First round, maximum 15 minutes

Trumpet
a) Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E-flat major, Hob. VIIe:1 – first movement with own cadenza
b) Vladimir Peskin: Concerto No. 2 for Trumpet and Piano (Edition Marc Reift)

Trombone
a) Eugène Bozza: Hommage à Bach
b) Kazimierz Serocki: Sonata

Tuba
a) Alexei Lebedev: Concert Allegro for Tuba and Piano
b) Anthony Plog: 3 Miniatures

Second round, maximum 30 minutes

(please ensure that the total length of the selected works does not exceed 30 minutes)

Trumpet
a) Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in D major for Trumpet, Strings and Basso Continuo TWV 51:D7
or
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Concerto in D major for Trumpet, 2 Oboes, Strings and B.C. FWV L:D1
b) Jean Françaix: Sonatine for Trumpet and Piano
c) Wolf Kerschek: commissioned composition for solo trumpet – the score will be made available to candidates in December 2025 via Muvac

Trombone
a) Launy Grøndahl: Concerto
b) Georg Albrechtsberger: Concerto
c) Wolf Kerschek: commissioned composition of the Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments for solo trombone – the score will be made available to candidates in March via Muvac

Tuba
a) Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita in A minor (arr. by Floyd Cooley)
b) Julius Jacobsen: Tuba Buffo
c) Wolf Kerschek: commissioned composition for solo tuba – the score will be made available to candidates in December 2025 via Muvac

Third round, maximum 30 minutes

Trumpet
a) George Enescu: Légende for Trumpet and Piano
or
Arthur Honegger: Intrada for Trumpet and Piano
b) Henri Tomasi: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra

Trombone
a) Frank Martin: Ballade
or
Guy Ropartz: Pièce in E-flat minor
b) Nino Rota: Concerto
or
Henri Tomasi: Concerto

Tuba
a) Bruce Broughton: Sonata
or
Ben Miles: Contraptions for Solo Tuba
b) Edward Gregson: Tuba Concerto
or
John Williams: Tuba Concerto

Final, prize winners’ concert with the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker

Trumpet
Oskar Böhme: Concerto in F minor (orig. E minor, arranged by Edward H. Tarr) for Trumpet and Orchestra (Verlag Martin Schmid), with own cadenza

Trombone
Ferdinand David: Concerto

Tuba
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto

Please note:

All works – except for the explicitly mentioned exceptions – are to be prepared in full. The jury reserves the right to make cuts if necessary.

Trumpet
The concerto by Oskar Böhme must be performed from memory. The jury reserves the right to have the listed works performed in full or only in part.

Trombone
The concerto by Ferdinand David must be performed from memory. The jury reserves the right to have the listed works performed in full or only in part.

Tuba
The concerto by Ralph Vaughan Williams must be performed from memory. The jury reserves the right to have the listed works performed in full or only in part.