The 7th Osaka International Mandolin Festival & Competition will be held!

The 7th Osaka International Mandolin Festival & Competition will be held! We will hold not only the regular solo mandolin competition but also the solo mandola, mandoloncello, mandolute competition!

• Date:October 8th and 9th, 2011
• Location:The Phoenix Hall, Osaka
• Competition Category:
  Category A: Mandolin Solo
  Category B: Mandola, Mandoloncello or Mandolute Solo
• Schedule
• Deadline of application for the preliminary examination: July 19th, 2011　(Both category)
• Announcement of the result of the preliminary examination: August 1st, 2011, On this website
• Semifinal: October 8th, 2011
• Final: October 9th, 2011
• Compulsory piece of the category A, “Couple pour Mandolin solo” is now on sale
• We deal only in the domestic shipment in Japan.
• If you are not in Japan, get it from Hause der Musik Trekel.

Category A: Mandolin Solo

APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY

• Under 30 years old on 9th October, 2011

PRIZES

• First winner; JPN 200,000 and a mandolin made by R. Calace, from Fret Gakki OZAKI Co. Ltd.
• Second winner; JPN 150,000 and extra prize
• Third winner; JPN 100,000 and extra prize

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION (by recorded media)

• Love Song op. 275, by Carlo Munier (1859-1911)
• Unaccompanied, No assignment for the issues

SEMI-FINAL (held on 8th October)

• Less than 20 minutes program including ‘Couple pour Mandolin solo’, by Yoshinao Kobayashi (Haus der Musik Trekel, T6399).
• Playing time include entrance and exit time.
• No assignment for accompaniment.

FINAL (held on 9th October)

• Free program with 20 – 30 minutes, including at least one piece of Carlo Munier.
• Playing time includes entrance and exit.
• No assignment for accompaniment.

Category B: Mandola, Mandoloncello or Mandolute Solo

APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY

• No limit for ages.
• One applicant can apply with one instrument among Mandola (tenor), Mandoloncello and Mandolute.

PRIZES

• First winner; JPN 50,000 and extra prize
• Second winner; JPN 30,000 and extra prize
• Third winner; JPN 10,000 and extra prize

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION (by recorded media)

• Choose any part from the final piece (your choice), and record for 5 – 10 minutes.
• No assignment for accompaniment.
• You can apply with a part or one movement of whole tune, but in this case, you need a clear notification to tell us which part you chose.

FINAL (held on 9th October)

• Free program for 15 – 20 minutes, including the part you recorded in preliminary exam.
• Playing time includes entrance and exit.
• No assignment for accompaniment.

General Information for Both Categories

JUDGES (preliminary, semi-final and final)

• Takashi KUBOTA (Head of judges, conductor and composer)
• Kenzo KUMEI (Mandolinist)
• Yoshinao KOBAYASHI (Composer)
• Goshi YOSHIDA (Mandolinist)
• Carlo Aonzo (Mandolinist, Italy)
• Ugo Orlandi (Mandolinist, Italy)
• Richardo Sandoval (Venezuela folk instruments player, Spain)
• Tamara Volskaya （Domra player,USA)

DEADLINE OF APPLICATION (for preliminary examination)

• July 19th, 2011 (Tuesday, both categories)

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RESULT OF PRELIMINARY EXAM

• August 1st, 2011 on our website

LOCATION (semi-final and final)

• Phoenix Hall, Osaka

ENTRY FEE

• JPN 10,000 (both categories)
• Please pay the fee by July 30th by bank transfer.
• 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.

HOW TO APPLY

• Send recorded MD or CD-R and the application form with your photo to:
• ARTE MANDOLINISTICA, incorporated NPO (Yasunobu Inoue)
• Sujikai-bashi Kita 1-478, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, 612-0869
• Note that the deadline is July 19th, 2011.
• Applicants from abroad can apply with e-mail in which the MP3 of the recording is attached.
• E-mail to: office@arte-mandolin.com.
• Notify your program in the application form.
• You can change the pieces or the order by July 30th.
• A photo should be sent by snail mail, or it can be JPEG format sent by e-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 playing by editing.
• If we find the trace of editing on your recording, your entry will be cancelled.
• We may require resubmission when the recording quality is low.

JUDGMENT PROCEDURE

• Preliminarily examination of both categories
• Judges will select among entries without knowing the entry names.
• 12 entries in category A will go to the semi-final, and 8 entries in category B will go to the final.
• Judges score each entry by three accounts (A, B and C).
• Category A
• Full points in the semi-final is 25 to compulsory and self-chosen each (50 total).
• 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 eight judges.
• The highest and lowest points form judges are eliminated and the average of the rest points is calculated.
• Category B
• 50 points for the final. Calculation will be the same with that of category A.
• Notes
• 2 points are reduced when your play runs over.
• Results will be open to public.
• A judge cannot evaluate the entries who have learned under him (from preliminary exam to the final).
• Program should be different between semi-final and final.
• You are not allowed to complain to the judges.

7 entries will advance to the final.Scores(PDF)

• Semi-final will be held on October 10th, 2010 at the Izumi Hall, Osaka.
• Time schedule
• More information

Name (Nationality)	Title
Kosuke HASHIZUME (Japan/Belgium, 1984-)	Espoire+Facteur+Nostalgie
	He is a enrolled in the Department of Composition, Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, after studying in Conservatoire National de Region de Nice. He has studied under J.L.Luzignant and D. Cappelletti.
Name (Nationality)	Title
Uladzimir KARALCHUK (Belarus, 1958)	Sonata <<PERPETUO MOTO>>
	He is a professor of the The Belarusian State Academy of Music.
Name (Nationality)	Title
Tadashi HIRATA (Japan, 1969)	幻想曲「北方からのメッセージ」
	He has studied under Takashi Kubota. He is a member of Kubota Philomandolinen Orchester
Name (Nationality)	Title
Yukio AKIYAMA (Japan, 1972-)	幻想曲
	He has studied under Takashi Kubota and Haruyuki Suzuki.
Name (Nationality)	Title
Natsumi WATANABE (Japan, 1979-)	鼓動
	She was graduated from Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music. She has studied under Michio Kidazume
Name (Nationality)	Title
Kseniya Vechar KAVALEVSKYA (Belarus, 1981-)	Quo Vadis?
	She has studied under G.Gorelova and Uladzimir KARALCHUK.
Name (Nationality)	Title
Yuko MIKI (Japan, 1983-)	奏(KANADE) 〜マンドリンオーケストラのために〜
	She is enrolled in the graduate school of Shiga University. She has studied under Chiharu Wakabayashi.

APPLICATION FORM

• [Download from here]

DATE OF THE FINAL

• October 10th, 2010

LOCATION

• Izumi Hall, Osaka

ORGANIZER

• Non-profit Organization ARTE MANDOLINISTICA

PATRONAGE

• Agency for Cultural Affairs
• Osaka Prefectural Government
• Osaka City
• Japanese Society for Contemporary Music (expected)

COMPOSITION CATEGORY

• Mandolin Orchestra

SCHEDULE

• Application Deadline: August 16, 2010
  • Application must be received by the date.
• Preliminary Screening: Screening based on scores
  • Result will be announced on September 1, 2010 at the website of the organizer.
  • Around 6 candidates will advance to the final.
• Final: Judgment based on public performance
  • Rehearsals: October 9th, 2010.
  • Final: October 10th, 2010.
  • Performer: ARTE MANDOLINISTICA conducted by Yasunobu Inoue

PRIZE

• First Prize: 200,000yen
  • ARTE MANDOLINISTICA will request the first prize winner to compose another new piece with commition fee 200,000yen.
• Second Prize: 150,000yen
• Third Prize: 100,000yen

JURY

• Michio Kitazume – Composer, Professor of Kunitachi College of Music
• Takashi Kubota – Conductor, Composer
• Shuji Kozakura – Composer, Former professor of Nagoya College of Music
• Yoshinao Kobayashi – Composer
• Norio Fukusi – Composer, Professor of Kunitachi College of Music
• Keigo Fujii – Guitarist, Composer
• Hiroyuki Fujikake – Composer
• Hinoharu Matsumoto – Compser, Professor of Kyoto City University of Arts

WORKS FOR APPLICATION

• Works must be composed for 6 parts (Mandolin I, Mandolin II, Mandola, Mandoloncello, Guitar, and Contrabass) of mandolin orchestra, or 5 parts (excludes Mandoloncello).
• Works must not include wind or percussion parts, and duration of the works must be approximately 10 minutes.
• The number of the orchestra members must be around 50. (Applicants can specify the number of the members.)
• Works must not have been announced to public before the competition.
• An applicant must apply only one work.
• It is not allowed to make the recording or the performance of the applied work open to public before the final of the competition.
• It is possible to entry regardless of age and nationality.
• The applied work can be a suite, when the total duration is approximately 10 minutes.
• The way of playing, such as tremolo, picking, or, pizzicato, must be noted on the score. Notation is up to applicants. If the work needs particular ways of playing, the concrete way of playing must be described on the score.

NOTICE

• Applicants can submit the work by the photocopy of the original score.
• The duration and the tempo (described with metronome or other ways) of the work must be written on the score.
• The title of the work and the name of the applicant must be written on the cover of the score. Do not write them in the inside of the score.
• Time of the rehearsal on Oct. 9th is 60 minutes per a work. The applicant must attend in principle. The applicant from outside Japan can skip the rehearsal.
• The applicant is not allowed to change, to correct or to touch up the scores after submitting. If inevitable changes are found in the rehearsal, the applicant can change, correct or touch up the score after the organizer’s permission.
• The applicant is not allowed to contact the performer before the rehearsal on Oct. 9th.

JUDGMENT PROCEDURE

• Preliminary Screening: Screening based on the scores
  • The works are rated either A, B or C (A is the best score).
• Final: Judgment based on public performance
  • The works are rated marked out of 50 points.
  • Judging committee which includes 9 judges takes charge of the judgment under the judgment policy.
  • The final result will be decided through discussions by the judges according to the scores.
  • The average score of 7 judges out of 9 will be the final score, since the maximum and minimum scores will be excluded to reduce bias.
  • 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 applicants until the end of final competition.
  • The filnal decisions of the jury will not be overturned.

REGISTRATION FEE

• 10,000 yen
• The registration fee is not needed when submitting the work and the application sheet. The way of paying the entry fee is informed to the entrants after we accept the application.

THE WAY OF REGISTRATION

• Mail the following documents. Applicants from outside Japan are allowed to send them via e-mail.
  • A score of the work to entry: A photocopy of the original score is allowed. A bound score is preferable. Either handwritten score or printed score is acceptable.
  • An application sheet: [Download from here]
  • 2 copies of color photograph of the applicant are required: The size is not specified. It must be photographed within one year. (It is allowed to send picture in JPEG format via e-mail.)

MAILING ADDRESS

• Non-profit Organization ARTE MANDOINISITCA Competition Bureau
  1-478　Sujikaibashi-kita Fukakusa Fushimi-ku Kyoto, JAPAN, zip 612-0869
• Tel&Fax: 075-646-3655
• Website: http://www.arte-mandolin.com/en
• E-Mail: office@arte-mandolin.com

TRAVEL AND LODGING EXPENSES OF THE FINALISTS

• The organizer will pay traveling and lodging expense for the finalists on the following condition.
  • 50 percent of the traveling expense (for applicants from either Japan or outside Japan)
  • The expense of the lodging on Oct. 10th and 11th (The hotel is specified by the organizer.)

PUBLISH OF THE AWARDED WORKS

• All the awarded works will be published by organizer.

TRAVELLING VISAS (Only for applicants from outside Japan)

• If a visa is needed to enter Japan, the applicant is required to acquire it on one’s own responsibility.
• An invitation letter will be issued by the organizer upon request.
• When asking for the invitation letter, let the organizer know the following information:
  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 (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 applicant.

Tax on the cash prize

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

Copyrights

• Rights on any performances in the competition and concerts in relation with this competition by the applicants including recording, broadcastings and photos belong to the organizer.