2022 Nielsen Clarinet Competition

Full requirements and application available here

Eligibility
The competition is open for all nationalities under the age of 30 on the first day of the competition.  Clarinetists must be born on or after 31 March 1992.

Repertoire

Pre-selection

Three Fantasy Pieces (Drei Fantasiestücke), Op. 73, movement I, by Robert Schumann

Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622, movement I, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; with piano accompaniment

3 Pieces for Solo Clarinet, movements II & III, by Igor Stravinsky

First Round

Day 1:

Première rhapsodie, by Claude Debussy

New piece commissioned for the Clarinet Competition, to be announced later

Day 2 - Choose 1 of the following:

Concertino for Clarinet, Op. 15, by Jeanine Rueff OR 

Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 1, movements I & III, by Antonio Vivaldi (coming soon to CAMco) OR

Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 3, movements I & IV,  by Antonio Vivaldi (coming soon to CAMco) OR

Clarinet Concerto No. 2, movement I, by Louis Spohr OR

Clarinet Concerto No. 4, movement I, by Louis Spohr

Second Round

Put together a program based on the choices below and perform in the order you prefer. Maximum performance time is 30 minutes.

1) 1 of the following:

Clarinet Sonata in F Minor, Op. 120 No. 1, movements I & II, by Johannes Brahms OR

Clarinet Sonata in E-flat Major, movements I & II, by Johannes Brahms

2) 1 of the following:

Domaines for clarinet (1968), by Pierre Boulez OR

Sonata for Clarinet (1972), by Edison Denisov OR

Clair, for clarinet (1980), by Franco Donatoni OR

Clair II, for clarinet (1999), by Franco Donatoni OR

Assonance for clarinet (1983), by Michael Jarrell OR

For An Actor: Monologue For Clarinet (1978), by Shulamit Ran OR

Duft (2012), by Kaija Saraaiaho

3) Playing around Nielsen: Create and perform a collage for clarinet alone, 8-10 minutes long, from music by Carl Nielsen choosing from List A, and one or more solo pieces chosen from List B. 

List B:

Quotations from Première Rhapsodie, by Claude Debussy

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68, movement III solos, by Johannes Brahms

Contrasts, movements I or III (or both I & III), by Béla Bartók

Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in B-flat Major, excerpts from movements I or II (or both I & II),  Carl Philipp Stamitz

The Firebird Suite (1919), variation of the Firebird Movement, by Igor Stravinsky

Round 3

Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115, movements I & II, by Johannes Brahms

Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet, movement III cadenza, by Kalevi Aho

Finale

Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622, movement I, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57, by Carl Nielsen