Concorso Chitarristico Internazionale Maurizio Biasini – Brochure

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Maurizio Biasini was an outstanding scientist who made important contributions in experimental condensed matter physics and published in many international scientific journals.
However, music played an equally important role in his life.
He received his diploma in classical guitar with first class honours from the Bologna G. B.
Martini Conservatory in 1979 and continued playing the guitar and giving concerts for
the rest of his life. In the same year, he also obtained his degree cum laude in Physics from
the University of Bologna.
Since 1983 he was employed as a Senior Scientist at the Italian research agency ENEA in
Bologna and in 1996 he concluded his studies with a PhD in Physics at Bristol University.
In 2003 he moved to California – together with his wife and his two sons – where he
worked as a visiting research scientist at the University of California at Riverside and San
Francisco. Maurizio passed away prematurely in 2008.
His cosmopolitanism and his passion for science, research and music greatly impressed
everyone who knew him.
THE COMPETITION
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The International Guitar Competition Maurizio Biasini (cciMB) crosses the Atlantic for
its 3rd edition, to be held at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) in the
USA, from January 14 – 17, 2016. Organized to promote the musical career of talented
young guitarists, the cciMB alternates biennially between centers of great musical tradition:
Bologna, Italy (2011), Basel, Switzerland (2013) and San Francisco, USA.
The winner of the competition will receive a cash prize of $ 12’000, an invitation to
perform a recital in Switzerland (Rising Stars series of the Allgemeine Musikgesellschaft
Basel, 2017/2018) as well as other concerts in Italy (Bologna) and France (Festival
International de Guitare de Paris, 2016).
Through an online video audition procedure, 12 semifinalists will be selected by an
international Jury of renowned guitarists and musicians: David Tanenbaum (USA), Stephan
Schmidt (CH), Gérard Abiton (F), Marco Vinicio Carnicelli, Alberto Martelli and Walter
Zanetti (I). In the final round the three finalists will play a guitar concerto accompanied by
the SFCM Orchestra and premiere a commissioned composition by Sergio Assad.
REGISTRATION / CONTACTS
www.guitarcompetitionbiasini.org
Applications must be sent before August 31, 2015.
Further information and complete rules and regulations can be found on our website:
www.guitarcompetitionbiasini.org
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
COMPETITION PROGRAM
The competition is open to solo guitarists of all nationalities, born after January 1st 1980,
who are at the outset of their career. Please review the Rules and Regulations (Art. 5) before
submitting your video (preliminary round).
Thursday, January 14
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
5 pm: registration | 7 pm: welcome reception
8 pm: concert by the New Music Ensemble (Nicole Paiement, cond; Marc Teicholz, Cristobal Selame, soloists) and the Conservatory Guitar Ensemble (David Tanenbaum, cond)
Works by C. Assad, M. Giuliani and J. Farías | Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall
> Preliminary round
An unedited video recording of the following repertoire:
> Heitor Villa-Lobos: a choice between Etude III, VII or IX (Ed. Max Eschig, edited by
Frédéric Zigante)
> Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: one of the 24 Caprichos de Goya para la guitarra, opus 195
(Ed. Berben)
> Manuel Maria Ponce: Sonata romantica, 1st movement (Ed. Schott, edited by Segovia)
> Free choice piece(s) not to exceed 5 minutes
> Semi-final round
An individual program of up to 25 minutes which includes the following pieces:
> Johann Sebastian Bach: two dance movements or one prelude and one dance movement
from the four lute suites (Suite BWV 995, 996 ,997, 1006, any edition). The prelude
may also be taken from BWV 998 (any edition)
> Sergio Assad: commissioned composition (available by June 2015)
The individual program should include at least one composition from a different stylistic
period than those of the mandatory program. Pieces played in the preliminary round may
not be repeated.
> Final round
An individual program of 30 minutes which includes the following composition for guitar
and orchestra:
> Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez (Ed. Schott or Ed. Joaquin Rodrigo)
Friday, January 15
San Francisco Conservatory of Music - Sol Joseph Recital Hall
9 am: orientation meeting
10 am - 1 pm: semi-final round
2.30 pm - 6 pm: semi-final round
8 pm: concert by Emanuele Buono | Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall
Saturday, January 16
San Francisco Conservatory of Music - Sol Joseph Recital Hall
10 am - 1.30 pm: semi-final round
4 pm: presentation of the Harris Guitar Collection
8 pm: concert by the cciMB 2016 jurors. Music by Swiss and Italian composers
Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall
Sunday, January 17
San Francisco Conservatory of Music | Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall
2 pm - 5 pm: final round with the SFCM Orchestra and award ceremony
THE SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
> Registration
Applications must be sent before August 31, 2015.
Further information: www.guitarcompetitionbiasini.org
Founded in 1917, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) is the oldest conservatory
in the American West and has earned an international reputation for producing musicians of the
highest caliber. Its faculty includes nearly 30 members of the San Francisco Symphony as well
as Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning artists in the fields of orchestral and chamber
music performance and classical guitar. The Conservatory offers its approximately 400
collegiate students fully accredited bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in composition
and instrumental and vocal performance, providing exceptionally high standards of musical
excellence and personal attention. The SFCM was the first institution of its kind to offer worldclass graduate degree programs in chamber music and classical guitar. The Guitar Department,
chaired by David Tanenbaum, occupies a prominent position in the Conservatory. SFCM
faculty and students give nearly 500 public performances each year, most of which are offered
to the public at no charge. The Conservatory’s Civic Center facility is an architectural and
acoustical masterwork.
For more information, visit www.sfcm.edu.
www.guitarcompetitionbiasini.org
RETROPHUTURE design
In addition, the program must include the commissioned composition by Sergio Assad
(available by June 2015). Pieces played in the preceding rounds may not be repeated.