11th LYONS INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION

11th LYONS INTERNATIONAL
CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION
STRING QUARTET
Wednesday 22 to Sunday 26 April 2015
“This competition is a unique event, providing an opportunity to welcome to our city
the most eminent international musicians. It is a bonus for Lyons, and it will enable
our city to enhance its aura on the international scene.”
Georges Képénékian, first Deputy-Mayor of Lyons
Director of Culture and Heritage
2004 : TRIO WITH PIANO
2005 : BRASS QUINTET
2006 : VOICE AND PIANO, lied and melody
2007 : DUET VIOLIN AND PIANO
2008 : WOODWIND QUINTET
2009 : STRINGS QUARTET
2011 : TRIO WITH PIANO
2012 : BRASS QUINTET
2013 : VOICE AND PIANO, lied and melody
2014 : DUET VIOLIN AND PIANO
With the support of:
Ville de Lyon, Région Rhône-Alpes, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Opéra de Lyon, Auditorium de
Lyon, Conservatoire national supérieur musique et danse de Lyon, Conservatoire à
rayonnement régional de Lyon, Comité de soutien, Adami, Sacem, Fonds pour la création
musicale, Société philharmonique de Lyon, Musiciens entre Guerre et Paix, Atelier de lutherie
Alexandre Snitkovski, Cordes Savarez, Fondation Salabert, Matmut, Signé Vignerons, Société
Générale, Fondation Bullukian, Caisse d’Epargne Rhône Alpes
Lyons International Chamber Music Competition is a member of the World
Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC).
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RULES: General Terms and Conditions
The eleventh international chamber music competition of Lyon (CIMCL) is for string quartet. It is
open to artists of all nationalities born after 1985, 22th April.
The competition will award 3 prizes (1st, 2nd and 3rd), as well as a few special prizes.
The competition will take place in Lyon, France, from 2015 April, Wednesday 22th to Sunday
26th.
JURY
Valentin Erben (cellist, ex Alban Berg Quartet – Austria)
Antonello Farulli (violist, Artistic Director of Accademia Europea del Quartetto-Scuola di Musica di
Fiesole – Italie)
Vladimir Mendelssohn (violist, Enesco Quartet – France)
Roland Pidoux (cellist, Pasquier Trio – France)
Nanette Schmidt-Seibt (violinist, Quatuor Mandelring – Germany)
Pierre Korzilius (director Pro Quartet – France)
Pavel Vernikov (violinist, solist and professor in Lausanne and Vienna Hochschule – Switzerland)
The composition of the jury may change if one of the members is unable to participate.
APPLICATIONS
Closing date for applications postponed to 28th February 2015
Candidates must send by e-mail a complete application file with the following documents:
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Duly completed application form, specifying the works selected
Short curriculum vitae of the quartet as well as of each musician, in French or English
A recent photograph of the quartet (black and white, 300 dpi, size min. 10 cm x 15 cm)
Picture (100 dpi, jpg or pdf file) of identity card or passport of each musician
Application fee of 200 € (non refundable if the quartet withdraws from the competition)
The application fee must be paid by international money order, payable to the CIMCL.
Concours international de musique de chambre de Lyon
Bank name: Société Générale
Bank address: 19 rue Victor Hugo 69002 Lyon - France
IBAN: FR76 30003 02001 00037266711 34
International Bank Identification BIC (SWIFT) : SOGEFRPP
CIMCL
6 rue Auguste Comte - 69002 Lyon - France
Any change and bank costs will be charged to candidates. Please, indicate the quartet name when
you make the bank transfer for easier identification.
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ADMISSION
Only completed dossiers will be accepted. The organizers of the competition reserve the right to
pre-select candidates. Candidates will be informed by e-mail of their admittance by 3rd March
2015.
Application fees will be refunded if candidates are not admitted to the competition.
TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION
Candidates will pay their own travel and accommodation costs. A list of hotels will be
communicated when enrolment is confirmed.
REGISTRATION
Contestants must register and present ID at the competition secretariat on April, Wednesday 22nd,
between 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Lots will be drawn at 5:00 p.m. to determine order of play.
REHEARSALS
Rehearsal rooms will be available to candidates from April, Wednesday 22nd from 2:00 p.m. and
throughout the period of the competition. The competition organisers will provide a schedule to
ensure equal use of rehearsal rooms.
COMPETITION PROCEDURE
You will be advised of the place of the competition, when we will confirm your participation.
All rounds will be open to the public. All candidates, with no exception, must take part in the
qualifying round. The jury reserves the right to interrupt the contestants’ performance or to select
some movements from the pieces chosen. The order of the selected pieces is left to the discretion
of the candidates.
Sergio Menozzi score, given in semi-final round, will be available from 2015 February and you
have to purchase it by yourselves. If you need, you can order on www.acappella.eu (contact@acappella.eu).
Musical rounds could be recorded (audio and video) in order to be broadcasted (live or not) on
France Culture Plus, Radio Campus, Université Lumière Lyon 2 website.
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PROGRAMM
QUALIFYING ROUND – 23 April
Given piece
W.A. Mozart : Adagio et fugue en Ut mineur KV546
Choice from the list above :
Théodore Dubois
Quatuor n°1 in E flat major
George Onslow
Quatuor n°28 in E flat major op. 54
Camille Saint-Saëns
Quatuor n°1 E minor op. 112
All this works are proposed in collaboration with Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique
romantique française de Venise (Italia). Note that the jury could select only one or a few
movements from the pieces chosen to perform. Jury will say it before the beginning, on April,
Wednesday 22th.
Score are downloadable on IMSLP.ORG :
DUBOIS : http://imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No.1_(Dubois,_Th%C3%A9odore)
ONSLOW : http://imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No.28,_Op.54_%28Onslow,_George%29
SAINT-SAËNS : http://imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No.1,_Op.112_(SaintSa%C3%ABns,_Camille)
SEMI-FINAL – 24 April
Given
Sergio Menozzi
Quartet – creation
Score available from 2015 February
Choice in the list
A full quartet from Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms
8’
30’
FINAL – 25 April
Given
Maurice Ravel
String quartet in F op.35
Choice in the list
One, or more, quartet, written on XXth century
30’
30’
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PRIZES/AWARDS
28.000 € amount will be offered to the laureates.
First prize awarded by City of Lyon 10.000 euros
Many special prize for 18.000 euros amount to be confirmed.
To be confirmed:
Promotional video available by competition partners: NoMadMusic label, Savarez-Corelli string
factor, Bullukian Fundation
This awards list may be modified by the organisers before the beginning of the competition. The
prizes/awards will be attributed by the jury, except for the Public Award which will be attributed by
the public through individual ballot during the finals and the Websurfers award which will be
attributed by University Lumière Lyon 2 websurfers.
Candidates will be informed of the details of those different awards with their admittance.
The prizes/awards must be shared equally between the members of the quartet.
Several professional engagements may be proposed to the winners. In particular the winners
agree to honour those engagements. Dates will be given with the admittance.
Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française (Venise)
http://www.bru-zane.com/
Festival des Arts de la Grange de Clavière (Sainte Agrève)
http://www.festival-des-arts.com/
Festival des Monts de la Madeleine
http://montsdelamadeleine.com/fmm/Bienvenue.html
Musée en Musique de Grenoble
http://www.museeenmusique.com/
Conservatoire Berlioz de Bourgoin-Jallieu
http://www.bourgoinjallieu.fr/culture/conservatoire/programmation-2014-124
Festival de la Chaise-Dieu
http://www.chaise-dieu.com/
Festival Nouveaux talents (Villers-sur-Mer, été 2015)
http://berliozpianos.fr/24eme-festival-des-nouveaux-talents-villers-sur-mer/
Festival de Besançon
http://www.festival-besancon.com/
Radio France Musique
http://www.francemusique.fr/personne/gaelle-le-gallic
AWARDS CEREMONY AND CONCERT
The awards ceremony will take place in Sunday 26th April 2015 at 4:00 pm in Lyon’s Opera Concert
Hall. Award winners must be present to receive their prizes and must play freely an excerpt from
their competition program, as approved by the organisers of the concert.
The concert will be probably broadscasted by France Musique on May 2015 (Gaëlle Le Gallic
program).
DELIBERATIONS
The jury will be made up of 7 or more personalities from the music world, selected by the
competition management. The president of the jury will be nominated by the competition
management or elected by the members of the jury. The jury will deliberate at the end of each
round. The jury reserves the right not to award all of the prizes. The decisions of the jury are final.
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RECORDINGS AND BROADCASTS
Competition organisers reserve the right to record all or part of the competition using photographic
or video technology, for advertising, archives, television, internet or radio broadcasting in
accordance with the rights of French musicians (article L 212-3, Intellectual Property Code).
OBLIGATIONS
Registration for the competition implies that candidates agree to and accept all of the articles of
these rules.
The French version of these rules takes precedence.
Disputes will be settled by the authorities in Lyons.
COMPETITION VENUE
Opéra de Lyon
Place de la Comédie
69001 Lyon
www.opera-lyon.com
ADMINISTRATIV ADDRESS
Concours international de musique de chambre de Lyon (CIMCL)
6 rue Auguste Comte – 69002 Lyon – France
Tel : +33 (0)6 52 14 80 45
Email : contact@cimcl.fr
Website : www.cimcl.fr
Lyons is situated 500km south of Paris. Access by TGV trains (Lyon Part-Dieu or Lyon Perrache
stations) or by air to Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport. Informations about accommodation in Lyon may
be obtained from competition organisers.