Recitals
Second round: Performance.
Attention to first round winners Crescendo Int. Competition
First and Second place winners should register for the Second round of the competition at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, and other available recital venues.
Those First-place winners who achieved the top scores, and demonstrated special achievements and artistry, will be performing in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall by invitation only, which will be attached to your scores in the portal.
Third place winners should register for the Second round of the competition at Merkin Hall. Third place winners cannot register for Carnegie Hall recitals.
However, First, Second, and Third place winners can register to perform at Alger House of the War Memorial, Aga Khan Museum Concert Hall, German Society of Pennsylvania, or Crescendo TV online concerts on their preference.
Repertoire requirements:
At the Second Round of competition participants are required to play the SAME piece that they performed earlier at the First round. Changing repertoire is not permitted.
Winners of the first round of the competition should register for the Second Round immediately after receiving their audition results.
Registration for the Second Round will be opened on December 23, 2022. Spaces are limited. A recital will be closed once capacity is reached.
Second Round Recitals for Crescendo International Competition 2023 will be held in following venues:
- Saturday, January 14, 2023, 1:00 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
- Saturday, January 14, 2023, 7:30 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
- Sunday, January 15, 2023, 1:00 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
- Sunday, January 15, 2023, 7:30 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
- Sunday, January 22, 2023, 1:00 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
- Saturday, January 28, 2023, 1:00 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
- Saturday, January 28, 2023, 7:30 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
- Sunday, February 5, 2023, 1:00 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
- Sunday, February 5, 2023, 7:30 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
- Saturday, February 11, 1:00 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
- Saturday, February 11, 7:30 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
- Saturday, February 18, 1:00 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
- Saturday, February 18, 7:30 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
- Sunday, February 19, 2023, 1:00 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
- Sunday, February 19, 2023, 7:30 pm at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
- Saturday, February 25, 2023, 1:00 pm Zankel Hall at at Carnegie Hall
Important update on Carnegie Hall COVID protocols which impacts artists/performers and production staff. Testing requirements are no longer required for artists and performers. Additionally, masking in the backstage areas and onstage is now optional. For the time being, Carnegie Hall will continue to require masking for audience attending public, ticketed performances and events in the concert halls, except when in designated areas for eating and drinking. Artists/performers sitting in the audience during the event will be required to mask while there.Please refer to Carnegie Hall website: Carnegiehall.org for official updates on Covid-19 regulations. You will find this information under “Your Safety Checklist“
- Saturday, March 4, 2023 11:00 am, The German Society of Pennsylvania, 611 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123
- Saturday, March 4, 2023 1:00 pm, The German Society of Pennsylvania, 611 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123
- Saturday, March 4, 2023 3:00 pm, The German Society of Pennsylvania, 611 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123
- Saturday, March 11, 2023, 7:00 pm at Merkin Hall. 129 West 67 St., Manhattan, New York, NY 10023 REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
- Sunday, March 26, 2023, 3:00 pm at Merkin Hall 129 West 67 St., Manhattan, New York, NY 10023 REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
- Sunday, March 26, 2023, 7:00 pm at Merkin Hall. 129 West 67 St., Manhattan, New York, NY 10023 REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
- Sunday, April 23, 2023, 11:00 am, 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm at Alger house of the War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Rd., Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236.
- Saturday, May 6, 2023, 12:00 pm at Rockport Performance Art Center, Rockport, located at 37 Main Street Rockport, MA 01966
- Sunday, May 14, 2023, 11:00 am at Aga Khan Museum concert hall, 77 Wynford Drive, Toronto, Ontario M3C 1K1
- Saturday, April 15, 2023 YouTube Concerts on Crescendo TV channel will be posted. Last day for registration and uploading of your video (in YouTube link format only) is Sunday, March 26, 2023
- Saturday, May 20, 2023, Harvard University
- Sunday, May 21, 2023, Harvard University
Registration to Harvard University concert series will be open from Little Mozarts Int. Competition page
- Sunday, October 8, 2023, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
- Monday, October 9, 2023, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
- Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall (for selected students only):
- Crescendo TV channel
- The German Society of Pennsylvania
How to get to Carnegie Hall?
1.“Practice, practice, practice” 2 Performing artists arrive 30-45 min prior to the curtain time for check-in at the backstage entrance located on 161 West 56th Street, New York, New York 10019. To minimize traffic at the backstage entrance, we kindly ask only one adult accompany young performers to security office. 3. Crescendo competition staff members escort artists to the back stage for brief practice at the backstage practice rooms. 4, Please be advised that …