Requiements - Intermediate group
Competition conditions
The Competition in the Intermediate Group is opened to young pianists of all nationalities, born between April 11, 1990 and April 11, 1995.
The Competition consists of four stages: Qualification (Preliminary) Round is held by video records, 1st and 2nd Rounds - performances of solo programs, 3rd Round - performance accompanied by the symphony orchestra.
Selection of participants of Qualification Round is held by the Administration of the Competition on the basis of received documents. Candidates should provide the following documents:
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professional video record (DVD) of
program of the participant's choice, but with obligatory performance of
virtuoso etude; performance duration - from 10 to 15 minutes;
- the record should be made not until 2008;
- enclosed Application form filled out by block letters with duration of each piece;
- xerocopy of birth certificate or passport;
- two black and white (half-length) glossy pictures, size 9x12 cm, suitable for printing in a booklet, and taken not until 2008;
- xerocopies of documents confirming previous competitions awards;
- xerocopy of document about payment of the Competition's fee.
Deadline for
applications is 15 December, 2008.
Address of the Administration: Lidia Kovtiukh, Horowitz Competition, 31
Tolstogo str., Kyiv, 01032, Ukraine.
Pretenders who within the 2 years preceding the Competition were or currently are students of a Jury member or have family relationship with a Jury member are not allowed to take part in the Competition.
The Administration of the Competition will not accept any responsibility for lost documents.Incomplete sets of documents and documents sent with a delay will not be considered.
ATTENTION! Program of performances in rounds presented in the Application cannot be changed.
Administration does not provide participants with a medical insurance.
Video records and documents are not returned.
Qualification Round - selection by video records (DVD) will take place in Kyiv in January 2009. Having examined results of Qualification Round the Administration determines participants of the First Round of the Competition and sends them invitations until March 1, 2009.
List of competitors will be placed on the web site of the Competition: www.horowitzv.org
All participants who will receive invitation must notify the Competition Administration about the date of their arrival to the Competition until April 1, 2009. A list of competitors who do not attend the Competition, without adequate notice or reason, will be given to the World Federation of International Music Competitions for circulation among members.
Foreign participants will be responsible for obtaining their own passports and visas.
Applicants should contact the nearest Embassy or Consulate of Ukraine for advice.
The Competition Fee is US $100 and is paid to bank account of the International Charitable Fund of Vladimir Horowitz Competition.
The registration and casting of lots of the contestants will be held from 8.00 a.m. till 01.00 p.m. on April 11, 2009 at the Administration office: Kyiv, 31 Tolstogo str.
The sequence of participants' performances is determined by casting of lots and remains until the end of the Competition.
The competition's auditions are open to the public.
Repertoire must be played from memory.
Program of the Third Round is performed accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra.
Prize winners of the Competition are obligated to take part in Closing Concert and accept offered concert engagements which form an integral part of the prize.
2. The Jury
The Jury of the Competition works according to the "Regulations on the Jury". The Jury staff will be announced at the latest January 20, 2009.
The Jury estimates participants' performances by closed vote during all rounds.
The Jury may interrupt a competitor's performance for reasons such as overrunning the allowed time. The Jury's decisions are final and cannot be questioned at all stages of the Competition.
3. Administration
The Administration of the Competition provides free of charge with:
- accommodation and two meals a day to competitors accepted for the 1st Round while he/she is taking part at the Competition;
- acoustic rehearsals (10min.) before the 1st Round and one rehearsal with the orchestra for participants of the 3rd Round in the Competition Concert Halls.
The Administration has an exclusive right to all audio and video records of Competition's performances, they are property of the International Charitable Fund of Vladimir Horowitz Competition.
The Administration has an exclusive right to sign contracts with other parts with the aim to advertise or sell out above-mentioned materials.
No fee to competitors is provided for use of the Competition's materials by the Administration.
4. Prizes
- 1st Prize - $4,000 USA, the title of the prize winner and the Gold Medal;
- 2nd Prize - $2,500 USA, the title of the prize winner and the Silver Medal;
- 3rd Prize - $1,500 USA, the title of the prize winner and the Bronze Medal;
- 4th Prize - $1,000 USA, the title of the prize winner;
- 5th Prize - $700 USA, the title of the prize winner;
- 6th Prize - $500 USA, the title of the prize winner.
The Prizes are awarded according to the Jury's decision.
Depending on competitors' achieved results and within limits of established amount of prizes the Jury has the right to:
- not to award all prizes;
- divide awards (except the first prize) among competitors.
All Prizes are paid in the Ukrainian national currency with payment of income tax according to Ukrainian legislation.
5. Repertory Requirements
Qualification Round (video records on DVD)
Program of the participant's choice with obligatory performance of a virtuoso etude.
Performance duration - from 10 to 15 minutes.
First Round
Bach. One Prelude and Fugue from Well-tempered Clavier.
Clementi, Hummel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven (of the participant's choice). One Sonata in complete volume (without reprizes).
Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Debussy, Stravinsky, Ligetti (of the participant's choice). One virtuoso etude.
A piece by Ukrainian composer.
Performance duration - up to 30 minutes.
Second Round
1. Obligatory work
2. One or more pieces by composers from Romantic period to present time.
Performance duration - from 30 to 35 minutes.
Third Round
1. A concerto in complete volume.
ATTENTION!
Program presented in the application may not be changed. In case of contradictions in the interpretation of these Conditions, the Ukrainian text is the only correct one.
SCHEDULE OF THE COMPETITION IN INTERMEDIATE GROUP
M.Lysenko Column Hall of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine
April 11. Solemn Opening of the Competition.
Competition auditions:
April 12 - 15 - Competition auditions of the First Round
April 16 - 18 - Competition auditions of the Second Round
April 20 - 23 - Competition auditions of the Third Round
April 25 - Solemn Awarding Ceremony and Closing Concert of Prizewinners (M.Lysenko Column Hall of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine)
