The Juilliard School
Pre-Screening Repertoire
The pre-screening recording must include only No. 2 and No. 3 from
the live audition repertoire, as well as one etude by Chopin.
Live Audition Repertoire
• The entire audition program should reach a minimum of 60 minutes.
Shorter programs may be subject to approval by the piano faculty.
1. Bach: Any major work. A prelude and fugue is acceptable. (No transcriptions permitted.)
2. One of the following:
a. An entire sonata by Beethoven (excluding Opp. 14, 49, and 79), or
b. One of the following Haydn sonatas: Hob. 20, 23, 32, 46, 49, 50, 52, or
c. One of the following Mozart sonatas: K. 281, 284, 310, 332, 333, 457, 533, or 576, or
d. One of the following Schubert sonatas: D. 568, 664, 784, 845, 50, 894, 958, 959, 960, or the Wanderer Fantasie, D. 760.
3. A substantial composition by Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, or
Mendelssohn. (Etudes, nocturnes, short dances, waltzes, or comparable pieces are not acceptable.)
4. Two virtuosic etudes:
a. one by Chopin, and
b. one by Bartok, Debussy, Ligeti, Liszt, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff,
Scriabin, or Stravinsky.
5. A substantial work, or a collection of shorter works, of the applicant’s choice which is:
a. in a different style and by a composer other than those selected
for the previous requirements, and
b. not less than six minutes.