This is an exciting opportunity and a wonderful tribute to the Moyse legacy!
ENTRY DEADLINE: May 15th 2025
CATEGORYJUNIOR-A–A1- B
Category Junior / born until 2015 (until 10) Category A / born from 2014 to 2012 (age 11-13)
Category A1 / born from 2011 to 2008 (age 14-17)
Category B / born from 2007 to 2002 (age 18-23)
For categories JUNIOR, A, A1 and B the preliminary round will be online. Videos must be recorded live and full-body for the flutists with a visible part of the piano accompanist. Performances can be separated for each author but cannot be edited. Before each performance the candidate must say his name and surname and specify that the piece is performed for the ‘Moyse Competition Sofia’. The video must be uploaded to youtube and sent as a link (the video must be ‘unlisted’ not public mode). All the videos must be sent by email to moysecompetition@gmail.com within May 15th 2025, together with the application form and the copy of the registration payment. The cost of the transfer is borne by the sender and the inscription fee is not refundable. Selected candidates in categories JUNIOR, A, A1 and B will participate in person in the following rounds.
CATEGORY C
Category C / born from 2001 to 1992 (age 24-33)
The candidates of the Category C will participate in person in each round. The time of the second round will be established after the results of the first round and communicated directly to the candidates. The application form must be sent by email to moysecompetition@gmail.com within May 15th 2025, together with the application form and the copy of the registration payment. The cost of the transfer is borne by the sender and the inscription fee is not refundable.
For all categories and performances it is optional and not required to play from memory.
It is possible to play with your own piano accompanist or request the NBU pianist by paying the fee of €50 / 100 lev. together with the registration fee, specifying ‘pianist request’
Category JUNIOR born until 2015 (age until 10) PRELIMINARY ROUND ‘Online’ (max 10’) Free choice programme (with or without piano, one piece or more, max 10’) All the videos must be sent by email to moysecompetition@gmail.com within May 15th 2025. The video must be uploaded to youtube and sent as a link (the video must be ‘unlisted’ not public mode). Selected candidates will be informed by email by June 8, 2025. FINAL ROUND ‘In person’ (10’) The programme must include: -Carl Nielsen ’The children are Playing’ for flute (the part will be sent on request) -Louis Moyse ‘Sicilienne’ from the ‘Trois pièces faciles’ for flute and piano (the part will be sent on request)
Category A born from 2014 to 2012 (age 11-13) PRELIMINARY ROUND ‘Online’ (max 10’) Free choice programme (with or without piano, one piece or more, max 10’) All the videos must be sent by email to moysecompetition@gmail.com within May 15th 2025. The video must be uploaded to youtube and sent as a link (the video must be ‘unlisted’ not public mode). Selected candidates will be informed by email by June 8, 2025 FINAL ROUND ‘In person’ (10’) The programme must include: -Nino Rota ‘5 pezzi facili’ (one movement free choice) for flute and piano (the part will be sent on request) -Louis Moyse ‘Sarabande’ from the ‘Trois pièces faciles’ for flute and piano (the part will be sent on request)
Category A1 born from 2011 to 2008 (age 14-17) PRELIMINARY ROUND ‘Online’ (max 10’) Free choice programme (with or without piano, one piece or more, max 10’) All the videos must be sent by email to moysecompetition@gmail.com within May 15th 2025. The video must be uploaded to youtube and sent as a link (the video must be ‘unlisted’ not public mode). Selected candidates will be informed by email by June 8, 2025 FINAL ROUND ‘In person’ (12’) The programme must include: -Antonio Vivaldi/Nicolas Chedeville ‘Sonata n. 1’ (two movements free choice) from ‘Il Pastor fido’ op.13 for flute and b.c. (the part will be sent on request) -Paul Hindemith – Acht Stücke (one movement free choice) (the part will be sent on request) -Louis Moyse ‘En rôdant’ from ‘Dix petites piéces’ for flute and piano (the part will be sent on request)
Category B born from 2007 to 2002 (age 18-23) PRELIMINARY ROUND ‘Online’ (max. 15’) The programme must include: -One composition free choice with or without piano -Antonio Vivaldi ‘Concerto op. X n. 1 ‘La tempesta di mare’ for flute, strings and b.c. (pf) (the part will be sent on request) All the videos must be sent by email to moysecompetition@gmail.com within May 15th 2025. The video must be uploaded to youtube and sent as a link (the video must be ‘unlisted’ not public mode). Selected candidates will be informed by email by June 8, 2025 SECOND ROUND ‘In person’ (15’) The programme must include 2 pieces, one for solo flute and one for flute and piano chosen from: -Friederich Kuhlau ‘Capriccio n. 1 op. 10’ for flute solo -CPE Bach ‘Sonata’ in A minor for flute solo (2nd mov) -G.Ph. Telemann ‘Fantasia n. 10’ (from 12 Fantasies) for flute solo -Francis Poulenc ‘Sonata’ for flute and piano (1st mov) -Bohuslav Martinu ‘First Sonata’ for flute and piano (1st mov) -Franz Doppler ‘Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise’ for flute and piano -Albert Roussel ‘Joueurs de Flûte’ op. 27 (Pan and Tityre) for flute and piano
FINAL ROUND ‘In person’ (20’) The programme must include: -Antonio Vivaldi ‘Concerto op. X n. 6’ for flute, strings and b.c. (pf) (the part will be sent on request) -Rainer Bischof ‘Quadrifoglio’ (three movements free choice) for flute solo (the part will be sent on request) -Louis Moyse ‘Pastorale’ for flute solo from ‘7 Caprice-Etudes’ (the part will be sent on request)
Category C / born from 2001 to 1992 (age 24-33) PRELIMINARY ROUND ‘In person’ (18’) The programme must include: – Gheorghi Arnaoudov ‘Il sentiero degli uccelli’ for flute solo (the part will be sent on request) – 2 pieces of different style, choosen among the following repertoire: Jacques Ibert ‘Pièce’ / J.S. Bach ‘Partita’ in A minor BWV 1013 (two movements free choice) / Sigfried Karg-Elert ‘Sonata Appassionata’ / Luciano Berio ‘Sequenza I’ SECOND ROUND ‘In person’ (20’) The programme must include: – J.S. Bach ‘Sonata’ in E minor BWV 1034 (1st and 2nd mov) for flute and b.c. – Philippe Gaubert ‘Sonata n. 2’ (1st mov) for flute and piano – Sergei Prokofiev ‘Sonata’ for flute and piano (1st mov) FINAL ROUND ‘In person’ (30’) The programme must include: – Louis Moyse ‘Caprice de Pan’ for flute solo from ‘7 Caprice-Etudes’ (the part will be sent on request) – Concerto chosen from the following repertoire for flute and orchestra (pf): Saverio Mercadante ‘Concerto in e-minor’ / W.A. Mozart Concerto KV 313 or Concerto KV 314 / Jacques Ibert ‘Concerto’