General information: Performing from memory is not mandatory.
Preliminary round – Video Recording – Listening Sessions
(Video file) No editing or technical manipulation will be allowed
2nd round – Solo Clarinet Recital
Valentino Bucchi: Concerto
Edison Denisov: Sonata
Franco Donatoni: Clair (1st piece.)
Igor Stravinsky: Three pieces for solo clarinet (A clarinet required)
Béla Kovács: Hommage à R. Strauss
Béla Kovács: Hommage à Manuel de Falla
Béla Kovács: Hommage à Niccolò Paganini
Marţian Negrea: Martie
Bruno Mantovani: Bug
Şerban Nichifor: Carnyx
Tiberiu Olah: Sonata
Heinrich Sutermeister: Capriccio
Dan Variu: I’m the best one here (work composed especially for the 2027 edition of Cluj International Music Competition) – download pdf
Jörg Widmann: Fantasie
Semifinal – Recital with Piano
Carl Maria von Weber: Concertino, Op. 26
Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet concerto nr. 1 in F minor, op 73 (1st mov.)
Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet concerto nr. 2 in E-flat major, op 74 (1st mov.)
Carl Maria von Weber: Grand Duo Concertant, Op.48 (2nd and 3rd mov.)
Johannes Brahms: Sonata in F minor, Op. 120/1 (1st mov.)
Johannes Brahms: Sonata in E flat Major, Op. 120/2 (1st mov.)
Claude Debussy: Première Rhapsodie
Francis Poulenc: Sonata (2nd and 3rd mov.)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Sonata, Op. 167 (3rd & 4th mov.)
Robert Schumann: Phantasiestücke, Op. 73
Luigi Bassi: Fantasia di concerto sopra motivi del Rigoletto
Jean Françaix: Theme and variations
Donato Lovreglio: Fantasia da concerto su motivi de ”La Traviata” di G. Verdi
André Messager: Solo de concours
Henri Rabaud: Solo de concours
Gioacchino Rossini: Introduction Theme and Variations
Charles- Marie Widor: Introduction et Rondò op.72
Final Round – with The ”Transilvania” State Philharmonic Orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major KV. 622