Rules of the 10th International Russian Rotary Children’s Music Competition
FOUNDER
Rotary Club Moscow International 2002 / Josef Marous
ORGANIZER
Rotary Club Moscow International /RCMI
Rotary District 2220 Russia
In co operation with:
Rotary Club Moscow Humboldt
Rotary Club Moscow Rossika
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Tiberius Braun – Chairman / RCMI
Josef Marous - Co Chairman /
Heinz Kraenzlein / RCMI
Mark Nessbach / RC Humboldt Moscow
Igor Evard / RC Rossika Moscow
Contact:
Tiberius Braun
( in German, English, Russian, Spanish, Romanian, Hungarian)
Josef Marous
( in French, German, English, Russian, Czech, )
1. 10th International Russian Rotary Children’s Music Competition is taking place in Moscow, Russia end of March, 2012.
2. Age of the participants is from 8 to 12 years. Limit of 12 years means that the participant is until 31. March 2012, younger than 13 years.
3. Competition is for following musical instruments: violin, violoncello, harp, piano, wind instruments.
4. Following limits apply to all applicants:
a) Each participant must be presented to the organizing committee through any Rotary Club (preferably from his home town). For Russia only: if there is no Rotary Club in the Russian city in which the participant is living, the application with the performance can be sent directly to the organizing committee.
b) Participants of the Finals in previous years are not allowed for participation in the competition. Participants of the Semifinals in previous years can participate again.
c) Children, participating in the competition in previous years but not achieving the finals, are allowed to participate in the competition again.
5. Music professors and organizing committee is reviewing DVD received and recommends the invitation of the 15 best candidates to semifinals and finals in Moscow.
6. Music competition in Moscow is done in two stages: semifinals and finals. To the finals are admitted the best 6 semifinalists.
7. Chronological order in which the candidates will perform will be decided by draw, in which each candidate participates personally.
8. Prizes:
1st Prize – 4.000 USD
2nd Prize – 2.000 USD
3rd Prize - 1.000 USD
4th to 6th Prize –400 USD
6th to 15th Prize - 200 USD
Russian Participants will receive Prizes in Rubles, foreign participants in USD. From the prize money will be deducted 13% Russian income tax.
9. Participation in the competition is free of cost.
10. The deadline for sending the DVD to the organizing committee is 20 December 2011.
In the application from Rotary club of your city, please, indicate:
- First name, surname*
- Contact phone number, e-mail and address *
- Fax number if possible
* Applications without contact information will not be accepted for the competition!
To the application from Rotary Club of your city, please, enclose:
• Photo of the candidate (10 x 15)
b) Biography
c) Information about the teacher and music school
d) Program for semifinals and finals
•
Applications are to be sent to:
Irene Engel
CMS International B.V., Gogolevsky blvd. 11
119019 Moscow, Russia
• Latest till the 20th of December 2011
11. The musical program included in the application must be followed in the semifinals and finals. It is not possible to change program on short notice.
• Preliminary Round – Repertoire
For Pianists:
• One movement from sonata from Mozart or Beethoven (own choice)
• Piece of Russian composer (own choice)
• Work of own choice (performance solo or with orchestra permitted)
Total not less then 20 Minutes
For Violinists:
• One caprice by Kreutzer or Wieniawski or Rode
• Part for violin solo (own choice)
• Part for violin and piano (own choice), or violin with orchestra (own choice)
Total not less then 20 Minutes
For Flute:
• A. Vivaldi concerto (own choice)
• Composition for flute and piano
• Mozart (own choice)
• Own choice
Total not less then 20 minutes
For Clarinet:
• Composition of a 20th Century Composer for flute and piano (up to 8 minutes long)
• Composition for Clarinet and piano (own choice)
• Work from Russian composer (Own choice)
• Own choice
Total not less then 20 Minutes
For Oboe:
• Hendel- concerto G – moll (I. and I. parts) or Albinoni – Concerto B-dur (II. and III. parts)
• Composition of a 20th Century Composer or Composition of a 19th Century Composer
• Own choice
• Own choice
Total not less than 20 Minutes
• All other instruments
At least 3 works (own choice) – total at least 20 Minutes
III. Semifinals:
For Pianists:
• Work from Russian composer (own choice)
• At least one movement from sonata by Mozart or Beethoven or Haydn
• Own choice
Total not less than 12 minutes and not more than 15 minutes
For Violinists:
• One caprice by Kreutzer or Wieniawski or Rode
• Work from Russian composer (Own choice)
• Own choice
Total not less than 12 minutes and not more than 15 minutes
For Harp
. One work of cantilena character (own choice)
. One work of lively character (own choice)
Total not more than 15 minutes.
Other instruments
2 or 3 works , one of them should be from Russian composer– total not less then 12 minutes and not more than 15 Minutes
Finals: minimum 10 minutes, maximum 18 minutes will be played with chamber orchestra. Finalists must choose from the following classical works:
Violin
Vivaldi Concert a-moll RV 86
Bach Concert a-moll BWV 1041
Wieniawski Concert d-moll ор. 22, 1 movement
Mendelssohn Concert e-moll ор. 64
Violoncello
Johann Christian Bach Concert c-moll
Georg Friedrich Händel Concert h-moll
Harp
Georg Friedrich Händel Harp concert B-dur ( 1.part or 2.and 3. parts)
Piano
Haydn Concert D-dur Hob.XIII/II, 2-3 movements
Bach Concert f-moll (№5) BWV 1056, ALL MOVEMENTS
Mozart Concert C-dur (№21) KV 414, 2-3 movements
Bethoven Concert №1 C-dur ор. 15 (1 movement)
Flute
Quantz Concert G-dur, 1 movement
Stamitz Concert G-dur, 1 movement
Bach Suite h-mol
Oboe
Cimarosa Concert C-dur
Vivaldi Concert a-moll
Clarinet
Weber Concertino c-moll ор. 26
Taneev Canzona (1883)
13. Jury members do not participate in the voting for the candidates from their own schools or own scholars.
14. The Jury has the right to stop the performance of the participant of the competition if the performance exceeds the time limit or does not correspond to other requirements of the competition.
15. The results are announced at the end of each stage. The points received by each candidate are not being made public.
16. The finalists receive diploma showing the place achieved in the finals and the title of Laureate. The semifinalists receive diploma of participant of the semifinals. Other participants receive diploma of the participant of the competition.
17. The decisions of the Jury are definitive and cannot be questioned.
ACCOMMODATION
During the competition in Moscow (3 days) in March 2012 the organizing committee will provide accommodation for each participant not living in Moscow or Moscow Region and one accompanying person. All other expenses must be covered by the participants themselves.
Contact information of Russian Rotary Clubs can be found on Internet web site - www.rotary2220.ru and www.rcmi.ru
Contact information about Rotary Clubs in other countries can be found on: www.rotary.org (click on Club locator)
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Akulian Victor, Partner of the Audit Department of KPMG in Russia and CIS
Amirov Shaukat, Rector of Musorgsky Ural State Conservatory in Ekaterinburg, National Artist of Russia, Professor
Braun Tiberius, Chairman of the organizing committee, Past-President of RCMI, Chief Representative of TUI (Germany) in RF
Grach Eduard, National artist of the USSR, Professor of Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, soloist of Moscow Philharmonic Society, Art
Director and conductor of chamber orchestra “Moskovia”
Dr. Hahn Ottokar, Vorsitzender des Europäischen Freundeskreiseses des Julius-Stern-Instituts der Universität der Künste Berlin e.V.
Ambassador of the European Commission in Moscow, 1996-1999, Minister of European and Federal Affairs in Saarland, 1985-1990
Khokhlov Mikhail, Director of Gnesin music school, honored worker of arts in RF, Honored Artist of Russia
Lavrov Sergey, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Marous Josef, Past-President of Rotary Club Moscow International (RCMI), President of the European Division of OAO TMK, Deputy General Director of OAO TMK, Chairman of the Executive Board of TMK Europe GmbH, Germany, President of TMK Italia
Pollack Daniel, Professor at the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music, Past visiting Professor of The Julliard School, Columbia University and Yale’s School of Music.
Prize winner of the International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow 1958
Spivakov Vladimir, National artist of the USSR, Conductor of the Orchestra “Moscow Virtuosi”
Yakupov Alexander, Art Director of opera-house Moscow State Conservatory, Member of the International Academy of Informatization, honored worker of arts in RF, Doctor of fine art, Professor.
Zweguintzov Nicolas, Commercial Director of Cetelem in Russia, BNP Paribas Group

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