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7th SIGISMUND THALBERG INTERNATIONAL PIANO PRIZE
NAPLES MAY 17-21, 2010
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FRANCESCO NICOLOSI
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REGULATION
Art.1
Any pianist may apply to the Thalberg Prize, with no age limits.
Art.2
The eliminatory audition, the semi-final audition and the final audition will take place at the Sala degli Angeli of the Istituto Suor Orsola Benincasa in Naples (look at the map) from 17th to 21th of May 2010.
Art.3
Candidates will have to send the enclosed Application Form, no later than April 30th, 2010 to Centro Studi Internazionale Sigismund Thalberg, Palazzo Strongoli - Riviera di Chiaia, 256 - 80121 Napoli, or by mail to segreteria@centrothalberg.it or by fax to +39 081.5096352.
The documents mentioned below must be enclosed with application form:
- birth certificate;
- curriculum vitae by also specifying the name of the current piano teacher;
- certificates of study (music education) and eventually other diploma obtained from other Piano Competitions;
- application fee of € 150 by bank transfer order to:
CENTRO STUDI INTERNAZIONALE SIGISMUND THALBERG
SAN PAOLO - BANCO DI NAPOLI
IBAN IT36 E010 1015 1001 0000 0002 567
BIC IBSPITNA
Application unprovided with the registration fee will not be accepted.
Art.4
The Competition will consists of the following three auditions:
- Eliminatory audition
- Semi-final audition
- Final audition
Art.5
Each candidates must report to the competition secretary's office on the day at the time stated on his/her summons, with an identification document.
Art.6
The order of candidates participation in the auditions shall be in alphabetical sequence, starting from the letter drawn by lot, in the candidates' presence. Later comers will be excluded from the candidates' presence. Later comers will be excluded from the Competition. The candidate may request his/her audition to be shifted only for demonstrable reasons compatible with time available and the reason for shifting it.
Art.7
Any candidate who doesn't fulfil all requirements set down in the present Regulation shall immediately loose all right to the Competition and to any refund.
Art.8
An adeguate number of pianos shall be available for the candidates. Each candidate will have the possibility to try the piano accordingly to the timetable arranged by the secretary's office.
Art.9
The audition will be recorded. The rights connected with recording of film taken during the auditions and any use of such material shall not involve payment of any kind to the relevant candidates.
Art.10
Candidates before every execution shall provide the examining committee with the music of their program, in the edition they are going to use. Compositions with multiple movements must be played integrally, with the exception of those compositions that are normally only partially executed in concerts (e.g. Brahms-Paganini: first or second book, single pieces from Gaspard de la nuit, Miroirs, lmages etc.)
Art.11
The sequence in which the pieces shall be played is up to every candidate. The distribution of brief intervals between the individual pieces must not exceed the normal concert standard. At expiry of maximum allowed time, the execution may be interrupted by the President of the committee.
Art.12
The examining committee consists of distinguished musicians. No persons having relations of kinship with the candidates may be, in no cases, part of the examining committee; the person, having at the moment or having had, private tuition relations with the candidates in the two years preceding the Competition, will not go to the specific polls. In accordance of what above mentioned, each member of the committee will write down a declaration specifying the own position towards the candidates.
Art.13
At the end of each audition, the Committee shall vote by means of a signed form; after the scrutiny a list of final results will follow and, upon request of the candidates, it will be possible to see also the votes assigned by each member of the Committee to the candidate. If any member of the examining committee, due to any reason, should not be present throughout the whole audition of any candidate, the President may invite him/her not to vote for the same candidate.
Art.14
The candidates to overcome the tests will be valued as follows:
- For the eliminatory audition with votes from 1 to 100;
- For the semi-final audition with votes from 60 to 100;
- For the final audition with votes from 80 to 100.
The First prize will only be assigned to the unanimity.
Not to influence averages with extreme votes, they shall be calculated excluding the lowest and the highest vote.
Art.15
In observance with the lists resulting from the auditions, taking into account the number of candidates, their average grading, and time available, the examining committee shall chose the candidates admitted to the next audition.
Art.16
All the auditions will be public.
Art.17
The decisions taken by the examining committee are final and unappealable.
Art.18 Single Audition Programme
Eliminatory audition
1. Chopin: a study;
2. Rachmaninoff, Liapunov, Scriabin, Debussy, Prokofieff, Bartòk, Strawinsky, Ligeti: a study;
3. A free piece by Thalberg (the score can be demand, contextually to the registration, to the reception office of the Study Centre).
Audition time must not exceed 20 minutes.
Semi-final audition
1. Liszt or Thalberg study (the 6 from Paganini also comprises);
2. One or more significant compositions of the Romantic period;
3. One or more significant compositions from Debussy onward.
Audition time must not exceed 40 minutes
Final audition
A recital program lasting from 50/60 minutes, including obligatory a classical sonata.
Art.19 Prizes
- First prize (Thalberg prize) € 5.000
- Second prize € 3.000
- Third prize € 2.000
The winner of the Thalberg prize will be engaged for some concerts and recitals in various italian festivals.
Art.20 Special prizes
- Vincenzo Vitale Prize € 1.000 for the youngest finalist
- Vincenzo Prince of Strongoli Prize of € 1.000 for the best Thalberg’s piece pertormance
- Ninetta Mangoni Prize of € 1.000 for the best woman finalist
Art.21
Independently from the voting given to every candidate, the Thalberg prize may not be awarded or assigned ex-aequo.
Art.22
In case of claims the official regulations are those written in italian.
