Pre-selection with recording:

a) JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, One movement from the lute suites BWV 995, 996, 997 or 1006a
(adaptation and key freely chosen)
b) First and second movement of one of the sonatas from the second round (see no. 4.)

The works recorded for the pre-selection can be repeated in the competition program.

First round (20 to max. 25 minutes)

1. A fantasy by one of the following composers:
FRANCESCO DA MILANO
JOHN DOWLAND
LUYS MILÁN
LUIS DE NARVÁEZ
MELCHIOR NEUSIDLER
ALBERT DE RIPPE

2. One of the following works:

MAURO GIULIANI: one of the Rossiniane
GIULIO REGONDI, Réverie op. 19
or Introduction et Caprice op. 23
FERNANDO SOR, Fantaisie op. 7
or Fantaisie op. 30
or Fantaisie villageoise op. 52
or Morceau de concert op. 54
or Fantaisie élegiaque op. 59

3. One work freely chosen

Second round (30 to max 40 minutes)

4. One of the following sonatas:
LEO BROUWER, one of Sonatas
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, Sonata
CARLOS GUASTAVINO, Sonata I
ANTONIO JOSÉ, Sonata
MANUEL MARÍA PONCE, Sonata III or Sonata Romantica FERDINAND REBAY, Sonata D minor or Sonata A
minor
JOAQUÍN RODRIGO, Sonata Giocosa
JOAQUÍN TURINA, Sonata op. 61

5. One of the following works:

LUCIANO BERIO, Sequenza XI
BENJAMIN BRITTEN, Nocturnal
ELLIOTT CARTER, Changes
BRETT DEAN, Three Caprichos after Goya
HANS WERNER HENZE, Royal Winter Music 2nd Sonata
or 3 Tentos
MAGNUS LINDBERG, Mano a mano
TRISTAN MURAIL, Tellur
PER NØRGÅRD, Clubs Among Jokers
GOFFREDO PETRASSI, Suoni Notturni or Nunc
JOSÉ MARÍA SÁNCHEZ VERDÚ, Cuaderno de Friedenau
SIMON STEEN-ANDERSEN, Inside out outside in
Toru TAKEMITSU, In the Woods or All in Twilight or Equinox

6. One work freely chosen

Semifinal (with string quartet)

7. VITO ŽURAJ, Interfret für Gitarre solo
composition commissioned for the ARD International Music Competition 2017 (world premiere)
sponsored by Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
The sheet music will be supplied along with the admission to the competition. The commissioned
composition may be performed with the music, it may not be publicly performed prior to the
competition.

8. One of the following quintets for guitar and string quartet:

EUGÈNE BOZZA, Concertino da Camera
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, Quintetto op. 143
(The guitar may be slightly amplified.)

Final (with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester)

9. One of the following concertos for guitar and orchestra:
MAURICE OHANA, Trois Graphiques
MANUEL MARIA PONCE, Concierto del Sur
JOAQUÍN RODRIGO, Concierto de Aranjuez
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS, Concerto
(The guitar may be slightly amplified.)

The works from no. 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 9 are to be performed from memory.