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 clarinetists of any nationality who are under age of 30 on March 20th 2012.
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 should be sent till December 31, 2011 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, 2012. 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 January 31, 2012 at the latest in to the following bank account
   
   

   AGRIFRPP Credit Agricole Paris Acc. With Institution: 57A: MEBARS22 CREDIT AGRICOLE SRBIJA AD, NOVI SAD 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 22 to April 1 2012.
   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 22 2012 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 Board 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 and VAT are 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

Yuan Yuan, President (China)	Bruno di Girolamo (Italy)
Jurij Hladnik (Slovenia)	Milan Rericha (Czech Republic)
Milenko Stefanovic (Serbia)	Ognjen Popovic (Serbia)
Ante Grgin (Serbia)

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Ilija M. Kolarac Foundation

Thursday, March 22th at 6 p.m.
Kolarac Foundation Hall (Music galery) - Drawing of lots

at 8 p.m. - OPENING CEREMONY

Friday, March 23
Saturday, March 24
Sunday, March 25
First stage

Monday, March 26
Rehearsals with string quartet

Tuesday, March 27
Wednesday, March 28
Second stage

Thursday, March 29
Free

Friday, March 30
Saturday, March 31
at 8 p.m. - Final stage

Sunday, April 1
Gala concert and prize awarding ceremony at 8 p.m

PRIZES

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

First stage
Total playing time 15 min

1. C.M.von Weber: Concertino op.26
2. I.Stravinsky : Three pieces for Clarinet solo٭

Second stage
Total playing time 30 min

1. J.Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor for Clarinet and String Quartet (I movement) to be performed with string quartet٭٭

Pieces with Piano accompaniment:

2. C.Debussy: Première rhapsodie
3. B.Brun: Four Miniatures (compulsory piece)
   
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   Download clarinet 1.88Mb, zipped archive
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4. One of the following pieces for Clarinet solo, on candidates choice:
   D.Despić: 9 Dances, op.62
   
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   P.Bergamo: Concerto a breviato
   
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   A.Grgin: Capriccio No.1
   
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   You can order this piece on site http://www.reift.ch/

Finals
Total playing time 30 min

1. W.A.Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra A major, K.622٭٭
2. O.Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du Temps, Abime des oiseaux (III movement)

N.B.
٭ = First and Second piece are for Clarinet in A. Third piece is for Clarinet in B.
٭٭ = This piece is for Clarinet in A
All pieces could be played from the scores except pieces under a (I stage), b (II stage) and a (III stage). The repeats should be played if the performance time may not exceed. The jury may interrupt the competitor who exceeds stipulated time.
No piece can be repeated during the Competition.
The score of the compulsory piece can be obtained from the Secretariat of the Competition.