III. Prizes and awards:

1. Each category’s awards include three prizes with laureateships and two honorable mentions.

2. Competition laureates will receive monetary prizes and diplomas. Honorable mention awardees will receive diplomas. Other competitors will be granted certificates of participation.

3. All participants of the festival will be awarded diplomas.

4. Panel of Jury are entitled at their discretion:

· to split prizes between several duos;

· to skip certain prizes and honorable mentions;

· to encourage teachers of laureates/honorable mention awardees; and

· to grant honorable certificates and special prizes for particular creative accomplishments.

IV. Jury:

The Jury will consist of reputed piano duo masters: pianists Raffi Kharadzhanian (Latvia), Igor’ Taymanov (St. Petersburg) and Vadim Palmov (St. Petersburg — Karlsruhe) composer Vadim Bibergan (St. Petersburg) and others. Decisions of the Jury are final and beyond appeal. 

 

V. Financial regulations:

1. Entry fees for a duo are:

Competition: categories A and B – 2000 Rubles, C and D – 3000 Rubles.

Festival: categories A and B – 1500 Rubles, C and D – 2000 Rubles.

The Entry fee is to be either transferred to the account 40703810701071601249 at the bank ОАО «Банк Петровский», 26 Nevsky prospect, 191186 St. Petersburg, Russia, or paid for upon arrival. The Entry fee is not refundable.

2. Travel and accommodation expenses are the responsibility of participants or the sending party.

 

 

VI. Organization Committee:

1. The Organization Committee helps foreign and out-of-city participants to reserve an accommodation at the Herzen University hotel (6 Kazanskaya str., near Nevsky prospect). Such accommodation, if necessary, should be specified in the application.

2. The Organization Committee provides participants with rehearsal space and organizes a concert of well-known piano duos at the opening ceremony.

3. The Organization Committee reserves the exclusive right for distribution and publicizing of competition materials, including broadcasting and distribution of audios and videos from auditions, opening, final and awarding ceremonies and final gala.

 

VII. Application :

1. Electronic application deadline for the competition is January 10, 2018 (see e-mail or fax below). However, the deadline is December 10, 2017 (to be defined by post stamp) for applications mailed to the address: The Organization Committee of the “Brother and Sister” competition, 2 per. Kakhovskogo, 199155 St. Petersburg, Russia. Applications for the festival should be sent to the above addresses no later than February 10, 2018.

2. The application must include the following: applicant’s full name, date and place of birth, educational institution, teacher’s full name, home address (including phone/fax with country and area codes) and e-mail as well as a photograph.

3. The following should be sent along with the application of each duo player:

- photocopy of birth certificate or that of passport;

- repertories for each round (composer, name of the piece, key and opus number) with timing indicated; and

- application for hotel reservation (if necessary).

 

VIII. Contacts:

Phone/fax: 7 (812) 350-96-52 (Herzen University Institute of Music, Theatre and Choreography);

e-mail: [email protected]

[email protected]

Competition web-site: http://www.spbofd.ru

Phones:

+7 812 657 2965; +7 921 794 7521 (Nadezhda Medvedeva, Executive Director of the Competition);

 

COMPETITION REPERTORY REQUIREMENTS

Category A (aged 6-8)

First Round

1. XVIII-XIX^th century piece(s).

                                                               Second Round

1. Obligatory composition by a contemporary St. Petersburg composer (music to be sent on receiving the application)

2. XX-XXI^st century piece(s).

Duration limit is 5 to10 min. (not including the obligatory composition).

Category B (aged 9-11)

First Round

1. XVIII-XIX^th century piece(s).

                                                               Second Round

1. Obligatory composition by a contemporary St. Petersburg composer (music to be sent on receiving

the application)

2. XX-XXI^st century piece(s).

Duration limit is 6 to10 min. (not including the obligatory composition).

Category C (aged 12-14)

First Round

1. XVIII-XIX^th century piece(s).

2. Obligatory composition by a contemporary St. Petersburg composer (music to be sent on receiving

the application)

Duration limit is10 min. (not including the obligatory composition).

                                                               Second Round

1. Contemporary piece(s) by a composer from the competitors’ region.

2. XX-XXI^st century piece(s) by a composer from the country other than that of competitors.

Duration limit is 15 min

Category D (aged 15-17)

                                                                                     First Round

1. XVIII-XIX^th century piece(s).

2. Obligatory composition by a contemporary St. Petersburg composer (music to be sent on receiving

the application)

Duration limit is 10 min. (not including the obligatory composition).

Second Round

1. Contemporary piece(s) by a composer from the competitors’ region.

2. XX-XXI^st century piece(s) by a composer from the country other than that of competitors.

Duration limit is 20 min

FESTIVAL REPERTORY REQUIREMENTS

Categories A and B

Two contrasting pieces Duration limit is10 min.

Categories C and D

Two contrasting pieces Duration limit is 20 min.

 

 

Original two-piano compositions and those for four-hands may appear on the program of both competition and festival as well as the like authorized arrangements or concert transcriptions of symphonic works. Separate parts of a set are allowed on the program (or the whole set if it fits the duration limit).

All pieces must be played from memory. Performance of the obligatory composition from music is allowed. The festival program may be played from music.

Arrangements of concertos for solo piano with orchestra are not allowed on the program.

 

In case of dispute Russian version of the Regulations will be final authority.

 

Dear friends and colleagues,

Our great desire is that the competition of 2018 would attract as many talented children as possible from remotest places of our country and from abroad. There is no doubt that wonderful teachers are bringing up the future of our music culture even in the smallest towns and villages. Hopefully, local authorities, sponsors and all who are not indifferent to the younger generation will do their best so that children and their pedagogues could come to St. Petersburg in March, 2018 to take part in this important music contest and to benefit from St. Petersburg music teaching, aesthetic education expertise and culture traditions. We are waiting for your applications!