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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
9th October 1979.
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 Recital Stage 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 1ST MAY 2009. CHANGES
TO PROGRAMME
WILL NOT BE PERMITTED AFTER 10TH AUGUST 2009.
8. Competitors must play all pieces from memory. An exception
will be made for complex modern century music.
9. Competitors must supply copies of all music performed
in the edition used. One copy is required for standard works
and two for less familiar modern music.
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 decided by
the committee and jury.
15. The three competitors going forward to the Finals Concert
will be judged on their performances at both the Recital Stage
and the Finals Concert.
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 £50. 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 CF111S 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.
Overnight accommodation on Saturday 10th October will be provided
for competitors reaching the Recital Stage and on Saturday
17th October for Final Stage competitors. Accommodation for
Friday 9th October will also be offered to competitors with
early Saturday morning performance times.
6. Additional application forms can be obtained from the
Secretary or from the website.
7. All enquiries should be addressed to the Secretary.
8. Dudley International Piano Competition is open to members
for a biennial fee of £5. Benefits include reduced price
tickets for the Preliminary and Recital stages of the competition,
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 10th October 2009, 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 Recital Stage.
2. The Recital Stage will be held at Dudley
College on Sunday 11th October 2009, 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 £1000
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 Finals Concert will be held in Dudley
Concert Hall on Sunday 18th October 2009, commencing at 7pm.
Competitors must prepare two concertos, one from each of
the following groups.
Competitors will be notified by the Jury immediately after
the Recital Stage which of the two concertos each competitor
will perform in the Finals Concert with the City of
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael
Seal.
GROUP A
J S Bach
No 1 in D Minor, BMV 1052
Mozart
No 9 in E Flat Major K 271
No 17 in G major K 453
No 20 D minor K 466
No 21 in C Major K 467
No 24 in C minor K 491
No 27 In B Flat Major K 595
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)
GROUP B
Brahms
No 1 in D minor Opus 15
No 2 in B flat major Opus 83
Chopin
No 2 in F minor Opus 21
Schumann
In A minor Opus 54
Tchaikovsky
No 1 in B Flat Major, Opus 23
Liszt
No 1 in E Flat Major G 124
No 2 in A major G 125
Rachmaninov
No 2 in C minor Opus 18
No 3 in D minor Opus 30
Bartok
No 3 in E
Prokofiev
No 2 in G Minor Opus 16
No 3 in C major, Opus 26
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