Kharkiv Meets Zurich International Piano Competition. Category "Young Master". B Group

(B Group – born on or after February 6, 2007)

Kharkiv Meets Zurich International Piano Competition will be held from the 5th to the 10th of February 2024.
Rules and Conditions.
A non-refundable application fee – 105 Eur.
Applicants who hold Ukrainian nationality are granted exemption from the application fee.
Competition Program:

I Round (online) – contestants must submit a 10-15 minute video recording of a solo programme, including at least one étude. The remaining repertoire may be selected freely by the performer following the specified time constraint – upload until 20 December 2023.

Round II – live performance in the Hall of the Kantonsschule Uster, Switzerland. The choice of music is entirely at the discretion of the competitor within the time allowed for each age group. The live performance in Round II may include works from the video recording of the I Round. The live performance in Round II may include works from the video recording of the I Round. (Total duration – from 15 to 25 min.)

To compete for the special prize honoring the best Ukrainian composer’s piano piece performance, participants must choose a composition by a Ukrainian composer. Explore suggestions (these are provided as examples, but competitors are not limited to them) at this link:
Selection of Ukrainian Compositions.

Note: S. Prokofiev and N. Kapustin, though born in Ukraine, do not qualify as Ukrainian composers for this prize.

Round III – participants of the age group B have to perform a concerto for piano and orchestra of contestant’s choice from the following: E. Grieg: a-moll op. 16, F. Chopin: No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, F. Chopin: No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21.

Deadline for the registration: 20 December 2023, 23:59 Swiss time

Information, Help and Support:
Jolanta Kundrotaitė, Tel.:, WhatsUp, Viber +370 699 31852, email: info@ipmc.lt
Information about payments:
Eugenijus Butvydas, Tel.:, WhatsUp, Viber +370 685 66018, Skype: menuturas, email: info@ipmc.lt

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