Contact:
International Jeunesses Musicales Competition
Terazije 26/II, 11000 Belgrade
Serbia

Tel:	+381-11-2686-380
	+381-11-4142-550

Fax: +381-11-3610-596

Send us an e-mail

1. The Competition is open to guitarists and cellists of any nationality who were born on or after January 1 1980.
2. Candidates should provide the following items:
   1. a duly completed application form or on-line registration
   2. a brief Curriculum Vitae
   3. copies of documents testifying candidates musical education and copies of prizes/diplomas
   4. references from their present or previous professors (original)
   5. one recent glossy photograph - postcard size (9x13) which will be reproduced in the Competition booklet. Alternatively candidates may send a photo by e-mail (300 or more dpi).

   All documents (under 2) should be sent by Decembar 31, 2009 to the following address:
   International Jeunesses Musicales Competition
   11000 Belgrade
   Terazije 26
   Serbia

3. All applicants will be informed of their acceptance or rejection not later then February 2010. Accepted candidates who are unable to take part in the Competition must notify the organizer immediately.
4. Candidates should pay an entrance fee of €100 till March 10, at the latest in to the following bank account
   
   

   AGRIFRPP Credit Agricole Paris Acc. With Institution: 57A: MEBARS22 MERIDIAN BANK AD Beneficiary: 59: IBAN RS35 3300 4705 0087 3953 67 MUZICKA OMLADINA BEOGRADA TERAZIJE 26 BEOGRAD Republic of Serbia

   
   Payment must be made exclusively in Euros. Any wiring fees must be paid by the applicant.
   This application fee is not refundable.
   
5. Each participant will be asked to show his/her identity papers before the Competition's opening.

COMPETITION CONDITIONS

1. The Competition will be held in Belgrade from March 20 to March 31 2010.
   All tests will be public .
2. All pieces included in the programme must be prepared in their entirety.
3. The competitors should contact the Secretariat of the Competition on March 20 2010 by 5 p.m. at the latest.
4. Competitors shall perform in order of appearance decided by lot. The draw will take place before the Competition's opening in the presence of the competitors and jury. The playing order of competitors will be adhered to in the first two stages. The order in the final stage might be changed due to the programme planning.
5. Competitors who are not ready to perform when called upon to do so may be disqualified.
6. Rights on any Competition performances, recordings or filming belong to International Jeunesses Musicales Competition and no fee is payable to any competitor on account of those performances, recordings or broadcastings of them.
7. All participants must be available to representatives of media throughout the Competition.
8. The Competition Council is entitled to cancel the Competition if there are less than 6 applications.
9. All first prize-winners must come to receive their prizes in person, except in the event of illness, upon presentation of a medical certificate. Otherwise the money will be returned to the Competition Fund.
10. At the end of each stage all the participants are required to be present when the results are announced.
11. The Competition will cover the costs of full board and lodging for all candidates from second stage of the Competition until the last day of their active participation in the Competition.

ACCOMMODATION

The candidates and the accompanying persons could stay at the following hotels:

Tax is included. Please note that the number of rooms is limited.

VISAS

Please, visit web site www.mfa.gov.rs to check if you need a visa for Serbia.

EXCERPTS FROM THE ADJUDICATING RULES

• The jury decides on the admission of competitors to the second and the third (final) stages as well as on the award of the prizes.
• Decisions of the jury are final and are not subject to questions, revisions or appeal.
• Jury members will not make contact with competitors while such competitor is continuing to compete.
• No more than 16 competitors with the highest scores obtained in the first stage will be admitted to the second stage.
• No more than 6 competitors with the highest scores obtained in the second stage will be admitted to the third (final) stage.
• The names of competitors admitted to the second and the third stages will be announced during the morning following the end of the test. The names will be given in order of appearances. The scores will not be made public.
• The 3 competitors with the highest scores obtained in the final stage will receive the first, second and the third prize, according to their respective number of points and diplomas accrediting prize-winner status.
• Competitors who reach the final round will receive a diploma accrediting their participation in the final round.
• All prizes are indivisible.
• The jury may withhold one or more of the prizes, if it so decides.

JURY

Natalia Gutman	Mineo Hayashi
Mark Kosower	Bouzlov Alexandre
Sandra Belic	Ksenija Jankovic
Ivana Stefanovic

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Ilija M. Kolarac Foundation

Sunday, March 21st at 6 p.m.
Kolarac Foundation Hall (Music galery) - Drawing of lots

at 8 p.m. - OPENING CEREMONY
Opening speech by Ksenija Jankovic, respectful violoncellist and professor
Concert
Eniko Gorog, piano (Serbia), Laureate of the 39th IJMC
Mineo Hayashi, violoncello (Japan)
Radio and TV simphony Orchestra
Conductor Maestro Bojan Sudjic

Monday, March 22
Tuesday, March 23
Wednesday, March 24
First stage

Thursday, March 25
Friday, March 26
Second stage

Saturday, March 27
Free

Sunday, March 28
Monday, March 29
at 8 p.m. - Final stage
Participating Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Maestro Bojan Sudjic

Tuesday, March 30
Gala concert and prize awarding ceremony at 8 p.m

PRIZES

Mlatisumina 2,11000 Beograd Tel: 011 24 55 049,063 89 81 435 Fax: 011 3836 952

Cash prizes, valuable gifts
Promotion through concerts and publicity by Jeunesses Musicales
Various special prizes

First stage

1. J. S. Bach: One of three sonatas for viola da gamba (on the candidate’s choice)
2. One sonata for violoncello solo by the following composers:
   B. Britten
   G. Crumb
   H. Dutilleux
   Z. Kodaly
   M. Reger

Second stage

1. One of following sonatas or pieces:
   L. van Beethoven: Sonata A major op.69, or C major op.102, No1, or D major op. 102, No 2
   J. Brahms: Sonata E minor op. 38, or F major op.99
   R. Strauss: Sonata F major op. 6
   R. Schumann: Fünf stücke im Volkston für Cello und Klavier op. 102
2. Ivana Stefanovic: Kust (compulsory piece)
   Download scores (violoncello) 218 Kb, PDF
   Download scores (violoncello & piano) 445 Kb, PDF
   (right mouse click and "SAVE TARGET AS" if you want to save it on your computer!)

Finals

One of the following concertos for violoncello and orchestra:

S.Prokofiev: Simfonia Concertante
D. Shostakovich: Concerto No 1
B. Britten: Cello concert
A. Schnittke: Cello concert
P. Hindemith: Concerto No 1

N.B. No piece can be repeated during the Competition. All pieces should be performed from memory except in the first stage under a) and in the second stage under a), except Schumann: Fünf Stücke im Volkston!
The score of the compulsory piece can be downloaded from web site www.music-competition.co.rs or obtained from the Secretariat of the Competition.