First Stage (max 30 min) 

1) An Étude of free choice (with the exception of the Études en douze exercices S.136)
2) A transcription of a Lied by Mendelssohn, Schubert or Schumann
3) One or more works of the contestant’s free choice

Second Stage (max 70 min, 12 semifinalists max)

1) Sonata in b min S. 178
2) An original work composed in or later than 1875
3) One or more works of the contestant’s free choice

Final Stage (3 finalists)

1) A transcription from the works by Giuseppe Verdi (piano solo)
2) One of the following Concertos
Concerto n° 1 S. 124
Concerto n° 2 S. 125
Totentanz S. 126