CON BRIO OPEN PIANO COMPETITION 2025

NOTES ON REPERTOIRE

Choose pieces which showcase your technical and musical ability in the best possible way.
Balance your programme in terms of styles and moods.
You may include individual pieces or movements from large scale works such as sonatas, song cycles, etc.
Use your discretion when deciding whether or not to perform a repeat.
Ensure that the duration of your programme falls within the prescribed time limit of each round, including all breaks between pieces. Prescribed programme durations are available under Category-Specific information below.
You may perform your pieces using the score. You may not however use a page turner. Memorise or use photocopies of short sections to ensure that the music is not interrupted by page turns.

VIDEO RECORDING GUIDELINES FOR ROUND 1 - PRESCREENING

Record the two Pre-screening videos, each in a single, uninterrupted, unedited take. There is one compulsory and one own choice piece – record each piece in a separate video.
Ensure that the video resolution is sufficiently high (minimum 360p).
Sound quality is very important and should not be distorted.
The recording should be in landscape mode.
Use a mount of some kind for the recording device, such as a tripod, to ensure that the image is completely still, and do not change the position of the device during the performance.
You are strongly advised to record audio and video on the same device, as synchronisation issues between sound and video will not be accepted.
You must record your programme on an acoustic piano, well in tune.
The camera should be placed at the treble end of the piano and provide a clear view of the entire keyboard, your entire body (including your feet and the pedals of the piano) and at least a side profile of your face.

HOW TO ENTER

After you have prepared the two pre-screening works to the best of your ability, record your
performances. Upload the two clips to YouTube. You may keep the videos private but ensure that they can be viewed in all countries simply with a link.

From your primary email address, send an email to conbrio@furtados.in with the subject “CB25 Entry – Piano”.

Include the following five items in the body of the email:

Full name, as you would like it to appear in the programme and certificate.
Date of birth.
Home town or city in India, i.e. where you consider yourself to be most from.
Scan of your passport data pages containing your photograph, name, and date of birth.
The two links to the two videos of your pre-screening works.

The last date for entering the competition is May 10, 2025. Confirmed semifinalists will receive an e-mail by/on June 01, 2025. Late entries MAY be accepted if an adequate number of deserving semifinalists have not been selected. If you wish to enter after May 10, please email us to check, but please note this cannot be guaranteed.

REPERTOIRE

Round 1 (Pre-screening):

Compulsory Set Work: Andante (Movement 2) from Sonatina in C major by Muzio Clementi, Op. 36 No. 1.
A piece of your own choice, lasting 2-4 minutes.

Round 2 (Semifinals):
A subset of your Final Programme. The subset will be revealed to the selected semifinalists closer to the event.

Round 3 (Finals):
A Programme lasting 10-12 minutes comprising works of your own choice. Each chosen piecen must be the work of an Italian composer.