Conditions of Jurgenson Competition
The competition is held for the following nominations:
- The works for an ensemble of soloists, or for voice and ensemble of soloists ranging numerically from 6 to 16 players;
- The works for String quartet;
- The works for marimba or an ensemble of percussion instruments. The amount of performers should be from 3 to 6.
The duration must be not more than 15 minutes.
The instrumentation of soloist ensemble must not exceede: 1 flute (doubling piccolo and alto), 1 oboe (also English horn), 1 clarinet (bass-clarinet), 1 bassoon, 1 French horn, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, percussion (2 performers), 1 piano, 1 harp, 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 violoncello, 1 double-bass.
The instruments in the score for ensemble of percussion instruments should be grouped by performers.
The competition will have two rounds. No more than ten participants will be selected to proceed to the second round. The allocation of prizes will take place after the second round on the basis of the performance of works by the ensemble of soloists Studio for New Music and the Percussion Ensemble of Mark Pekarsky.
The work must not have been published or had an official performance before the closing date of the competition.
The competition is open to composers, who are not born earlier than April 15, 1977.
Each author may take a part not more, than in two nominatons.
The organizing committee reserves the right to exclude any works that do not conform to the regulations of the Competition.
The jury reserves the right to: award special prizes, divide prizes between participants, not award all diplomas or prizes, not award the Grand-Prix.
A member of the jury will not participate in the scoring in the case that the particular composer under assessment is their own student.
The competition is held anonymously. Participant must present:
- Two anonymous copies of the score annotated with the indication of the particular nomination chosen, and a code or motto of the author (without indication of the surname or any information which might disrupt the anonymity of the submition);
- A completed application;
- Two photographs of the author;
- Participants proceeding to the second round must provide parts for the performance of the works before March 30, 2007.
- Applications should be marked for the attention of the Organizing Committee of the P.I.Jurgenson International Competition of Young Composers, and sent to:
- Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire
The Centre for Contemporary Music
Bolshaya Nikitskaya str., 13
Moscow 125009 Russia
Postmarked not later than February 1st, 2007
c\o Centre for Contemporary Music:
Phone/fax: +7 495 290-51-81
E-mail: info@ccmm.ru
The compositions of the finalists will be performed in the Rachmaninoff Hall of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire by the “Studio for New Music Ensemble” of soloists and “Mark Pekarsky’s Percussion Ensemble”.
Winners of competition, who will receive the first prize for each nomination will be conferred with the title “Laureate” and be presented with a Diploma.
Participants of the Competition winning the second and third places will be conferred with the title “Diplomant” and be presented with a Diploma.
The organising committee of the P.I. Jurgenson International Competition for Young Composers announce the following prizes:
A Grand-Prix—60000 rubles;
The First Prize—30000 rubles for each nomination.
The sponsors, governmental and public organizations allied with the Competition, may, upon agreement of the organizing committee, establish other special prizes for participants.
Prize-winning works by laureates of the Competition will be published by the P.I.Jurgenson Charity Foundation in the series “Music of the Third Millennium”.