Competition Results

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Artistic prizes

LIST OF COMPETITORS
  1. BAKIEWICZ Oskar - Poland
  2. EHIRO Mari - Japan
  3. FOMIN Mikhail – Russia, Holland
  4. GOMES Domingos António - Portugal
  5. HIRATA Hisako - Japan
  6. ISHENGALIEVA Marina - Russia
  7. KAZANAWA Akiko - Japan
  8. KHALTURINA Tatiana - Russia
  9. LI Ruo Han - China
10. LUNOV Andriy - Ukraine
11. MALARCZYK Magdalena - Poland (resigned)
12. NAHKUR Hando - Estonia
13. NETUK Vasili - Belarus
14. NIEMCZUK Grzegorz - Poland
15. PODOLSKA Marta - Poland
16. POLGÁR Éva - Hungary
17. RASTORGOUEV Anatoly - Russia (resigned)
18. ROTENBERG Elina - Russia, Germany (resigned)
19. SCHNEIDER Michael - USA
20. SHIMANUKI Megumi - Japan
21. SOBCZAK Radoslaw - Poland
22. SOLOVIEV Stanislav - Russia
23. WALECZEK Wojciech - Poland
24. WITEK Przemyslaw - Poland
25. YAMADA Aiko - Japan (resigned)
26. ZHANG Li - China
The spellings of the Russian competitors' names
were adapted from English transcriptions in passport.
The auditions will be held in alphabetical order starting
with the letter "K" drawn in the presence of the committee.

4th - Michael Schneider (USA) – 5.000 zl
founded by STOART (Performing Artists Association).

Distinction for the youngest semi-finalist – Andriy Lunov (Ukraine)

Grzegorz Niemczuk (Poland) - Special prize of 1000 euro
for the best competitor playing on the ‘Blüthner’
founded by Julius Blüthner’ Piano Manufactory

Audience at the Finals' Concert. Photo by M. Szwed.

Artistic prizes - concerts, recitals and recordings:

3rd International Ferenc Liszt

Piano Competition in Wroclaw, Poland,

is being held under the auspices of

Rafal Dutkiewicz

President of Wroclaw

Pawel Wroblewski

President of the Lower Silesia

Competition Director - Juliusz Adamowski

Co-operation:

Lidia Geringer d`Oedenberg, Grzegorz Kurzyñski

 Competition Office: 

W. Lutoslawski Wroclaw Philharmonic

ul. J. Pilsudskiego 19

50-044 Wroclaw, POLAND

fax (+48 71) 351 97 35

e-mail: tifl@poczta.fm

http://www.liszt.art.pl

The Competition is organised by the F. Liszt Society in Poland, W. Lutoslawski Wroclaw Philharmonic, and K. Lipinski Academy of Music in Wroclaw.

The Competition will be held in the Philharmonic Concert Hall in Wroclaw according to the following schedule:

21 September	- the opening piano recital by István Lantos
20, 22-24 September	- 1st stage auditions
25-27 September	- 2nd stage auditions (semi-finals)
28 September	- finalists' rehearsals with the Orchestra
29-30 September	- in the mornings – rehearsals with the Orchestra, in the evenings - final   auditions
1 October	- results announcement, concert of the winners, the handing of diplomas to   laureates, finalists, and semi-finalists

Conditions and Regulations

1. The Competition is open to pianists of all nationalities. The candidates must not be younger than 16 on the date the Competition starts (born not later than 19 September  1989). Stateless candidates must send a copy of identity documents issued by the country of residence.
   

2. The Application Form must be sent by registered letter to arrive not later than 10 July 2005 to: 

    

   W. Lutoslawski Wroclaw Philharmonic

   3rd International F. Liszt Piano Competition

   ul. J. Pilsudskiego 19

   50-044 Wroclaw, POLAND

    

   Application must be sent on the enclosed Application Form or its copy of original size, along with:

   a) a copy of birth certificate, or a copy of appropriate pages from the passport,

   b) one photograph of the candidate’s face, minimum size 9x13 cm, free of copyright, black and white if possible,

   c) artistic biography including information about music education and artistic achievements,

   d) a copy of entrance fee voucher (see clause no.3),

   e) copies of received competition diplomas, if any.

    

   Candidates may enclose copies of press reviews and references from recognised musicians.

    

3. Before sending the application, an entrance fee of 450 zlotys (PLN) or 100 euros (EUR), or its equivalent in exchangeable currency, should be paid to:

    

   Towarzystwo im. F. Liszta

   account no. PL 24 1020 5242 0000 2902 0021 4155 

   in PKO Bank Polski SA IV O/Wroclaw (Poland) - Swift Code BPKOPLPW

    

   Bank fees outside Poland are covered by the candidates themselves.

    

4. The board of the Competition will decide which applicants are admitted to the Competition, based on the data submitted. In case of a large number of candidates that exceeds the time limits for 1st stage audition, the board of the Competition reserves the right to qualify the candidates also according to the order of the applications'arrival. All decisions of the board will be final and beyond appeal. Candidates not admitted will receive their entrance fees back (reduced by bank or post fees). There will be no refund on any other basis.
   

5. By signing the Application Form, candidates agree to be bound by the conditions and clauses in this brochure.

    

6. All applicants will be informed by fax, registered letter, or by e-mail about their acceptance or rejection not later than 1 August 2005. If admitted, the candidate will receive information about the exact day and hour of his/her audition in the 1st stage and practice time with the chosen instrument, as well as other information, such as hotel booking.

    

7. All the participants are given 20 minutes to choose a piano and test it before the 1st stage. The possibility of free access to other pianos, in order to rehearse during the Competition, is assured for all participants in the Academy of Music.

    

8. All the participants are obliged to arrive in Wroclaw early enough to choose and test the instrument and to perform at the time fixed. 

    

9. The participants in the 1st and the 2nd stages will perform in alphabetical order, starting with the letter drawn by lot by the Jury. For the final stage a different order may be suggested by the conductor of the Orchestra. The final audition will be held with the participation of the Philharmonic Orchestra and will be preceded by two rehearsals with the Orchestra.

    

10. A participant, who must, for some unavoidable reason, delay his or her arrival, may be admitted to audition at an alternate time fixed by the Jury.

     

11. All the auditions are public and the board of the Competition has the rights to visual and sound recordings for the Competition's records. The final auditions and the concert of winners may be broadcast or transmitted by radio and television and no fee is payable on that account. Participants in the Competition cede to the organisers all copyrights for recordings and radio and television direct or delayed broadcasts made during the competition (including the winners concert). Pianists participating in the winners concert agree to perform gratuitously.
    

     

12. After announcing the results of the 2^nd stage, the Jury will suggest the programme for the laureates’ concert. Competitors awarded with non-statutory prizes can also be chosen for the concert.
    
    

13. The participants will perform, from memory, a program consisting of the following pieces:

     

     

    1st STAGE

     

     a) Ferenc Liszt:

         one of the following études d'exécution transcendante (Transcendental Studies):

         A minor, Mazeppa, Feux follets, Eroica, Wilde Jagd, F minor, Chasse-neige 

         (S.139 no. 2,4,5,7,8,10,12)*

         or one of the following Grandes études de Paganini:

         G minor, E flat major, G sharp minor, A minor (S.141 no. 1,2,3,6),

         or Tarantella from "Venezia e Napoli" (S.162) 

     

      b) Ferenc Liszt:

          one of the following etudes:

          Vision, Ricordanza, Harmonies du soir (S.139 no. 6,9,11),

          Il lamento, La leggierezza, Un sospiro (S.144)

     

      c) Chopin-Liszt:

          The transcription of the F.Chopin`s song “¯yczenie” (Mädchens Wunsch) from 6 Chant polonais (S. 480 no. 1)

     

      d) one or more pieces of any composer chosen by the candidate.

          The competitor might be obliged to submit the score of the chosen piece, and if so, he or she will be informed about it along with the confirmation of acceptance. Total time of the performance in the 1st stage must be between 25 and 35 minutes. Program shorter than 25 minutes will not qualify the competitor to the 2nd stage.

     

    * - the S number has been taken from the Humphrey Searle catalogue, as it is entered in Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

     

     

    2^nd STAGE - SEMI-FINALS

     

      a) F. Liszt - Sonata B minor (S.178)

         or F. Liszt - Apres une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi sonata plus the 2nd or 3^rd Mephisto Waltz (S.161 no.7 plus S.515 or S.216),

          or one of the following pieces along with the 1^st Mephisto Waltz (S.514):

          F. Liszt – Fantasy on two themes on W.A. Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro” (S.697) [completed and published in 1912 by F. Busoni.].

          Bellini-Liszt - Réminiscences de Norma (S.394),

          Bellini-Liszt - Réminiscences des Puritains (S.390),

          Meyerbeer-Liszt - Grande fantasie sur des the`mes de l'opéra Les Huguenots (S.412),

          Mozart-Liszt - Réminiscences de Don Juan (S.418),

          or one of the following pieces:

          F. Chopin - Sonata B flat minor op. 35,

          F. Chopin - Sonata B minor op. 58,

          R. Schumann - Sonata F sharp minor op. 11,

          R. Schumann - Carnaval op. 9,

          R. Schumann - Symhonische Etüden op. 13 (basic version - 12 etudes),

          R. Schumann - Phantasie C major op. 17

          or one of J. Brahms's sonatas (C major op. 1, F sharp minor op. 2, F minor op. 5)

     

       b) one transcription of the following songs of F. Schubert:

           Auf den Wasser zu singen, Erlkönig, Die Junge Nonne, Gretchen am Spinnrade, 

           Ständchen (Horch, Horch die Lerch ...) from Shakespeare, Ave Maria (S.558),

           Aufenhalt, In der Ferne, Liebesbotschaft (S.560), Die Post (S.561),

           Mädchens Klage (S.563), Die Forelle - second version (S.564)

     

        c) one of the following pieces:

           Wiegenlied (Chant du berceau) S.198,

           Die Trauer-Gondol (La lugubre gondole) - first version (S.200),

    Stabat Mater (published in 1978 – cf. “Neue Liszt-Augabe” ["New Edition of the Complete Liszt’s Works"], series I, vol. 12, part II “Einzelne Charakterstrücke” ["Individual character pieces"] published by Editio Musica Budapest).

     

     

    3^rd STAGE - FINALS

     

       a) one of the following works for piano and orchestra:

           F. Liszt - Concerto no.1 E flat major (S.124),

           F. Liszt - Concerto no.2 A major (S.125),

           F. Liszt - Totentanz. Paraphrase über „Dies Irae” (S.126),

           F. Chopin - Concerto no.1 E minor op. 11,

           F. Chopin - Concerto no.2 F minor op. 21

     

       b) one of the Hungarian Rhapsodies of F. Liszt

     

     

14. The awarded and distinguished participants at the 1st competition in 1999 and the 2^nd in 2002 cannot perform the works played then.
    
    

15. Competitors performing during the 1st and 2nd stages may change the order of pieces specified on the Application Form. This must be passed to organisers not later than half an hour before their audition.
    
    

16. On the basis of their own regulations, the Jury will decide about admittance to the 2nd and 3rd stages and about the distribution of statutory prizes and commendations. No more than 8 pianists will be admitted to the final stage. The decisions of the Jury will be final and beyond appeal.
    
    

17. Only the winners of the statutory prizes may use the title of Laureate of the 3^rd International F. Liszt Piano Competition in Wroclaw. All the participants of the 2nd and the 3rd stage (those not awarded with the statutory prizes) will receive the diplomas of participation in the semi-finals or the finals of the Competition.
    
    

18. The list of prize winners and commended participants, as well as the full list of the sponsors, will be announced on 1 October 2005.
    
    

19. Taxes will be deducted from prizes according to Polish tax law and international agreements.
    
    

20. At a candidate's request, the board of the competition can book a place in a higher standard hotel (****) – for special price of about 150 zl (ca. 37 USD) per night for a single room or in a middle standard hotel (**) - about 70 zl (ca. 17 USD) for a place in a double room without breakfast. At a candidate's request, the organisers can book a place for relatives and other accompanying persons as well, on individual price agreement. For competitors admitted to the semi-finals and to the concert of winners, accommodation costs for the period between the nights of 24/25 September and 1/2 October will be refunded (this applies only to accommodation booked by the organisers). Other participants and accompanying people settle the costs directly at the hotel. The costs of maintenance are not covered by the organisers.
    
    

21. Any questions concerning the competition can be addressed to:

     

                            W. Lutoslawski Wroclaw Philharmonic

                            3rd International F. Liszt Piano Competition

                            ul. J. Pilsudskiego 19

                            50-044 WROCLAW, POLAND

     

                        or by fax :

                            (+48 71) 351 97 35

     

                        e-mail: tifl@poczta.fm

     

                        or by telephone in Polish, German or Russian:

                            (+48 71) 351 97 35  or  (+48) 600 39 36 34

                        in English:

                       (+48) 604 33 89 18

Prizes

Last update: 22 March 2006 r.