GENERAL PROVISIONS struments accompaniment (duet, trio, quartet The Contest Jury Chairman of the Chamber and so on). Instrumental Ensembles is Alexander Zi- 3. The contest is open to the participants of 18 novievich Bonduryansky, People’s Artist of Rus- to 40 years old (including December 1, 2015). sia, the Laureate of Moscow in the Field of Litera- 4. The order of performing of the applicants is ture and Art, the Vice-Rector of the Moscow State determined by drawing lots on the opening day Tchaikovsky Conservatory, the Candidate of Art and kept till the end of the contest. The order of Criticism, Professor. participants festival program is defined beforehand. The jury of the contest is formed by the Orga- nizing Committee comprising the outstanding 5. The contest auditions are open to everybody musicians, performers and teachers. in the Big Concert Hall of the Magnitogorsk State Festival of chamber-ensemble performance is Conservatory (Academy) named after M. Glinka. held during the contest as well as short-dated 6. Substitution of the participants is not allowed. course of qualification improvement (36 hours per person). 7. Every ensemble is given 30 minutes acous- Performance of modern chamber-ensembles, tic rehearsal in the corresponding hall before con- laureates of past contests and members of jury is test audition. supposed to be held during the concert program 8. The jury reserves the right: of the contest.  to withhold awards; The organizing Committee is founded and con-  to share an award among the ensembles; firmed by the Charter Members.  to redistribute awards within the total prize The symbols of the contest, the logotype, mod- fund. els of the booklet and diplomas are confirmed by the Organizing Committee of the contest. PRIZES the 1-st award 180 000 rubles; PROCEDURES AND TERMS the 2-nd award 120 000 rubles; OF PARTICIPATION the 3-rd award 80 000 rubles; 1. The contest has 2 rounds. the 4-th award 50 000 rubles; The audition contest of the 1-st and 2-nd Diploma 25 000 rubles. rounds is held in December 1–4, 2015 in the Big Concert Hall of the Magnitogorsk State Conserva- The ensembles which haven’t reached the tory (Academy) named after M.I. Glinka. ending get honorable certificates for participation. The state and public organizations, mass 2. The contest is held in the following nomina- media, establishments, cultural unions and per- tions: sons can charter special prizes for the participants  chamber ensembles with piano and bowed of the contest. They are awarded by the jury in strings instruments (duet, trio, piano quartets, accordance with the wishes of charter members. piano quintets);  chamber ensembles with piano and woodwind 9. The jury decisions are final and the revision instruments (duet, trio, piano quartets, piano is not possible. quintets); 10. The laureates and prize-winners are obliged  piano duets; to take part in the free concerts organized after  stringed quartets; the contest.  ensembles with wind instruments (quartets and more homogeneous wind instruments, brass 11. Audio/video recording of the contest is used quintets, holts-quintets); in further advertisement, archive and teaching pur-  vocal-instrumental performance in the ensem- pose. ble (i.e. voice with the piano and different in- 2 3 THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS String quartets

Chamber ensembles with piano and bowed The I-st round: stringed instruments  The quartet of one of the following composers: (duets, trios, piano quartets, piano quintets); W. Mozart, J. Haydn, L. Beethoven. сhamber ensembles with piano and wood-  The quartet of a native land composer created wind instruments in the XX or XXI century. (duets, trios, piano quartets, piano quintets). Total time of sounding is not more than 45 min- utes. The I-st round:  The works created before 1830. The II-nd round:  The works created in the late XX - early XXI cen-  The quartet of a Russian or foreign composer tury. of the XIX century. Total time of sounding is not more than 45 min-  The quartet of a foreign composer created in XX utes. or XXI century. Total time of performance is not more than 60 min- The II-nd round: utes.  The work of any Western-European composer of the XIX century.  The work of any native land composer. Ensembles of wind instruments Total time of sounding is not more than 60 min- utes. Ensembles of homogeneous wind instru- The Piano Duets ments (quartet and more) The performance of the original works written The I-st round: for the piano duet as well as arrangements creat-  Two works of different styles. ed by outstanding composers and performers are One of them is of great form. admitted for the contest. One of them is in the Baroque style or Classi- cism. The I-st round: Arrangements are possible.  An original work in the style of Vienna clas- sics. The II-nd round (final):  A work of a Russian or Western-European com-  Two works of different styles. poser-romantic of the XIX century. One of them is of great form. It is possible to perform one of the two works for One of them is of the XX or XXI century. the piano in 4 hands, the other for 2 pianos. Arrangements are possible. Total time of sounding is not more than 30 min- utes.

The II-nd round:  The work created in the XIX century.  The work created in the XX or XXI century. One of them is the work of the native land com- poser, the other of the foreign one. Both of the works are for two pianos. Total time of performance is not more than 30 minutes. . 4 5 Brass quintets Vocal-instrumental performance in the ensemble The I-st round: Voice with the accompaniment of piano and  One from the quintets by V. Ewald. different instruments (duet, trio, quartet, etc.)  One of the following works by J. Bach: Choral «My Soul Is Full of Joy» (arrangement by The I-st round: H. Herforth);  Early music or work in the style of Vienna clas- Toccata and Fugue in D minor (arrangement by sics. F. Mils).  Chamber-vocal piece of a Russian composer. Total time of sounding is not more than 20 min- utes. The II-nd round:  The work of a Western-European composer. The II-nd round:  The work of a composer of the XX–XXI century.  Oblov O. Two parts from the suite «Fairy-tale Free arrangement of instrumental parts is pos- Characters». sible.  The work of great form according to the choice of the participants. The list of recommended works is accessible on the Total time of performance is not more than 30 min- official website of The Magnitogorsk Conservatory utes. www.magkmusic.com

Holz quintets

The I-st round:  One of the following works: Mozart W. Serenade in E flat major, KV 375, part I; Bach J. Quintet; Cambini G. Quintets №№ 1, 2, 3; Dantsi F. Quintets Op.56 №№ 1,2,3; Op.67 №№ 1,2,3,: Op.68 №№1,2,3.  One of the following works: Ligeti G. «Six Bagatelles»; Ligeti G. «Ten pieces» Lachner F. Quintet № 2 in E flat major; Barber S. «Summer Music; Anisimova Ye. «Humoresque»; Jolivet A. «Serenade»; Hindemith P. «Small Chamber Music».

The II-nd round (final):  One of the following works: Damas G. 17 variations; Reicha A. Quintet in D major op. 91 № 3; Taffanel P. Quintet in G minor; Briccialdi G. Quintet in D major op. 124.  The work according to the choice of the partic- ipants.

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