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Rules of competition and application form
6. International Competition for Young Musicians Oskar Rieding
PERFORMERS – COMPOSERS
This year, the competition supports young musicians from Ukraine and they have free participation.
We will also devote part of the collected funds from registration benefices to supporting young musicians, refugees.
1. The competition is intended for young musicians instrumentalists and vocalists who want to compile and carry out their own tracks.
2. The theme of the 6th International Competition for Young Musicians Oskar Rieding is “Music for Peace“.
The competition is online, applications are open until 15 May 2022 30 May 2022.
The results of the competition will be published after the application deadline on the competition website.
The winners of the competition will present their compositions to the audience at Gala concerts of the winners, which will be held by the end of 2022 at Eminent concert locations: National House Celje, Summer Festival in Izola, Crystal Hall Rogaška Slatina, Stainenberg mansion. In this way, the music of young contractors – composers will present the audience to Slovenia. At the same time, young creators learn about and, in their own way, continue the music tradition of the famous pedagogue and violinist Oscar Rieding, who was a successful composer and the contractor of his own works.
3. Young musicians of instrumentalists and/or vocalists with one copyright track can be reported to the competition. The rule of competition is that the author must also be the contractor of the reported musical work, as a soloist or a member of the Chamber Group (in the performance, other musicians can participate) or can also be soloist with chamber or symphony orchestra (3rd and 4th category). In the author’s composition, acoustic instrument / instruments can be used, vocal. The use of electroacoustic musical instruments and multimedia is not permitted.
4. Categories. The competition is divided into four age categories:
1. A category up to 10 years,
1. B Category 10 – 13 years,
2. Category 14-17 years,
3. Category 18 -21 years,
4. Category 22 years on (without age limit).
5. Competition track.
Competitors can apply for a competition with one copyright track, which is written for solo contractor (solo or accompaniment) or for a chamber assembly (two artists or more) – in any musical style or genre.
The use of electroacoustic musical instruments and multimedia is not permitted.
6. Competitors (1. A and 1. B category) can be helped by pedagogue when creating a song, as well as accompanying.
7. Complete on-line registration for the competition must include:
YouTube Link with a candidate video that is not older than 12 months on the day of application. The video must be publicly available (YT channel settings – “public”) and must be the actual recording of the reported candidate.
For the 3rd and 4th category (insofar as it is a song for a larger assembly) it is acceptable that the candidate sends a video of its own performance solo part, and MIDI illustration (or electronic illustration in another format) of the entire track, insofar as it can not send a track in the orchestral version.
Notebook reported songs in PDF format – Parture and individual parties.
8. The minute reported songs must not exceed: 5 min for 1st category, 10 min for 2nd category, 15 min for the 3rd category, and 20 min for the 4th category.
9. The application must contain personal information (name, surname, title) candidate and a copy of the personal document.
10. Registration fee for participation on the competition
EUR 35,00 for 1A. category
EUR 45.00 for 1B. category
55,00 EUR for 2nd category
EUR 65.00 for 3rd category
EUR 75.00 for the 4th category
You will receive an account for payment of registration with your information to your email address within one day after the online login submitted.
The period of payment of the registration fee is 5 working days after receipt of the invoice. The Organizing Committee will award 15 scholarships for free registration participants from war zones.
11. The application deadline is up to 15 May 2022.
12. The Organizing Committee deals with only complete applications.
13. The results of the competition will be published on the competition website on 25 May 2022. The winners of the competition will receive diplomas by e-mail listed in the application form.
14. The winners of the competition will be informed about the dates of appearances on the gala concerts of finalists via e-mail.
Celje – Provincial Museum
Dvorec Štatenberg – Concert within the Festival Glasbeni dvorec
Rogaška Slatina – Music pavilion
Izola – Performance within the Summer festival in Izola
15. The finalists themselves cover their travel expenses and potential costs of residence related to occurrences.
16. The decisions of the jury competitions are final.
17. The jury may assign any prize to several competitors (ex aequo).
18. The jury can determine additional prizes for competitors.
19. By submitting the application form, the candidate and his parents or administrators agree with the above rules.
20. The candidate and his parents or his parents custodians agree with the registration at the competition and allow free public announcement of video, audio and photo posts of the candidate, his author’s songs and the achievements of the competitor. They also permit the print of the applied tracks in case of jury decision.
21. The organizing committee reserves the right to cancel the competitionIn in case of a low number of registered competitors. In case of cancellation of the competition, the registration fee will be returned to all competitors who have submitted the application.
22. For all possible questions and disputes is responsible the organizational committee of the competition. Its decisions are final.
For more information, please contact us at: info@riedingcompetition.
We reserve the right to change.