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Presentation

The Oboe Competition 2021 was open to all candidates born after 29 October 1991. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the first part of the 2021 edition was held online. Selected candidates had until August 15th 2021 to submit their video recordings of the Online Recital, which was streamed virtually mid-September. Candidates qualified for the Semi-Finals were invited to pursue the competition from October 25th in Geneva, Switzerland. The Final round of the Oboe Competition was held on 29 October at Victoria Hall with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Douglas Boyd.


Marigaux, Paris, Official Partner of the Oboe Competition 2021

Candidates

32 oboists aged 19 to 29 from 32 nationalities were selected upon video recording to take part in the 75th Geneva International Music Competition. They had until August 15th to submit their video recordings of the Online Recital, which was streamed virtually from 13-19 September.

> SELECTED CANDIDATES

SEMI-FINALISTS

FINALISTS

 

Prizewinners

FIRST PRIZE
Not attributed

SECOND PRIZE 
Not attributed

THIRD PRIZE EX AEQUO
Ms. Natalia Auli, 26 years old, Venezuela
Mr. Louis Baumann, 26 years old, France
Mr. Zhiyu Sandy Xu, 28 years old, Australia


SPECIAL PRIZES

AUDIENCE PRIZE
Ms. Natalia Auli, 26 years old, Venezuela

YOUNG AUDIENCE PRIZE
Ms. Natalia Auli, 26 years old, Venezuela

STUDENTS PRIZE
Ms. Natalia Auli, 26 years old, Venezuela

MARIGAUX PRIZE     
Not attributed

ROSE-MARIE HUGUENIN PRIZE
Ms. Natalia Auli, 26 years old, Venezuela
Mr. Louis Baumann, 26 years old, France
Mr. Zhiyu Sandy Xu, 28 years old, Australia

If you wish to book a concert with one of the Geneva Competition's prizewinners, please contact directly the Competition.

  1. The Audience Prize is awarded by the audience at the Final performance.
  2. The Young Audience Prize is awarded by young students of partner schools.
  3. The Students Prize is awarded by students in musicology and of partner Universities of Music.
  4. The Marigaux Prize is awarded to the competition's winner and consists in a prestigious oboe (model 901/2001/M2) to be chosen at Marigaux's workshop in Paris. 
  5. The Rose-Marie Huguenin Prize is awarded to every official Prizewinner and consists in an international concerts tour.


Marigaux, Paris, Official Partner of the Oboe Competition 2021

Jury

Alexei Ogrintchouk, Russia / Netherlands, President
Rossana Calvi (Italy)
Nora Cismondi, France
Gordon Hunt, UK
Eugene Izotov, USA
Yiu Song Lam, Hong Kong / China
Marie-Luise Modersohn, Germany

Preselection Jury:

Alexei Ogrintchouk, Russia, President
Jean-Louis Capezzali, France
Nora Cismondi, France
Johannes Grosso, France
Marie-Lise Schüpbach, Switzerland

Subject to possible changes

 

 

Calendar

Programme

A. PRELIMINARY ROUND - VIDEO RECORDING (max. 30 min.)

  1. G. Telemann: One Fantasia for solo oboe
  2. G. Silvestrini: One Etude for solo oboe from « Etudes Russes »
  3. Third piece at free choice, with piano accompaniment        

The works chosen for the preliminary round may be performed again during the competition. The piece at free choice is meant to show candidates musical personality. Recording all the movements is not mandatory.

B. ONLINCE RECITAL (max. 30 candidates - max. duration 45 min.)

  1. One piece with piano by Robert or Clara Schumann:
  • R. Schumann: 3 Romances, Op. 94
  • R. Schumann: Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70
  • R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 for oboe d’amore and piano
  • C. Schumann: 3 Romances, Op. 22
  1. One modern piece with piano from the following list:
  • B. Britten: Temporal Variations
  • F. Poulenc: Sonata
  • A. Dorati: Duo Concertante 
  • N. Skalkottas: Concertino
  • P. Haas: Suite
  • H. Dutilleux: Sonata
  • R. Casadesus: Sonata, Op. 23
  • P. Hindemith: Sonata for English horn
  1. One contemporary work for solo oboe to be chosen from the following list:
  • I. Yun Piri
  • N. Castiglioni: Aleph
  • L. Berio: Sequenza VII
  • E. Carter: Inner Song
  • B. Maderna: Solo
  • D. Wen: Traces III
  • H. Holliger: Studie über Mehrklänge
  1. One piece at free choice (with or without piano)
    Determining factors include originality, choice of repertoire and variety.

C. SEMI-FINAL ROUND (8 candidates, max. duration 60 minutes)      

  1. W. A. Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F Maj KV370
     
  2. One baroque sonata at free choice (with harpsichord) by one of the following composers:
  • A. Vivaldi, J. S. Bach, CPE Bach, F. Couperin
  1. One contemporary work from the 20th or 21st centuries at free choice, with or without electronic, for oboe or another instrument of the oboe family (oboe musette, oboe d’amore, English horn, baritone oboe, lupophon)
     
  2. Rest of the programme at free choice.
    Works already performed in the Online Recital may not be repeated. Determining factors include originality, choice of repertoire and variety.

D. FINAL ROUND WITH ORCHESTRA (3 finalists)

  1. One of the following concerto for oboe and ensemble (Prizewinning works Geneva Composition Competition 2019):
  1. R. Strauss: Oboe concerto in D Maj

With the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Douglas Boyd