107 Beautiful Intermediate Violin Concertos (plus free sheet music!)
Are you an intermediate violinist looking for some great pieces to play?
Download the FREE violin sheet music of 107 (!) student concertos
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Student violin concertos and concertinos are not only beautiful pieces to play as an intermediate violinist, but they also improve your violin technique: intonation, fast runs and bowing. In that way they prepare you to play famous violin concertos like Bruch, Mendelssohn and Brahms.
Let’s start with my top 5 as a violin teacher
These are the 5 violin concertos I recommend most to my violin students. The sequence is more in terms of difficulty level (easy to harder). I’ll leave the ordering in terms of beauty to your personal taste :).
#1: Küchler op 15 Concertino in the style of Vivaldi
A good preparation for your first Vivaldi concerto!
With the terraced dynamics, typical for the baroque era, and the fast runs, you get some good practice to quickly move to your first ‘real’ Vivaldi concert.
You might be wondering what on earth are terraced dynamics? It’s playing forte and piano without smooth transitions. Really exaggerate: you always have the idea that you’re doing more than your audience actually hears.
In the first movement there is plenty of third position practice, fast runs and string crossings. Your left hand technique as well as your bow technique are up to a challenge :).
After a mini second movement where you can catch some breath, we’re moving to the 3/8 rhythm of the third movement. Here you can practice some more fast runs, spiccato and in the last bit some fast string crossings.
Now why are some pieces called concertino and others concerto?
A violin concerto consists of three movements: the first movement, usually a slower second movement and a fast finale. A concertino is a student piece made to prepare you for more advanced concertos. They are shorter, more like one concert piece, and don’t have three full movements. Like this Küchler concertino they do have three segments with the musical message of the traditional three movements.
Can’t wait to play this piece? Download the free violin sheet music right here for Küchler op 15 Concertino in the style of Vivaldi or get my full FREE sheet music collection of 107 intermediate violin concertos right here.
The first step to prepare to play this piece is to listen to the recording a couple of times:
#2: Vivaldi RV310 Concert in G Major
Now here’s the first Vivaldi concerto I promised. Very fun to play a ‘real’ concerto by one of the biggest composers. At the same time it’s way easier than for example the four seasons.
You’ll quickly notice that if you’ve studied the Küchler concertino above, it will be really doable to study this Vivaldi concerto.
Click here to download the sheet music for Vivaldi RV310 Concert in G Major or get my full FREE sheet music collection of 107 intermediate violin concertos right here.
Besides this one, you could consider studying Vivaldi’s concerto in A minor RV 356. You can also start Vivaldi’s concerto for two violins if you have someone to play together with.
#3: Rieding op 21 Concertino in Hungarian style
My students LOVE this piece. It’s a classical concertino, but it has the gypsy sound that reminds you of Vittorio Monti’s Czardas.
It’s great to study position shifting (only first and third) and work with rhythmical patterns that are very different from the pieces mentioned above.
Click here to download the sheet music with my fingering and bowing notes for Rieding op 21 Concertino in Hungarian style or get my full FREE sheet music collection of 107 intermediate violin concertos right here.
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#4: Seitz Op 15 Student concerto nr 4
Seitz has composed a lot of student concertos and I can recommend them all. They have beautiful melodies and lots of opportunities to develop your violin technique and learn new stuff. Also… good spiccato practice!
Fun thing is that they sound a LOT more difficult than they are, so you can really impress your audience with them. For example in this piece the harmonics, double stops and left hand pizzicato’s are fairly easy, but give you virtuoso sound.
Enjoy the beautiful romantic melodies and this piece and a completely different style than the pieces above.
Mind that this concerto is quite a bit more difficult than the pieces above, so make sure you can play them easily before you study this one.
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#5: Accolay Concerto in a minor
When you can play the fifth position as well, this concerto is a great challenge for you. Just as the Seitz concertos it already gives you a bit of the feel and sound of the romantic violin concertos.
Funny thing is that it’s called a concerto although there’s just one movement. This makes it not too long and a little more doable for you.
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Let me know in the comments below which of these pieces you’re going to study first!
38 Student violin concertos in the 1st position
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- Beer, Op.47
- Beer, Op.81
- Brown, Op.10
- Brown, Op.11
- Brown, Op.13
- Essek, Op.4
- Huber, Op.7
- Huber, Op.8
- Huber, Op.11
- Huber, Op.30 (2 vln)
- Huber, Op.36
- Járdányi
- Jockisch, Op.6
- Küchler, Op.11
- Küchler, Op.14
- Mendelssohn, L., Op.213
- Millies, Style of Mozart
- Mokrý, in G major
- Portnoff, Op.9
- Portnoff, Op.13
- Portnoff, Op.18
- Rago
- Rieding, Op.34
- Rieding, Op.35
- Rieding, Op.36
- Röntgen, Op.85
- Röntgen, Op.88
- Sartorio, in C major
- Sartorio, in F major
- Schmidt, Op.54
- Seitz, Op.13
- Seitz, Op.22
- Sitt, Op.93
- Söchting, Op.95 (2 vln)
- Söchting, Op.138 No.1
- Szerémi, Op.63
- Veit, Op.25 (open strings)
- Yanshinov, Op.35
34 Student violin concertos in the 1st to 3rd position
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- Althaus, Op.72
- Bohm, Op.377
- Coerne, Op.63
- Dessau, Op.60
- Hofmann (R.), Op.128 No.2
- Hollaender, Op.62
- Huber, Op.5
- Huber, Op.6
- Jansa, Op.54
- Küchler, Op.12
- Küchler, Op.15 Style of Vivaldi
- Perry
- Portnoff, Op.1
- Portnoff, Op.14
- Portnoff, Op.86
- Rieding, Op.21 Hungarian
- Röntgen, Op.87
- Rowley, Miniature Suite
- Saenger, Op.83
- Schatz, Op.23
- Schatz, Op.26
- Schmidt, Op.52
- Schmidt, Op.55
- Seitz, Op.15
- Seybold, Op.96
- Seybold, Op.112
- Sitt, Op.31
- Sitt, Op.108
- Sitt, Op.133 (2 vln)
- Söchting, Op.138 No.3
- Szerémi, Op.64
- Vivaldi RV310 Concert in G Major
- Vivaldi RV356 Concert in A minor
- Wiltberger, Op.75
10 Student violin concertos in the 1st to 5th position
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- Accolay, No.1 in A minor
- Hofmann (R.), Op.128 No.3
- Portnoff, Op.8
- Portnoff, Op.80
- Rieding, Op.5
- Rieding, Op.24
- Rieding, Op.25
- Seitz, Op.12
- Sitt, Op.70
- Sitt, Op.110
25 Student violin concertos in the 1st to 7th position
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- Accolay, No.2 in D minor
- Accolay, No.3 in E minor
- Althaus, Op.90
- Althaus, Op.104
- Carse, in D minor
- Drdla, Op.225
- Millies, Style of Haydn
- Moffat, in A minor
- Muldermans No.1
- Muldermans No.2
- Muldermans No.3
- Muldermans No.5
- Naef, Op.1
- Rieding, Op.7
- Seitz, Op.7
- Seitz, Op.25
- Seitz, Op.50
- Seitz, Op.51
- Seybold, Op.121
- Shebalin, Op.14 No.1
- Sitt, Op.28
- Sitt, Op.46
- Sitt, Op.65
- Szerémi, Op.65
- Venzl, Op.112
Accolay in la mineur. Thank you!
Enjoy, Helena!
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I am looking for someone to teach me to play my violin I own my violin but started taking classes and could not continue would love to have someone work with me! My name is Mary my phone number 972-829-1439 thank you
Check out my online courses here and if you’re looking for live 1-1 lessons, check out Meghan Faw.
Can you send me slow, melancholic pieces
Check out a minor piece in the list on this page.
Thank you so much for this! I’ve been looking for some new music to play 🙂
Great! Enjoy playing them, Sara!
These were really helpful in looking for new pieces for my students. Thank you for sharing!
Glad they are helpful, Josie, where do you teach?
Nice pieces..thank you for sharing this pieces
Thanks and happy practicing!
Can you play the Allegro moderato- Siciliano #1 as a solo for an audition?
That all depends what you’re auditioning for.
Thank you so much ! I love these pieces.. i always come to your site when i’m looking for something to play please keep sharing these pieces they’re really helpful!
Happy practicing, Nour!
post more concerts please
I certainly will! What level do you want them to be? Also make sure to follow this YouTube channel of a guy who has made a hobby out of collecting violin concertos.
they can be intermediate level (like these), they are beautiful and good to study
more please
thanks
Great to read that, more will come!
Nice songs! I play the reiding concerting and it’s easier than I thought. Thank you!
Yay, good work, Brian!
Great, Brian, happy practicing!
Thank you. I really appreciate your sharing.
Glad you appreciate, Trevor!
Thank you for sharing these!
Glad you appreciate, Reagan!
Thank you! I am mostly self-teaching and was looking for more pieces. This was very helpful 🙂
Enjoy playing them, Sarah! 🙂
love these. i am 11 years old and have been playing for 4 years. I recently finished Vivaldi’s Concerto in A minor Op. 3 and Seitz’s Concerto No 2 in G major Op 13. #rd Mvt. I’m thinking about playing the Küchler, Ferdinand opus 15 next. What do you think?
Sure, go for it!
Merry Christmas Everyone!!
Same to you, Amisa!
Thanks so much for this. You have a large heart and are so inspiring a teacher. . .
You’re so welcome 🙂
Thank you Zlata, this is a wonderful list. I started learning violin 3 years ago aged 72, and am now working on the Vivaldi RV310 in G major first movement for ABRSM grade 5.
This performance is so polished I realise I have a long way to go before I have it good enough for the exam, but it sounds beautiful!
Enjoy, Tony!
Well, my 10 year old son(6th generation violinist) and I just discovered your channel and this site. He has been playing for about a year and a half now and is extremely proficient, so he decided to give Violin Concertino, Op.75 a go. He LOVED it and it is perfect for his first foray into something challenging. Thank you so much and we also want to thank you for your videos as well. It has helped him in places I completely overlooked.
I’m so happy I’ve been of help to him :). How wonderful that you’re playing for so many generations.
This is pretty great Zlata!! Thanks so much!! I’ve been watching your videos since I was shopping for a bow and you taught me about the differences between carbon fiber vs wood bows! You have great content and are teaching much more than violin technique!! I have bookmarked this page as a great reference tool! I wish you soo much success!
Aaaw, you’re so welcome, Osie!
This is a fabulous resource! I wish there were world class recordings of more of them. I found Perlman’s Concertos of my Childhood, and a Polish series of Violin Concertos for Children with great violinists, but I wish there were more.
Thanks and Happy Easter to you also! -Sister Marie-Therese Swiezynski
Thank you, Sister, take a look at the Henri Vieuxtemps YouTube channel. He publishes a lot of recordings of not-so-known violin concertos.
Thanks so much. It can be really hard to fill in that between beginner and intermediate for performing something special for this group. Some of these lesser known (to me at least) works look perfect.
Wonderful, Lisa!
Rieding op.21! Thanks a lot for this list with beautiful music, I love it and will have a lot of fun the coming years…
Awesome! Thank you for sharing these beautiful music!
You’re so welcome, Michael!
Great, Thisbe, I love Rieding op 21 with it’s ‘gypsy sauce’.
Good day Zlata
Thank you for the concertos but I wonder do you have Komarovsky 3 violin concertos
Regards
You can download it at http://www.imslp.org
Hi! These pices are great! I love to play them! Also, I have an audition soon and we can choose whatever song we like. I am an Intermediate violinist but I hate to shift. Do you have a piece that you recommend that will impress but also be a little easy? They are also looking for sfz and vibrato. Thanks!
Rieding op 21? (only first and third I believe)
Perfect. Thanks! Wish me luck and also to you, Zlata!
Thanks and good luck, Maggie!
I have enjoyed your tips, tidbits, videos and resources for quite some time, Zlata, as well as following your adventures with 2 sets of twins plus one! Your energy and enthusiasm are inspiring across many miles! I’m in California, 80 years old, still an “intermediate” violinist, but still interested! Please keep me on your mailing list! I’m a fan!
Wonderful, happy to have you here!
Hello! Thank you for the pieces, I enjoyed them.
You’re welcome!