PIANO GENERAL CONDITIONS
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The 65th Geneva Competition is open, regardless of sex or nationality
- to all pianists born after October 30, 1980
There are no exceptions to this rule.
Candidates who have already won a first Prize at one of the earlier Geneva Competitions (ex-CIEM Geneva) are not allowed to enter for the same discipline again.
Registration
The deadline for submission of registrations is April 30, 2010 (date of postmark).
Registrations will only be considered as final after receipt of a dossier comprising (by ordinary mail or email - thank you for sending documents of good quality):
- An official confirmation of candidate's age (birth certificate or copy of passport).
- A brief CV (studies, schools, teachers, professional activities).
- Two recent photographs of high quality.
- Proof of payment of the registration fee.
- A presentation letter signed by a teacher or musician of international standing.
- A non-edited audio recording (CD or good-quality computer file) containing the required programme for the selection/preliminary audition file and carrying the date and place of the recording. It must be accompanied by a letter countersigned by the above-mentioned musician and confirming the authenticity of the recording.
Candidates who have sent these documents by e-mail must make sure their registration is valid by requesting the Competition management to provide written acknowledgement of receipt
Registration fee
The registration fee for the 2009 Geneva Competition is
CHF 250.- (two hundred and fifty Swiss francs) payable in a single instalment.
Payment should be made to:
Banque Cantonale de Genève
Quai de l'Ile 17
Case postale 2251
CH - 1211 Geneva 2
N° Swift : BCGECHGG
N° IBAN : CH 68 0078 8001 S 077 6119 5
Clearing : 788
N°Account : S 776.11.95 Concours de Genève
Payment can be made by credit card (Visa or Eurocard/Mastercard) directly on our website. In this case, candidates will need to send us a copy of their payment along with the registration documents.
Cheques are not accepted.
The registration fee is not refundable under any circumstances.
Arrival, accomodation, transport
As far as possible, the Reception Committee of the Friends of the Geneva Competition Association arranges accommodation with families.
The Geneva International Music Competition, through the medium of the Committee, provides participants in the Competition with two daily meal vouchers worth CHF 20 each, right from the time of their arrival and so long as they are still in the Competition. These vouchers cannot be used concurrently.
Once they are eliminated from the Competition, candidates who wish to stay on in Geneva must pay for their own board and lodging.
On the registration day in Geneva, candidates will receive a pass that they will need to have with them throughout the competition. Representing the Competition identity card, this document will give them access to the phases of the competition performed in public and will also enable them to receive a free ticket for the Final. Moreover, this pass also gives them free use of Geneva public transport throughout the competition.
The Geneva International Music Competition will refund half the travel expenses with a ceiling of CHF 700 (economy class plane ticket or 2nd class train ticket or the equivalent of the latter for a car journey) for candidates who reach the final rounds (Semi-Final), unless they start their journey in Switzerland or within a 300-km radius of Geneva.
Candidates have responsibility to take out a health and accident insurance policy for the duration of their stay in Geneva.
The competition
Preliminary auditions:
The purpose of the preliminary selections based on audio recordings is to eliminate candidates who are not up to the standards required to take part in the public phases of the Competition and thus to reduce the number of candidates for these public performances. This preliminary phase takes place in camera in the presence of an international jury chaired by the President of the 2010 piano competition, in a studio guaranteeing the best possible listening conditions. The names of the selected candidates will be published on our website by June 30th 2010. They will be personally advised and will receive by June 30th 2010 the official invitation to participate, specifying the time and place they are expected in Geneva.
Draw:
An overall draw will be organised after the registration day to determine the order in which candidates will perform throughout the competition.
If a case of absolute necessity should prevent a candidate from being present at this session, he or she must justify their absence in due time, at least 72 hours prior to the draw. At the candidate's express request, a person designated by the candidate or a representative of the Geneva Music Competition will draw a number in their stead. The candidate is then kindly requested to contact the secretariat immediately regarding the day and time when they must be ready for the first-round performance before the jury.
The order established by the draw cannot be modified, except if the management decides otherwise or in case of absolute necessity. In any case, the Competition management is solely entitled to take such a decision.
Generally speaking, the Competition undertakes to follow the schedule established for each candidate after the draw. Likewise, each candidate, once the order and timing are known, is under obligation to arrive at the test in due time for the schedule they have been given.
Public performances:
The Competition consists of the following stages:
- First Round: Recital I
- Second Round: Recital II
- Third Round: Semi-Final
- Fourth Round: Final (with orchestra)
The results are announced after each round. Decisions of the jury are final.
PRIZES AND AWARDS
Official prizes
The Geneva Competition offers the following official prizes:
- First Prize CHF 20,000 (= approx. € 13,000)
- Second Prize CHF 12,000 (= approx. € 8,000)
- Third Prize CHF 8,000 (= approx. € 5,200)
Special prizes
- Audience Prize: CHF 1,500
- "Paul Streit" Special Prize: CHF 3,000
- "Georges Leibenson" Special Prize: CHF 3'000.-
- "Coup de coeur Breguet" Special Prize
- A Breguet watch will be offered to the winner of a first prize
The Audience Prize is awarded by the audience at the Final performance.
The "Paul Streit" Special Prize is awarded toa particularly deserving pianist.
The "Georges Leibenson" Special Prize" is awarded to a particularly deserving pianist.
The "Coup de Coeur Breguet" Special Prize consists in the recording of a "Portrait CD" with an orchestra
Prize-giving ceremony
The prizes, awards and diplomas signed by the President and the members of the Jury as well as the President of the Geneva Music Competition, will be presented to Laureates during the prize-giving ceremony which will take place at the close of Final.
Engagements, recordings
Prizewinners will be offered engagements for a period of two years after the conclusion of the competition. These engagements are organized and managed by l'Agence de concerts Promusica-Genève, the official concert agency of the Geneva Competition.
Radio Suisse Romande Espace 2 will record and broadcast the Semi-Final and the Final. The management of the Geneva Competition reserves the right to choose the excerpts from recordings of the top prizewinning performances for the production of a CD. Candidates selected for the final phases, Semi-Final and Final, will each receive a recording of their performance. This recording must not under any circumstance be distributed in any form whatsoever without the agreement of the Competition management. Candidates shall answer to other parties involved for any abusive use of these recordings.
Prizewinners waive all and any rights to recordings and/or radio or TV broadcasts and/or internet of the categories featured at the Geneva Competition.
A prizewinners' concert will be held in Geneva in spring 2011, bringing together the most outstanding prizewinners of the 2010 event.
Prizewinners undertake to honour, as far as possible, the various engagements offered to them in the two years following the end of the Competition.
Jury
The appointment of the seven Jury members is the sovereign responsibility of the Artistic Committee of the Competition. Members are chosen for their international renown in the music world, regardless of any racial, ideological, political or linguistic considerations. The Geneva Music Competition imposes an extremely strict set of regulations on Jury members, including several general rules and differentiated voting procedures according to the various stages in the competition. The main points of these regulations are available on the Competition website.
MISCELANEOUS
Programme
Candidates are required to send their programme prior to the final deadline of April 30th, 2010. Nonetheless, they still have the possibility of modifying it within one month of receiving the invitation, meaning up until July 30th 2010. After that date, no changes may be made to the programme, unless this were to be specifically required by the Artistic Committee of the Competition.
Unless otherwise specified, all works are to be played by heart, apart from the original imposed works.
Musical scores
Candidates are expected to use the original musical scores of the works they perform. The Geneva Music Competition cannot be deemed responsible for any fraud that might be committed by a candidate in this field (such as the public use of illegal copies). Candidates are required to provide the Competition management with the musical scores they intend to perform, and may do so during the registration session in Geneva.
