chopin;
b) G. BOTTESINI. Fantasia from the Sonnambula;
c) G. BOTTESINI, Grande Allegro à la Mendelssohn;
d) R. GLIERE, Intermezzo and Tarantella.
                                                                                                                                       
FINAL
Performance of a concerto or sonata of the candidate's choice:

a) G. BOTTESINI, Concerto in B minor;
b) A. MISEK, Sonata No. 2;
c) N. ROTA, Divertimento concertante;
d) F. SCHUBERT, Sonata Arpeggione;
e) S. KOUSSEVITZKY, Op. 3.

Special Prize Contemporary Music

Must perform in addition one of the following pieces, announced in advance.
a) Luciano Berio: Sequenza XIVb.;
b) Gyorgy Kurtag: Message consolation à Christian Sutter;
c) Franco Donatoni: Lem (only the first one):
d) Kaja Saariaho: Folia (version without electronics).