REGULATION

 

1.1.The competition is compoused of 12 sections and is reserved to pupils of italian PRIMARY AND SECODARY SCHOOLS and ex-pupils who attended the 3rd year of secondary school during the year 2003-2004.European pupils of the same schools and age may also participate.

 

1.2.Pupils who attended secondary school annexed to the Conservatory and those who are members of the Music Consevatory are excluded.

 

  1. The competition will be held from 25 november to 8 december 2004 in the Auditorium of "Famiglia Studenti - Il Chiostro" Via F.lli Cervi 14, Verbania Intra, Tel. 0323 404077 - fax 0323 401231.

 

  1. The juryes are compoused of Conservatory's teachers, orchestra's teachers, world wide known concertists. Juryes' components will have to abstain in judging the performances of those candidates with which they had teaching relationships in the two previous years.

 

  1. Here trere are the sections of the Competition:

 

Section 1 – Solo (all instruments)

Section 2 – Solo (singing)

Section 3 – Solo (improvising)

Section 4 – Piano 4 and 6 hands

Section 5 – 2 Pianos

Section 6 – Music d’ensemble

Section 7 – Music d’ensemble with more than 7 players

Section 8 – Choral groups

Section 9 – Instrumental groups Extraordinary sections:

Section 10 – Composition (short original composition)

Section 11 – Nursery-rhyme and poems

Section 12 – Tales and themes (they will be accompanied with music as judgement of Jury)

 

Each section is subdivided in the following categories:

 

Category A – max. age 6 years

Category B – max. age 7 years

Category C – max. age 8 years

Category D – max. age 9 years

Category E – max. age 10 years

Category F – max. age 11 years

Category G – max. age 12 years

Category H – over 12 years

 

  1. Each candidate may partecipate to more than one of the sections.

 

  1. Each candidate, solo or band, will get a partecipation degree with the score obteined exprssed in hundredths.

 

  1. Prize-giving. To each category and subsection will be given:

 

- a degree of first prize absolute to the candidate who got the best score if higher than 95/100

- a degree of second prize to the candidates who got a score not lower than 90/100

- a degree of third prize to the candidates who got a score not lower than 85/100

- a degree of fourth prize to the candidates who got a score not lower than 80/100

 

Plates and medals will be offered by Croce Rossa Italiana Comitato Provinciale of Verbania Female Section, by Soroptimist International d'Italia Club del Verbano, by Rotaract Club Pallanza-Stresa.

 

The ten years of the "Dino Ciani"

Since from the first edition of the competition, public and private corporations have been giving prizes and plates to substain the initiative and to encourage young musicians. It has been a crescendo of collaboration, that enriched more and more our competition. We like to remember some of the most prizes of the past editions, like the Prizes "Industria per l'Arte" offered by the Unione Industriale of VCO, the big amounts given by Dott.ssa Amalia Mantica Arrigotti and the big sponsor of the Company BRACCO - Diana De Silva cosmétiques, which has devoted 150 gifts for our boys.

 

Even this year, where come the tenth Anniversary of the Musical Association "Dino Ciani", there will be several prizes: the Province of Milan and the Province of VCO have taken part to the initiative too.

 

Prize "Friends of the Dino Ciani"

During the prize-giving of the competition the Plate "Friends of the Dino Ciani" year 2004 will be given to the person who has been closer to the Association, promoting concert activities and allowing young musicians to perform and to be appreciate.

 

CONCERTS PRIZE

These concerts are offered by the Association "Dino Ciani" in Domodossola, Milan, Rome, Stresa, Trieste, Venice, Verbania.

 

As the collaboration is still open and prizes are still increasing, we will publish the whole list of benefactors after the competition.

 

  1. The management purpose to accept a number of applications compatible with organizing requirements; in case of excess of applications, it will be considerated the date of the postmark of the dispatch. The same the management purpose to cancel those sections and categories that haven't got enough candidates. In both cases application fees will be refunded.

 

  1. Application fees:

Category 1-2-3-10-11-12: Euro 26,00

Category 4-5: Euro 42,00 (for each group)

Category 6-7-8-9: Euro 56,00 (for each group)

 

  1. Application fees have to be payed by money transfer on behalf of C/C 4714/0, ABI 5548, CAB 45360 c/o Banca Popolare di Intra, home office of Domodossola headed to Associazione Musicale "Dino Ciani".

Applications will have to:

a. be filled on the form enclosed to this regulation or on a photocopy of it;

b. contain all the data demanded on the form;

c. be accompanied with:

   - birth certificate in unstamped paper or photocopy of unexpired identity card

   - photocopy of the money transfer or the copy of the postal money order.

Applications, complete and accompanied by the docoments requested, shall be sent by registered letter to Prof. Lilia Bertola, Via Antonio Rosmini 55 – 28855 Domodossola (VB) not later than 15 november 2004.

The time-table of the proofs will be available from 19 november 2004 at the reception office.

 

  1. The performance to make the graduation, will be only one per each section.

The judgement of the Jury is unobjectable.

 

  1. Each candidate shall show an I.D.or a photo with dates on paper of school, before the Performance.

 

  1. Candidates shall have to get information at the reception office of the contest about the time-table of the proofs.

 

14.1.  Programmes are on free choice.

Execution by heart is not required.

 

14.2.  Duration of the performances:

- max. 6 minutes for Solo’s Categories ( 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12) and 8 minutes fot the others

 

15.  Candidates shall give to the Jury The original copy of the pieces to perform at the moment of the performance.

 

16.  Schools and candidates shall have in charge theirs accompanists, music notes and foot- stools.

 

17.  The whole amount of enrolment fees (art. 9) wile be given to the Centro Diurno Anziani “Il Chiostro” of Verbania, to the Parrocchia “S. Gervasio e Protasio” of Domodossola and Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza di San Giovanni Rotondo - Foggia.