XII INTERNATIONAL VOLODYMYR KRAINEV COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PIANISTS

MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF UKRAINE UKRAINIAN DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL VOLODYMYR KRAINEV

CHARITY FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF YOUNG PIANISTS

KHARKIV SPECIAL SECONDARY MUSIC BOARDING SСHOOL

Announce in 2016

XII INTERNATIONAL VOLODYMYR KRAINEV COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PIANISTS

19 March-27 March 2016

Obligatory regulations

Two age groups are admitted to the competition

First (younger) age group 7-13 (inclusive)

Second (older) age group-14-18 (inclusive)

The age is accounted for March 1, 2016.

The competition includes three rounds:

- Applicants have to enclose

- Application form

- Birth certificate

- Study reference

- Biodata

- Photo (digital)

Registration fee – 50 Euro (Ukrainian currency is paid on the arrival of the contestant)

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APPLICATION FORM
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(age group)

Competition programme
1 st round
Indicate: composer, music piece
1. _____________________________________________min.________________
2. _____________________________________________min.________________
3. _____________________________________________min.________________
4. _____________________________________________min.________________
5. _____________________________________________min.________________
Total _______ min.

2 nd round
Indicate: composer, music piece
1. _____________________________________________min.________________
2. _____________________________________________min.________________
3. _____________________________________________min.________________
4. _____________________________________________min.________________
5. ______________________________________________min._______________
Total _______ min.

3 rd round
Indicate: composer, music piece
1. ______________________________________________min._______________
Total _______ min.

I agree with the terms of the competition

Date Signature

Written applications for participation must be submitted by 31 December 2015.

Address:

Organizing Committee of V.Krainev Competition

19 K.Marx street , Kharkov, Ukraine, 61052.

(Оргкомитет конкурса В.Крайнева

ул. К.Маркса, 19, г. Харьков, 61052, Украина)

Telephone for inquiries (38057) 712 52 89

Fax (38057) 712 52 89

E-mail musicsсhoolkh@ukr.net

If the applicant fails to participate in the Competition the documents will not be sent back.

Competition Terms

Outstanding musicians from various countries are invited to serve on the Jury.

The competition includes three rounds:

two selective rounds and one final (in the third final round

music piece is performed with the symphony orchestra).

Each round is open to the public.

Every music piece must be performed from memory.

The jury is authorized to interrupt the performance in case it fails to meet the professional demands of the competition.

Sequence of performance is determined by lot and remains unchanged until the end of the competition.

First prize winners from other competitions will participate under

the same rules as other participants.

Not more than half of the performers of the first round are admitted to the second round.

6 performers of each age group are admitted to the third round.

Final decision on prize winners is made on the concluding sitting of the jury by open vote on every separate nominee.

Participating of prize-winners in the final concert is obligatory (free).

Prizes

Organizing committee of V.Krainev competition is setting for each age group the following monetary prizes:

Younger group

First prize – 1000 EUR

Second prize – 750 EUR

Third prize – 500 EUR

Older group

First prize – 1500 EUR

Second prize – 1000 EUR

Third prize – 750 EUR

Depending upon the results and within the limits of the set number of prizes the Jury is authorized :

– to withhold prizes;

- to have performers share prizes ;

- award special prizes.

PROGRAMME

First (younger) age group

I ROUND

(not more than 30 minutes)

1.I.S.Bach -Two three-part inventions (optional) or Prelude and Fugue from the “Well-Tempered Clavier” (optional)

2.Sonata (I or II and III movs): Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Clementi (optional).

3.Two virtuozo etudes (optional): Leshgorn (op.136, 72), Czerni (op.299,Book III, IV), Moszkowski (op.72), Clementi, Chopin, Liszt (12 Etudes for Piano), Rachmaninov, Skriabin.

4.Obligatory composition – R.Schumann. Piece (not more than 5 min.)

II ROUND

(not more than 30 minutes)

1.Piece by a composer of the country the participant represents.

2.One or two pieces by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, Grieg, Schumann (optional)

3.One or several pieces by XX century composers.

III ROUND

Concerto (optional) : I.S.Bach (d-moll, f-moll) Mozart (C- dur, KV467; A-dur, KV488; d-moll, KV466), Beethoven No.1, Haydn, Mendelssohn (g-moll). Saint-Saens No.2 (I or II and III movs.)

Second (older age group)

I ROUND

(not more than 30 minutes)

1.I.S.Bach – Prelude and Fugue from the “Well- Tempered Clavier” (optional).

2.Sonata (I or II and III movs): Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert (optional).

3.F.Chopin. Etude Op. 10, 25 (except Nos. 3,6 op.10, and Op. 25 No. 7).

4.One of the Etudes (optinal) by Czerni (ор. 299, Book IV; op. 740), Clementi, Liszt, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Prokofiev

5. Obligatory composition – F.Liszt. Piece (not more than 7 min.)

II ROUND

(not more than 40 minutes)

1.Piece by a composer of the country the participant represents.

2.One big or two small pieces by Sсhubert, Schumann, Liszt, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Brahms (optional).

3.One or several pieces by XX century composers.

III ROUND

Concerto (optional) : Mozart (d-moll, KV466, c-moll, KV491), Beethoven (Nos. 2,3), Grieg, Rachmaninov (No.1, the first or the second edition), Liszt No.1, Saint-Saens No.2. Prokofiev No.1, Chopin, Tchaikovsky No.1 all movs)

INTERNATIONAL VOLODYMYR KRAINEV CHARITY FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF YOUNG PIANISTS

KHARKOV SPECIAL SECONDARY MUSIC BOARDING SCHOOL

KHARKOV

19 March –27 March, 2016