The 9th Osaka International Mandolin Festival & Competition

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The 9th Osaka International Mandolin Festival & Competition will be held!

We will have two categories for solo competition, Mandolin and Mcnaoloncello.

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Schedule:

= Category A: Mandolin =

APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY
Under 30 years old on 6th October, 2013
PRIZES
First winner; JPY 200,000 and exta prize
Second winner; JPY 150,000 and extra prize
Third winner; JPY 100,000 and extra prize
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION (by recorded media)
Any choice from unaccompanied mandolin solo piece by Raffaele Calace(1863-1934)
SEMI-FINAL
Less than 20 minutes program including the‘Gran Preludio op 175’by Raffaele Calace (1863-1934). Performance time includes entrance and exit. No assignment for accompaniment.
FINAL
Free program for 20 – 30 minutes. Performance time includes entrance and exit. No assignment for accompaniment.

= Category B: Mandoloncello =

APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY
No limit for ages.
PRIZES
First winner; JPY 50,000 and extra prize
Second winner; JPY 30,000 and extra prize
Third winner; JPY 10,000 and extra prize
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION (by recorded media)
Inspiration 3 by Hiromitsu Kagajo (1961-)
FINAL
Free program for 15 – 20 minutes, including the ‘Inspiration 3’ by Hiromitsu Kagajo.
Performance time includes entrance and exit. No assignment for accompaniment.

JURIES (preliminary, semi-final and final):

ENTRY FEE:

NOTE:

If the fee is not paid by the due date, your entry will be canceled. Applicants take the transfer charge, and we do not return the entry fee in any situations. You have to pay the fee even if you turn down after the preliminary exam.

JUDGMENT PROCEDURE:

Juries will select among entries without knowing the entry names. 12 entries in category A, and 8 in category B will go to the semi-final/final. Judges score each entry by three accounts (A, B and C).
Category A
Full points in the semi-final is 50, 25 for compulsory and 25 for your self-chosen. Final is only self-chosen pieces, with 50 points. The final selection depends on the total score from semi-final and final (100 points) and the winner will be chosen by 8 referees. The highest and lowest points form juries are eliminated, and the average of the rest points is calculated.
Category B
Full points in the final is 50, 25 for compulsory and 25 for your choice. Calculation will be the same with that of category A.

Notes for the Judgment:

2 points will be reduced when your performance runs over. Results will be open to public. A jury cannot evaluate the entries who have ever learned under him. Program should be different between semi-final and final. You are not allowed to have any objection to the Juries.

Application was closed.

DEADLINE OF APPLICATION (for preliminary examination):

HOW TO APPLY:

ARTE MANDOLINISTICA, incorporated NPO (Yasunobu Inoue),
Sujikaibashi-Kita 1-478, Fukakusa Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, 612-0869, JAPAN.
Tel&Fax 075-646-3655

Note that the deadline is 1st July 2013 (on arrival). Applicants from abroad can apply with e-mail, with the attachment of MP3 of the recording, to the address: office@arte-mandolin.com. You should show your final program in the application form when you send. You can change the pieces or the order by 14th July, by sending an e-mail to us. After that the program change is not allowed. A photo can be sent by either e-mail attachment (JPEG format) or snail mail. The recorded playing should be within 3 months of application date and you cannot make any editing, especially you are not allowed to combine two (or more) recordings by editing. If we find the trace of editing in your recording, your entry will be cancelled. We may require resubmission when the recording quality is low.