The 3rd Osaka International Mandolin Competition & Festival

Competition Outline

• October 6 and 7, 2007

• The Phoenix Hall (Osaka)
  c/o Nissay Dowa General Insurance Co. Ltd.
  4-15-10 Nishi-Tenma, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0047 JAPAN

• Solo Mandolin

• June 11, 2007 (Mon):
• Registration period Application must be received
• July 1, 2007 (Sun):
• Announcement of Preliminary Screening results.
• October 6, 2007 (Sat):
• Second Screening (Semi-Final)
• October 7, 2007 (Sun):
• Final competition is.

• \10,000

• Andrey Gorbachev
  (Balalaika player, Russia)
• Nikolai Maretzky
  (Mandolin player, Belarus)
• Caterina Lichtenberg
  (Mandolin player, Germany)
• Tamara Volskaya
  (Domra player, USA)
• Henri Dorigny
  (Guitarist, France)
• Takashi Kubota
  (Conductor, Composer, Japan)
• Masanobu Nishigaki
  (Guitar player and Composer, Japan)
• Kazuo Senzaki
  (Former principal fagotto player at Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Japan)

• The 3rd Osaka International Mandolin Competition is open to every person born after January 1st, 1975, regardless of nationality.

• Preliminary Screening
• Compulsory Music numbers
• Jiro Nakano (1902-2000): Preghiera op.21
• or
• Silvio Ranieri(1882-1956): Variazioni su un Tema di Haydn
• The candidates must choose one of the pieces and record it on either MD(mini-disc), CD-R, cassette tape or DAT.
• Please note that the candidates may be asked to resubmit the recording when there seems
  to be a long distance between the player and the recording microphone.
• Second Screening (Semi-Final)
• Compulsory Music numbers
• Yasuo Kuwahara(1946-2003) “A Dumb Door” (Vogt & Fritz)
• The competitors must play Yasuo Kuwahara’s “A Dumb Door” (Vogt & Fritz)
• The competitors are responsible for choosing other pieces to play as well as the order
  of presentation.
• The competitors must enter the stage, tune, perform and leave within 20 minutes.
• The competitors can also choose to play with or without accompaniment.
• Final
• The competitors choose pieces to play and the order of presentation.
• The competitors must enter the stage, tune, perform and leave within 30 minutes.
• The competitors choose freely choose whether they play with or without accompaniment.

• First Prize \200,000 and other prizes
  Second Prize \100,000 and extra prizes
  Third Prize \50,000 and extra prizes
• GALA CONCERT FOR THE WINNERS:
• The organizer is to hold gala concerts in 2008 and the winners must perform in those
  concerts.
• The organizer will guarantee the performance fee of 100,000Yen per one concert and
  bear the cost for accommodations of the winners in Japan.

• Preliminary Screening
• The names of the players are withheld from the judges.
• The performances are rated either A, B or C.
• A: qualified
• B: neither qualified nor unqualified
• C: unqualified
• Second Screening (Semi-Final)
• The performances of Yasuo Kuwahara’s “A Dumb Door” are marked out of 25 points.
• The performances of the competitors’ choices are also marked out of 25 points.
• The sum of the two performances is the players’ point.
• Final
• The performances are marked out of 50 points.
• The final results will be the average of 6 judges.
• To reduce bias, the maximum and minimum scores will be excluded.
• The final decision will be made through discussions by the judges after reviewing all the entrant’s scores.
• The list of marks will be open to the public.
• Judges are not allowed to evaluate those who studied under them in last five years.
• Judges are not allowed to contact the entrants until the end of final competition.
• The decisions of the jury are final.

• If a visa is needed to enter Japan, the entrant is required to acquire it him/herself.
  An invitation letter will be issued by the organizer upon request.
  　When asking for the invitation letter, let the organizer know the following data:
  　1. First name and surname in his/her native language,
  　2. Gender, Date of Birth, Nationality, Occupation, Present address and Telephone
  number,
  　3. Traveling costs (i.e. Ticket price, hotel expenses and food cost),
  　4. Name of the person who bears the traveling cost together with his/her gender, occupation, address, telephone number and the relationship with the competitor.

• The entrants are requested to get insurance themselves over their own health, loss or damage to their belongings if needed since the organizer takes on no responsibility for those matters.

• Rights on any performances in the competition and concerts in relation with this
  competition by the entrants including recording, broadcastings and photos belong to the organizer.
• Competitors are not allowed to appear in any concerts while they are still in the
  process of competition.

• If the cash prizes are subject to be taxed under Japanese law, those prizes will be
  given after deduction of tax.