CHORAL MUSIC

5TH INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR YOUNG CHORAL CONDUCTORS
MARCH 26-30, 2009, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA

Organizer:

Republic of Slovenia Public Fund for Cultural Activities (JSKD)

and its local office in Ljubljana

Partners:

Europa Cantat (EC)

Europa Cantat Central Eastern European Centre (ECCEEC),

Academy of Music, Ljubljana,

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Europäischer Chorverbände (AGEC).

The competition is open for young musicians born after December 31st, 1978

Deadline for applications - active participants:
November 17th, 2008
Deadline for applications - passive participants /scores included in the fee:
November 17th, 2008
Deadline for applications - passive participants / scores not included in the fee:
December 31st, 2008

(No age limit for passive participants.)

Official language of the competition is English.

29. marec 2009 /29 March 2009
Finalisti / Finalists

Florian Benfer, Nemčija / Germany
Andreas Felber, Švica / Switzerland
Jerica Gregorc Bukovec, Slovenija / Slovenia
Dani Juris, Finska / Finland

27. marec 2009 /27. March 2009
Polfinalisti / Semifinalists

Florian Benfer, Nemčija / Germany
Andreas Felber, Švica / Switzerland
Jerica Gregorc Bukovec, Slovenija / Slovenia
Maud Hamon, Francija / France
Dani Juris, Finska / Finland
Takashi Mizumoto, Japonska / Japan
Matteo Valbusa, Italija / Italy
Stefan Vanselow, Nemčija / Germany

List of competitors

Leopoldo Angulo Crespo, Ecuador

Florian Benfer, Germany
Andreas Felber, Switzerland
Jerica Gregorc Bukovec, Slovenia
Maud Hamon, France
Marcis Imants, Latvia
Dani Juris, Finland
Sooyeon Lee, South Korea
Janis Liepins, Latvia

Andreas Meier, Switzerland
Takeshi Mizumoto, Japan
Aleksandra Samokhvalova, Russia
Jan Schumacher, Germany
Matteo Valbusa, Italy
Stefan Vanselow, Germany
Bryan Zaros, USA

Thomas Daniel Csury, Hungary - first on the waiting list

1.STRUCTURE OF THE COMPETITION IN BRIEF:

Thursday, 26. 3.:

Arrival, registration

Friday, 27. 3.:

Srednja glasbena in baletna šola
(Music High School Ljubljana)

Elimination round - female choir
Elimination round - chamber group

Saturday, 28. 3.:

Srednja glasbena in baletna šola

(Music High School Ljubljana)

Semi-final - mixed choir
Semi-final - mixed choir

Sunday, 29. 3.:

Slovenska filharmonija

(Slovene Philharmonic Hall)

Finals - mixed choir

Monday, 30. 3.:

Departure

2. ROUNDS OF THE COMPETITION

l. ELIMINATION ROUND

PART 1:

Friday morning - rehearsal with girls' choir
16 participants
Choir: Girls' Choir of the Diocesan Classical Gymnasium Ljubljana (conductor Helena Fojkar Zupančič)
Programme: contemporary music
Each participant conducts the compulsory piece (no rehearsing) and rehearses for 12 minutes one of four compositions, drawn by lot.

List of compositions:
* Compulsory piece: Lojze Lebič (1934): Čas (Ed. JSKD)
Lajos Bárdos (1899-1986): Magos a rutafa (Edition Musica Budapest)
- 1st part
Javier Busto (1949): Salve Regina (AB Carl Gehrmans Musikförlag, Stockholm)
Ambrož Čopi (1973): Due pezzi sacri (Sulasol)
- Ave Maria
Damijan Močnik (1967): Kralj (Astrum Music Publications)

PART 2:

Friday afternoon - rehearsal with chamber group
16 participants
Choir: Chamber Choir Krog, Ljubljana (conductor Primož Malavašič)
Programme: old music
Each participant conducts the compulsory piece (no rehearsing) and rehearses for 12 minutes one of four compositions, drawn by lot. Each conductor can decide how many singers out of the 24 members of the choir should perform and rehearse compositions from the old music programme.

List of compositions:
* Compulsory piece: Jacobus Handl - Gallus (1550-1591): Subsannatores subsannabit Deus, OM: 2/70 (Ed. ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana )
Jacobus Handl - Gallus (1550-1591): Sancta et immaculata virginitas, OM: 4/73 (Ed. ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/26-1594): Te est Petrus (Astrum Music Publications)
Thomas Morley (1557/58-1602): Laboravi in gemitu meo (Ed. Chester Music)
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672): Die mit Tränen säen SW 378 (Carus-Verlag)

ll. SEMI-FINALS

PART 1

Saturday morning - rehearsal with mixed choir:
8 participants
Choir: Mixed Choir Ljubljanski madrigalisti (conductor Andreja Martinjak)
Programme: 1 compulsory composition from the Romantic period and 4 contemporary compositions
Each participant conducts the compulsory composition (no rehearsing) and rehearses for 15 minutes one of 4 contemporary compositions, drawn by lot.

List of compositions:
* Compulsory piece: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1805-1847): Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt (Carus-Verlag)
Ambrož Čopi (1973)i: Psalmus 108 (Ed. Sulasol)
Pavle Merku (1927): Lugori (Pizzicato Verlag Helvetia)
Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968): Tre compositioni chorali (Ed. Schott)
- 1. Cade la sera
Jorgen Jersild (1913-2004): Min yndlingsdal (Ed. Wilhelm Hansen)

PART 2

Saturday morning - rehearsal with mixed choir:
8 participants
Choir: Chamber Choir Megaron (conductor Damijan Močnik)
Program: 1 compulsory contemporary composition and 4 other compositions from Romantic peroid
Each participant conducts the compulsory piece (no rehearsing) and rehearses for 15 minutes one of four compositions from the romantic period, drawn by lot.

List of compositions:
* Compulsory piece: Knut Nysted (1915): Missa brevis (Carus-Verlag)
- Gloria
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896): Ave Maria (Carus-Verlag)
Johannes Brahms (1933-1897): Im Herbst op. 104, nb. 5 (Peters)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Pater noster (Carus-Verlag)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): Three Shakespeare Songs (Oxford University Press)
- 2. The Cloud - Capp'd Towers
- 3. Over Hill, Over Dale

lll. FINALE

PART 1:

morning rehearsal with mixed choir (without jury and public)
4 participants
Choir: Chamber Choir Ave Ljubljana (conductor Andraž Hauptman)
Program: 1 compulsory contemporary piece (for all the participants) and one of 4 other compositions, drawn by lot
Each participant has 45 minutes for rehearsal (no jury)

List of compositions:
* Compulsory piece: Nana Forte (1981): Libera me (Ed. DSS)
Uroš Krek (1922-2008): Psalm XLII Desiderium exulis (Pizzicato Verlag Helvetia)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): Exultate Deo (Ed. Salabert)
Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975): 6 Cori di Michelangelo Buonarroti Il Giovane (Nuova Carish)

- 2. Il coro del malammogliati
Per Norgard (1932): Wie ein Kind (Edition Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen)
- 1. Wiigen Lied

PART 2

Finale/ public concert with the same mixed choir
Each participant performs two compositions, rehearsed in the morning.

3. JURY AND PRIZES

The jury is international and consists of 7 members (2 from Slovenia, 5 from abroad). The decision of the jury is final.
Prize Fund for the finals is 5000 EUR.
Besides monetary awards additional special prizes and practical awards will be given.

4. FEES, SCORES, ACCOMODATION, TRANSPORT AND MEALS

* Application fee for active participants:
25 EUR (non-refundable), to be paid upon the application (when we receive your application, we will send you the documents needed to pay the application fee).

* Participation fee:

Participation fee will have to be paid after applicants have been accepted. It includes scores and study tour (for passive participants only). Organisers cover the costs of two meals a day (lunch and dinner).

Country Group

Group 1
From AT, AW, BE, CA, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, FI, HK, IL, IE, IS, IT, JP, LU, NL, NO, NZ, SE, SG, UK, US
Group 2
From AR, CG, CN, CO, CY, CZ, EE, GR, HU, MT, PE, PL, PT, SI, SK, TW and some overseas countries
Group 3
From AL, AM, BA, BG, BY, CS, GE, HR, KZ, LV, LT, MD, MG, MK, RO, RU, TR, UA

* Direct members are members of Europa Cantat (individuals or choirs)
** Indirect members are members of member-organisations of Europa Cantat (see www.europacantat.org links - EC member organisations)

If you are not sure which group you belong to, write to info@europacantat.org

Important note:

Active participants with limited economic resources can apply for Noël Minet Fund scholarship. See: www.europacantat.org / About Europa Cantat / Noël Minet Fund

Scores:
All the scores are included in the participation fee for active participants.

All the scores are included in the participation fee for passive participants, who send the application form until November 17th. You may apply as passive participant later than November 17th but in this case you need to order scores by yourself. In this case you have 70 EUR discount of the participation fee.

Parts of the scores will be published on website in September to get an idea about the program. For Slovenian compositions you can write in advance to mihela.jagodic@jskd.si.

See the competition for free:
If you don't need the scores, you are not interested to participate in study tour and don't need meals, you can come to see the first and second round for free. You don't need to send the application. However, you will need to buy a ticket for the finale (10 EUR).

Accommodation:
Participants will have to cover the cost of the accommodation.
Several hotels, pensions and hostels are available. We will publish a list in September and we will ask you to book directly.
Participants who would like to stay with families, please contact mihela.jagodic@jskd.si as soon as possible so we can ask families to get involved.

Travel expenses:

All participants of the competition have to cover their own travel expenses.

5. APPLICATIONS

Application must include the following documents:

Active participants - deadline for applications: November 17th, 2008)
by email:
- CV (biography)
- 1 photo
by post:
- A videotape or DVD of concert and rehearsal - the choir conducted by the competitor. The conductor has to be clearly seen, not only from far away. The recording should be at least 15 minutes long. Recording day may not be prior to 1. January 2008.

If participant does not have a recording from concert, he must send recording from rehearsal - compositions must be performed from beginning to end without interruptions.
- Recommendation letter of the conducting professor / a reputable choral expert / the national choral organisation in your country

Passive participants - deadline for application November 17th (for those who would like to order scores) or December 31st, 2008 for other passive participants.
- Please mark your participation status on the Application Form!

Applications to be sent to:
JSKD
Štefanova 5
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
(Choral Conductors's Competition)

Further information:

Ms. Mihela Jagodic
Phone: + 386 1 24 10 525,
fax: + 386 1 24 10 525
Email: mihela.jagodic@jskd.si
http: www.jskd.si, www.europacantat.org

Competitiors

Jury

Choirs

How to order scores directly

Program Booklet