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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF BLIND & PARTIALLY-SIGHTED

 

MUSIC PERFORMERS AND COMPOSERS 2010

 

INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

 

The competition will be held in Prague, Czech Republic from February

28 to March 5, 2010. The competition is co-organized by Czech Blind

United (SONS) and

Jan Deyl Conservatory and Secondary school for Visually Impaired. All

correspondence relating to the competition should be directed to:

SONS, Department

for International and Cultural Affairs, Krakovská 21, 110 00 Praha 1,

Czech Republic.

 

The competition is open to blind or partially-sighted musicians and

composers from all over the world. Artist who wants to participate in

Competition of

blind and partially sighted performers should be between the ages 18

and 35 years on the opening date of the competition who shall satisfy

all other conditions

of the competition. Competition for blind and partially sighted music

composers has no age limit.

 

The essential condition for the admission shall be a participant's

degree of visual impairment certified by a medical statement, viz.

from visual acuity

6/ 60 and/ or field of vision lower than 20 degrees. The crucial

factor in this respect shall be the condition of the better eye with

optimum correction

(i.e. contact or spectacle-fitted lenses, irrespective of whether the

participant intends to use them during the competition or not).

 

The competition shall not be open to first prize winners of the

previous competitions.

 

Travel expenses to and from the competition venue shall be covered by

participants. The organizers shall cover board and lodging costs of

the admitted competitors

during their participation in the competition. The said participation

in the competition shall be terminated by eliminating a competitor

from further rounds

of the competition. Should the eliminated competitor wish to stay on,

his/ her further stay in the competition location shall be covered

from his/ her

own resources to organizers of the competition from the day following

the day on which the announcement of relevant results was made. In

addition, the

organizers shall cover board and lodging expenses of one guide per

participant (under the same conditions as above). Should a competitor

require his/ her

own accompanist, his/ her board and lodging costs shall be paid by

that competitor unless the said accompanist were to act as the sole

guide.

Otherwise, competitors are welcome to request accompanists from the

organizers in obligatory registration form. If competitor request

accompanist from

the organizers, it is mandatory to send regular print music notation

(good quality needed) together with obligatory registration form.

 

!!No changes are allowed in competitor's program after sending

obligatory registration form!!

 

HOW TO REGISTER

 

Correctly filled-in obligatory registration form (form connected to

these conditions) shall be forwarded to the above given address by

September 14, 2009.

After the closing date, those registered individuals who meet the

competition conditions shall receive all necessary information on the

competition and

its arrangements. There is space only for 30 participants of the

competition because of organizational reasons. In case of a higher

number of registering

participants, the organizers reserve the right to conduct a

short-listing procedure. Organizers reserve the same right in case of

higher number of participants

from one country.

 

All artists chosen for the competition shall be advised of their

participation after September 14, 2009. Their duty will be to transfer

a registration fee

of 200 ? to the bank account number given in the obligatory

registration form, the transfer deadline being October 15, 2009 at

latest.

 

Persons concerned who were not chosen for competition but they sent

correctly filled-in obligatory registration form in time become

substitutes. If regular

participant resign from the competition, substitute shall be advised

of this fact. In this case substitute's duty will be to transfer a

registration fee

of 200 ? to the bank account number given in the obligatory

registration form in 30 days from receiving a notice at latest.

 

Competitors who have not paid their registration fee shall not be

admitted. Registration fees shall not be refunded under any

circumstances.

 

On their presentation, competitors shall prove identity by producing

their identity card.

 

COMPETITION OF MUSIC PERFORMERS - TERMS & CONDITIONS

 

The competition is open for wood-wind and brass instruments, string

instruments, piano, accordion, guitar, and singing. All disciplines

(instruments/singing)

shall compete together in three rounds.

 

Round One: a) a composition from either the

baroque or classicism period

 

b) a composition from any

subsequent style period

 

total time limit 10 - 15 minutes

 

Round Two: a) a composition from the 18th or 19th

century

 

b) a composition from the 20th or

21st century

 

total time limit 15 - 20 minutes

 

Round Three: a performer-selected composition

 

time limit 15 - 25 minutes

 

The first two rounds shall be eliminative. The order in which

competitors are to perform shall be drawn at least 12 hours prior to

the beginning of the

first round and shall apply for the first and second round. The third

round - the Finals - shall be drawn after the results of the second

round have been

announced following the jury's decision on the finalists.

 

A competitor may play a given piece just in one round. Playing by

heart (from memory) shall be compulsory in all rounds. Guitar and

accordion players may

incorporate in any of the three rounds one piece with piano

accompaniment. The other instruments/ singing compete, as a rule,

under piano accompaniment,

though solo pieces can also be performed.

 

Competitors shall be entitled to individual coaching (accompanied

rehearsals) within the following time limits:

 

§ Round one: 45 minutes

 

§ Round two: 60 minutes

 

§ Round three: 90 minutes.

 

To satisfy a use of 45 minute accompanying for the round one of the

competition, participants have to be at venue till February 28, 2009

13 o'clock.

 

The competition shall award three financial prizes:

 

§ First Prize 1,000 ?

 

§ Second Prize 600 ?

 

§ Third Prize 400 ?.

 

The jury shall have the right to divide a prize or not to award it at

all; it may also resolve to award extraordinary prizes by limit 2,600

? and Certificates

of Commendation.

 

Competition laureates shall perform for free at the closing concert on

the occasion of the Prize Awarding Ceremony. Those not participating

at the Ceremony

without providing an acceptable apology will not be presented with

their Honors.

 

JURY

 

The jury shall be appointed by the organizers in accordance with the

registered instruments. The jury shall be composed of a chairman, a

vice chairman and

six ordinary members, at least three of them shall be visually

impaired. The vice chairman and three other members shall come from

abroad. Jury composition

(list of jurors' names) shall be announced on the competition opening.

Jury functioning shall be governed by its internal Rules of Procedure.

Both the

jury dealings and scoring shall be confidential and shall not be made

public. Jury decisions shall be final, entailing no right of appeal.

 

All performances shall be recorded for the purposes of assessment

procedure.

 

POSTCRIPT

 

Official languages of the competition are Czech or English. Organizer

could provide individual interpreter covered from competitors.

Supposed price of interpreter

is 300 ? per one day. In cases of ambiguous interpretation, Terms &

Conditions in the Czech language shall be considered authentic.

 

competition OF MUSIC COMPOSERS - TERMS & CONDITIONS

 

The competition is open for blind and partially-sighted music

composers from all over the world. There is no age limit. The

following types of music compositions

will be accepted:

 

§ chamber one-movement or multiple movement pieces for one to eight

instruments,

 

§ instructive pieces from basic to intermediate level for one to five

performers at maximum duration of 20 minutes.

 

No submitted compositions will be returned to the sender/ author.

 

1. Only pieces composed after February 15, 2007 those have not so

far been performed in public shall be accepted.

 

2. Pop-music pieces shall not be accepted.

 

3. One author is permitted to present several compositions. If

there will be fewer than 16 compositions, the organizer reserve the

right to cancel competition

of music composers.

 

4. The competition shall be anonymous. Each individual composition

shall be inserted in its separate sealed envelope, distinctly marked

by the title

and password of the respective piece.

 

5. The inside of the envelope shall include the following:

 

List of 6 items

. name and address of the author

 

. brief biography (focusing on music-related activities)

 

. the composition written in standard music notation

 

. year in which the piece was composed

 

. short description of the piece

 

. medical statement certifying the entrant's visual impairment

according to Introductory provisions.

 

list end

 

6. Each individual piece shall be forwarded in five fully legible

copies of regular print music notation. Though welcome, no attached

audio recordings

shall be required.

 

7. Should any text be part of a composition, the said text shall

also be provided in English or Czech translation.

 

8. Entries shall be forwarded by September 14, 2009 to the address

of the organizers given above. No entries with a later postal stamp

date shall be

accepted.

 

9. All accepted compositions shall be judged by a professional

jury appointed by competition organizers.

 

10. Both the ceremonial declaration of laureates and the performance

of the award-winning compositions shall take place as part of the

program of the Grand

Concert to close the XII. International Competition of Blind &

Partially-Sighted Music Performers and Composers on March 4, 2010. The

laureates shall be

duly advised on the competition results; the relevant notification

shall contain an invitation to receive their award, including

three-day coverage of

their and one guide board and lodging (any travel costs excluded).

 

11. The competition may award three winning prizes:

 

§ First Prize 800 ?

 

§ Second Prize 500 ?

 

§ Third Prize 300 ?.

 

12. Results announced by jury shall be final.

 

13. The jury shall have the right to divide a prize or not to award it

at all; it may also resolve to award extraordinary prizes by limit

2,000 ? including

regular winning prizes and Certificates of Commendation for other

prominent compositions.

 

14. Competition organizers reserve the right of extensive promotion of

the winning compositions while respecting any applicable copyright

regulations.

 

15. Official languages of the competition are Czech or English.

Organizers could provide individual interpreter covered from

competitors. Supposed price

of interpreter is 300 ? per one day.

 

16. In cases of ambiguous interpretation, Terms & Conditions in the

Czech language shall be considered

authentic.