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GET IN CONTACT ! www.emcy.org INTER-NATIONAL net_works+ October 2016 www.emcy.org EMCY NATIONAL MEMBER COMPETITIONS EMCY INTERNATIONAL MEMBER COMPETITIONS EMCY is the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth: a network of national and international music competitions for young people across Europe. PIANO SPAIN, San Sebastián UK, SWITZERLAND (2017), San Sebástian City International VARIOUS PLACES Founded in Brussels in 1970 to develop, coordinate and nurture a system of music competitions, we CZECH REPUBLIC, Pilsen Piano Competition Menuhin Competition AUSTRIA LITHUANIA PORTUGAL Smetana International Piano cover countries of all Europe. Every year thousands of musicians under the age of twenty-five take Österreichische National Balys Dvarionas Piano Prémio Jovens Músicos Competition , Kiev part in our competitions and our projects reach audiences across the continent. Jugendmusikwettbewerbe: and String Competition International Competition for Young VARIOUS DENMARK, Aarhus prima la musica SLOVAKIA Pianists in Memory of Vladimir BULGARIA, Sofia Aarhus International Piano As a European network, EMCY represents music competitions the world over and keeps its members podium.jazz.pop.rock… LUXEMBURG EMCY Slovakia Horowitz International Competition Competition connected, enabling them to share educational, practical and musical know-how. Through our Concours Luxembourgeois pour “Young Virtuosos” UKRAINE, Kharkov CROATIA Jeunes Solistes & European Quality Standards we uphold fairness in our competitions, as well as helping new competitions build SLOVENIA ESTONIA, Narva International Vladimir Krainev HDGPP – Competitions of the Competition for Young Soloists CZECH REPUBLIC, Prague up their scope, ambitions and results. TEMSIG – Slovenian Music International Competition of Young Young Pianists Competition United Music and Dance Teachers International Radio Competition Competition for Youth Pianists dedicated to the Work of for Young Musicians “Concertino “Fryderyk Chopin” We believe that music competitions stimulate passionate musicianship. For many, they’re a first F.Y.R OF MACEDONIA STRINGS Praga” DENMARK/SWEDEN Competition of the United Music glimpse of performing in public, playing in ensembles, or of breaking out of orthodox repertoire. Øresunds Solist SPAIN GERMANY, Ettlingen and Dance Teachers of Macedonia Concurso Permanente de Jóvenes GERMANY, Schöntal LITHUANIA, Vilnius They foster a sense of healthy self-assessment, can help conquer nerves, and motivate practise. Ettlingen International Competition International Competition for International Balys Dvarionas We believe young people can be inspired by experiencing fresh interpretations and discovering new Intérpretes for Young Pianists THE NETHERLANDS Violin, Kloster Schöntal Competition for Young Pianists works, and make new friends from other cultures in the process. Concours d’excellence – The Netherlands Violin GERMANY, Weimar and Violinists Confédération Musicale de France SWITZERLAND GERMANY, Weimar Competition International Franz Liszt Schweizerischer International Louis Spohr F.Y.R OF MACEDONIA, Ohrid EMCY supports the prize winners of its member competitions in different ways: on www.emcy.org Competition for Young Pianists GERMANY Jugendmusikwettbewerb (SJMW) Competition for Young Violinists International Competition for Young EMCY Prize Winners receive a professional online prize winner profile, presenting them with NORWAY Klassik, Jazz&Rock Bundeswettbewerb “Jugend GERMANY, Schlitz Musicians “Ohrid Pearls” a biography, their repertoire, recordings and a picture. Furthermore we organise for them tours, Ungdommens Musikkmesterskap GERMANY, Weimar musiziert” PIANALE International Academy & master classes and concerts all over Europe, to nurture and develop their talent and skills. (Norwegian Music Competition Anna Amalia Competition for , Competition for Youth) Young Guitarists International Television Contest for Young Musicians “Nutcracker” One of the important missions of EMCY is to apply, maintain and promote quality standards at its POLAND, Bydgoszcz LITHUANIA, Vilnius International Competition for member competitions. EMCY is and has to be a quality label, a guarantee for high standards and the International Jascha Heifetz RUSSIA, St. Petersburg Young Pianists Arthur Rubinstein implementation of competition best practice, this in accordance with the specific aims and traditions Competition for Violinists Mravinsky International in Memoriam of each individual competition. Young performers, their teachers, music managers and music lovers Competition for Youth POLAND, Warsaw have to be secure about EMCY Member Competitions and the results achieved there. Member of Associate Member of RUSSIA, St. Petersburg Witold Lutoslawski International International Competition for Young Cello Competition CHAMBER MUSIC EMCY stands for musical excellence, the promotion of the youth and European cooperation. The work Pianists “A Step Towards Mastery” THE NETHERLANDS, Kerkrade RUSSIA, Moscow we undertake is for the benefit of all participants, and all young musicians, everywhere. Orlando Competition, International SLOVAKIA, Košice Moscow International David Chamber Music Competition Peter Toperczer International Piano Oistrakh Violin Competition Competition Košice

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