15th

International competition petar konjovic

12 MAY 2010 Belgrade


 

About the association

Petar konjovic

THE Program

rules of the competition

 

The jury & propositions

 

Piano

Flute

Clarinet

Solo singing

Accordion

 

Information


 

the ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC AND BALLET PEDAGOGUES OF SERBIA

 

The Association was founded in 1954 and has over 1000 members from music schools, faculties, music academies, primary schools, specialized secondary schools and grammar schools from the whole territory of Serbia. The main activity of the Association is organizing seminars, specialized trainings, competitions, festivals, concerts, etc. in accordance with the curriculum which is developed each school year.

 

The Association also provides its support and opinion in awarding scholarships and  educating young talented people in their own country and abroad; it also publishes textbooks and reference books as well as specialized informative magazines devoted to music and ballet pedagogy that affirm the activities of music and ballet pedagogues from Serbia and abroad. Each year the Association awards prizes to its members who have achieved educational successes through their annual work. The Association of Music and Ballet pedagogues of Serbia cooperates with other associations from the ex Yugoslav republics as well as with pedagogues from other countries. In addition, the Association also supports full cooperation and coordination of its activities with the Ministries of Education and Culture as well as with the city and local authorities.


One of the most important manifestations of the Association is the International Competition of Young Musicians “Petar Konjovic”, which was held for the first time in 1991. The name of the Competition is connected to Petar Konjovic, one of the most important figures of Serbian culture. Since Petar Konjovic, who was a composer, conductor, music writer, professor and rector of the Music Academy, was also one of the founders and directors of the Musicology Institute SANU, this very Gallery has become the traditional place for the opening of the Competition. The international character of the Competition gives a chance to young talented musicians from all over the world to meet their peers and to compare their musical talent to each other.

 

The international jury, consisting of distinguished domestic and foreign pedagogues and eminent music professionals, awards the prizes and special recognitions by applying very strict criteria for each discipline and category. In this way, talented young musicians can realise and develop their music capacity, gain self confidence for performances and develop a repertoire needed for going to other international competitions.

 

 

Since 1998, the Competition “Petar Konjovic” has been an extraordinary member and in 2002 it became a regular member of the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth (EMCY) with headquarters in Munich. This membership is very important because it facilitates inclusion in modern tendencies of European music education.

 

Successful cooperation with this very important international organization can be seen through the participation of most successful competitors of the Competition “Petar Konjovic” in European concerts, seminars, music camps and international youth orchestras in Europe.

 

PETAR KONJOVIC (1883-1970) is one of the most distinguished people in Serbian music of the XX century. Konjovic was a composer, conductor, music writer, teacher, professor and rector of the Music Academy in Belgrade, director of several opera houses (Novi Sad, Zagreb, Osjek, Split) in the interwar period, the founder and director of the Musicology Institute of the Serbian Academy of Science and a foreign member of the Academy of  Science and Art in Prague.

 

Konjovic’s creative opus is very extensive and is compromised of stage music (operas), symphony and chamber pieces, choirs and solo songs, miniatures for the piano, violin and cello. He had a remarkable contribution to almost all fields of Serbian music development. This can be reflected in the very elaborate and disbursed national direction which follows in the footsteps of Stevan Mokranjac, and foremost in the value of his creations that vary in genre, style, and richness of expression which integrates Konjovic’s work with the general European music trends of the beginning of the XX century.


Being nationally determined, Petar Konjovic’s musical language is founded on and belongs to the period of late romanticism. However, it includes elements of impressionism and expressionism which was characteristic for many composers of 1920s and 1930s (Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Sibelius). Likewise, his musical directions towards folklore expressionism also included him in the group of musicians close to Leosh Janachek, Bella Bartok, Igor Stravinsky which belong to the early “Russian” period.

 

Konjovic’s most important work belongs to the opera. This includes Slavic type musical dramas such as “The Duke of Zeta” and “Koshtana”) but Konjovic’s contribution to Serbian symphony music was also great. He was the author of the first symphony in Serbian music (Symphony in C minor) and programme symphony variations (“In the Country”). His instrumental and chamber pieces of work, as well as his large vocal lyrics (more than 100 solo songs published in the collection of songs “My Country” and “Lyrics”), confirms his determination to synthesize national and modern tendencies in a deeply personal and creative way.

 

As a music writer, Petar Konjovic is the author of broad erudition, versatile interest, and was among the first ones in Serbia who wrote a monograph about two special persons of Serbian music – Stevan Mokranjac and his contemporary, Miloje Milojevic, Ph.D.
With his remarkable creative individuality, together with Stevan Hristic and Miloje Milojevic, Konjovic inserted modern European trends into Serbian music which became the safe creative basis for the future generations of Serbian composers.

 

PROGRAM

GRAND OPENING
6th May 2010 / Thursday at 6 p.m.
The Gallery SANU
35 Knez Mihailova

 

FORMAL CLOSING AND AWARD CEREMONY
12th May 2010 / Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Concert Hall of  the Music School “Stankovic”
1a Kneza Milosa

 

RULES OF THE COMPETITION


1. The competition is open to young musicians from all over the world.

 

2. The competition is organized in Belgrade, from May 6 to May 12, 2010 for the following disciplines: piano, flute, clarinet, accordiоn and solo singing.

 

3. Candidates who are in a family relationship with some members of the jury and/or in current professional contact of any kind (during the period of two years prior to the competition) can not take a part in the competition.

 

4.  The dead-line for applications submission is March 15, 2010 (the date on the postal stamp).

 

5. Candidates are obliged to submit the following documents:

 

a. The application form filled out with printed letters, including the names of the compositions and the names of composers written in original form and the length of each respective piece;

b. The photocopy of the birth certificate or the photocopy of the page from the passport with the main personal details.

c. Short artistic biography including the names of the applicant’s pedagogues (from year 2008 to 2010).

d. The photocopy of the receipt of the participant registration payment.


6. The application form, together with the listed documents, should be sent to the following address:

 

Association of Music and Ballet Pedagogues of Serbia
7 Dzona Kenedija str. 11080 Zemun, Serbia

 

The application form can also be sent by fax to the number:

+381 (11)  319-3582

or by e-mail: umbps@hotmail.com


7.  Applicants from abroad can pay/transfer funds (IN EURO) for the participant registration to the following account :

 

Intermediary:

BCITITMM

INTESA SANPAOLO SPA

MILANO, ITALY

 

Account with the  institution:

SWIFT COD: DBDBRSBG

BANCA INTESA AD, BEOGRAD

MILENTIJA POPOVICA 7B

BEOGRAD, REPUBLIKA SRBIJA

 

Beneficiary:

IBAN : RS35160005080002629395

UDRUZENJE MUZICKIH I BALETSKIH
PEDAGOGA

 

With the indication: Participation in the competition “Petar Konjovic”.

 

8. Participation costs for Competition are:

 

-for Category one and two, 35 euros

-for Category three and four, 45 euros

-for Category five and six, 60 euros.

 

9. If taking part in the competition is cancelled, money for the participation will not be returned.

 

10. The competition participants are in charge of covering their own travel and residence expenses.

 

11. The competition participants for the discipline of flute, clarinet and solo singing are obliged to pay professional accompanists by themselves.

 

12. Professional accompanists are available to all competition participants. The cost of the rehearsal is 30 euros per hour and 40 euros for the stage appearance (all in  dinar equivalent value). Applicants who choose this option should send a photocopy of the piano sheet music from their competition programme together with their application form no later than April 1, 2010.

 

13. The complete schedule of the Competition will be posted on the Competition’s web-site, 15 days before the Competitions formal opening.

 

14. The order of the performances for all the competitors will be made in alphabetical order according to the initial letter of the surname of the applicant. This principle will be valid during the whole competition. The Organizational Board has chosen letter “K” as the starting letter for the Competition in 2010.

 

15. If less than 5 candidates apply for any category at the competition, the competition for that category maybe will be canceled. The organizer will inform the applicants about it and will return the paid participation no later than April 15, 2010.

 

16. The competition jury will consist of an odd number of members (at least 3, maximum 5). In the process of giving marks, an additional member (4th or 6th) or a deputy will replace the members of the jury whose interests clash with some of the competitors (family relationship or current professional contact of any kind during the period of two years prior to the competition).

 

17. In all categories of the competition disciplines, a maximum of three awards will be given (I, II, and III) along with three diplomas for the IV, V, and VI place, except I, II, III and IV category of the piano discipline, I, II, III and IV category of the clarinet discipline, I, II, and III category of the fl ute discipline. For pre-category I and II, category of the solo singing discipline as well as pre-category I, II and III of the accordion discipline a maximum of six awards will be given (one I, two II and three III
place awards) long with six diplomas (for the VII, VIII, IX, X, XI and XII place).

 18. Prizes will be monetary and the Competition prize fund will be announced on the web site of the competition 15 days before Competition.

 

19.In the discipline of solo singing, the jury will give separate marks and award separate prizes for female and male voices. In the disciplines where Petar Konjovic’s compositions are performed, the jury can award a special recognition for the best performance of that piece. The note material of Konjovic’s compositions could be obtained by post or fax at the demand of the candidate. In the piano discipline the jury can award two candidates for the best performance of F. Chopin composition – one award in V category and one from any of other four categories.

 

20. The organizational board of the competition will take it upon them to organize promotional and representative concerts in Serbia and abroad for the winners of the competition.

 

21. The competition is a public event.

 

22. By taking part in the competition, the competitors automatically renounce their right for material compensation regarding possible radio and TV recordings, production of audio and video materials and their distribution.

 

23. The decisions of the jury are unalterable.

 

24. In case of a dispute, the only valid text of the rules is in the Serbian language.

 

25. Additional information about the competition can be obtained by candidates through e-mail, according to the specified contact for their discipline:

 

-for the piano discipline

nynyny@eunet.rs

contact Mr. Ninoslav Živković.

 

-for clarinet discipline

ljubjov@beotel.net

contact Mr. Ljubiša Jovanović.

 

-for flute discipline

miomir2009@nadlanu.com

contact Mr. Miomir Simonović

 

-for the solo singing discipline

ljubicaziv@sbb.rs

contact Mrs. Ljubica Živković.

 

-for the accordion discipline

rakiczoran@ikomline.net

contact Mr. Zoran Rakić

 

PIANO

THE JURY

 

ALL CATEGORIES

 

Marcella Crudeli, Italy

Vanessa Latars, England

Nataša Veljković, Austria

Svetlana Koseva, Bulgaria

Branko Penčić, Serbia

Nataša Mitrović, Serbia

 

PIANO

PROPOSITIONS //

 

  

1. The competition will be held in five categories:
    Category I – candidates born on 5.05.1998. or younger
    Category II – candidates born between 5.05.1996. and 5.05.1998.
    Category III - candidates born between 5.05.1994. and 5.05.1996.
    Category IV- candidates born between 5.05.1992. and 5.05.1994.
    Category V - candidates born between 5.05.1980. and 5.05.1992.

 

    2.The registration fee is:

    Category I and II – 35 euros   

    Category III and IV – 45 euros

    Category V – 60 euros

    3. The Programme for all categories is of free choosing and should be the following duration:

    Category I –  from 5 up to 15 minutes   

    Category II – from 10 up to 15 minutes

    Category III - from 15 up to 20 minutes

    Category IV- from 20 up to 25 minutes

    Category V - from 25 up to 30 minutes (stage one)
                      from 35 up to 40 minutes (stage two)

 

 

 

    Competitors who want to compete for the award of the best performance of F. Chopin should include in their programme at least one composition of this composer of their choosing free.




 

    4. Jury members:

 

Marcella Crudeli, Italy

Vanessa Latars, England

Nataša Veljković, Austria

Svetlana Koseva, Bulgaria

Branko Penčić, Serbia

Nataša Mitrović, Serbia

 

 

5. The whole programme needs to be performed by heart (without use of sheet music).

 

 

FLUTE

THE JURY

  

I and II category:

 

Dejan Gavric, Germany

Straso Temkov, Macedonia

Ljubisa Jovanovic, Serbia

Karolj Marocik, Serbia

 

III, IV and V category:

 

Dejan Gavric, Germany

Straso Temkov, Macedonia

Laura Levai - Aksin, Serbia

Miomir Simonovic, Serbia

 

 

    FLUTE

     

    PROPOSITIONS //

 

 

     Category I

    Candidates born in 1999 or younger

 

    Program

    Duration up to 10 minutes

 

1. Goran Marinkovic: Cricket and ant /composition can be downloaded from www.umbps.org.rs/

2. A composition of candidates choice

 

     Category II

    Candidates born in 1997 or younger

 

    Program

    Duration up to 15 minutes

 

    1.Renne Cain: Prelud and Dance

    2. A composition of candidates choice

    It is possible to play composition N2 from the score.

 

        Category III

    Candidates born in 1995 or younger

    

    Program

    Duration up to 25 minutes

 

1.  G.Faure: Siciliana

    2.One of the following sonatas:

    -G.F.Handel: g-minor

    -G.F. Handel: F-major

    -G.Ph.Telemann: C-major

    -G.Ph.Telemann: F-major

    -B.Marcello: d-minor

    -B.Marcello: B-major

3.  A composition of candidates choice.

It   is possible to play composition N2 from the score.

    

    Category IV

    Candidates born in 1991 or younger

 

    Program

    Duration up to 45 minutes

 

    Stage ONE

    1.C.Debussy: Syrinx,for solo flute

    2.G.F.Handel: Sonata e-minor, »Halle«

    It is possible to play composition N2 from the score.

 

    Stage TWO

    3. One of the following concertos:

    -G.B.Pergolesi: G-major

    -L.Boccherini: D-major

    -J.Haydn:  D-major

    -C.Stamitz: G-major

    -J.J.Quantz: G-major

    4. A piece of virtuoso character by candidates choice.

    It is possible to play composition N4 from the score.

              Category V

    Candidates born in 1985 or younger

 

    Program

 

    Stage ONE

    1.G.Ph.Teleman: 12fantasies for flute solo (one by candidates choice)

    2.S.Karg-Elert: Sonata Apassionata in F sharp minor for flute solo

    3.One of the following compositions:

    -E.Varesse: Density 21.5

    -E.Bozza:Image

    -E.Carter: Scrivo invento

    -J.Ibert: Piece

    -P.Hindemith: 8pieces

    -A.Jolivet: Cinque Incantation (two pieces by choice)

    -L.Berio: Sequenza

  - - C.Hallfter: Debla

 

 

 

 

 

    Stage TWO

    4.Ј.S.Bach: Sonata E-major or e-minor

    5.One of the following compositions:

    -F.Poulenc: Sonata (II and III part)

    -P.Sancan: Sonatina

    -H.Dutilleux: Sonatina

    -S.Prokofjev: Sonata (III and IV part)

    -C.Reinecke: SonataUndine (I and II part)

    -B.Martinu: Sonata (II and III part)

    -P.Muchinsky: Sonata (I and II part)

    -P.Hindemith: Sonata (II,III and IV part)

    6. A piece of virtuoso character by candidates choice.

 

    Stage THREE

    7.Petar Konjovic: “Satirova svirala”  /composition can be downloaded from mwww.umbps.org.rs/

    8.One of the following concerts:

    -S.Mercadante: e-minor

    -J. Ibert

    -C.Nielsen

    -C.Reinecke

    -W.A.Mozart: D-major

    -W.A.Mozart: G-major

    -A.Jolivet

    -C.Ph.E.Bach: d-minor

 

Programme can be played from the score (with sheet music) except compositions under the N1 or N2 in the first stage and under N7 in the stage three.

 

    CLARINET

THE JURY

 

I, II, III, IV category:

 

Željko Milić,Croatia

Mate Bekavac, Slovenia

Ante Grgin, Serbia

Ljubiša Jovanović,Serbia

 

V, VI category:

 

Željko Milić,Croatia

Mate Bekavac, Slovenia

Ante Grgin, Serbia

Ljubiša Jovanović,Serbia

 

    The Clarinet

    PROPOSITIONS //

 

 

    Category I

    Candidates born in 1999 or younger

 

    Program


1.
Joubert C.H. – Chanson de Robin

2. A composition of candidates choice

 

    Category II

    Candidates born in 1997. and 1998.


    Program


1. Trullard R. - Romance

2. One of the following compositions:

    -Delgiudice M. – Chanson Exotique (Gérard Billaudot, éditeur)

    -Clerisse R. – Vielle chanson ( Alphonso Leduc )

    -Dorsselaer W.V. – Féerie sur glace (Gérard Billaudot, éditeur)

    -Martin G. – Chanson pastorale ( BG editions )

    -Proust P. – Fable (Gérard Billaudot, éditeur)

    3. A composition of candidates choice.

 

    Category III

    Candidates born in 1995. and 1996.


    Program


    1.Stuart H.M. - Concertino

    2. One of the following compositions:

    -Rossini G. – Fantasie ( extrait )

    Lanselot J.&Classens H. – La clarinette classique recueil D

    -Faillenot M. – Conte lyrique

    Rober Martin le partenaire créatif

    -Faillenot M. – Pastorale vareé

    Rober Martin le partenaire créatif

    -Naulais J. – Prise de bec

    Editions LM.D.Diffusions ARPEGES

    -Clerisse R. – Promenade

    Alphonso Leduc

    3. A composition of candidates choice.

 

    Category IV

    Candidates born in 1993. and 1994.


    Program


    1.J.Barat J.Ed. – Piéce en sol mineur

    2. First movement from one of the following compositions:

    -Stamitz K. – Concert N3, B-major

    -Stamitz J. – Concert B-major

    -Kramář F.V. – Concert Es-major

    3. A composition of candidates choice.

 

    Category V

    Candidates born in 1991. and 1992.


    Program


    1.Mouquet J. – Solo de concours

    2.First movement from one of the following compositions:

    -Stamitz K. – Concert N7 Es-major (Damstäuter)

    -Stamitz K. – Concert N10 B-major

    -Weber C.M.V. – Concert N1 f-minor op.73

    -Weber C.M.V. – Concert N2 Es-major op.74

    3. A composition of candidates choice.

    Category VI

   Candidates born in 1990. up to 1983.


    Program

 

    Stage one

 

    1.Stamitz K: Concert E-major, I movment

    2.B. Brun: Four miniatures /composition can be dowloaded from www.umpbs.org.rs

 

    Stage two

 

    1.Ante Grgin: Sonata for clarinet and piano / music scores can be bought at the following m website www.reift.ch

    2.Ernest Chausson: Andante I Allegro ( performed by heart )

    3.Bela Kovach: One of The Omages, by candidates choice

 

    Stage three

 

-W.A.Mozart: Concert A-major ( performed by heart )

SOLO SINGING

THE JURY

 

ALL CATEGORIES

 

 

Stojan Stojanov Gančev, Croatia

Snežana Brzaković, Germany

Radmila Smiljanić, Serbia

Nikola Kitanovski, Serbia

 

Solo singing

PROPOSITIONS //

 

Precategory

 

Girls born in 1991 or younger

Boys born in 1989 or younger

 

PROGRAM

  1. An old master of candidates choice. 

  2. Two songs of candidates choice. 

 

CATEGORY I

 

Girls born in 1989 or younger

Boys born in 1987 or younger

 

PROGRAM

 

  1. An old master of candidates choice. 

  2. A song of candidates choice. 

  3. A song of Petar Konjovic*.

  4. Opera aria of candidates choice.

 

 

CATEGORY II

 

Girls born in 1987 or younger

Boys born in 1985 or younger

 

PROGRAM

 

  1. An old master of candidates choice. 
  2. An old master of candidates choice. 
  3. An aria from an oratorio, cantata or mass.
  4. A song of candidates choice. 
  5. Opera aria of candidates choice.
  6. A song of Petar Konjovic*.

 

CATEGORY III

 

Girls born in 1983 or younger

Boys born in 1981 or younger

PROGRAM

 

STAGE ONE

 

  1. An old master of candidates choice. 
  2. An aria from an oratorio, cantata or mass.
  3. A concert or an opera aria by W.A.Mozart.
  4. An opera aria of candidates choice.

 

STAGE TWO

 

  1. A song of candidates choice from 19th century.
  2. A song of candidates choice from 20th century.
  3. Opera aria of candidates choice.
  4. A song of Petar Konjovic*.

CATEGORY IV

 

Girls born in 1981 or younger

Boys born in 1979 or younger

 

PROGRAM

 

STAGE ONE

 

  1. An old master of candidates choice. 
  2. An aria from an oratorio, cantata or mass.
  3. A concert or an opera aria by W.A.Mozart.
  4. An opera aria of candidates choice.

 

STAGE TWO

 

  1. A song of candidates choice from 20th century.
  2. 3 songs from a cycle or 3 songs of a same composer.
  3. Opera aria of candidates choice.
  4. A song or opera aria of Petar Konjovic*.
  5. A song from composer from candidates country.

  * choice of compositions can be downloaded from www.umbps.org.rs

In each category the programmes are performed separately for male and female voices.

 

The compositions of Petar Konjovic are available at the Association of Music and ballet pedagogues of Serbia.

 

ACCORDION

THE JURY

 

ALL CATEGORIES

Danijela Gazdić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dalibor Boljun , Croatia

Predrag Kostović, Serbia

Zoran Rakic, Serbia

 

 

ACCORDION

PROPOSITIONS

 

PRECATEGORY

Candidates born in 1997 or younger.

 

PROGRAM

Duration up to 15 minutes.

 

1.One composition written before 1800.
2.An original cyclic composition
3.One or more compositions of free choice.

 

 

CATEGORY I


Candidates born in 1995 or younger.


Program

Duration up to 15 minutes.


1.Polyphonic composition written before 1800.
2.One cyclic composition.
3.One or more compositions of free choice.

 

 

 

CATEGORY II


Candidates born in 1993 or younger.


Program

Duration up to 25 minutes.


1.Polyphonic composition written before 1800.
2.
One cyclic composition
3.
One or more compositions of free choice

 

 

CATEGORY III


Candidates born in 1991 or younger.

 

PROGRAM


Duration up to 30 minutes.


1.
Polyphonic composition written before 1800
2.D. Scarlatti – Sonata.
3.
One cyclic composition
4.One or more compositions of free choice, originally written

 

CATEGORY IV

Candidates born in 1990 or older.

PROGRAM - STAGE ONE
Duration up to 25 minutes.

1. D.Scarlatti – Sonata
2. One originally cyclic composition

PROGRAM - STAGE TWO
Duration up to 30 minutes.

1. Polyphonic composition written before 1800
2. Lyric composition
3. One or more composition of free choice, originally
written that is of virtuoso character (of high technical
demand)

 

NOTES


1.For categories I and II the cyclic form can be replaced with:
a) Variation forms;
b) A selection of movements of a larger cyclic work (at least three contrast movements);
c) Several pieces of different character by the same author.
2.For III category the cyclic form can be replaced with:
a) Variation forms;
b) A selection of movements of a larger cyclic work.
3.One of the compositions should be originaly written for accordion (cyclic or composition by free choice).
4.The candidates are obliged to submit two photocopies of their programme before their performance.

  

www.emcy.org   

 

 

THE EUROPEAN UNION OF MUSIC COMPETITIONS FOR YOUTH (EMCY) gathers about 50 national and international music competitions for youth in Europe. It was founded in 1970 as a non-profitable organisation tending to create a wider cooperation between national competitions of youth and professional international competitions by offering many activities for young musicians. Their idea was to develop and revive music education and promotion of music talents on the European level. These are some of the activities of EMCY: European concerts, Summer European Academy, European Music Prize for Youth, organisation of seminars, conferences, etc. EMCY is the joined member of World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC), European Union of Music (EMC), International Council UNESCO (IMC) and the advisory member of the European Council. The main office of the Organisation is situated in Munich (Germany).

 

 

Director of the competition

Vojislav Avramović, president of the association

 

THE COMPETITION BOARD

Ninoslav ŽivkoviĆ, LjubiŠa JovanoviĆ, Ljubica ŽivkoviĆ, ZoRAN RAKIĆ



 

SECRETARIAT OF THE COMPETITION

Radmila Marković

  

©2010

the ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC AND BALLET PEDAGOGUES OF SERBIA

Džona Kenedija7, 11080 Zemun, SErbia // tel/fax. +381 11 319 3582, www.umbps.org.rs

 


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