Date
Sunday 29 March 2026, provisionally 11am–2pm

Venue
Lecture Recital Room, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Silk Street Barbican, London EC2Y 8DT

Jury
To be announced

Programme
To be announced after the closing date

Booking link for observers
General Admission £20 / Full-time Students Free
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Pieces

1. Bagatelle in C minor, Op. 119 No. 5 with all repeats.
2. Any complete Beethoven piano sonata (excluding Op. 49, Nos. 1 & 2 & Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”). As an alternative to a sonata, pianists may perform Variations in F Major Op. 34 (with all repeats) or 32 Variations in C Minor WoO 80.

Repeats

1. Exposition repeats in first movements in normal sonata form should not be observed.
2. Repeats of development and recapitulation, where present, should also be omitted.
3. Exposition repeats in other movements in sonata form should be omitted. An exception is the Op. 10 No. 2 finale, where the first repeat should be observed but not the second.
4. The large repeats in the second sections of Op. 54 and Op. 57 finales should be omitted.
5. Normal repeats in second movements, slow movements, minuet/scherzo and trios movements and Variations should be observed.

Prizes

• Cash Prizes. Other prizes may include Urtext volumes of Beethoven’s piano sonatas and other works donated by Bärenreiter edition;
• A year’s complimentary membership of the Society;
• Carola Grindea Audience Prize;
• The First Prizewinner will be invited to take part in the BPSE Competition-winners’ Recitals series.