III CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE CHITARRISTICO DELL’ISTMO

Art.12-     SERATA FINALE E CONCERTO DEI FINALISTI

·         È previsto il concerto dei vincitori per il 29 marzo 2019-2020.

·         L’esibizione dei concorrenti sarà gratuita così come l’accesso del pubblico.

Art.13-     DIRITTI DI REGISTRAZIONE

·         Tutte le prove e il concerto finale saranno registrati in formato audio/video.

·         All’atto dell’Iscrizione i partecipanti al Concorso rinunciano, in via definitiva, a ogni diritto che loro possa derivare, in qualità di artisti interpreti e/o per altro titolo, in relazione alla distribuzione di registrazioni fonografiche e/o audio visive, alla diffusione radiotelevisiva e/o via reti telematiche delle prove del Concorso e/o del concerto finale, e riconoscono che ogni diritto sul preindicato materiale è di proprietà esclusiva dell’organizzazione del Concorso che potrà utilizzarlo in ogni forma e modo.

Art.14-     ACCETTAZIONE DEL REGOLAMENTO, AUTORIZZAZIONI, PRIVACY, NOTE LEGALI

·         LA COMPILAZIONE DEL MODULO D’ISCRIZIONE SOTTOINTENDE L’ACCETTAZIONE INCONDIZIONATA DA PARTE DEI CONCORRENTE DI TUTTE LE NORME STABILITE DAL PRESENTE REGOLAMENTO, AD ECCEZIONE DEI CONCORSISTI CON ETÀ INFERIORE ALLA MAGGIORE ETÀ PER I QUALI È NECESSARIA UNA DICHIARAZIONE FIRMATA DAL CONCORSISTA E CONTROFIRMATA DA UNO DEI GENITORI O DA CHI NE FA LE VECI.

·         In caso di contestazione l’unico testo legalmente valido è l’originale in lingua italiana.

·         Per gli allievi minorenni è necessaria l‘autorizzazione di uno dei genitori con allegata la copia di un documento d’identità, sia del concorsista sia del genitore, da inserire nel modulo d’iscrizione.

·         Per ogni eventuale controversia è competente il Foro di Lamezia Terme (Cz).

·         L’organizzazione non risponde per eventuali incidenti o danni che possono accadere durante lo svolgersi degli eventi e che non siano direttamente imputabili alla volontà dell’organizzazione stessa.

Durante lo svolgimento del Concorso è prevista una mostra di novità discografiche ed editoriali, oltre a una mostra di strumenti musicali antichi e moderni.

Per informazioni e chiarimenti ci si può rivolgere all’Associazione Culturale Animula via email  all’indirizzo: animula_ass_cult@tiscali.it o contattando i numeri:

+393455809599

+393358137813

+393397615786

(in caso di difficoltà a contattare i numeri sopra indicati provare a omettere “+39”)

III INTERNATIONAL GUITAR CONTEST OF THE ISTHMUS

Tatyana Ryzhkova Prize

Guitarras Raimundo Prize

Animula Prize

Jury Prize

Lamezia Terme

28 - 29 MARCH 2020

Art.1- ORGANISING BODY

Cultural Association Animula.

Art.2- ORGANISATIONAL COMMITTEE

Cultural Association Animula, Liceo Musicale Statale "Tommaso Campanella".

Art.3- DESTINATORS

Musicians of all genders and nationalities are admitted to the competition.

Art.4- LIMITATIONS - CATEGORIES - LINKS

All works submitted must be original compositions only.

The "themes with variations" and compositions inspired by other pre-existing music are also considered original, with the exception of "adaptations".

The Competition is divided into "Categories" and "Ranges".

The categories provided are:

- SOLISTS

- GUITAR DUO

- GUITARS IN CHAMBER FORMATION

There are three Ranges: "A", "B", "C"; distinguished by age of participants.

Art.5- OBLIGATORY PIECES - MINUTAGES

SOLISTS CATEGORY

Range A

Solists up to fourteen years of age at the date of the competition:

·         obligatory piece:

o    not foreseen

·         free program with a maximum duration of ten minutes

Range B

Solists up to eighteen years of age at the date of the competition:

·         obligatory piece to be chosen among:

o    F. Tárrega, Capricho árabe

o    Lauro, one of the 4 Valses venezolanos (María Carolina, El Marabino, María Luisa, Angostura)

·         free program with a maximum duration of twenty minutes

Range C

Solists without age limits:

·         obligatory piece to be chosen among: 

o    H. V. Lobos, one of the Twelve Guitar Studios

o    R. Dyens, Tango en Skaï

o    Joaquin Rodrigo, En los trigales

·         free program with a maximum duration of twenty minutes

GUITAR DUO CATEGORY

Range A

Guitar duo up to fourteen years of age at the date of the competition (not worth the average of the participants):

·         obligatory piece: not provided for

·         free programme of a maximum duration of ten minutes beyond the obligatory piece

Range B

Guitar duo up to eighteen years of age at the date of the competition (average among participants allowed):

·         obligatory piece: Fernando Carulli, Duo op.34 n.2

·         free program with a maximum duration of fifteen minutes

Range C

Duo of guitars without age limits:

·         Required piece: Astor Piazzolla, from Tango suite, II movement

·         free program with a maximum duration of twenty-five minutes

GUITAR IN CHAMBER FORMATION CATEGORY

Range A

Guitar in chamber formation, from the duo onwards also with piano, excluding the guitar duo, maximum average age sixteen years (average admitted among participants):

·         obligatory piece: a piece of one’s choice, with a maximum duration of ten minutes, different from those included in the free program

·         free program with a maximum duration of twenty minutes

Range B

Guitar in chamber formation, from the duo onwards also with piano, excluding the guitar duo, without age limits:

·         obligatory piece: a piece of one’s choice, of a maximum duration of ten minutes, different from those included in the free program

·         free program with a maximum duration of 30 minutes

Art.6- REGISTRATION - METHODS AND DOCUMENTS

THE APPLICATION FORM MUST BE SENT EXCLUSIVELY BY FILLING IN THE FORM AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:

(possible request for access to google depending on the browser used)

The following documents are required in the form:

·         digital copy of a valid identity document (in *.pdf format, or *.jpg, resolutions min. 300 Dpi).

·         a recent medium sized digital photograph (in *.pdf format, or *.jpg, resolutions min. 300 Dpi).

·         curriculum vitae from which the candidate’s path can clearly be inferred (in *.pdf format).

·         programme of the pieces to be performed after the obligatory pieces (in *.pdf format).

·         for minors: signed declaration of acceptance of the regulations countersigned by a parent or guardian. The declaration, once signed, can be scanned or photographed and the resulting file must be inserted in the registration form above (in *.pdf format, or *.jpg, resolutions min. 300 Dpi).

·         The registration can only be done by filling out the form available at the link above.

Please note that the personal data provided by filling in the registration form or in any other way, are subject to processing pursuant to Decree Law No. 196/2003 and will be processed in writing and / or on electronic, electronic, magnetic and paper in relation to the organizational needs of the Secretariat of the Competition. Personal data will not be disclosed or communicated to third parties except to those necessary or functional to the performance of the activities of the Competition.

The data controller is the Associazione Culturale Animula, via Conforti, 49. cap 88046 Lamezia Terme - Cz.

Art.7- QUOTAS OF REGISTRATION

SOLISTS CATEGORY

up to fourteen years old: € 10,00 (ten/00 euro)

Range B up to eighteen years old: € 30,00 (thirty/00 euro)

Range C without age limits: € 50,00 (fifty/00 euro)

GUITAR DUO CATEGORY

up to fourteen years old: € 10.00 (ten/00 euro) per component

Range B up to the age of eighteen: € 20.00 (twenty/00 euro) per component

age limitless category c: € 30.00 (thirty/00 euro) per member

GUITAR IN CHAMBER FORMATION CATEGORY

average age group not older than 16 years: € 10.00 (ten/00 euro) per component up to a maximum of € 100.00 (one hundred/00 euro)

B category without age limits: € 15.00 (fifteen/00 euro) per member up to a maximum of € 150.00 (one hundred and fifty/00 euro)

THE SHARES ARE NET OF BANK CHARGES AND MUST BE PAID BY MARCH 10, 2020 BY BANK TRANSFER WITH THE FOLLOWING COORDINATES:

IBAN: IT79L0306967684510741019782

In the name of the Cultural Association Animula, Bank: Intesa/Banco di Napoli

Causal: inscription "III CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE CHITARRISTICO DELL’ISTMO - 2020".

Art.8- DEVELOPMENT

- The scheduled dates are 28 and 29 March 2020.

- The tests will be public.

- Competitors must show a valid personal identity document.

- On March 28th the work will start at 15.00 p.m. in the "Cloister - Literary Café" located in Piazza San Domenico - Lamezia Terme Cz.

- at 3.15 p.m. on 28 March, for each category, the alphabetical letter will be drawn, which will establish, for the first phase of the competition, the order of execution valid for each category and Range.

- The competition will take place in two phases:

First Phase: execution of the obligatory pieces only with publication of the relative FIRST PARTIAL GRADUATORY. From this first phase are exempted the participants of the Range "a" of the only categories of "SOLISTS" and "GUITAR DUO" as the compulsory piece is not provided.

Second Phase: performance of the pieces of your choice (for all categories including the Range "a" of the Categories "SOLISTS" and "GUITAR DUO",) with publication of the SECOND PARTIAL GRADUATORY.

- The competitors of all categories, following the alphabetical order dictated by the draw at 3.15 pm, will perform only the obligatory piece that will establish, according to the score achieved with this performance and made known with subsequent publication of the first partial ranking, the order of execution of the competitors for the pieces of their choice in the second phase.

The order of execution of the participants for the pieces of their choice will be organized in descending order according to the score obtained in the first partial ranking.

- The second phase, unless otherwise specified, will begin on the morning of 29 March at 9.00 a.m., in the same place, according to the ranking derived from the results of the first phase, and will proceed throughout the day with a short break at 1.00 p.m., resuming no later than 1.45 p.m..

- At the end of the competition and of the Commission’s work, the results of the second partial ranking will be published, according to which the winners’ concert will be organized at 6.30 p.m. on 29 March at the same venue as the Competition.

- The mathematical sum of the results of the first partial ranking published in the first phase and the results of the second partial ranking published in the second phase will give rise to the final ranking that will identify the winners of the III INTERNATIONAL GUITAR CONTEST OF THE ISTHMUS THE FINAL RANKING, WHICH WILL IDENTIFY THE WINNERS OF THE COMPETITION RESULTING FROM THE MATHEMATICAL SUM OF THE SCORES OBTAINED IN THE FIRST AND SECOND PARTIAL RANKING, WILL BE ANNOUNCED DURING THE CONCERT OF WINNERS ON 29 MARCH.

THE EVENTUAL ABSENCE OF THE WINNER(S) IN THE HALL WILL DETERMINE THE LOSS OF THE PRIZES FORESEEN.

Art.9- JURY

The jury:

Is international and will consist of no less than three Commissioners.

1.            Composition of the Commission:

International components:

- Tatyana Ryzhkowa

- Nikita Koškin

National components and guarantee members

- Gaetano Cinque

- Fabio Sirianni

- Giancarlo Paola

Chairman of the Commission

- Claudio Fittante.

2.            The jury has the right to interrupt or not the execution giving immediate reasons.

3.            The members of the jury who have a family relationship, or who have or have had in the six months prior to the start of the tests, teaching relationships with one or more competitors, must declare it by refraining from voting on the examination of the competitors themselves. This abstention will be explicitly mentioned in the minutes that will be drawn up for the competition. In compliance with this rule, when the Jury takes office, each member will issue a statement on his or her personal situation with regard to the competitors. At the same time, the Jury will read and sign the regulations governing voting in the various phases of the competition.

4.            The final evaluation will be expressed in cents and will be the result of the mathematical average of the commissioners’ evaluations.

5.            The evaluations will take into account:

o    Interpretative quality max. forty points

o    technical quality of the performers max. thirty points

o    originality of the repertoire of the free programme max. twenty points

o    Memory execution max. five points

o    quality of the presentation of the proposal max. five points

THE CRITERIA INDICATED HEREIN ARE VALID FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND PARTIAL RANKING REFERRED TO IN ART. 8, AS WELL AS FOR THE FINAL RANKING.

       6.            The final verdict and all the decisions of the Commission are final and irrevocable.

       7.            In case of impossibility for reasons of force majeure to attend the tests of the Competition of one or more members of the Jury, Animula may proceed to replace with new Commissioners identified by the Organizing Committee, or refrain from doing so, provided that the Commissioners are at least three.

       8.            In the event that the evaluation of the finalists is exceptionally complex, the Jury may re-test all or part of them on the same programme.

       9.            For any "ex equo" the relative prizes will not be divided but assigned to the youngest participant.

    10.            All participants admitted to the competition must accept the decisions of the Jury regarding both the ranking and the awarding of prizes without any possibility of appeal.

    11.            The winners who wish to publicize the result achieved must specify the prize obtained by scrupulously following the official decisions of the Jury.

Art.10- MISCELLANEOUS RULES

·         Competitors will be admitted to the tests by drawing lots and divided into categories.

·         The age of the competitors, if requested, is established by counting the year of birth.

·         A copy of the selected pieces must be given to the Jury.

·         Photocopies are allowed.

Art.11- PRIZES

SOLIST Section - FIRST CLASSIFIEDS

Range A Solists up to 14 years old:

·         - certificate of first place

·         - free participation in the day dedicated to emerging young people within the Guitar Festival "Chitarre e oltre... 2019-2020"

Range B Solists up to the age of 18:

·         - certificate of first place

·         - publication in national and international paper and online trade journals

·         - set of guitar strings offered by Aquila - harmonic strings

·         - A concert to be held in the national territory with coverage of only the costs of board and lodging

Range C Solists without age limit:

·         - certificate of first place

·         - publication in national and international paper and online trade journals

·         - set of guitar strings offered by Aquila - harmonic strings

·         - A concert to be held in the national territory with coverage of only the costs of board and lodging

GUITAR DUO Section - FIRST CLASSIFIEDS

Range A Duo of guitars up to 14 years old:

·         - certificate of first place

·         - free participation in the day dedicated to emerging young people within the Guitar Festival "Chitarre e oltre... 2019-2020"

·         - for each member of the duo: set of guitar strings offered by Aquila - harmonic strings

Range B Duo of guitars up to the age of eighteen:

·         - certificate of first place

·         - publication in national and international paper and online trade journals

·         - for each member of the duo: set of guitar strings offered by Aquila - harmonic strings

·         - A concert to be held in the national territory with coverage of only the costs of board and lodging

Range C Duo of guitars without age limits:

·         - certificate of first place

·         - publication in national and international paper and online trade journals

·         - for each member of the duo: set of guitar strings offered by Aquila - harmonic strings

·         - A concert to be held in the national territory with coverage of only the costs of board and lodging

Guitar in chamber formation section - FIRST CLASSIFIEDS

Range A Guitar in chamber formation, average age not more than 16 years:

·         - certificate of first place

·         - free participation in the day dedicated to emerging young people within the Guitar Festival "Chitarre e oltre… 2019-2020"

·         - A concert to be held in the national territory with coverage of only the costs of board and lodging

·         - set of guitar strings offered by Aquila - harmonic strings

Range B Guitar in chamber formation, no age limit:

·         - certificate of first place

·         - publication in national and international paper and online trade journals

·         - A concert to be held in the national territory with coverage of only the costs of board and lodging

·         - set of guitar strings offered by Aquila - harmonic strings

to second place in all categories:

- certificate of second place

third parties in all categories:

- certificate of third place

All participants not classified in the first three will receive a certificate of participation.

FOR THE AWARD CONCERTS:

o    for all the prize concerts offered, the accommodation and food coverage is guaranteed and is to be paid for by the host association.

o    For each first prize in each category to which a "concert prize outside the region" will be assigned, the "Animula Prize" is provided, consisting of a contribution payable on request and up to a maximum of € 100.00 (one hundred/00 euros), aimed at financing only the transport costs necessary to reach the venue of the concert prize awarded.

o    The contribution will be paid, on request, when the date of the concert is defined, as a partial or total coverage of travel expenses only and up to the limit of the above figure.

o    any travel expenses in excess of the contribution referred to in the previous point are to be borne by the competitor.

o    or for the winner with the highest score in all categories except the "a" Ranges, there will be the "Animula Prize", consisting of a cash prize of € 500.00 (five hundred/00 euros) that will be awarded during the concert of the winners on 29 March but actually paid during the performance of the concert that the winner is required to perform in the Guitar Festival "Chitarre e oltre... 2019-2020".

o    FOR THE FIRST PRIZE WITH THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE CATEGORY SOLISTS B BASKET AND C, THE PRIZE "Tatyana Ryzhkova", consisting of a concert to be held in Germany offered by Tatyana Ryzhkova, WILL BE ASSEMNED, TO THE UNDERDAILABLE JUDGMENT OF THE COMMISSION. For this prize, the same rules apply as for the prizes mentioned above: organization, board and lodging to be paid by the host organization, any travel expenses exceeding the contribution provided by the "Animula Prize" to be paid by the winner.

o   
At the discretion of the Commission will be assigned among all participants one guitar offered by Guitarras Raimundo Tatyana Signature.

ALL PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED DURING THE FINAL CONCERT SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 29, 2020.

THE FIRST PRIZE OF EACH CATEGORY WITH THE HIGHEST SCORE IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM IN SEPTEMBER 2020 IN THE "ANIMULA PRIZE".

"GUITAR DAY 2020"

ORGANIZED BY THE MUSIC WORKSHOP BASED IN REGGIO CALABRIA

Among all participants is expected the

"JURY PRIZE"

consisting of some subscriptions to the magazine

"Il Fronimo"

PRIZES AND AWARD CONCERTS ARE OFFERED BY: