Competition Organisation

The compeon takes place under the auspices of ź the govenor of South , JUDr. Bohumil Šimek ź the mayor of the city of , Markéta Vaňková ź the mayor of the Brno-centre district, Vojtěch Mencl ź the mayor of the district of Brno-Žabovresky, Lucie Pokorná ź the mayor of the district of Brno-Žeběn, Vít Beran ź the President of the Associaon of Regions of the MUDr. Jiří Běhounek Terezie Fialová Jury Absolute Winner of the competition in 1996 The jury consists of 5 members, all of whom are well- The most important thing AMADEUS started for me – within known and respected Czech and foreign pedagogues me – was to love music, to embrace it fully, with all my heart and all my life. Compeons are not always about success. and arsts. The secretary of the jury is a teacher from They are also about experience, hard work, encounters and one of the organising music schools and the conduct of about being open. the jury is overseen by the chairman. The jury gives points between 0 and 25. The points from all the jurors are added together and an average value is calculated. If a juror’s points differ from the average by 3 points or more, this juror’s mark is crossed out and not taken into consideraon and a new average value is calculated. The jury marks all performances aer all the contestants have played The 27th Internaonal Mozart Compeon within each category and the order is established. for young pianists up to 11 years old Jurors’ marks are public during the compeon. Jurors are not permied to mark their own students or their Jan Čmejla family members. Absolute Winner of the competition in 2014 The AMADEUS Compeon deepened my love not only for The compeon is organized by the music of Mozart but for music as a whole. I hearly November 26th - 28th, 2020 ź AMADEUS, foundaon fund recommend this compeon to all pianists that love playing ź PARNAS, z.s. and love Mozart's music as much as I do. Brno, Czech Republic ź The Brno Philharmonic ź Music School Brno, Veveří, contributory organisaon ź Music School of Fransek Jilek, contributory organisaon “AMADEUS“, the internaonal Mozart compeon for young pianists up to 11 years Contact old was founded to salute the genius who performed School of Arts, Brno, Veveří in Brno at the Reduta theatre on MgA. Vladimír Halíček, director 30th December 1767 at the age of 11. tel.: 00 420 731 610 025 e-mail: [email protected] www.amadeusbrno.cz Changes to repertoire must be announced in wring Competition Rules before 20.9.2020 to [email protected] Application Later changes to programmes will not be accepted and Compeon Dates for the 27th AMADEUS Compeon will lead to disqualificaon of the competor! The closing date for applicaons is: 22nd June 2020 Applicaons must be made online at www.amadeusbrno.cz Compeon: 26th and 27th November 2020 The order of contestants for the compeon will be ź Applicaons can be made through a music school or Besední dům, Komenského nám. 8., Brno determined via a draw during fesval „Mozart´s Children” 2020 and published on the compeon website. a legal representave. Winners‘ Concert: 28th November 2020 ź Informaon on the applicaon form must be correct Besední dům, Komenského nám. 8., Brno and true. Teachers or legal representaves are Prizes responsible for the accuracy of informaon. Time limits and categories ź Applicaons received aer the closing date will not The compeon has one round. It is not compulsory to The jury grants these prizes in each category: 1st, 2nd and be accepted. be a student at a music school or instuon. ź Maximum number of parcipants: 100 Parcipants are categorised according to year of birth. 3rd place and Honourable Menon. All prizes can be shared upon the jury´s recommendaon Compeon schedule and rehearsal schedule or some might be skipped. All contestants who win one (on Steinway piano) will be made public and available to Category Age (year of birth) Time limit of the prizes receive a diploma, gis and the tle view on www.amadeusbrno.cz on 10th October 2020. of a laureate on Winners‘ Concert. Program of the concert The organisers offer pracce facilies only for duraon I. 2014 and younger 2-4 minutes will be determined by the jury. II. 2013 2-4 minutes of the compeon days and winners´concert. III. 2012 3-5 minutes Concert performances for chosen laureates: By sending in an applicaon form to us, the legal ź IV. 2011 3-5 minutes An offer to perform a concert with the symphony representave of the contestant agrees to photos to V. 2010 5-8 minutes orchestra be taken and a recording to be made free of charge of ź VI. 2009 5-8 minutes Grand concert in Villa Tugendhat the contestant´s performance in the compeon and The jury may decide to award these special also at the concert of laureates and its free use by prizes amounng to 55 000 CZK: public media. Repertoire ź The prize of the governor of South Moravia, for the absolute winner of the compeon ź The Mayor of Brno´s prize for best interpretaon ź At least one composion by W. A. Mozart Competition Fee of a work by W. A. Mozart Eventually other composions by different authors ź The prize of the mayor of Brno - Žabovřesky for who were contemporaries of Mozart e.g.: the best Czech competor The fee for the compeon is 60 Euro. It is non-returnable. A. Fr. Bečvařovský, L. van Beethoven, J. A. Benda, ź The prize of the mayor of Brno - Centre for the The fee must be paid by bank transfer by 22.6.2020: J. L. Dusík, Fr. X. Dušek, J. N. Hummel, J. Jelínek, best competor from Brno Bank: L. Koželuh, J. Kř. Kuchař, V. V. Mašek, L. Mozart, ź The prize of the mayor of Brno-Žeběn for the Komerční banka, a.s., pobočka Brno–město; Nám. Svobody 92/21, 60200 Brno J. Mysliveček, J. J. Ryba, J. A. Štěpán, V. J. Tomášek, best foreign competor Name of account: Parnas, z.s. J. Kř. Vaňhal, J. A. Vitásek, A. Vranický, V. Jírovec, etc. ź opportunity to record a profile CD Account number: 27-6667420297 ź The prize for the youngest competor IBAN: CZ2901000000276667420297 Time limits must be strictly observed. Sort code/bank code: KOMBCZPP If a competor play one longer composion (for The jury may decide to award a special prize to Variable symbol: date of birth of the contestant example, Mozart Variaons), me limit may be teachers for their efforts and preparaon of the extended by 30 seconds in categories I - III and 1 contestants. Special prizes need not be awarded and (day, month, year) Details of charges: minute in categories IV - VI. Works for solo piano are can be divided. The decision of the jury is final. OUR (it´s not possible to enter any other code) permied. It is compulsory to play from memory. The It is not possible to assign the payment without the variable symbol. number of works played is unlimited.

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