Screening Auditions (March 9–15, 2025) TCU, Fort Worth, Texas

Applicants perform 25-minute recitals at TCU.

Preliminary Round (May 21–23, 2025) Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU

30 competitors perform a 40-minute recital to include the commissioned work of 4-6 minutes in length, composed by Gabriela Montero.

Quarterfinal Round (May 24–25, 2025) Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU

18 competitors perform a 40-minute recital.

Semifinal Round (May 28–June 1, 2025) Bass Performance Hall

12 competitors in two phases:

  1. Each competitor will perform a 60-minute recital.
  2. Each competitor will perform a Mozart concerto with Carlos Miguel Prieto and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, selected from the list below:
  • Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271
  • Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat Major, K. 450
  • Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major, K. 459
  • Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466
  • Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
  • Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major, K. 482
  • Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488
  • Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491
  • Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503
  • Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major, K. 595

Final Round (June 3–7, 2025) Bass Performance Hall

6 competitors perform two concertos with Marin Alsop and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, one selected from the list below and the other of the competitor’s choosing.

Concerto 1: Each competitor will select one concerto from the following list:

  • BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, op. 15
  • BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, op. 19
  • BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, op. 37
  • BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, op. 58
  • BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, op. 73
  • CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, op. 11
  • CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, op. 21
  • GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
  • GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F Major
  • GRIEG Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 16
  • LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, S. 124
  • LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125
  • MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, op. 25
  • RAVEL Piano Concerto in G Major
  • RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major
  • SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, op. 22
  • SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major, op. 103
  • SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A Minor, op. 54

Concerto 2: Each competitor will select any work up to 42 minutes in length that is scored for piano and orchestra, subject to the approval by the Cliburn, conductor, and orchestra.

Recital repertoire not to be repeated in Preliminary, Quarterfinal, and Semifinal Rounds.

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