Compulsory Works

The 36th Japan Woodwind Competition (Clarinet Division) 2025

First Round (Preliminary Round)

  • Participation in the First Round is limited to those who have passed the Preliminary Screening.

Preliminary Screening Repertoire
Choose one piece from the following and perform:

  1. Donizetti, Gaetano: Studio Primo (up to measure 101)

  2. Stravinsky, Igor: Three Pieces for Clarinet

  3. Kovács, Béla: Hommages à M. de Falla

  4. Kovács, Béla: Hommages à R. Strauss

First Round Repertoire

  • Perform the same piece selected for the Preliminary Screening.

Second Round

Contestants must perform the following:

  1. Choose one piece from:

    • Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73

    • Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 74

  2. Perform a solo clarinet piece composed in or after 1980.

    • Only published works are accepted.

    • Performance must be within 10 minutes (cuts are permitted).

Final Round

Perform the following work from memory:

  • W. A. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622

Notes

  • No specific publisher is designated.

  • Repertoire changes are not permitted after submission of the application.

  • Performances in the preliminary or qualifying rounds may be interrupted by the jury; however, this will not affect the evaluation.