Stanislaw Moniuszko Third International competition of Slavic Music

Piano

(concours - master class, concerts, conferences)

July 1 to 7  2010

The Third Stanislaw Moniuszko International Piano Competition of Slavic music will be  from the first to the seventh (1 to 7) of July 2010.

1. Admission 

The competition is open for pianists from 5 years old - up to 30 years old.

Students of any nationality may apply.

The candidates will be grouped in the following categories :

2. Prizes

3. Procedures

Documents for inscriptions must be sent by e-mail no later than April 1, 2010 (Do not forget to join the receipt of payment) to : competitionmoniuszko@gmail.com

Click here to print INSCRIPTION FORM

The Following documents are requested :

1. Completed and signed detailed Application Form and the Repertoire List, on the provided forms ( please name the composers, works with opuses, keys, duration of performance).
2. Certificate of Birth or Passport (page showing the applicant’s age) – copies.
3. The Music Diploma (copy) or the paper from a musical institution (for those continuining studies) ;
4. Recommendations from the musical institution or musician/s of acknowledged ; international standing, or of any concert company.
5. Brief CV detailing the applicant’s musical activity (education, teachers,awards at competitions and festivals, concerts and recording sessions). Please add published references if possible.
6. Two recent photos (13x18cm). The Organizing Committee will not return any documents.


The Entrance Fee :

Fees must be sent to :

SOCIETE GENERALE
29, bd. Haussmann -75009 Paris Cpte

IBAN :FR76 30003 03592 00050849453 50
BIC-ADRESSE SWIFT : SOGEFRPP
For the Third International piano competition of Slav music Stanislaw Moniuszko

The Bank transfer shall feature the name of the competitor.
The documents and participation fees shall not be returned.
Transfer fees shall be paid by the applicant.

4. Repertoires-All programmes for each category must be exclusively from slavic composers

(Belorussia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia,Ukraine…)

The competition will proceed in two stages :

- 1st round with DVDs.The candidates will be informed of the results of the first round by April 15 at the latest
- 2nd round –final in presence of the jury.The works recorded on DVD's are not to be repeated in the second round.

FIRST ROUND of Slav composers’music ( on DVD) :

DVD s from American and Australian candidats must be sent (no later than April 1, 2010) to :

Instituto Superior de Artes ( care of Tamara Meltzer)
Ap-do 994-2350, San Jose, Costa Rica, America Central

DVD s from Europe, Asia, and Africa candidats must be sent (no later than April 1, 2010) to :

Mme. Ala Bendoraitiene
National M.K. Ciurlionis Art School, Vilnius,
Kosciuskos 11, Lithuania

Repertoire:

Wunderkind: free programme  maximum 5 minutes;

Cat. A:
free programme  maximum 10 minutes;

Cat. B:
12 minutes programme: polifonia, kantylena-for example : Tchaikovsky op.19,40,72,
etude M.Moszkowski –op.18 N°3,8,9, „Autumn”, op. 91 N° 1,7,10, op 72 n°1,2,5,6,7,11,15 op 6 "iskry", op 36 "Autumn", op 57 n°1 , op 75 n°11.

Cat. C:
15 minutes programme: 2 etudes -for example : Arenski op. 41 N° 1,4; op. 74 N° 1,2,6,7,9
Pachulski op. 28 N° 2; Rimsky-Korsakov op 11 n°4
Liadow op. 40 do dieze minor
Leschetizky op. 44 N° 4 (intermezzo)

Cat. D:
20 minutes programme: One work by Tchaikovsky : "Les saisons" ; two etudes "e virtuoso", one by Chopin (except posthume)

Masters:
25 minutes programme-for example: Rachmaninoff "Etude-pictures" op.33,39,
Stravinski op.7 n°4
Prokofiev– 4 etudes op.2 (except N° 2)
Szymanowski –op.4
Lyapunov– 12 transcendental etudes
Scriabin – Etude op.8 (except N° 8,11), op.42 (except N° 2,4), op.65 N° 1,3; Stravinski: four etudes op 7

One slav dance by Dvorak n° 8 op46; Rachmaninoff "Russian song"op11 n°3

All applicants will be notified by April 15, 2010 if they are accepted to perform in second round of the competition.

SECOND ROUND

Auditions

The competition is open to the general public.

All works are performed by heart.

During the competition participants shall perform strictly by order of drawing.

Each competitor will be allowed a 20-minute rehearsal (in the concert hall).

The Jury’s decisions are final.

The Jury is allowed to limit the participant if the stated time of the audition is exceeded or the result is clear to all the Jury members.
 
Winners shall take part in the Closing Concert and any other concerts organized by the Organizing Committee.

Broadcasting and audio/video recording and distribution rights
of the competition shall belong exclusively to the Organizing Committee.

The applicant is not allowed to make changes in the stated program and to perform works from the first round(DVD)

Repertoire  :

Wunderkind - 12 min.  free programme

Cat. A  - 15-20 min. free programme.

Cat. B  - 25- 30 minutes. Compulsory : Moniuszko’s  « Spinning-wheel»,+free works,study, polyphony, cantilena.

Cat.C:The whole performance must not exceed 30 minutes. Compulsory : B.Smetana « Na bregu morskim »+ one polyphonic work + one study for example :
Moszkowski – op. 18 N 3,8,9 ; op. 91 N 1, 7, 10, op. 72 N 1,2, 5, 6, 7, 11, 15
Arenski – op. 41 N 1,4 ; op. 74 N 1,2,6,7, 9
Leschetizky op. 44  N 4
Pachulski op. 28 N 2
Rimski-Korsakov op. 11 N 4 Liadov op. 40  +  Free  works . 


Cat. D-Performance of 40 minutes maximum - Compulsory : M.Balakirev « Islamei »+
works for example :M. Mussorgsky « Pictures from an exhibition » , Chopin Variations, op.22 + Study 
Chopin, except op ; 10 N 6, op.25 N 7,Lyapunov - Study from op. 11(except slow ones)
Stravinski –op. 7 N 4
Szymanowski –op. 4
Skriabin Etudes from op. 8 (except NN 8,11), op.42 (except NN 2,4 ), op. 65 (except 1,3)
Prokofiev – op.2

Masters – Performance of about 45 minutes - Compulsory: Concert study  C Dur by B. Smetana and
F.Chopin – Fantasie fa minor, op.49 + polyphonique works, grand form,octave study

Ensembles (4 hands)

Compulsory: Moniuszko "Mazur weselny" +dance from the montain or Dvořák symphony in E min. op.95
« From the New World » or Slavic danses or 6 works from Rachmaninoff.

5. FINANCIAL REGULATIONS

The competitor covers every  expenses (two-way trip, accommodation, meals …)

The applicant is obliged inform the Organizing Committee on his arrival (date, train/flight).

Competitors from abroad are to obtain passports with French visas at their own expense. The Organizing Commitee shall provide an  Official Invitation for the competitor to get its visa from the French Embassy/Consulate.

6.General consideration :

The applicant is obliged inform the Organizing Committee on his arrival (date, train/flight).

The final round is open to the public.
All works are to be performed from memory.
All contenstants must be  present at the announcement of the finalists.
Finalists must be present at the awards ceremony on July 7.

6. Jury members:

Alexander Sklioutovski Chairperson Piano professor and Dean of the Higher National Institute of Arts Costa-Rica Clara Moniuszko artistic director of the Competition, pianist, professor and Dean of piano section France Mariarosa Pozzi Music professor of the Music Academy in Venice Italy Sontraud Speidel Piano professor and Dean of the piano department of the Conservatory of music in Karlshrul Germany Ray Kilburn Piano professor at Ball state University , Indiana, USA , Invited professor in Japan et China USA         Tomasz Baranowski Professor at Warsaw University and Vancouver Poland   Anatoly Ryabov Piano performer and professor at the Tchaikovski’s Moscow Conservatory, Invited professor in USA, China, Argentina, Greece. Russia   Guests of honour:     Ala Bendoraitiene Teacher at the Ciurlionis National Academy of music Lithuania   Tamara Melser Professor Dr. at the Academy of Arts Costa-Rica