The 14th Michal Spisak International Music Competition will be held from October 13 to 22, 2023 in the specialties of trumpet, horn and trombone.

The program of the three-stage competition, in addition to a cross-sectional, flagship repertoire of works intended for the aforementioned instruments (solo and works with piano), will also include compositions by native Polish composers, including Michal Spisak.

The call for entries for the competition runs until June 16, 2023.

COMPETITION AUDITION SCHEDULE:

• First stage (14–15 October 2023) – auditions of all participants admitted to the Competition. In case of a large number of applications, the Organisers will provide for additional audition sessions.
• Second stage (16–18 October 2023) – not more than 12 participants in each instrument will be admitted. In special cases, the Jury may increase the number of qualified participants in each instrument by 1 person.
• Third stage (19–21 October 2023) – not more than 4 participants in each instrument will be admitted. In special cases, the Jury may increase the number of qualified participants in each instrument by 1 person. The performances in the third stage will be accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of Zabrze Philharmonic under Sławomir Chrzanowski. The Organiser will provide for one rehearsal with the orchestra to the qualified participants.

COMPETITION REPERTOIRE:

TRUMPET

First stage, 2 pieces performed from the score:

1.    Johann Nepomuk Hummel – Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (part 1 and 2, obligatory on trumpet B) (12’)2.    Eugène Bozza – Rustiques (7’)

Second stage, 2 pieces performed from the score:

1.    One of the following pieces to be selected:

• Krzysztof Herdzin – Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (15’)
• Halsey Stevens – Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (15’)

2.    One of the following pieces to be selected:

• Johann Friedrich Fasch – Trumpet Concerto in D major (7’)
• Leopold Mozart – Trumpet Concerto in D major (10’)
• Georg Philip Telemann – Concerto in D major (9’)
• Giuseppe Tartini – Trumpet Concerto in D major (10’)

Third stage, 1 piece with the orchestra played from memory:

• Oscar Böhme – Trumpet Concerto in f minor op. 18 (15’)

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HORN

First stage, 2 pieces performed from the score:

1.    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Horn Concerto No. 4 in  E flat major, K. 495
(without cadences) (16’)

2.    Eugène Bozza – En Forét for Horn and Piano op. 40 (8’)

Second stage, 3 pieces performed from the score:

1. George Phillip Telemann – Horn Concerto in D major, TWV 518 (9’)
2. One of the following pieces to be selected:

• Gilbert Vinter – Hunter’s Moon (6’30”)
• Blai Maria Colomer – Fantaisie Legende for Horn and Piano (7’)
• Paul Dukas – Villanelle (6’30”)
• Hermann Neuling – Bagatelle for Horn and Piano (6’30”)
• Zdzisław Szostak – Rondo-allegro e rustico for Horn and Piano (6’)

3. One of the following pieces to be selected:

• Vitalij Bujanowski – España (5’)
• Malcolm Arnold – Fantasy for Horn (4’30”)
• Sigurd Berge – Horn-Lokk (7’)

Third stage, 1 piece with the orchestra played from memory:

• Franz Danzi – Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E major (15’)

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TROMBONE

First stage, 2 pieces performed from the score:

1. Eugène Bozza – Ballade op. 62 (8’30”)
2. George Christoph Wagenseil – Concerto for Trombone in E- flat major (12’)

Second stage, 3 pieces performed from the score:

1. Michał Spisak – Concertino for Trombone and Piano (10’)
2. One of the following pieces to be selected:

• Jiři Pauer – Trombonetta for Trombone and Piano (10’)
• Frank Martin – Ballade (version with piano) (7’30”)
• Jacques Castérède – Sonatine for Trombone and Piano (8’30”)
• Zdzisław Szostak – Moment musical for Trombone and Piano (6’)

3. One of the following pieces to be selected:

• Iannis Xenakis – Keren pour trombone solo (7’)
• Vincent Persichetti – Parable XVIII for solo Trombone op. 133 (6’)
• Folke Rabe – Basta for trombone solo (4’30”)
• Kurt Sturzenegger – B.A.C.H. Fantaisie pour trombone solo (5’30”)

Third stage, 1 piece with the orchestra played from memory:

• Kazimierz Serocki – Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra (20’)