CONCORSI

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Bando in Italiano


RULE•
Par. 1 The competition is open to young italian or foreign musicians.
Par. 2 The main goal of the competition is to promote musical culture, encouraging youth to study music.
Par. 3 The competition will take place in the "Teatro Polifunzionale ” , Via delle Ginestre n° 41 , in the municipality of ISCHIA ( Naples) , from 5th to 8th July 2018 .
Par. 4 Examinations will be public and divided into the following sections and categories: Section One: Piano solo Cat. Junior up to 8 yrs. old Cat. A up to 10 yrs. old Cat. B up to 13 yrs. old Cat. C up to 16 yrs. old Cat. D up to 19 yrs. old Cat. E up to 24 yrs. old Cat. F up to 35 yrs. old Section Two: Piano Four hands Cat. G medium age up to 12 years old Cat. H medium age up to 16 years old Cat.
I medium age up to 21 years old Cat. L from 22 years old onwards with no age limit.
Par. 5 Competitors must enroll in just one category: however, solists from Section One are allowed to take part also in the Second One and viceversa.
Par. 6 The association may apply some changes to this announcement in the future and possibly suppress a category, if competitors are not enough. In that case, the attendance fee will be refunded.Furthermore, the association will not be responsible for any damages or losses due to competitors, during all the competition.
Par. 7 All competitors can enroll in higher categories, if they think consider themselves able.
Par. 8 Competitors will be allowed to test the piano following a timetable provided by the association.
Par. 9 Before any examination, competitors will be asked by the examination board to show the following documents: 1) ID card 2) Two copies of the program. Simplified piano pieces are not allowed.
Par. 10 Competitors will be examined in alphabetical order, beginning from a letter randomly chosen on the first day of the competition. Exception made for category F (Section One); in this case the starting letter will be drawn 8 days before the opening of the competition, in order to ease the staying of the competitors.
Par. 11 All competitors can choose a free program. Performance by memory is NOT strictly necessary.
Par. 12 Competitors will be able to test the piano checking a timetable that will be available on the website www.ischiapianocompetition.com a few days before the beginning of the competition. Competitors are kindly invited to inform themselves about .
•PROGRAM• Section One: Piano solo Cat. Junior :Max. time 5 mins . Cat. A : Max. time 8 mins . Cat. B : Max. time 10 mins. Cat. C : Max. time 15 mins. Cat. D : Max. time 20 mins. Cat. E : Max. time 25 mins. Cat. F : Max. time 30 mins. Section Two ( Piano Four Hands) Cat. G : Max. time 10 mins . Cat. H :Max. time 15 mins . Cat. I : Max. time 20 mins . Cat. L : Max. time 25 mins .
Par. 13 Results will be published at the end of the examinations for each category.
Par. 14 Competitors who have been taking lessons in the last two years from members of the examination board (or are related to any of them) are not allowed to take part in the competition. In the application form is strictly necessary to put the teacher’s name.The full list of the examination board will be available on the website www.ischiapianocompetition.com
Par.15 The examination board will be formed by musicians, teachers and renowned musical personalities.
Par. 16 The examination board may stop players, if the max. time is expired.
Par. 17 The board’s decisions are final and irrevocable. The examination board may also decide not to give any prize due to a low-level general performance of the candidates. °PRIZES°
Par. 18 The award ceremony for the First, Second , Third and Fourth winners will be held at the end of the examination of each category. Absolute First Prize Winners of each category will take part in the Major Award Ceremony that will be held on July 8th at the “TEATRO POLIFUNZIONALE " ,Via delle Ginestre n° 41 - Ischia Absolute First Prize Winners who won’t be present at the final concert, won’t be awarded any prize. Competitors of all sections and categories FIRST classified ( score not less than 95/100 ) 1st prize cup and degree SECOND classified ( score from 94/100 to 90/100) 2nd prize cup and degree THIRD classified ( score from 89/100 to 85/100) 3rd prize cup and degree FOURTH classified (score from 84/100t o 80/100) 4th prize cup and degree -Each not awarded competitor will be given an Attendance Certificate. -FIRST ABSOLUTE WINNERS of each category (score not less than 98/100)will be also awarded the following prizes (ex aequo are NOT allowed) SECTION ONE (Piano solo) Cat. Junior Scholarship € 60,00 Cat. A Scholarship € 80,00 Cat. B Scholarship € 100,00 Cat. C Scholarship € 140,00 ​ “ISCHIA ISLAND PRIZE” For the Category Junior , A , B and C Scholarship € 200,00 The Prize Ischia Island will be awarded at the discretion of the Jury to one competitor chosen among First Absolutes of Cat. Junior, A, B, C Cat. D Scholarship € 200,00 - A Concert to be held during the season 2019 .The concert is listed in “ CLASSICA FESTIVAL NOTE SUL MARE” in Ischia Cat. E *Scholarship € 300,00 - A Concert to be held during the season 2019 .The concert is listed in “ CLASSICA FESTIVAL NOTE SUL MARE” in Ischia ​ Cat. F Scholarship € 800,00 and 4 Concerts ​ A Concert to be held during the season 2019 of the Musical Association “ Giulio Rospigliosi” in Lamporecchio ( Pistoia) - A Concert to be held during the season 2019 .The concert is listed in “ CLASSICA FESTIVAL NOTE SUL MARE” in Ischia - A Concert to be held during the season 2019 of the Musical Association “ Claude Debussy” in San Donà di Piave . - “Andrea Monte” Prize : Holiday –Concert *Double room for two people from July 9th to July 11th ( 3 days , 2 nights) at the “Hotel Terme Providence” ( Forio - Ischia) with half board and SPA use . The Concert (without compensation to the winner ) will be held on July 9th 2019 at the 9 pm (21:00). The holiday period is not replaceable . If the winner is not available for these dates , the prize will be awarded to the next winner in the ranking. SECTION TWO (Piano Four Hands ) Cat. G Scholarship € 100,00 in two Cat. H Scholarship € 150,00 in two Cat. I Scholarship € 200,00 in two Cat. L Scholarship € 400,00 in two - A Concert to be held during the season 2019 .The concert is listed in “ CLASSICA FESTIVAL NOTE SUL MARE” in Ischia * Just a formal reimbursement is provided for all award concerts.
Par. 19 Private agreements are being made with several musical associations, in order to give prize winners the opportunity to play in their festivals. – At the end of the Competition the Absolute Winner of the Sixth Edition of the Ischia Piano Competition will be mentioned.
Par. 20 Recordings , television or radio broadcasting of the performances won’t give competitors any right to any reward
Par. 21 Teachers of the first classified competitors will be awarded a Certificate of Honor
Par. 22 The calendar of the examinations and the date of convocation (from which each competitor will know the day and the time of the call for his/her category) will be published on the association website www.ischiapianocompetition.com Each candidate, therefore, in order to know the day of convocation, will have to visit the websiteor call the secretary of the association “Note sul Mare”(tel. 0039/ 081 5071403 or 0039/ 333 3283159 ) . “Note sul Mare” will not be responsiblein this case; no other forms of convocation are considered. •PARTICIPATION MODE•
Par. 23 Candidates will have to fill out the application form and send it within and not beyond June 20 2018 via e- mail to info@notesulmare.com or send it by registered mail (date as postmark)to: Fabio Bianco - Via Cesare Piro , 39 - 80075 Forio (Napoli) - Italy. Proof of payment must be attached to the mail. •REGISTRATION FEES• Cat. Junior € 45,00 1^ section Cat. A-B-C € 50,00 1^ section Cat. D-E € 60,00 1^ section Cat. F € 70,00 1^ section Cat G-H € 80,00 in two 2^ section Cat I-L € 100,00 in two 2^ section * Payment must be net of charges banking The registration fee can be payed by bank transfer:Banca Prossima - C/C n° 69467 headed to “Associazione Musicale Note sul Mare”IBAN: IT91W0335901600100000069467 ; BIC/ SWIFT : BCITITMXFiliale di Milano 20121 - Piazza Paolo Ferrari 10 – Milano
Par. 24 Candidates will have to provide for their staying during the competition.
Par. 25 Pursuant to Art. 10 of the Law n° 675/96 on Personal Data Protection, the musical association “Note sul Mare” declares that all requested personal datas will be used only to send informations strictly related to the competition. However, pursuant to Art. 1 of the same Law, the owner of the data can forbid its use.
Par. 26 The application to the competition entails the unconditional acceptance of the rules of the present announcement.