Contest Rules

Announcement

The I INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION “CIUDAD DE MÁLAGA” will take place from June 7 to 15, 2024.

Pianists of any nationality who were born from June 7, 1991 onwards may participate in the competition.

Requirements

It is necessary to complete the registration form found on this website and attach all the required documentation. Registrations must be submitted before February 2, 2024 or they will not be taken into account. It is mandatory to pay the registration fee of 100 euros by bank transfer to the account number found in the bases. The contestant will be responsible for the expenses arising from the transfer.

For any questions you can contact us by email at concursantes@concursopianociudaddemalaga.com

Development

Our competition is a serious and challenging journey that begins with registration and culminates in the final competition. Musicians undergo evaluation by our experienced jury, with the opportunity to win prizes and recognition for their artistic excellence

01

Inscription

The registration period begins on November 9, 2023 and ends on February 1, 2024

02

Preselection

Selected contestants announced March 1, 2024

03

Presentation

Raffle and inaugural concert June 7, 2024

04

First Phase

First qualifying test June 8 and 9, 2024

05

Second Phase

Second qualifying test June 10 and 11, 2024

06

Extraordinary Concert

June 12, 2024

07

Semifinal

June 13, 2024

08

Final

Final and awards ceremony June 15, 2024

Regulation

Our regulations are the basis of our contest, ensuring equality and excellence for all contestants. Establishes the rules that guarantee a fair and transparent contest.

Inscription

The admission of participants to the First Eliminatory Test will be decided by the Artistic Committee of the “Ciudad de Málaga” International Piano Competition, after examining the documentation received and the recording. Your decision will be final. The result will be communicated to interested parties during the month of March 2024.

Pianists of any nationality, who were born after June 7, 1991, may participate.

The registration period begins on November 9, 2023 and ends on February 1, 2024.

Registrations must be received, fully completed and with all the required documentation, before February 2, 2024.

Registration requires:

a) Online completion of the form, attaching a digital copy of all the documents requested.

b) Sending an audiovisual recording lasting no more than 20 minutes, which includes works of different styles, through a link to a platform such as YouTube, Vimeo, etc. Each of the works performed in that recording must have been recorded in a single take, without any cutting or editing, not even between movements. The video cannot have undergone any editing touches. The recording must have been made within the last two years.

c) Indicate the repertoire chosen for each test, with the composer’s full name, title of the work, opus number, key, duration, etc.

d) Sending at least one letter or email of recommendation, written by one or more prestigious musicians, other than the candidate’s current teacher or mentor.

e) Payment of the non-refundable registration fee of €100. It will be made by bank transfer to the ABANCA account.

IBAN: ES12 2080 1210 3330 4003 3556.

BIC/Swift : CAGLESMMXXX

The expenses that this banking operation may entail will be assumed by the contestant, and in no case by the contest.

Sending the online registration form implies acceptance of all the clauses of the Contest Regulations.

The preselection will be carried out by a commission chaired by the artistic direction of the competition.

The jury members will not be able to present family members or students with whom they have worked regularly in the last two years. Failure to comply with this requirement will result in the elimination of the contestant.

The jury’s decisions will be final.

The order of performance of the contestants will be determined by draw, on June 7, 2024, before the opening concert. This order will be respected in all the Competition events, unless, for artistic reasons, the Jury determines otherwise for the Final concerts.

All contestants must be present at the drawing, except in justified cases of force majeure.

All contestants, before the first test, will be able to try the piano for 15 minutes each. They will be informed individually of the time in which they can do so.

The organization will make study pianos available to the contestants, ensuring at least 4 hours of study per day per contestant.

a) Unjustified delay to any of the tests will mean automatic disqualification.

b) The president of the jury may interrupt any interpretation if the time limit has been exceeded, without this influencing the evaluation of the contestant.

c) The data sent by the contestants for their registration in the contest, and those generated in it and in the monitoring of their artistic and professional activities, will become part of the contest database and will not be used for any purpose. another purpose that is not related to the dissemination of the contest, contestants or other activities related to the above. The organization of the contest is also authorized to use this data to promote the contest during and after it is held.

d) The contest reserves all rights to radio broadcasting, audio and video recording, broadcast on TV or the Internet, live and delayed, of the different competition events and other events and concerts, as well as the rights for their recording, being able to market and assign, freely, exclusively and without any limitation, the aforementioned rights in favor of any person or entity. This transfer of rights is carried out free of charge.

e) Visa: all travel and visa expenses will be the responsibility of the contestant. The competition organization will send an invitation letter, if requested.

f) The competition management will resolve all situations not contemplated in these regulations.

In case of doubt about the interpretation of the bases, the regulations in Spanish will be taken as valid.

Original compositions by the contestant themselves may not be included in any of the phases. All works will be performed from memory.

First Phase

It will be held on June 8 and 9, 2024

24 pianists will participate.

Second Phase

It will be held on June 10 and 11, 2024

Semifinal

It will be held on June 12 and 13, 2024

On the 12th each contestant will rehearse with the Thyssen Quartet for 60 minutes

The semi-final test will take place on the 13th

Final

It will be held on June 14 and 15, 2024, with the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra

3 pianists will participate

Each contestant will rehearse with an orchestra on the 14th, for approximately 60 minutes, and will have a general rehearsal on the morning of the 15th.

The final will be held on June 15, 2024.

 

All works of all phases must be performed from memory.

No change will be accepted in the program to be performed, once the 24 participants who will play in the first eliminatory phase in Malaga have been announced.

Preselection phase

20-minute video, with a free program of different styles that includes a virtuoso work. It may include works that are performed in the first phase of the competition.

First phase

Each contestant will perform a program of maximum duration of 25 minutes, which must include:

-A Prelude and Fugue from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier

-A Chopin study of op.10 or op.25

-Work or works of free choice, until the time is complete

Second Phase

Each contestant will perform a freely chosen program, with a maximum duration of 50 minutes.

Works from previous phases cannot be performed.

Semifinal

Each contestant will perform one of the following quintets, accompanied by the Thyssen Quartet

-R. Schumann Quintet op. 44 in E flat Major

-A. Dvorak.       Quintet op. 81 in A Major

-C. Franck         Quintet in F minor

Final

Each contestant will perform one of the following concertos for piano and orchestra:

-L. v. Beethoven                      Concerto No. 3 Op. 37 in C minor

-L. v. Beethoven                     Concerto nº4 op.58 in G Major

-F. Chopin                                Concert No. 1 Op. 11 in E minor

-F. Chopin                                Concert no.2 op.21 in F minor

– R. Schumann                      Concerto in A minor op.54

-E. Grieg                                  Concerto in A minor op. 16

-S. Rachmaninoff                  Concerto No. 2 Op. 18 in C minor

-S. Rachmaninoff                  Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini

– P. I. Tchaikovsky                  Concert No. 1 Op. 23 in B flat minor

-M. Ravel                                Concerto in G Major

 

The financial prizes and paid caches of the concerts offered will be subject to the tax legislation in force in Spain.

First prize

20,000 euros, diploma and trophy.

Concerts:

1) In one of the cycles organized by the Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra.

2) At the “Rafael Orozco” Piano Festival in Córdoba

3) In the season of the Teatro Ciudad de Marbella

4) During the Pharos Arts Foundation season in Pharos (Cyprus)

Second Prize

10,000 euros, diploma and trophy.

Third Prize:

6,000 euros, diploma and trophy.

Best ranked Spanish

1,500 euros.

The winning contestants must remain in Malaga until June 16, 2024, included, to attend to the different commitments that arise from their participation in the contest.

On June 16, the 3 first prize winners will give a recital in a town in the province of Malaga. This concert will have no financial remuneration.

Travel bags

All participants in the first phase who do not advance to the second phase will receive 300 euros as travel aid.

All participants in the second phase who do not make it to the semi-final will receive 500 euros as travel aid

All semi-final participants who do not make it to the final will receive 900 euros as travel aid.

Accommodation and meals

The organization will be responsible for accommodation in a double room and meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) for all contestants, throughout their participation in the contest. From June 7, 2024 until the last day of your participation in the contest, inclusive.

Internal travel during the contest

Once the 24 contestants have arrived in Malaga, the organization will take care of travel related to the contest, during their participation in it. Pick up at Malaga airport, María Zambrano train station or bus station, and transfer to the accommodation, study rooms, competition test rooms, and extraordinary activities during the competition, and return transfer to the Airport, train or bus station.

Extraordinary activities

Contestants will have an invitation to access the inaugural concert and the extraordinary concert, as well as the opening and closing cocktails of the competition.

Become a legend

Open call from November 9, 2023 to February 1, 2024.

Location

The competition will take place in the prestigious María Cristina Unicaja Concert Hall. This iconic venue has become the epicenter of music in our city, and its exceptional acoustics will provide an unrivaled atmosphere for piano performances.
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