The 73rd Geneva International Music Competition will be offering piano & clarinet and will take place from 27 October - 15 November 2018. Candidates are invited to submit their applications before Friday 4th of May, 2018.
Sharon Kam
President of the Clarinet Jury 2018
Biography
Sharon Kam is one of the world’s leading clarinet soloists and has been working with renowned orchestras in the United States, Europe, and Japan for over 20 years. Mozart’s clarinet masterpieces have been an object of artistic focus for Ms. Kam since the beginning of her career. At the age of 16, she performed the Mozart Clarinet Concerto in her orchestral debut with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Zubin Mehta. A short time later, she performed the Clarinet Quintet with the Guarneri String Quartet in Carnegie Hall, New York.
As part of Mozart’s 250th birthday celebrations at the National Theatre in Prague, her interpretation of the Mozart concerto was televised live in 33 countries and is available on DVD. In the same year, she was able to realize her longtime dream of recording the Concerto and the Clarinet Quintet using the basset clarinet. Contributing to the widely praised disk were eminent string players Isabelle van Keulen, Ulrike-Anima Mathé, Volker Jacobsen and
Gustav Rivinus, as well as the Haydn Philharmonie.
As a passionate chamber musician, Sharon Kam regularly works with artists such as Lars Vogt, Christian Tetzlaff, Enrico Pace, Daniel Müller-Schott, Leif Ove Andsnes, Carolin Widmann and the Jerusalem Quartet. She is a frequent guest at festivals in Schleswig-Holstein, Heimbach, Rheingau, Risør, Cork, Verbier, and Delft, as well as the Schubertiade festival.
An active performer of contemporary music, she has premiered many works, including Krzysztof Penderecki’s Concerto and Quartet and concertos by Herbert Willi (at the Salzburg Festival), Iván Erőd and Peter Ruzicka (at Donaueschingen). Sharon Kam feels at home in a variety of musical genres – from classical to modern music and jazz – a fact reflected in her diverse discography. She received the ECHO “Instrumentalist of the Year” award two times: in 1998, for her Weber recording with the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig and Kurt Masur, and in 2006, for her CD with the Leipzig Radio Orchestra featuring works by Spohr, Weber, Rossini and Mendelssohn. Her “American Classics” CD with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by her husband Gregor Bühl, was awarded the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik Prize.
In 2013 she released a recording entitled “Opera!”. This collaboration with the Württembergisches Kammerorchester, conducted by Ruben Gazarian, includes transcriptions of operatic arias ranging from Rossini and Puccini to Wolf-Ferrari, arranged for clarinet and chamber orchestra. The release was accompanied by an inaugural tour. To mark the 100th anniversary of Max Reger's death in 2016, her chamber music partners from her Mozart recording rejoined to record the clarinet quintets by Reger and Brahms (Edel, October 2015).
In the 2016/2017 season, Sharon Kam and her CD partners will be performing the Mozart, Brahms and Reger Quintetts on tour. She can be heard in Dijon, Munich, Stuttgart, Bergen, Budapest, Bern, at the Schubertiade and will again be touring with her “Opera!” program.
Photo © Maike Helbig
Events
14.11.2018 - 19:00 - Bâtiment des Forces Motrices
Clarinet - Final round
CLARINET - FINAL ROUND WITH ORCHESTRA
Vitor Fernandes, 24 ans, Portugal
Jaehyuck Choi (Né en 1994)
"Nocturne III", Concerto pour clarinette et orchestre (2017)
Julius Rietz (1775-1838)
Concerto en sol mineur, Op. 29 (1857)
Allegro agitato
Adagio
Allegro vivace
Kevin Spagnolo, 22 ans, Italie
Jaehyuck Choi (Né en 1994)
"Nocturne III", Concerto pour clarinette et orchestre (2017)
Bernhard Henryk Crusell (1775-1838)
Concerto N°2 en fa mineur, Op. 5 (1818)
Allegro
Andante pastorale
Rondo: Allegretto
Carlos Ferreira, 24 ans, Portugal
Jaehyuck Choi (Né en 1994)
"Nocturne III", Concerto pour clarinette et orchestre (2017)
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Concerto N°1 en fa mineur, Op. 73 (1811)
Allegro
Adagio ma non troppo
Rondo. Allegretto
With L'Orchestre de Chambre de Genève
Conducted by Pierre Bleuse
The final round is followed by the official prize-giving ceremony
Live broadcast on Espace 2
Live video stream on YouTube and www.concoursgeneve.ch
11.11.2018 - 01.01.1970 - 10:30 / 18:00 - Centre des Arts
Clarinet - Semi-final
CLARINET - SEMI-FINAL ROUND (max. 6 candidates)
- W. A. Mozart: quintet for clarinet (or bass clarinet) and string quartet K. 581
- One of the following pieces at choice:
- L. Bassi: fantasy on "Rigoletto" for clarinet and piano
- Lovreglio: fantasy on "Traviata" for clarinet and piano
- One of the following pieces at choice:
- L. Bernstein: sonata for clarinet and piano
- Poulenc: sonata for clarinet and piano
- W. Lutoslawski: Dance Preludes
- B. Martinu: Sonatina for clarinet and piano
- M. Arnold: Sonatina for clarinet and piano, Op. 29
The Semi-final round takes place at the Centre des Arts at the Geneva International School, 62, route de Chêne)
10:30 - Mr. Giovanni PUNZI, 29 years old, Italy
W.A. Mozart, Quintet for clarinet and string quartet K. 581
With the Quatuor Girard
D. Lovreglio, Fantasy on "Traviata" for clarinet and piano
Saya Hashino, piano
F. Poulenc, Sonata for clarinet and piano
Saya Hashino, piano
11:40 - Mr. Vitor FERNANDES, 24 years old, Portugal
L. Bassi, Fantasy on "Rigoletto" for clarinet and piano
Ivani Venturieri, piano
W. Lutoslawski, Dance Preludes
Ivani Venturieri, piano
W.A. Mozart, Quintet for clarinet and string quartet K. 581
With the Quatuor Girard
12:50 - Mr. Kevin SPAGNOLO, 22 years old, Italy
W.A. Mozart, Quintet for clarinet and string quartet K. 581
With the Quatuor Girard
W. Lutoslawski, Dance Preludes
Ivani Venturieri, piano
D. Lovreglio, Fantasy on "Traviata" for clarinet and piano
Ivani Venturieri, piano
18:00 - Mr. Gervasio TARRAGONA VALLI, 29 years old, Uruguay
F. Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and piano
Luca Delle Donne, piano
L. Bassi, Fantasy on "Rigoletto" for clarinet and piano
Luca Delle Donne, piano
W.A. Mozart, Quintet for clarinet and string quartet K. 581
With the Quatuor Hermès
19:10 - Mr. Sergey ELETSKIY, 29 years old, Russia
W.A. Mozart, Quintet for clarinet and string quartet K. 581
With the Quatuor Hermès
B. Martinů : Sonatina for clarinet and piano
Saya Hashino, piano
L. Bassi, Fantasy on "Rigoletto" for clarinet and piano
Saya Hashino, piano
20:20 - Mr. Carlos FERREIRA, 24 years old, Portugal
W.A. Mozart, Quintet for clarinet and string quartet K. 581
With the Quatuor Hermès
D. Lovreglio, Fantasy on "Traviata" for clarinet and piano
Shinobu Tanaka, piano
F. Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and piano
Shinobu Tanaka, piano
09.11.2018 - 11:00 / 18:00 - Studio Ansermet
Clarinet - Recital II
CLARINET - RECITAL II (max. 18 candidates –max. 45 min.)
- J. Brahms: Sonata for clarinet and piano Op. 120 n°1 or Op. 120 n°2 (24')
- Rest of the programme at free choice of candidates (20 min.)
08.11.2018 - 01.01.1970 - 10:00 / 15:00 - Studio Ansermet
Clarinet - Recital II
CLARINET - RECITAL II (max. 18 candidates –max. 45 min.)
- J. Brahms: Sonata for clarinet and piano Op. 120 n°1 or Op. 120 n°2 (24')
- Rest of the programme at free choice of candidates (20 min.)
04.11.2018 - 01.01.1970 - 10:00 / 18:00 - Institut Jaques-Dalcroze
Clarinet - recital I
CLARINET - RECITAL I (max. 60 candidates - max. 30 min.)
PROGRAMME
- Robert Schumann
Fantasiestücke for clarinet and piano (12')
- One of the following pieces at choice:
- F. Donatoni: "Clair» (1st mvt) for clarinet solo (4')
- H. Holliger "Rechant" for clarinet solo (6')
- M. Jarrell: "Assonance" for clarinet solo (9')
- Mantovani: "Bug" for clarinet solo (6')
- J. Widmann: "Fantaisie" for clarinet solo (7')
- K. Stockhausen: « der kleine Harlekin » for clarinet solo (9’)
- E. Denisov: Sonata for clarinet solo (8’)
10:00 - Mr. Giovanni PUNZI, 29 ans, Italie
R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73
B. Mantovani : Bug, pour clarinette solo
Au piano: Saya Hashino
10:25 - Mr. Alexey VOVCHENKO, 25 ans, Russie
R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73
E. Denisov : Sonate, pour clarinette solo
Au piano: Saya Hashino
10:50 - Mr. Lilian LEFEBVRE, 22 ans, France
R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73
F. Donatoni : Clair (1er mvt), pour clarinette solo
Au piano: Shinobu Tanaka
11:15 - Mr. István KOHÁN, 28 ans, Hongrie
R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73
F. Donatoni : Clair (1er mvt), pour clarinette solo
Au piano: Saya Hashino
12:00 - Ms Yung-Yuan CHIANG, 20 ans, Taïwan
R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73
E. Denisov : Sonate, pour clarinette solo
Au piano: Ivani Venturieri
12:25 - Ms Tomomi INOUE, 24 ans, Japon
R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73
F. Donatoni : Clair (1er mvt), pour clarinette solo
Au piano: Shinobu Tanaka
12:50 - Ms Claudia CAMARASA FORT, 25 ans, Espagne
R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73
F. Donatoni : Clair (1er mvt), pour clarinette solo
Au piano: Shinobu Tanaka
18:00 - Mr. Mattia ACETO, 25 ans, Italie
F. Donatoni : Clair (1er mvt), pour clarinette solo
R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73
Au piano: Silvia Ciammaglichella
18:25 - Mr. Magnus HOLMANDER, 25 ans, Suède
R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73
E. Denisov : Sonate, pour clarinette solo
Au piano: Shinobu Tanaka
18:50 - Mr. Vitor FAMILIAR FERNANDES, 24 ans, Portugal
R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73
F. Donatoni : Clair (1er mvt), pour clarinette solo
Au piano: Ivani Venturieri
19:35 - Mr. Nikita LIUTIKOV, 27 ans, Russie
R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73
J. Widmann : Fantaisie pour clarinette solo
Au piano: Shinobu Tanaka
20:00 - Ms Anna GAGANE, 26 ans, Lettonie
E. Denisov : Sonate, pour clarinette solo
R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73
Au piano: Saya Hashino
20:25 - Mr. Amaury VIDUVIER, 27 ans, France
R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73
F. Donatoni : Clair (1er mvt), pour clarinette solo
Au piano: Shinobu Tanaka
04.05.2018 - Online registration
Piano & clarinet 2018