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COMPETITION RULES
1. The competition is open to pianists of all nationalities,
studying or resident in the British Isles and born on or after
30th September 1981.
2. All competitors must submit with their entries a copy
of their birth certificate or passport as evidence of date
of birth.
3. Previous First Prize winners and anyone who has studied
with any member of the Jury twelve months prior to the competition
are not eligible to enter.
4. A maximum of 20 competitors will be selected for the Competition.
Eight competitors will be selected for the semi-final and
three for the Concerto Final.
5. The Competition reserves the right to refuse the entry
of any competitor without giving a reason.
6. Competitors' entries should be supported by:
a. recent written testimonials from two referees, one of
whom should be the competitor's current piano teacher, and
b. a recent unedited CD recording of professional standard,
approximately 20 to 25 minutes, containing your performance
of three contrasting works or movements.
The CD should be authenticated by your teacher. The authentication
must be written on the disc, not as a separate document. No
CDs will be returned
POOR QUALITY RECORDINGS AND UNAUTHENTICATED CDs WILL
NOT BE ACCEPTED.
7. CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS 30TH APRIL 2011. CHANGES
TO PROGRAMME WILL NOT BE PERMITTED AFTER 5TH AUGUST 2011.
8. Competitors must play all pieces from memory. An exception
will be made for complex modern century music.
9. Competitors must supply two copies of all music performed
in the edition used.
10. It is left to the competitors discretion whether or not
repeats are played.
11. The jury may stop competitors who exceed the time limit.
12. All prizes are awarded at the discretion of the Jury.
13. The decision of the jury at all stages of the competition
will be final.
14. The order of playing for all stages will be determined
by a ballot. The same order will be kept for the semi-final.
The jury will decide the order for the final.
15. The three competitors going forward to the concerto final
will be judged on their performances at both the semi-final
and final stages.
16. The Competition reserves the right to replace any member
of the Jury who is unable to attend.
GENERAL INFORMATION
1. The entry fee is £75. £25 will be refunded
to applicants who are not accepted for the competition. Cheques
should be made payable to 'Dudley International Piano Competition'.
2. All stages are open to the public
3. Practice facilities will be provided for all competitors.
4. A Yamaha CFX Concert Grand Piano, courtesy of Yamaha
UK, will be used for all stages of the Competition.
5. Competitors are responsible for their own travel arrangements.
A free collection service will be available to and from Wolverhampton
station to Dudley College throughout the duration of the competition.
6. Overnight accommodation on Saturday 1st October will be
provided for competitors reaching the semi-final stage and
on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th October for final stage competitors.
Accommodation for Friday 30th September will also be offered
to competitors with early Saturday morning performance times.
7. Additional application forms can be obtained from the
Secretary or from the website.
8. All enquiries should be addressed to the Secretary.
9. Dudley International Piano Competition is open to members
for a biennial fee of £5. Benefits include priority
booking for the final and annual newsletter. Membership forms
can be obtained from the secretary.
THE COMPETITION
The Competition is divided into three stages:
1. The Preliminary Stage will be held at
Dudley College of Technology, The Broadway, Dudley, West Midlands
on Saturday 1st October 2011, commencing at 9.30am
Each competitor will be allowed a maximum of 20 minutes for
the performance of three contrasting works from each of the
following categories:
a) either a Bach Prelude and Fugue or a Scarlatti Sonata
b) any one movement from a Classical Sonata by Haydn, Mozart
or Beethoven
c) either a study by Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin, Debussy
or Rachmaninov
or one significant work from the Romantic or 20th
/21st century repertoire.
A maximum of eight competitors will go forward to
the Semi-Final Stage.
2. The Recital Stage will be held at Dudley
College on Sunday 2nd October 2011, commencing at 10am.
Competitors will be allowed a maximum of 45 minutes for a
professionally presented concert programme of three different
works including one major work.
Competitors will be allowed to incorporate one work from
the Preliminary Stage.
The John Ireland Trust is generously donating a £500
prize to the best performance of one of the following works
included by a competitor in this stage:
Ballade (NB not Ballade of London Nights)
Rhapsody
Decorations (complete)
London Pieces (complete)
Sonatina
Sonata
Sarnia (complete)
Please note that the inclusion of a work by Ireland
is not compulsory.
Three competitors will go forward to the Final Stage
3. The Final Stage will be held in Dudley
Concert Hall on Sunday 16th October 2011, commencing at 4pm.
Competitors must prepare ONE concerto, from the following
list.
Beethoven
No 1 in C Major Opus 15
No 2 in B Flat Major Opus 19
No 3 in C Minor, Opus 37
No 4 in G Major Opus 58
No 5 in E Flat Major, Opus 73 (Emperor)
Brahms
No 1 in D minor Opus 15
Chopin
No 1 in E minor Opus 11
No 2 in F minor Opus 21
Grieg
in A minor Opus 16
Liszt
No 1 in E Flat Major G 124
No 2 in A major G 125
Mozart
No 9 in E Flat Major K 271
No 14 in E flat major K 449
No 17 in G major K 453
No 20 D minor K 466
No 21 in C Major K 467
No 22 in E flat major K 482
No 24 in C minor K 491
No 25 in C major K 503
No 27 In B Flat Major K 595
Rachmaninov
No 1 in F sharp minor Opus 1
No 2 in C minor Opus 18
Saint-Saens
No 2 in G minor Opus 22
Schumann
In A minor Opus 54
Tchaikovsky
No 1 in B Flat Major, Opus 23
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