The Ernest and Ellen Corby Prizes for the Performance of Piano Transcriptions

During the second Manchester International Concerto Competition for Young Pianists, there will be a separate competition in two age categories (16 and under and 22 and under) for the performance of rarely heard piano transcriptions.   This will be held in Whiteley Hall, Chetham’s School of Music on Wednesday 19th August, and will be adjudicated by members of the concerto competition jury.  All entrants for the concerto competition (both categories) will automatically be offered free entry for the transcription competition. 

Pianists of all nationalities will be welcome to enter the transcription competition independently of the concerto competition on payment of a £20 entry fee and completion of the application form, available for  downloading from the website.  In case of difficulty in obtaining scores of the transcriptions, please  contact the concerto competition administrator via the website or email: info@pianoconcertocompetition.com  

Prizes:

1st Prize : £300 (22 and under)  £200 (16 and under)
2nd Prize: £150 (22 and under)  £100 (16 and under)
3rd Prize: £100 (22 and under)   £70 (16 and under)
Highly commended placings £50 (22 and under) £40 (16 and under)

Repertoire (all works to be performed from memory):

16 and under:
One of the following:

Busoni: ‘An die Jugend’, volume 3: ‘Giga, Bolero e Variazione’ (Mozart)
Chopin-Liszt: One of the 6 Chants Polonaises, op, 74
Grainger: ‘Country Gardens’, ‘Irish Tune from County Derry’ or ‘Shepherd’s Hey’
Ronald Stevenson: Any piece from L’Art nouveau du Chant appliqué au Piano’ (Ronald Stevenson Society) or any Scots folksong settings (Ronald Stevenson society), or one of the eight Francis George Scott Song transcriptions (Roberton)
Walton: Tango-Pasocoble from ‘Façade’, transcribed by Sam Liu

22 and under:
One of the following:

Busoni:  Tanzwaltzer
Douglas Finch: Fantasy on themes by Arthur Bliss (2008)
Godowsky: Any two of the 53 Studies based on Chopin etudes
Grainger: Ramble on the last love duet from the opera the ‘Rose-bearer’ (‘Rosenkavalier Ramble’)
Liszt: Any TWO of the 56 Schubert Song transcriptions, or Rossini-Liszt ‘William Tell’ overture, or Tchaikovsky-Liszt  Polonaise from ‘Eugene Onegin’.
Ronald Stevenson: Either ‘Canonic Caprice on the Bat’,  ‘Fugue on a fragment of Chopin’,  ‘Wiegenlied aus Wozzeck’ or ‘Three Elizabethan Pieces after John Bull’ (All Ronald Stevenson Society)