The Competition is held in two (2) stages:1. Primary Stage: Deadline for application: 20th December 2012 (according to the post mark). The Organizing Committee will make a preliminary selection based on the application material and decide the qualification of the contestants. The applicant will be notified of the results by January 20th 2013 through our website and by email (provided in the application form).2. Final Stage: There are four (4) categories:Category A: Born in the year 2000 and younger (13 years old and younger)Category B: Born between 1996 – 1999 (14-17 years old)Category C: Born between 1992 –1995 (18-21 years oldCategory D: No age limitTo determine the age you should consider the calendar year (from 1.1. till 31.12). A younger contestant may compete in the higher age category though the contestant is allowed to take part just in one age category only.

 

Repertoire (free duration)

 

Category A

 

First Round:

-Free choice of pieces including- One Etude (free choice)

– Any of J. S. Bach’s Two part Inventions

– Free choice of any Sonatina (1st movement, or 2nd and 3rd movements together)or Variations or Rondos

 

Second Round:

– Free choice of a piece by a Romantic composer

 

– Piece(s) of a Greek or a Brazilian composerPlease, choose from the following list:

 

(Greek composers)

I. One piece (free choice) from Manolis Kalomiris’ „Easy Piano pieces for Greek children – 1st Set“ or

II. Three pieces (free choice) from Yannis Constantinidis’ „44 Miniatures on original Greek folk tunes“ („Pieces for children“) – 1st Book

 

(Brazilian composers)

ERNESTO NAZARETH: ‘Odéon’ (Tango brasileiro) or ‘Brejeiro’ (Tango brasileiro)orHEITOR VILLA-LOBOS: One Movement from the “Suite infantil No 2”

 

Final Round:

– Free choice from the Concertos listed bellow – with accompaniment of a String Ensemble (Quartet), which will be provided by the Competition:

a) W. A. Mozart – Piano Concerto K.V. 107 no 2 in G Major (all movements)

b) J. S.  Bach – Piano Concerto in F Minor BWV 1056 (all movements)

c) Tomasso Giordani – Piano Concerto in C Major, op. 23 (all movements)

 

Category B

 

First Round:

– One Etude by M.  Moszkowsky, F. Chopin, S. Rachmaninoff, C.  Debussy, F. Liszt

– J. S. Bach – free choice from the Sinfonias or any Gigue from the French Suites

– Free choice of any Sonata (1st movement, or 2nd and 3rd movements together)or Variations, Rondos from Composers of classical period (J. Haydn, W. A. Mozart, L. V. Beethoven, M. Clementi.

 

Second Round:

–  Free choice of a piece by a Romantic composer

 

– Piece(s) of a Greek or a Brazilian composer

Please, choose from the following list:

 

(Greek composers)MANOLIS KALOMIRIS: ‘Petit Prélude’ & ‘Perpetuum mobile’ (both pieces together) (from „Easy Piano pieces for Greek children“ – Sets III & II respectively) or

YANNIS CONSTANTINIDIS: Nos 25, 37 & 44 (all three pieces together) from the „44 Miniatures on original Greek folk tunes“ („Pieces for children“) or

YANNIS CONSTANTINIDIS: Etude No 1 (from the „6 Etudes on Greek folk rhythms“)

 

(Brazilian composers)

One piece of the following:HENRIQUE OSWALD: Il neige

ALBERTO NEPOMUCENO: Rigaudon from „Suite Antiga“, Op.11

ERNESTO NAZARETH: ‘Apanhei-te Cavaquinho’ – Polca & Nenê (Baby) – Tango brasileiro (both pieces together)

RADAMÉS GNATTALI: Vaidosa – Valsa

MARLOS NOBRE : Nazarethiana

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS: 3 pieces from ‘Cirandinhas’ (free choice)

 

Final Round:

– Free choice from the Concertos listed bellow – with accompaniment of a String Ensemble (Quartet), which will be provided by the Competition:

a)W. A. Mozart – A First movement of Piano Concertos K. V.  413, 414, 415

b)J. S.  Bach – Piano Concerto in D Minor BWV 1052 (First movement only)

c) J. Haydn – Piano Concerto in D Major (all movements)

 

Category C

 

First Round:

One Etude by:  F. Chopin, F. Liszt, F. Mendelssohn, S. Rachmaninoff, C. Debussy, S. Prokofiev

– J. S. Bach: free choice of any Prelude and Fugue from WTK

– Free choice of any Sonata (1st movement, or 2nd and 3rd movements)or Variations, from following Composers – J. Haydn, W.A. Mozart, L.V.Beethoven, M. Clementi, F. Schubert.

 

Second Round:

– Free choice of a piece by a Romantic composer

– Free choice of a piece by 20th century composer

 

–  Piece(s) of Greek or Brazilian composers

Please, choose from the following list:

 

(Greek composers)YANNIS CONSTANTINIDIS: Sonatina No 3 on folk songs of Dodanese (all Movements)orYANNIS CONSTANTINIDIS: Sonatina No 2 on folk songs of Epirus (all Movements)

 

(Brazilian composer)HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS: selection from „Prole do Bebê“, series 1:Two (2) pieces from the following:- Moreninha (A Boneca de Massa) – Little Brunette Doll (The Paste Doll)- Negrinha (A Boneca de Pau) – Little Black Doll (The Wooden Doll)- A Bruxa (A Boneca de Pano) – The Witch (The Cloth Doll)- O Polichinelo – The Punch

 

or HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS: One of the following albums of “Guia Prático”: No 1, 2, 3, 8, 9

 

Final Round:

– Free choice from the Concertos listed bellow – with accompaniment of a String Ensemble (Quartet or Quintet), which will be provided by the Competition:

a) W. A. Mozart – Piano Concertos KV 413, 414, 415, 449, 459 (all movements)

b) J. S.  Bach – Piano Concerto in D Minor BWV 1052 (all movements)

c) L. V. Beethoven – Piano Concerto no 3 op. 37 (First Movement only)

d) F. Chopin – Piano Concerto no 1, Op. 11 (First Movement only)

Piano Concerto no 2, Op.21 (First Movement only)

 

Category D

 

First Round:

– One Etude by:  F. Chopin,F. Liszt, F. Mendelsohn, S. Rachmaninoff, C. Debussy, S. Prokofiev, I. Stravinsky, B. Bartók, N. Kapustin

– J. S. Bach: free choice of any Prelude and Fugue from WTK

-Free choice of any Sonata (all movements) by:J. Haydn, W.A. Mozart, L.V. Beethoven, M. Clementi, F. Schubert, P.Tchaikovsky, S. Prokofiev

 

Second Round:

– Free choice of a piece by a Romantic composer

 

– Free choice of a piece by 20th century composerPiece(s) of a Greek or a Brazilian composer

 Please, choose from the following list:

 

(Greek composers)Four (4) Dances (free choice) from YANNIS CONSTANTINIDIS „8 Greek Island Dances“orMANOS HADJIDAKIS: ‘Syrtós’, ‘Bállos’, ‘Kalamatianós’ & ‘Grand Soústa’ (all four  pieces together) from “For a little white seashell”orMIKIS THEODORAKIS: Petite Suite (all Movements)

 

(Brazilian composer)

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS: 3 pieces from ‘Cirandas’ (free choice)

 

 Final Round:

–   Free choice from the Concertos listed bellow – with accompaniment of a String Ensemble (Quartet or Quintet), which will be provided by the Competition:

W. A. Mozart – Piano Concertos KV 271 or 453 (all Movements)

L. V. Beethoven – Piano Concerto no 3 op. 37 (all Movements)

L. V. Beethoven – Piano Concerto no 4 op. 58 (all Movements)

L. V. Beethoven – Piano Concerto no 5 op. 73 (all Movements)

F. Mendelssohn – Piano Concerto no 2 op. 40 (all Movements)

F. Chopin – Piano Concerto no 1, Op. 11 (All movements)

Piano Concerto no 2, Op. 21 (All movements)

Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante op. 22

 

 

Prizes

 

Category A  1st Prize: 850 € / 2nd Prize: 550 € / 3rd Prize: 400 €

 

Category B  1st Prize: 1000 € / 2nd Prize: 650 € / 3rd Prize: 450 €

 

Category C  1st Prize: 1350 € / 2nd Prize: 750 € / 3rd Prize: 550 €

 

Category D1st Prize: 1600 € & a CD recording with the company “Sheva Collection” (www.shevacollection.it) – conditions of the CD recording will  be discussed later / 2nd Prize: 900 € / 3rd Prize: 600 €

 

Grand Prix “Roberto Szidon” : 2000 €To be awarded by the Jury after final voting of all the 1st Prize Winners (all age Categories) in the Prize Winners’ Gala Concert at the end of the Competition.

 

Special Prize for the best performance of a Brazilian composer’s work: 300 €

 

Special Prize for the best performance of a Greek composer’s work: 300 €

 

Special Prize “Roberto Szidon sound”: 300 € (offered by Dino Mastroyiannis in ,memoriam of his Teacher, Roberto Szidon)

 

Other special prizes to be announced later

 

Fees

 

Non-refundable Registration FeeGreece, Brazil & EU: 50 € East European countries (non EU): 40 € Countries of the rest of the world: 60 €

 

Non-refundable Participation Fee (Category A) Greece & Brazil: 100 €  / EU: 125 € / East European countries (non EU): 80 € Rest of the world: 150 €

 

(Category B) Greece & Brazil : 130 €  / EU: 155 € / East European countries (non EU): 100 €Rest of the world: 180 €

 

(Category C) Greece & Brazil: 160 €  / EU: 190 € / East European countries (non EU): 130 €Rest of the world: 210 €

 

(Category D) Greece & Brazil: 190 €  / EU: 220 € / East European countries (non EU): 150 €Rest of the world: 250 €

 

Countries of the European Union (EU):Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

 

East European countries (non EU):Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Kosovo, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

 

Countries of the rest of the world:All other countries

 

Application procedure

 

1. Four (4) glossy photographs (4cm X 3cm) should be included.2. All participants are required to submit a DVD recording of one solo piano piece chosen from the First Stage for preliminary judging.3. A non-refundable Registration Fee.4. A photocopy of International Passport5. A photocopy of Birth Certificate or Identity card (for Greek and European Union citizens).6. A recommendation letter from a teacher. The applicants who won prizes at national and international competitions do not have to send letters of recommendation. Instead, they have to enclose the notarized certificate of their prize(s).7. All Registration & Participants fees must be paid by bank tranfer in the name of „Koinofeles Idryma N. E. Porphyrogeni“ („Porphyrogenis Foundation“)  – Agria, Greece. This amount, free of charges for the Competition, must be paid to the following bank account:KOINOFELES IDRYMA N. E. PORPHYROGENIEFG EUROBANK ERGASIAS Conto No: 0026.0026.96.0200229486IBAN: GR6602600260000960200229486SWIFT (BIC): EFGBGRAA8. Applicants who have been accepted after the preliminary judging are obliged to pay the Participation Fee.9. The result of the preliminary judging will be announced in our website by January 20th 2013.10. All applicants who passed the preliminary judging must pay the non-refundable Participation Fee by February 20th 2013. If payment is not made by the deadline, the applicants will be disqualified automatically from the Competition.11. All applications will not be processed without a complete Application Form, non-refundable Registration Fee and related documents.12. Application Forms, which are not clearly or correctly written, will not be accepted.13.The name of candidate in the Application Form must follow the same as given in the International Passport, Birth Certificate or Identity Card.14. The competitors, who cannot find the sheet music of the Brazilian and Greek composers’ works, should contact the Secretariat of the Competition by email.

 

Competition Procedure

 

1.T his competition is open to pianists of all nationalities.2. All pieces must be performed from memory.3. A change to any of the chosen repertoire state in the application form is NOT allowed4. A performance may be stopped prior or during the Competition upon the Jury’s decision5. All repetitions should be omitted unless stated otherwise in the repertoire list.6. Not more than half of the candidates performed in the First Stage will advance to the Second Stage.7. Not more than six candidates who have performed in the Second Stage will advance to the Finals.8. The Jury’s decision is final and no appeal shall be entertained.9. Competitors should not have any communication with members of the Jury. If such an attempt is made, competitors will be disqualified from the Competition.10. In case the member of the Jury is a relative of the competitors or has been in a pedagogical relationship over in the past six (6) months, he/she is excluded from the Jury deliberations concerning this participant. 11. The Jury has the option to refrain from awarding all prizes and to divide the prizes between competitors in the event of a tie. In the case of a first place tie, the prize shall be divided equally between the tied competitors. 12. All decisions concerning the Competition remain the responsibility of the Organizing Committee of the  “Roberto Szidon” International Piano Competition. The Committee reserves the rights to make all final decisions in the event of any misunderstanding.13. The International Piano Competition “Roberto Szidon” has sole rights over all competition performances, recordings, or films. No fees will be paid to any competitor on account of their performance or any recordings or broadcasts made.14. The Competition will be held in Agria-Volos, Greece, from April 13-20, 2013.15. A schedule for the Competition will be announced at a later date.16. All performances are open to the public