Candidates may chose an etude in their age category or any category above.
16 years old
| Coulthard | All |
| Moszkowski | All |
| C. Pascal | All |
| Rachmaninoff | Op. 33, No. 1 |
| Scriabine | Op. 42, Nos. 1 or 6 |
17 and 19 years old
| Chopin | All |
| Debussy | All |
| Liszt | All |
| Martinu | All |
| Mendelssohn | All |
| Morel | All |
| Papineau-Couture | Etude in B flat minor |
| Pierné | Etude de concert Op. 13 |
| Prokofiev | Op. 2, No. 4 |
| Rachmaninoff | All |
| Saint-Saëns | All |
| Scriabine | All |
| Stravinsky | All |
| Szymanowski | Op. 4 |
21, 23 and 25 years old
| Bartok | Op. 18 |
| Chopin | Op. 10 (excluding Nos. 3, 6, 9 and 11) |
| Op. 25 (excluding Nos. 1, 2, 7 and 9) | |
| Debussy | Douze études (All, excluding No. 10) |
| Hamelin, Marc-André | 12 etudes |
| Kapustine | 8 Concert Etudes Op. 40 |
| 3 Etudes Op. 67 | |
| Liapounov | All |
| Ligeti | All |
| Liszt | Étude d’après Paganini Nos. 2, 3 or 6 |
| Études de concert: 2. La leggierezza | |
| Deux études de concert: 2. Gnomenreigen | |
| Étude d’exécution transcendante (excluding Nos. 1, 3 and 6) | |
| Prokofiev | Op. 2, Nos. 1, 2 or 3 |
| Rachmaninoff | Op. 33, No. 6 (E flat minor) |
| Op. 39 (excluding Nos. 2 and 8) | |
| Scriabine | All |
| Stravinsky | Op. 7, No. 4 |
| Szymanowski | Op. 4, No. 2 |