The 4th Lieksa International Trumpet Competition
July 18 –25, 2012
Registration link will be closed 1st of May at midnight (Finnish time)
Registration for the trumpet competition has now ended. Thank you for your numerous applications! The name list will be made public soon.
If there is anybody who has paid the fee but not succeeded to fill in the form due to the heavy traffic on this website, please, contact immediately the competition coordinator via lieksacompetition@gmail.com
In order to make international payments easier, you can now pay your participation fee online by Visa or MasterCard through this link COMPETITION FEE . Click the shopping cart to enter the system and follow the given information to continue after each step.
There are a lot of unsuccesful attempts to pay the fee, so, PLEASE NOTE that after a successful payment you need to remember to return back to our Online Box Office. Your purchase will be confirmed only when you do this.
Special offers for the competition repertoire:
2nd round sonatas/sonatines –30%! See here: www.fennicagehrman.fi/home/
You can download excerpts of Eerola, Sipilä and Turriago here.
All questions concerning the competition should be directed to the Competition Coordinator:
Lieksa Brass Week, Pielisentie 22, FIN-81700 LIEKSA, Finland
Tel +358-40-5282831
Lieksa Brass Week, Pielisentie 22, FIN-81700 LIEKSA, Finland
Tel +358-40-5282831
Email: lieksacompetition(at)gmail.com
RULES
1. Lieksa Brass Week is holding an International Trumpet Competition (Raimo Sarmas in memoriam) on July 18-25, 2012. The competition is open to contestants of all nationalities born in or after 1977.
2. The Lieksa International Trumpet Competition will consist of the following rounds:
- registration and rehearsals with the pianists (July 18)
- 1st round (July 19-20)
- 2nd round (July 23)
- final round (July 25)
- 1st round (July 19-20)
- 2nd round (July 23)
- final round (July 25)
3. The application form should be filled in and sent online at www.lieksabrass.com to reach the Competition Committee by May 1, 2012 at the latest.
4. The participation fee is 80 EUR. The fee must be paid to Lieksa Brass Week's account:
SWIFT / BIC: OKOYFIHH
IBAN: FI34 5343 0720 0110 92
Name and address of the bank: Pielisen Osuuspankki, Pielisentie 9, FIN-81700 LIEKSA, Finland. Any additional costs incurred in payment will be paid by the participant.
In addition to the application form completed and sent online, the applicant must send the competition committee the following, preferably as email attachments:
a. an official identity certificate or copy of passport (to verify the participant’s age)
b. a photo (b/w and preferably in digital format) for the competition brochure
c. a receipt of the participation fee
d. a short curriculum vitae for the competition brochure (5-7 lines in English)
An application to take part in the competition may be refused should the required attachments or the participation fee fail to reach the Competition Committee by May 1, 2012.
5. An accompanist is available for the competition. Competitors may bring their own accompanist at their own expense. Before each round, competitors will be allowed sufficient time with the pianist to ensure the smooth performance of the competition repertoire. Competitors in the finals will have a rehearsal with the accompanying orchestra.
6. A competition briefing session will be held in Lieksa on Wednesday July 18, 2012, at 10 am. At this briefing the order of performance will be determined by lot. This will remain the same throughout the competition. All participants must be present in person during the drawing of lots.
7. Repertoire: The editions mentioned are only a guideline. Other editions are permitted on condition that the competitor informs the Competition Committee beforehand and provides the Lieksa Brass Week office with the piano part in question for the accompanist.
During the 1st and 2nd rounds the works may be performed in any order.
1st round:
André Jolivet: Air de Bravoure (IMC)
AND
Jacques Ibert: Impromptu (Leduc)
AND
Edvard Grieg: Five Lyric Pieces (Lydke Musikverlag)
(arr. Harjanne/Hänninen) Großmutters Menuett
Im Balladenton
Erotik
Albumblatt
Kanon
2nd round:
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
Harri Wessman: Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (Fennica Gehrman)
AND
Oskar Böhme: Konzert f-moll op.18 (Edition D. Rather)
Final round:
Franz Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat (Universal edition)
AND
Alexander Goedicke: Concert Study for trumpet and orchestra (Editions Bim)
8. After each round the Jury will decide the number of competitors to proceed to the next round.
9. Jury:
Jouko Harjanne, chairman of the jury (FIN)
Eric Aubier (FRA)
Luis Gonzalez Marti (SPA)
Andrei Ikov (RUS)
Manny Laureano (USA)
Aki Välimäki (FIN)
10. Prizes:
I prize 6000 EUR
II prize 3000 EUR
III prize 2000 EUR
II prize 3000 EUR
III prize 2000 EUR
The results of the competition will be announced and the prizes will be awarded immediately after the final round. The prizes may, by decision of the Jury, be awarded in a way that differs from the above. Should a prize be divided between two or more competitors, the sum will be divided accordingly, unless otherwise decided by the Jury. The Jury's decision is final and cannot be contested.
11. The competition is public and the organisers have the right to permit the recording, broadcasting, televising or videotaping of the performances. Competitors will not receive any separate fee for this.
12. The original rules of the competition are in Finnish. Any disputes will be resolved according to the Finnish rules.
Any questions about the competition should be directed to the Competition Committee:
Lieksa Brass Week, Pielisentie 22, FIN-81700 LIEKSA, Finland
Tel +358-40-5282831
Any questions about the competition should be directed to the Competition Committee:
Lieksa Brass Week, Pielisentie 22, FIN-81700 LIEKSA, Finland
Tel +358-40-5282831
Email: lieksacompetition(at)gmail.com
Changes possible.
LIEKSAN VASKIVIIKKO
Pielisentie 22
81700 LIEKSA
Puh. 045-132 4000
Email:
Pielisentie 22
81700 LIEKSA
Puh. 045-132 4000
Email:
TUKIJANA
