page_title: International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
section_title: Competition
hierarchical_section_title: International Violin Competition of Indianapolis / Competition
caption_attribution_description: English: 10th Quadrennial IVCI Participants - September 2018 / Photo by Denis Ryan Kelly Jr. / Published with permission
context_page_description: The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis is a classical violin competition which takes place once every four years in Indianapolis, Indiana. Since its founding in 1982, "The Indianapolis" has been regarded as the Olympics of the Violin, and dubbed "the ultimate violin contest" by the Chicago Tribune.
context_section_description: The competition is typically composed of four parts:
  Preliminaries (40 participants). The first round consists of a 45-minute recital, concentrating on J.S. Bach's Sonatas and partitas for solo violin, violin sonatas by Mozart, plus two of Paganini's 24 Caprices for Solo Violin or Paganiniana by Nathan Milstein. Each participant must also perform one encore work.
  Semi-Finals (16 participants). Each participant performs a 75-minute recital consisting of any violin sonata by Beethoven, plus two additional works (typically with piano accompaniment). Each participant is given a list of over sixty works from which to choose. Included in this round is a compulsory work, commissioned specifically for each Competition.
  Classical Finals (6 participants).  Each Finalist performs a violin concerto by Mozart or Haydn, plus an encore work by Fritz Kreisler, performed with a chamber orchestra.
  Finals (6 participants). Each Finalist performs one of 21 major violin concertos with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
caption: 10th Quadrennial Competition Participants - August/September 2018
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