COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT VITTORIO VENETO (ITALY), 27th SEPTEMBER - 2ND OCTOBER 2021 Update 2021 UNDER THE HIGH PATRONAGE OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT EVENT ORGANIZATION AND WITH THE PATRONAGE OF MAIN SPONSOR 32ND VIOLIN COMPETITION IBAN: IT 19 K 02008 62196 000103516350 CITTÀ DI VITTORIO VENETO Code: 389400 - Code BIC SWIFT: UNCRITM1UV4 PROSECCO DOC INTERNATIONAL PRIZE Payments should indicate the following reason for the transfer: “Registration for the 32nd Violin Competition” Vittorio Veneto (Italy), 27th September - 2nd October 2021 - a photocopy of a valid identity document (in the case of com- petitors under 18 years of age, please a photocopy of the COMPETITION RULES identity document of the parent signing the application form) - a curriculum vitae (maximum one page in A4 format) Participation Art. 1 - The Competition is open to violinists with citizenship - color photograph of the competitor of one of the member states of the European Union, born not - before January 1st 1994. Art. 3 - Admission is decided by the Artistic Director on the Admission basis of compliance with the execution program, after the Documents Art. 2 - The application form, with its annexes, must be done Municipal Offices have verified that the documentation -sub by 20th May 2021 through the form on the website: mitted meets the necessary requirements. Candidates who www.violinovittorioveneto.it/concorso/edizione-2021/ are related to members of the Jury will not be admitted to iscrizione.html the Competition. Applications from candidates who, after requests for clarification, modifications or additions by the Applications made after this date will not be accepted, the Competition Secretariat, do not complete their documenta- documentation will not be returned and the entry fee will not tion by 31st May 2021 at the latest, will be considered null and be refunded. Applications received without a copy of the re- void. No exceptions will be allowed. By signing the application ceipt demonstrating the registration fee payment will be con- form, each candidate undertakes to accept these regulations sidered invalid. and to waive all rights relating to any audio recordings or tel- evision filming. Registration already made by candidates within the terms set Please inform us, also by e-mail by the first version of the regulation (deadline 20th October ([email protected]), 2020) remains valid. The Competition Secretariat will inform if you decide to withdraw. each participant of the correctness of the application. UK citizen applicants who have submitted their application by Art. 4 - If the number of applications for admission is higher 20th October 2020 keep the right to participate in the Compe- than the number of competitors allowed to perform during tition (if the application is regular). At this stage, however, due the three days of the preliminary round, the Competition Or- to the legal effects of Brexit, applications for registration from ganization reserves the right to close the entries before the UK citizens can no longer be accepted. date of 20th May 2021. In this case, the applications received (meeting the stated requirements, and complete with all the Applications must be accompanied by the following docu- required attachments and the receipt of the payment of the ments: registration fee) will be accepted according to their order of - a receipt demonstrating payment of the registration fee of arrival: the date and time of the registration email and the € 50,00, payable by Bank transfer to: Unicredit Banca Spa, number of the incoming protocol from the Municipality of Filiale di Vittorio Veneto Vittorio Veneto will be considered as proof of when the ap- Vittorio Veneto Municipal Treasury plications were filed. Any non-admission (for irregularity or incompleteness of the Sonata n. 8 in sol maggiore op. 30 n. 3 application, or because the competitor is overfilled) will be - J. Brahms Sonata n. 1 in sol maggiore op. 78 promptly communicated by e-mail to the address indicated Sonata n. 2 in la maggiore op. 100 by the competitor in the application. Sonata n. 3 in re minore op. 108 In case of non-admission due to the high number of applica- tions received (rather than due to irregularities), the candidate (b) One of the following compositions, chosen by the candidate: will be refunded the registration fee. - P. De Sarasate Introduzione e Tarantella - N. Paganini I Palpiti (no edizione Kreisler) Execution Art. 5 - For the FIRST TEST (preliminary), the below program - M. Ravel Tzigane programs should be performed in the following order. - C. Saint Saens Introduzione e rondò capriccioso a) The first movement (with cadence) of a Concerto for violin - P.I. Tchaikowsky Valse-scherzo and orchestra by W.A. Mozart, with piano accompaniment, - F. Waxman Carmen Fantasy chosen by the candidate. The candidate may choose from - H. Wieniawski Polacca in re magg. the following Concertos: KV 216 in G major, KV 218 in D - E. Ysaye Sonata op. 27 n. 3 major, KV 219 in A major. For this performance, the com- - E. Ysaye Sonata op. 27 n. 6 petitor must only use the official pianist made available by c) Amoroso cantabile by David Coleman, unpublished piece for the competition (see, in this regard, also art. 8 below). solo violin composed on commission from the Competition. following The score can be downloaded from the competition website. b) one of the 24 Capricci in the study former for violin by J.P. Rode, chosen by the competitor from the following list: Art. 7 - For the THIRD TEST (final with orchestra), the candi- nos. 4, 5, 11, 19, 24; date must give a complete performance of one of the follow- and one of the 24 Violin Studies and Whims op. 35 by J. ing concerts, chosen by the candidate: Dont, chosen by the competitor among from the following - L. van Beethoven Concerto in re magg. op. 61 list: nos. 4, 12, 14, 18, 22. - F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Concerto in mi min. op. 64 following - J. Brahms Concerto in re magg. op. 77 c) third and fourth movement of one of the three Solo Violin - J. Sibelius Concerto in re min. op. 47 Sonatas (BWV 1001, 1003, 1005) by J.S. Bach, at the chosen - P.I. Tchaikowsky Concerto in re magg. op. 35 by the competitor from the following: Sonata I – Siciliana e Presto The final rehearsal will be conducted with the collaboration Sonata II – Andante e Allegro of the Orchestra of the Accademia Teatro alla Scala of Milan, Sonata III – Largo e Allegro assai conducted by David Coleman. Art. 6 - For the SECOND TEST (semi-final) the following pro- Art. 8 - For each competitor admitted, the Organizer will pro- Official gram is required, in the order of performance chosen by the vide one of the two official pianists of the Competition. Pianists competitor. For par condicio, in the FIRST TEST the competitors: a) A Piano and Violin Sonata chosen by the candidate from the - may not collaborate with their own pianist; following list: - may not rehearse the 1st movement of the Mozart Concert - L. van Beethoven Sonata n. 6 in la maggiore op. 30 n. 1 with the official pianist assigned to them before the prelimi- Sonata n. 7 in do minore op. 30 n. 2 nary round. For the SECOND TEST (Thursday 30th September 2021) the By June 10th, 2021 the final calendar (with indication of lo- competitor may use his or her own pianist. Otherwise, the cations, dates, times) will be communicated to all admitted competitor admitted to the semifinal round will be assigned an competitors via e-mail sent to the address indicated by the official pianist with whom he or she will be able to rehearse the competitor in the application. It will also be published on the pieces with piano for no more than 50 minutes. The venue and website of the competition. time of the rehearsals with the pianists will be communicated to the semi-finalists immediately after the results of the first Candidates who are late in the first or second round (with re- round (on the evening of Wednesday 29th September 2021). spect to the call-up time) may be heard at the end of the ses- sion, so long as the reasons for the delay are considered valid General Art. 9 - The Commission may also listen to part of the pro- by the Organizer and this does not lead to an excessive delay information gramme submitted. in subsequent hearings. In the second round (semi-final) the performance of any re- On Friday 1st October 2021 the three competitors admitted to frains of the Sonata for violin and piano will be agreed with the the final round will perform the rehearsal with the orchestra in Jury immediately after the publication of the result of the pre- the venue and according to the timetable that will be released liminary round (on the evening of Wednesday 29th September in September. The trip Vittorio Veneto - Milan and back will 2021). A performance by heart in the final rehearsal is prefer- take place on the same day and will be charged to the Com- rable. Candidates who, in the event of admission to the final petition Organization. test, choose to perform the concert with the sheet music (not In the early afternoon of Saturday 2nd October, at the Teatro by heart) are required to notify the Jury immediately after the “Lorenzo Da Ponte” in Vittorio Veneto, the three finalists will publication of the result of admission to the semi-final test. carry out the settling test with the orchestra. Calendar and Art. 10 - The Competition will take place in Vittorio Veneto (TV Art. 11 - Before starting the trials, competitors must present a Recognition rehearsal place - Italy) from Monday 27th September to Saturday 2nd October valid identity document to the secretarial staff.