www.haydnregion-noe.at st Rehearsal Rooms Registration/Application 1 INTERNATIONAL HAYDN COMPETITION www.haydncompetition.com FOR CLASSICAL LIED AND ARIA The participants have the possibility of using rehearsal rooms. Registration is exclusively possible on Participants will be given a detailed plan with the allotment www.haydncompetition.com as of January 15, 2018. www.haydncompetition.com of the rooms and limited rehearsal times during registration Candidates must submit the following on the first day of competition. • completed registration document • artistic CV BRATISLAVA Documentation • 2 digital photos in high resolution (300 dpi) COMPETIT IO N Audio or video recordings or photographs of the competition • copy of birth certificate Rohrau may be made for archive or documentation purposes. • competition repertoire list All participants agree to make no legal claim on these media

• a live recording on Weblink Eisenstadt> Bruck/ for PR or press purposes during the competition as long as > Neusiedl/See these do not serve any commercial purpose. The selection for participation in the competition will be done by the organization committee on the basis of the Piano Accompaniment submitted documents. Notification of participation will be Participants can decide to be either coached by their own done by email by April 20, 2018. accompanists at their own expense or to be accompanied by a member of our team of pianists for the whole of the Final Registration Date: April 10, 2018 competition. Participants have the possibility of a free short Registration Fee: EURO 50, non-refundable. Verein HAYDNREGION NIEDERÖSTERREICH joint rehearsal with a member of this team on the day of Bank Account: HAYDNREGION NIEDERÖSTERREICH Marienheimgasse 4f | 2460 Bruck an der Leitha/ competition. The time and venue will be made known at the IBAN: AT08 3207 3000 0084 3862, BIC: RLNWATWWBRL [email protected] | www.haydnregion-noe.at latest during registration on the first day of competition. Reference: Haydn Competition 2018 ZVR-Zahl 468685152 Final Date for arrival of fee: April 13, 2018 Travel and Accommodation Possibilities Bezirkshauptmannschaft Bruck an der Leitha Die Vereinsstatuten sind auf der Website nachzulesen. Information about travel and accommodation With the submission of the signed and dated registration possibilities will be posted on the Website document the participants confirm that they have read the Artistic direction: Harald Kosik, MAS und Mag. Michael Linsbauer www.haydncompetition.com. Managing Director: Harald Kosik, MAS competition regulations and accept them. Chairwoman: Brigitte Gampe Registration document: Download on Participants are responsible for arrival and departure www.haydncompetition.com Layout: Andrea Haselmayr, www.creativityhappens.at details as well as travel and accommodation costs. Priting house: Wograndl Druck, A-7210 Mattersburg, www.wograndl.com Changes, typesetting and printing errors reserved. Head of Jury, KS Angelika Kirchschlager Competition Office Karlinsky Nikolaus Festspiele , Haydn © Nicole Heiling Photography, | Photos: Design: © www.creativityhappens.at HAYDNREGION NIEDERÖSTERREICH st c/o Haydn Geburtshaus Rohrau 1 International Obere Hauptstraße 25 | A-2471 Rohrau Haydn Competition [email protected] for Classical Lied and Aria

MARKTGEMEINDE June 2–3, 2018, ROHRAU () ROHRAU 1st International Jury Age Limit Sequence of Performances st Haydn Competition KS Angelika Kirchschlager, Head of Jury Eligible are female singers born after January 1, 1987 • The performance sequence of participants in the 1 round Thomas Böckstiegel, Wuppertal Opera, design. and male singers born after January 1, 1985. will be decided by the organization commitee by drawing for Classical Lied and Aria st Opera Director Theater Heidelberg (as of 2018/19) lots one week before the 1 round and will be made known June 2-3, 2018, Rohrau (Lower Austria) Period and Sequence to the participants by email. Samantha Farber, Sonoartists/Viennna – Managing Director 1st Round, Schloss Rohrau June 2, 2018, 10 AM nd Michael Linsbauer, Haydn Geburtshaus, Rohrau & Serenade 2 Round, Schloss Rohrau June 3, 2018, 11 AM nd As of 2018, the International Haydn Competition for • The performance sequence of the participants in the 2 Concerts of Lower Austria Public Final Round, Classical Lied and Aria will be held in Rohrau, birthplace of round will be made by the jury after consultations and will Haydn Geburtshaus Rohrau June 3, 2018, 6 PM the brothers Joseph and Michael Haydn, to commemorate Claudio Osele, Conductor and music historian, be made known during the announcement of the results. musical direction „Le Musiche Nove“ the anniversary of Joseph Haydn’s death. It is being Repertoire organized by the state of Lower Austria in cooperation Susanne Schmidt, Opera Director, Bregenz Festival • The performance sequence of participants in the At least seven Lieder and at least five arias with the HAYDNREGION NIEDERÖSTERREICH Society. final concert will be fixed by decision of the jury and Charles Spencer, Pianist und Lied Accompanist must be prepared. the competition commitee and will be made known The competition is aimed at young singers worldwide with Daniela Spering, Orfeo Artist Management/ particular talents and training in the areas of Lied and opera immediately after the finalists are announced. Cologne – Managing Director The detailed repertoire per round can be found on and focuses on the Wiener Klassik (Vienna Classical) era. www.haydncompetition.com The announcement of the competition will be published Prizes Venues st HAYDN GEBURTSHAUS ROHRAU worldwide at music academies, conservatories and similar 1 Prize (Prize of the state of Lower Austria) EUR 8.000,- Lieder nd (HOUSE OF HAYDN’S BIRTH) institutions. 2 Prize (Prize of Haydnregion Niederösterreich) EUR 4.000,- a choice of seven Lieder from the following Composers: rd Obere Hauptstraße 25 | 2471 Rohrau/Austria 3 Prize (Prize of the Rohrau Community) EUR 2.000,- Joseph Haydn, Michael Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, www.haydngeburtshaus.at For two days, the state of Lower Ludwig van Beethoven or Ignaz Joseph Pleyel. Austria is turning the focus on Haydn’s Prize for the Best Lied Interpretation EUR 1.500,- Sponsored by HYPO NOE Landesbank SCHLOSS ROHRAU (ROHRAU CASTLE) house of birth as well as Rohrau Arias Castle with the International Haydn Prize for the Best Aria Interpretation EUR 1.500,- Schloss 1 | 2471 Rohrau/Austria Sponsored by Esterhazy Privatstiftung a choice of five arias from the following composers: Competition for Classical Lied and Aria www.schloss-rohrau.at Audience Prize EUR 1.500,- Joseph Haydn, Michael Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as a significant pillar of the activities Sponsored by Raiffeisen.Meine Bank Ludwig van Beethoven, Ignaz Joseph Pleyel or Christoph of the Haydnregion Lower Austria. Willibald Gluck. This choice must contain two arias from © Markus Hintzen The promising young talents of today the operas „Il mondo della luna“ and/or „L’isola disabitata“ – tomorrrow‘s opera and Lied singers – will converge on the from Joseph Haydn. birthplace of Joseph and Michael Haydn and will present www.haydncompetition.com themselves to an expert jury at this internationally unique competition with the focus on the repertoire of the Participants are responsible for the choice of works. The pieces Wiener Klassik. I wish all participants the best of luck. are to be performed from memory and in the original language. May the best ones win! Participants must submit a binding repertoire list with their registration. Subsequent changes are not possible.

Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Governor of Lower Austria Schloss Rohrau Geburtshaus Rohrau Haydn