Pula Music Festival
PULA SUMMER FESTIVAL 2026
DATE:13rd to 27th July, 2026
I.PIANO COMPETITION
1. Date :13rd to 19th July
2. Jury:
Chairman :
Péter Nagy (Hungary )
*Piano Professor:
Dominique Morel (Canada )
William Fong (British )
Jacqueline Tang (China )
Edith Fischer (Cheli)
Mats Widlund (Sweden )
Ruben Dalibaltayan (Croatia)
*Conductor:
Ka Hou Fan (Macau)
Tung-Chieh Chuang(Taiwan )
*Management:
The renowned management will be invited.
3. Schedule:
Semifinal round:13rd July to 16th July
Final round: 18th, 19th July
II. OPENING CONCERT
Date:20th July
*The recital of the Gold Medalist of Van Cliburn Competition 2025
*Mayor of Pula speech
*The Chef of Van Clibrun, Mr. Jacques Marquis speech
III. MASTERCLASS
Date: 21st to 27th July
▪︎Piano Masterclass
Péter Nagy (Hungary )
Dominique Morel (Canada )
William Fong (British)
Jacqueline Tang (China )
Edith Fischer (Cheli)
Mats Widlund (Sweden )
Thomas Steinhoefel (Germany)
▪︎Violin Masterclass
Jannie Jansen (Netherland )
Isabelle Faust (Germany )
Ning Feng (China)
Kyung Sun Lee(Korea)
▪︎Cello Masterclass
Claudio Bohorquez ( Germany)
Mikayel Hakhnazaryan (Armenia)
Tanja Tetzlaff (Germany)
▪︎Viola Masterclass
William Coleman(Germany)
IV. CONCERT
18th July~ Final concert I
19th July ~Final concert II
20th July ~Opening Concert I
21st July ~Opening Concert II
22nd July ~Professor Concert I
23rd July ~Professor Concert II
24th July ~Student Concert I
25th July ~Student Concert II
26th July ~Farewell Party
2ND HISTRIA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION FOR PIANO
JULY 2026
PROGRAMME
*JUNIOR (under 19 years old)
I.First round Video
- 1. 2 Scarlatti’s sonatas of your choice
- 2. First movement of a sonata from the classical era.
- 3. Work of your choice of any era.
II.Semi Final
- 1. 2 Mendelssohn’s Song without Words of your choice
- 2. The compulsory Croatian new work
- 3. Work of your choice
III.Final with orchestra
One concerto *see List in following :
HAYDN: D major, Hob. XVIII / 11
MOZART: No.11, F major, K.413 / 387a
No. 13, C major, K.415 / 387b
No. 14, Eb major, K. 449
No. 15, Bb major, K. 450
No. 16, D major, K. 451
No. 17, G major, K. 453
No. 18, Bb major, K.456
No. 19, F major, K.459
BEETHOVEN: No. 1, C major, opus 15
No.2, Bb major, opus 19
No.3, C minor, opus 37
MENDELSSOHN: No.1, G minor, opus 25
*SENIOR (19 to 32 years old)
I.First round Video
1. One Etude :
ÉTUDES: choose one Etude among the following collections:
BARTÓK: Three Études opus
18,Sz.72
DEBUSSY : 12 Études
LIGETI : 18 Études pour piano
LUTOSLAWSKI : 2 Études
MESSIAEN : Quatre Études de rythme
PROKOFIEV : 4 Études opus 2
SCRIABINE : 3 Études opus 65
STRAVINSKY : 4 Études pour piano opus 4
SZYMANOWSKI : 12 Études opus 33
2. First movement of a Haydn Sonata :
Hob. XVI / 20, C minor
Hob. XVI / 32, B minor
Hob. XVI / 34, E minor
Hob. XVI / 48, C minor
Hob. XVI / 49, Eb major
Hob. XVI / 50, C major
Hob. XVI / 52, Eb major
3. Work of your choice of any era.
II.Semi Final - 60 minutes
- 1. The compulsory Croatian new work
- 2. Schumann’s Romance opus 28 no.2 in F sharp major
- 3. Work of your choice of any era.
III.Final with orchestra
One concerto of your choice :
Bartók No.3
Beethoven No.4
Beethoven No. 5
Brahms No.1 d minor
Chopin No.1 e minor
Chopin No.2 f minor
Liszt No.1 Eb Major
Liszt No.2 Ab Major
Mozart 271 Eb major
Mozart 466 d minor
Mozart 467 C major
Mozart 482 Eb Major
Mozart 488 A Major
Mozart 491 c minor
Mozart 503 C major
Mozart 537 D major
Mozart 595 Bb major
Prokofiev No. 3 C major
Rachmaninov No.2 c minor
Rachmaninov No.3 d minor
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Ravel G major
Ravel D major
Saint-Saens No.2 g minor
Schumann a minor
Tchaikovsky b flat minor