The 11th ARTE International Mandolin Festival & Competition

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Competition Outline

The 11th ARTE International Mandolin Festival & Competition will be held!

There are two categories, Mandolin solo and Mandoloncello Solo.

Date:
  • October 7th – 8th 2017 (Sat-Sun)
Location:
Competition Category:
  • Category A: Mandolin Solo
  • Category B: Mandoloncello Solo
Schedule:
  • June 30th, 2017 (Fri):
  • Deadline of application for the preliminary selection (Both Categories).
  • July 15th, 2017 (Sat):
  • Announcement of the result of the preliminary selection (On the ARTE MANDOLINISTICA Official Website).
  • October 7th, 2017 (Sat):
  • Category B Final, Category A Semi-Final.
  • 1October 8th, 2017 (Sun):
  • Category A final.
Entry Fee:
  • JPY 10,000 (per a category).
Jury members (both categories):
  • Takayuki ISHIMURA (Mandolin player, affiliate professor at Nagoya College of Music, Japan)
  • Kenzo KUMEI (Mandolin player, Japan)
  • Yoshinao KOBAYASHI (Composer, Japan)
  • Fumio SHIRATO (Contrabass player, former principal of Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, Japan)
  • Hiroyuki FUJIKAKE (Composer, Synthesizer player, Japan)
  • Caterina Lichtenberg (Mandolin player, Germany)
  • Katsia Prakopchyk (Mandolin player, Belarus)
  • Ricardo Sandoval (Mandolin player, Venezuela)

= Category A: Mandolin solo =
  • APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY:
  • None (Participants are accepted regardless of age)
  • PRIZES:
  • 1st; JPY 200,000 and extra prize
  • 2nd; JPY 150,000 and extra prize
  • 3rd; JPY 100,000 and extra prize
  • PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION (by recorded media):
  • Jiro NAKANO: Serenata op.2 (no version designation)
  • Semi Final (will be held on October 7th):
  • Total stage duration is 15 to 20 minutes, including the required piece “Improvised Poem” by Yasuo KUWABARA, published by Vogt & Fritz (PE.VF5015)
  • Final (October 8th):

  • Total stage duration is 20 to 30 minutes

= Category B: Mandoloncello Solo =
  • APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY:
  • None (Participants are accepted regardless of age)
  • PRIZES:
  • 1st winner; JPY 100,000 and extra prize
  • 2nd winner; JPY 50,000 and extra prize
  • 3rd winner; JPY 30,000 and extra prize
  • PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION (by recorded media):
  • Victor Kioulaphides: Sarabande & Fuga (From “Suite for Ali”)
    Two pieces must be played in a row.
    (You can purchase the score at DLmarket.)
  • Final (will be held on October 7th):
  • otal stage duration is 15 to 20 minutes, including the required piece “Wave for Mandoloncello” by Yoshinao KOBAYASHI (Commissioned piece)
    (You can purchase the score at DLmarket.)

= Schedule =
  • October 7th (Sat):
  • 11:00- Category B (Mandoloncello Solo) Final
  • 16:00- Category A (Mandolin Solo) Semi-Final
  • 19:30- Concert I “ARTESSIMMO” (Orchestra: ARTE MANDOLINISTICA & ARTE TOKYO )
  • October 8th (Sun):
  • 13:00- Category A (Mandolin Solo) Final
  • 16:00- Concert II (“Mandolin Orchestra from three Asian countries”)
  • 18:00- Concert III (planned)(”Ultimate plectrum art”)
  • 19:15- Concert IV (“A feast of Stradivarius and Mandolin”)
    Conductor: Hiroyuki FUJIKAKE
    Violin Solo: Yuki Manuela Janke
    Hiroyuki FUJIKAKE:Concert of starry sky etc.

Introduction of Entry

  • Please send us the followings by 30th June, 2017.
  • Application form (for Category A downloading-updates-xxl, for Category B downloading-updates-xxl)
  • Your recordings (CD-R)
  • Photo
The address is:
  • ARTE MANDOLINISTICA office, Y. Inoue, Sujikai-bashi Kita 1-478, Fukakusa, Fushimi, Kyoto 612-0869, Japan.

Preliminary Examination Result

Preliminary Examination Result(pdf)

Category A: Mandolin solo

Olivia_Artner
Olivia Artner
(Austria)
[SEMI-FINAL]
  • R.Calace/Preludio I
[FINAL]
  • O.Kalberer/Prelude e Danza
  • A.Kaufmann/Burletta, Mitoka Dragomirna
  • H.Koniezny/KAWAGUCHI-ANA
  • C.Munier / Bizzarria
Airi_Fujikawa
Airi Fujikawa
(Japan)
[SEMI-FINAL]
  • D. Shostakovich/Violin Concerto No.1 Cadenza- IV Burlesca
[FINAL]
  • E.Marucelli/Capriccio Zingaresco
  • G.B.Garvasio/Sonata D-dur I-Mov
  • T.A.Vitali/Chaconne
Taku_Hirakawa
Taku Hirakawa
(Japan)
[SEMI-FINAL]
  • R.Calace/Polonaise
[FINAL]
  • Y.Kuwahara/Jongara
  • R.Calace/Concerto per Mandolini e Piano No.1 op.113
Irina_Kolosova
Irina Kolosova
(Russia)
[SEMI-FINAL]
  • C.Abel/Fantasia and Allegro d-moll
[FINAL]
  • D.Scarlatti/Sonata K88 d-moll
  • C.Domeniconi/Preludia 4 “Loco nox”
  • R.Calace/Concerto per Mandolin e piano op.113 1-mov “Marziale”
Musafina_Svetlana
Svetlana Musafina
(Russia)
[SEMI-FINAL]
  • D.Scarlatti/Presto A-dur
  • P.I.Tchaikovsky/”Russian dance” from the ballet “Swan Lake”
[FINAL]
  • E.Podgaits/Mandolin Concerto
  • V.Kioulaphides/Diferencias
  • C.Munier/Capriccio Espaniol
Atsushi_Tanaka
Atsushi Tanaka
(Japan)
[SEMI-FINAL]
  • C.Munier/Valzer Concerto
[FINAL]
  • R.Calace/Polonaise
  • Y.Kobayashi/Cantabile
  • G.Pettine/Mandolin Concerto G-dur I-Mov

Category B: Mandoloncello Solo

Shogo_Ishikubo
Shogo Ishikubo
(Japan)
[Free Program]
  • J.S.Bach/Cello Suite no.3 BWV1009 Prelude, Sarabande, Gigue
Atsuko_Kitajima
Atsuko Kitajima
(Japan)
[Free Program]
  • A.Borodin/Sonata h-moll I-mov
Hidenori_Kiyose
Hidenori Kiyose
(Japan)
[Free Program]
  • F.Menderssohn/Song without Words, Op.109
  • B.Bartok/Romanian Folk Dance
Hiroyuki_Komatsu
Hiroyuki Komatsu
(Japan)
[Free Program]
  • J.Sibelius/Theme and Variations
Shiro_Yamamoto
Shiro Yamamoto
(Japan)
[Free Program]
  • J.S.Bach/Suite No.1 per Violoncello solo, Prelude
  • G.Casado/Suite per Violoncello solo III

Competition Results

  • 【Category A – Mandolin Solo】
  • 1st Prize Irina Kolosova (Russia)
  • 2nd Prize Svetlana Musafina (Russia)
  • 3rd Not Awarded
  • Finalist Olivia Artner(Austria)
  • Finalist Airi Fujikawa(Japan)
  • 【Category B – Mandoloncello Solo】
  • 1st Prize Not Awarded
  • 2nd Prize Not Awarded
  • 3rd Prize Shogo Ishikubo(Japan)

■Category A Final Result

■Category A Semifinal Result

■Category B Final Result

Result

Category A: Mandolin Solo

1st
Irina Kolosova
Irina Kolosova
pics2664(Russia)
[Semifinal]
  • C.Abel/Fantasia and Allegro d-moll
[Final]
  • D.Scarlatti/Sonata K88 d-moll
  • C.Domeniconi/Preludia 4 “Loco nox”
  • R.Calace/Concerto per Mandolin e piano op.113 1-mov “Marziale”

2nd
Svetlana Musafina
Svetlana Musafina
pics2648(Russia)
[Semifinal]
  • D.Scarlatti/Presto A-dur
  • P.I.Tchaikovsky/”Russian dance” from the ballet “Swan Lake”
[Final]
  • E.Podgaits/Mandolin Concerto
  • V.Kioulaphides/Diferencias
  • C.Munier/Capriccio Espaniol

3rd
Not Awarded

Finalist
Olivia_Artner
Olivia Artner
(Austria)
[Semifinal]
  • R.Calace/Preludio I
[Final]
  • O.Kalberer/Prelude e Danza
  • A.Kaufmann/Burletta, Mitoka Dragomirna
  • H.Koniezny/KAWAGUCHI-ANA
  • C.Munier/Bizzarria

Finalist
Airi_Fujikawa
Airi Fujikawa
(Japan)
[Semifinal]
  • D. Shostakovich/Violin Concerto No.1 Cadenza- IV Burlesca
[Final]
  • E.Marucelli/Capriccio Zingaresco
  • G.B.Garvasio/Sonata D-dur I-Mov
  • T.A.Vitali/Chaconne

CategoryB: Mandoloncello Solo

1st
Not Awarded

2nd
Not Awarded

3rd
Shogo_Ishikubo
Shogo Ishikubo
pics2648(Japan)
[Free Program]
  • J.S.Bach/Cello Suite no.3 BWV1009 Prelude, Sarabande, Gigue