Looking for an intermediate violin concerto to practice? I get it!

After all, what is learning the classical violin without learning a real violin concerto? Since the baroque era, concertos have been the ultimate pieces for any violinist to learn!

If you’re playing a violin concerto for the first time, you want to choose your concerto wisely. Some concertos are very difficult, while others are fun to learn as an intermediate player.

For this article, we’ll be diving into the top 10 violin concertos for intermediate violinists. From Bach to Seitz, this list will give you everything you need to get started playing.

Violin Concertos for Intermediate Players: Top 10

All violin concertos on this list are ordered by difficulty. The first concerto’s on this list are the easiest – and written only in the first position. The further you will get on this list, the more difficult the violin concertos will get. Enjoy!

Lower Intermediate Violin Concertos in First Position

1. Küchler – Violin Concertino in G Major, Op. 11

If you want to learn your first violin concerto – this is it! The Küchler violin concerto is one of the easiest violin concertos you will find. Still, it presents quite some fun challenges for the advancing violinist. If not only learning your first violin pieces of this length!

2. Rieding – Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 35

3. Rieding – Concertino in D Major, Op. 36

This playful concertino from Rieding is just what you need if you’re having a bad day! This concertino from Rieding is a little less famous than his other ones, but isn’t less fun to play.
The complete concerto is written in first position. This makes it an great choice for any violinist that would like to start playing concertos.

Intermediate Violin Concerto’s in First & Third Position

4. Millies – Mozart Style Concertino

Do you love Mozart, but do you still need to practice a little more for the “real deal”? Then you will love the Mozart Style Concerto from Millies Hans. Just be sure to practice your spiccato bowing well – this piece is full of spiccato notes! Great for any violinists who would love to practice spiccato and learn a fun violin concerto.

5. Küchler – Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 15

Do you love to listen to the Four Seasons? Then look no further. This Vivaldi-style concerto from Küchler is a great place to get started! Featuring both the first and the third position, you will need some skill in third position to start practicing the concerto.

6. Rieding – Violin Concertino Op. 21

Concertino Op. 21 is a fun piece written in a Hungarian Style. The piece features useful techniques, such as fast fingering, harmonics, 3rd position and even a start in fifth position!
Rieding is among the most popular composers for intermediate players. The amount of violin teachers having his pieces as a part of their curriculum only reflects his popularity!

Intermediate Violin Concertos in Higher Positions

7. Seitz – Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 12

This violin concerto is quite a bit more challenging than our last one! Still, it gets a second place on this list. Not only for the reason that I love playing this concerto myself!

Seitz composed many beautiful concerto’s for Intermediate Players. Other concertos that you might enjoy are his:

• D Major Violin Concerto – Opus 2
• D Major Violin Concerto – Opus 7
• G Major Violin Concerto – Opus 13
• D Major Violin Concerto – Opus 15
• G major Violin Concerto – Opus 31
• D minor Violin Concerto – Op.32
• A major Violin Concerto – Op.51

8. Accolay – Violin Concerto in A Minor

With this piece, I have a kind of love-hate relationship. I half-practiced it as a child and never learned how to play it, so I always ended up frustrated. Only listening to it always reminds me of the frustration!
If you take this concerto serious from the start, it is a beautiful concerto to play. Featuring both soft pieces and intense dynamics with fast runs, it’s a very diverse piece!

9. Bach – Violin Concerto in A Minor

Every violinist wants to play a violin concerto from one of the big composers one day. And Bach, does definitely fall into that category.
Bach’s Violin Concerto in A Minor is a great violin concerto for any intermediate player. Just be sure to not play the violin concerto as fast as the violinist in the video above! You could easily go half the speed – and it will still sound amazing.

10. Mozart, Wolfgang A. – Third Violin Concerto KV216 (Movement 1)

I think we can all agree that Mozart is a composer we’d all love to play a concerto of! This beautiful concerto from Mozart is a great place to get started. It features notes up until the sixth position.
Just be sure leave out the “Cadenza” of the piece if you don’t want to end up frustrated. Although, if you seriously want to challenge yourself… there is no harm in trying!

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