www.paucasals.org [email protected] T +(34) 93 319 20 21 20 319 93 +(34) [email protected] T www.paucasals.org INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP P FOUNDATION A 2016 B LO C ASALS PAU CASALS PLAYING THE CELLO IN NEW YORK, C. 1917 (PHOTO: APEDA, NEW YORK). GRAPHIC DESIGN: AMADOR GARRELL PABLO CASALS INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP 2016 The Pau Casals Foundation, established by Pablo Casals and Marta Casals in 1972, created the Pablo Casals Scholarship in 1984. Over those 32 years, a large number of young cellists from Catalonia, the rest of Spain, Andorra and the South of France have been able to take part and fifty or so of them have received the support of the Foundation. With the 2016 competition, the scholarship becomes international and is open to aspirants from all the countries of the European Union and Puerto Rico. PABLO CASALS INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP 2016 FOUNDATION CONDITIONS 2016 Competition 1. PURPOSE The Pablo Casals International Scholarship offered by the Pau Casals Foundation aims to help young cellists broaden their studies of the instrument in order to develop their technique and the art of performance through ongoing studies and training with leading professionals. The aims of the scholarship are: 1) To provide support for young cellists in their training and technical and artistic development. 2) To promote an open, ongoing relation with the young cellists who win the scholarship and foster the connection between them as ambassadors of the Foundation to promote knowledge and dissemination of the artistic, cultural and human legacy of Pablo Casals. The scholarship consists of an economic endowment, but also an offer by the Foundation to accompany and advise the person selected in the development of their artistic training. 2. AMOUNT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP The Pablo Casals Scholarship is worth €18,000. The international jury may grant an extra €6,000 for aspirants from Catalonia, the rest of Spain, Andorra and the French Pyrenées- Orientales department. Among the aspirants selected for the final stage the jury may award honourable mentions to the best finalists. 3. PARTICIPATION IN CONCERTS In addition to the economic contribution, the scholarship holder will have an opportunity to take part, over the two years following the granting of the Scholarship, in scholarship holder concerts at the Pau Casals Foundation in Barcelona, El Vendrell or other cities. The scholarship holder undertakes to perform in a minimum of four promotional concerts during those years. There will be no fee for participation in the concerts, but there may be an agreement to cover accommodation and transport provided the performance is given more than 100 kilometres from El Vendrell or Barcelona. PABLO CASALS INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP 2016 FOUNDATION 4. CANDIDATES The scholarship this year is open to those who meet the following requirements: a) Students following or having completed higher studies in cello. b) Citizens of member states of the European Union, Puerto Rico and foreign students with a minimum of two years registered residence in the European Union. c) Born after 31 December 1990. All cello students who meet those requirements and who have not already won the Pablo Casals Scholarship may apply. 5. SECRETary’s oFFICE AND SUBMISSION OF CANDIDATURES The aspirants may submit the documents in Catalan, Spanish or English. All the documents will be submitted in digital files. Necessary documents: a) Personal data: photocopy of passport or certificate accrediting point 4b of these conditions, present address, contact telephone and e-mail. b) Certificates of studies completed, performances as instrumentalist (programmes, recensions and reviews) and reports from the director and teachers on the last courses. c) Study programme to be followed, with supporting arguments and the motivation for the selection, the place and acceptance of the teacher will direct—or is directing—them, as well as admission to the institution where the scholars will be studying. In the event, that admission could wait until the agreement with the Foundation is signed. An economic estimate of the studies must also be submitted. d) Notification of any other aids or grants awarded or applied for for the same studies. Those receiving another aid may not be eligible for the scholarship. e) Musical compositions to be played at the performance before the jury and length thereof (in the event of being selected for the final test). f) Recent video recording of the candidate on a digital file playing a prelude from one of Suites 4, 5 or 6 by J. S. Bach and one of the Studies op. 73 by Popper, to be chosen from numbers 14, 20, 24, 29, 32 or 33. Complementary information: The aspirants may obtain complementary updated information about the scholarship on the www.paucasals.org website. Submission of candidatures: The cellists entering this competition must submit the documents in a digital archive (pdf) and another file on video in Standard MP4, AVI, MOV, MPEG or similar format (clause f) which they will send by e-mail to [email protected] if they are not larger than 10Mb, or by WeTransfer (https://www.wetransfer.com) if larger, by 30 April 2016. PABLO CASALS INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP 2016 FOUNDATION For any consultations, the candidates can contact the Pau Casals Foundation by e-mail ([email protected]) in Catalan, Spanish or English. 6. JURY AND MUSICAL TEST The Foundation will appoint the jury which will examine the applications and award the scholarship. The jury’s decision will be final. They will assess the candidatures and select eight for the final test. The candidates selected will be notified by31 July 2016. The aspirants who are not selected for the final test will be so informed by the Foundation. The candidates selected will have to travel to the Pau Casals Municipal School of Music in El Vendrell (https://goo.gl/maps/fovdwiqCGMS2), to take part in the final audition before the jury. The candidates selected will have to perform, before the jury, the Prelude, the Sarabande and the Gigue from one of the Suites 4, 5 or 6 by J. S Bach (aspirant’s free choice) without repetitions, and choose between the first movement of Haydn’s Concerto in D major with cadenza (free), Schumann’s Concerto in A minor or Dvorak’s Concerto in B minor. For the performance the candidates will have a piano for an accompanist of their choice or they may opt to be accompanied by a pianist proposed by the organisation. The jury may interview the candidates and may ask them for their study programmes. The test will take place at the Pablo Casals Municipal School of Music in El Vendrell, (Passatge del Tívoli, 3-7 El Vendrell) on Saturday 1 October 2016. The Foundation will notify candidates of the time. 7. AwARD OF THE SCHOLARSHIP The Foundation will publish the name of the winner of the scholarship after the final test. The new scholarship holder must be present and sign an agreement specifying the obligations contracted by the parties. 8. FINAL ARRANGEMENT The scholarship holder will state in his or her curriculum and at any possible performances given after the award of the scholarship, for at least five years, that he or she has received the Pablo Casals Scholarship and the year in which it was awarded. 15 of March 2016. Sant Salvador. El Vendrell PABLO CASALS INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP 2016 FOUNDATION COMPOSITION OF THE JURY President Marta Casals Istomin.Vice-president of the Pau Casals Foundation Members of the jury Sr. Julius Berger. Cellist Sr. Claudio Bohórquez. Cellist Sr. Lluís Claret Serra. Cellist Sr. Josep M. Escribano Casaldàliga. Pianist Secretary Jordi Pardo. Director general of the Pau Casals Foundation PABLO CASALS INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP 2016 FOUNDATION Marta Casals Istomin Marta Montañez was born in 1936 in the city of Humacao, Puerto Rico. At the age of five she began to play the violin and when she was nine, encouraged by her uncle, the music critic Rafael Montañez, she took up the cello. When she was ten she moved to San Juan de Puerto Rico, where she began her music studies with Professor Rafael Figueroa and shortly afterwards she continued with the cello at the Mannes College of Music in New York, under the direction of Professor Lieff Rosanoff. In 1952, accompanied by her uncle and Rosanoff, she made her first journey to Prades to meet the maestro Pau Casals. Impressed by the young cellist’s ability he recommended her to come back to be his pupil once she had completed her higher cello studies in New York. In 1955 she returned to Prades to begin taking classes with Casals. Very soon she became his trusted assistant, learned French and Catalan and began to help him with his correspondence. The same year she accompanied him on his first journey to Puerto Rico, her mother’s homeland, and for the next two years they were never apart. In August 1957 they were married. Through the sixteen years of their marriage she accompanied Casals at all his concerts and events and became a great support in his life. She helped him with the planning and preparation of the Prades and Puerto Rico Festivals, with the master classes in Zermatt and Marlboro and, from 1960, she went with him to the 30 performances of El Pessebre which he directed all round the world. In Puerto Rico she worked on setting up the Symphony Orchestra, the Conservatory of Music and the Casals Festival, of which she became director when he died. During all that time at their home in Isla Verde the couple welcomed many Catalans who wanted to share with them their hope that one day their country would recover all its freedoms. In 1972 they created the Pau Casals Foundation with the aim of preserving his legacy in Catalonia.