7^th International Competition
“Giovani Musicisti - Città di Treviso”


7^th International Piano Competition


April 11^th, 12^th, 17^th, 18^th and 19^th 2014

Category A: for people born from 2007, Free choice program max lengh 8 minutes
Category B: for people born from 2004 to 2006, Free choice program max lengh 10 minutes
Category C: for people born from 2001 to 2003, Free choice program max lengh 10 minutes
Category D: for people born from 1998 to 2000 , Free choice program max lengh 15 minutes
Category E: for people born from 1995 to 1997, Free choice program max lengh 15 minutes
Category F: for people born from 1991 to 1994, Free choice program max lengh 15 minutes
Category G: for people born from 1991 to 1994, Preliminary round and Final Round
Category H: for people born from 1985 to 1990, Free choice program max lengh 15 minutes
Category I: for people born from 1985 to 1990, Preliminary round and Final Round


Only for Category G - Section I
PRELIMINARY ROUND
a) J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue from the well-tempered clavier.
b) A study chosen among those of Bartok, Casella, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin and Stravinskij.
c) Free choice program max lengh 10 minutes
Only candidates who will have achieved at least 85 points are admitted to the Final round.
FINAL ROUND
a) Free choice program max lengh 20 minutes.

Only for Category I - Section I
PRELIMINARY SELECTION
Recording (audio or video) of the proposed repertoire for the preliminary round, accompanied by the recorded admission repertoire list (see Appen-dix). Applicants may provide online link to recording and (or) send recording to the Organizing Committee address in any conven-tional format (CD, DVD, USB, flash-drive, etc.). For the applicants' performance to be clearly evaluated, the recording must be of suffi-ciently high quality.
PRELIMINARY ROUND
a) J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue from the well-tempered clavier.
b) A study chosen among those of Bartok, Casella, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin and Stravinskij.
c) Free choice program max lengh 15 minutes.
SEMI-FINAL ROUND
One sonata.
FINAL ROUND
Whole concerto for piano and orchestra chosen among the following:
W.A. Mozart: KV 271, KV 459, KV 466, KV 467, KV 488, KV 595
L. van Beethoven: No. 1, 2 and 3
F. Chopin: E minor opus 11 or F minor opus 21
R. Schumann: A minor op. 54
E. Grieg: A minor op. 16

The orchestra part will be performed by a pianist of the organization.
However, coming with one's own collaborator pianist is allowed.

Only for Categories G and I - Section II
PRELIMINARY ROUND
Program of free choice of a maximum duration of 10 minutes performing pieces for a single instrument.
Only candidates who will have achieved at least 85 points are admitted to the Final round.
FINAL ROUND
Free choice program max lengh 15 minutes.
It is forbidden to repeat compositions already played in any previous round.

Only for Categories G and I - Sections III, IV
PRELIMINARY ROUND
Free choice program max lengh 10 minutes.
Only candidates who will have achieved at least 85 points are admitted to the Final round.
FINAL ROUND
Free choice program max lengh 15 minutes.
It is forbidden to repeat compositions already played in any previous round.

Only for Categories G and I - Section VI
PRELIMINARY ROUND
The candidate will have to perform a number of 5 opera arias (if possible with recitative and cabaletta) of which 3 belonging to the Italian repertoire of the 1800s and of the 1900s, and 2 other arias in a foreign language. The candidate will have to perform 2 arias, the first one chosen by him and the second one chosen by the commission.
Only candidates who will have achieved at least 85 points are admitted to the Final round.
FINAL ROUND
Free choice program max lengh 15 minutes.
It is forbidden to repeat compositions already played in any previous round.


Art. 3 - Schedule
Sections I and III will perform on April 17^th, 18^th and 19^th 2015.
Sections II, IV, V and VII will perform on April 11^th and 12^th 2015.
Sections II (only Harp), VI, VIII, IX, X and IX will perform on April 18^th and 19^th 2015.


Art. 4 - Auditions
Candidates will be admitted to auditions in alphabetical order. The calendar of the auditions for each individual category will be available in due time. All performances will be open to the public. The auditions will take place at the Academy  “Studio Musica” (the calendar will be made public later). The candidates will access information about the day and the time of their audition at the Academy office or on the website www.studiomusicatreviso.it.
Participants must be present half-hour before the audition time for the call. Late candidates will be allowed to participate only upon the judges’ authorization, before category registration is closed.
Prior to their audition, candidates will leave with the judges an ID and 3 copies of the selections to be performed.


Art. 5 - Panel of judges
The assessing panel is made up of music school teachers, music operators, musicologists and journalists. The judges will vote individually, through secret ballot, in hundredths. The mean value will be calculated by leaving out the highest and the lowest score.


Art. 6 - Scores, award nights
The overall winner of each category will be the candidate with the highest score, not below 98/100.
The first place will be awarded to candidates with a score of 95/100 or above.
The second place will be awarded to candidates with a score of 90/100 or above.
The third place will be awarded to candidates with a score of 85/100 or above.

All first, second and third place finalists will receive an award and a certificate of attendance.
All other candidates will receive an attendance certificate.

For the competitors with the best score (not lower than 98/100), the following grants will be awarded by the Comissioners of this competition, following the instructions of the Board of Examiners: