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JUNIOR GROUP (28 APRIL - 4 May 2011)
1. Competition conditions
The Competition in the Junior Group is opened to young pianists of all nationalities, born between April 28, 1996 and April 28, 2002.
Selection of participants is done on the basis of received documents by the Administration of the Competition.
Candidates should provide the following documents:
enclosed Application form filled out by block letters with duration of each piece;
copy of birth certificate or passport;
two black and white (half-length) glossy pictures, size 9x12 cm, suitable for printing in a booklet, and taken since 2010;
copies of documents confirming previous competitions' awards.
Deadline for applications is 01 March 2011 according to the postmark.
Address of the Administration: Lidia Kovtiukh, Horowitz Competition, 31 Tolstogo str., Kyiv, 01032, Ukraine.
Candidates, who have been students of any of jury members for the last 2 years, and those, who are relatives of any of jury members, are not allowed to take part at the Competition.
The Administration of the Competition isn't liable for documents lost by post.
Incomplete sets of documents and documents sent with a delay will not be considered.
Administration doesn't provide participants with a medical insurance.
Having considered the received documents, the Administration of the Competition determines the participants and sends them invitations by March 20, 2011. List of competitors will be placed on the web site of the Competition: www.horowitzv.org
All participants who receive invitations must notify the Competition Administration about the date of their arrival at the Competition by the 10th of April 2011. A list of competitors who do not attend the Competition without adequate notice or reason, will be given to the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth for circulation among its members.
Foreign participants are 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 $70 or the equivalent of the sum according to the exchange rate in the National Bank of Ukraine and is paid in cash during registration.
The registration and casting of lots of the contestants will be held from 8 a.m. till 1p.m on the 27th of April 2011 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 with accompaniment of the Symphony Orchestra.
Prize winners of the Competition are obligated to take part in Closing Concert and accept the offered concert engagements which form an integral part of the prize.
2. The Jury
The Jury of the Competition works according to the "Regulations of the Jury". A list of jury members will be published on the Competition's website by 15 March 2011.
The Jury estimates participants' performances by secret vote during all rounds.
The Jury may interrupt a competitor's performance if he or she overruns the allowed time. The Jury's decisions are final and cannot be questioned at all stages of the Competition.
3. Administration
The Direction of the Competition provides free of charge with:
accommodation and per diem expenses 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 realization above materials.
Competitors aren't provided with the fees for the Competition's materials used by the Administration.
4. Prizes
1st Prize -$2,000 USA, the title of the prize winner and the Gold Medal;
2nd Prize - $1,500 USA, the title of the prize winner and the Silver Medal;
3rd Prize - $1,000 USA, the title of the prize winner and the Bronze Medal;
4th Prize - $600 USA, the title of the prize winner;
5th Prize - $300 USA, the title of the prize winner;
6th Prize - $150 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 the established amount of prizes the Jury has the right to:
not to award all prizes;
divide awards (except for the first prize) among competitors.
Sponsor Prizes and Encouragement Prizes are available.
All Prizes are paid in Ukrainian national currency and are subject to income tax according to the current Ukrainian legislation.
5. Repertoire Requirements
1st Round
1.Bach. One Prelude and Fugue from Well-tempered Clavier.
2.Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven (of the participant's choice). One Sonata in complete volume.
3.Clementi, Czerny (op.740), Moszkowski, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Skriabin (of the participant's choice). One virtuoso etude.
4. A piece by Ukrainian composer.
Performance duration is up to 25 minutes.
2nd Round
1.Obligatory work (look at Attachment № 2 "List of obligatory works for the Second Round")
2. One or more pieces by composers from Romantic period to contemporaneity.
Performance duration is from 25 to 30 minutes.
3rd Round
1. First movement or second and third movements of a concerto. One-movement-concerto is performed in complete volume (look at Attachment № 3 "List of works for the Third Round").
ATTENTION!
Program given in the Application form cannot be changed after 10 April 2011.
In case of contradictions in the interpretation of these Conditions, the Ukrainian text is considered to be the only correct one.
Enclosure 2. List of obligatory works for Second Round. Works from V.Horowitz' repertoire.
Scarlatti. Sonata
Mendelssohn. "Lied ohne Worte"
Schubert. Impromptu
Chopin. Mazurka
Chopin. Nocturne
Liszt. Consolation
Moszkowski. Etude
Moszkowski. "Sparkles"
Debussy. Prelude
Rachmaninov. Prelude
Rachmaninov. Musical moment
Rachmaninov. One of transcriptions
Rachmaninov. Polka
Skriabin. Prelude
Enclosure 3. Works of the Third Round. Concertos for piano with orchestra.
Bach f minor, d minor Haydn D major
Mozart KV 491c minor, KV 537 D major, KV 488 A major, KV 466 d minor, KV 467 C major
Beethoven. № 1,2,3,4,5
Mendelssohn g minor Schumann a minor
Grieg a minor Liszt. № 1,2
Saint-Saens g minor Chopin. № 1,2
Tchaikovsky. № 1 Brahms. № 1,2
Rachmaninov. № 1 (2nd edition), 2,3 Rhapsody on Paganini's Theme"
Revutsky. Concerto Scoryk № 2
Lyatoshynsky. Slavic Concerto
Prokofiev. № 1,3 Shostakovich. № 1
Gershwin. F major Scriabin F sharp minor
Ravel. G major
