Source: https://www.bale-valleguitarcompetition.com/competition-regulations/
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 11:14:49+00:00

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Art. 1 – The cultural association Centro Chitarristico “Mauro Giuliani” Gorizia (Italy) in collaboration with the town of Valle-Bale (Croatia) establishes and organizes the 5th International Guitar Competition Bale-Valle “Live Guitar”.
This competition is meant to promote and develop the musical art and it is open to all performers of both sexes and all nationalities.
Art. 2 – Location, type of instruments and categories.
8th chamber music with guitar category: guitar duo, trio, quartet and ensemble; guitar with other instrument/s (excluded piano) with no age limit.
The average age of the group will be considered for categories 6 and 7.
Categories must have a minimum of three competitors, otherwise the organizing committee reserves the right to cancel such category. In this case the competition secretary will refund any application fee paid.
Competitors can subscribe to a higher category when they believe that their preparation allows it, but not to a lower category.
For all categories in section Chamber Music the average age of group members will be considered.
Art. 3 – Within some days after the end of registrations, the timetable with the details of the auditions (hour and day) will be published on the Internet address www.bale-valleguitarcompetition.com. Winners are obliged to participate in the awarding ceremony and in the final concert, otherwise the prize will not be awarded.
Category: 8th € 50 for head – 330 for ensemble with 7 or more musicians.
Should you have any problem applying with the above methods, please contact the organization committee.
A. printed (in capital letters) or typewritten application form (provided by the festival direction and enclosed to the brochure or downloaded from the competition website; photocopies are accepted).
B. Copy of a valid identification document.
C. Copy of the payment receipt of the registration fee.
Please, write the following in the reason for payment: “5th Bale-Valle Competition”, name, instrument and category of the competitor.
Competitors can apply to more than one category; in such case, registration and payment of the relevant fees should be repeated for each category in which they intend to participate.
Bank transfers made outside SEPA area should be done without any extra charges for the recipient (OUR mode).
Art. 5 – The competitors agree straightaway to be filmed and/or recorded during the competition or during the winners’ concerts, waiving expressly any right, even economic, concerning such filming and recordings.
Furthermore, the competitors agree upon a possible spreading and use of this performances carried out during the competition or the winners’ concerts using any media. In addition, competitors will not be entitled to make any claim, economic or of any other kind for these performances in the winners concerts.
4th category: The category will consist of a preliminary round and a final round.
• Preliminary round: free program of the maximum duration of 10 minutes.
(a composition already played during the first round may not be repeated in the second round).
The three competitors with the highest score in the preliminary round will be admitted to the final round.
5th concert category: The Concert category will consist of a preliminary round and a final round.
• Preliminary round: free program of the maximum duration of 15 minutes.
6th chamber music with guitar category: free program for the maximum duration of 5 minutes.
7th chamber music with guitar category: free program for the maximum duration of 10 minutes.
8th chamber music with guitar category: free program for the maximum duration of 20 minutes.
For all categories, the performance of the pieces of the program will take place both in memory and through the reading of its score.
Art. 7 – The judging commission, composed of musicians of evident musical competence, may interrupt the performance at any time if maximum time limits are exceeded.
When a competitor under examination is found to be student of a member of the Jury, that juror will be excluded from discussing and voting that performance. The score of this juror will be defined by the Competition secretary office as the arithmetical average of the scores given by the other jurors to that competitor.
Art. 8 – The verdict and all the decisions of the jury are unquestionable and final.
Art. 9 – The commission reserves the right not to assign any prize whenever the artistic level of the performances is considered inadequate, or to assign an equal classification based on ex-æquo results. Ex-aequo is not available for the first prize of the 4th, 5th and 8th categories for classic guitar.
The competitor who will have the best score in the first place (96 -100) will win the “Special Prize”.
Art. 10 – The auditions will take place in Bale-Valle town from 5th to 7th July 2019.
The awarding ceremonies and the winners concerts will take place at the end of every competition day. The program and schedule of the award ceremonies will be published on the website www.bale-valleguitarcompetition.com.
Before the performance, the competitors will be required to produce a copy of the score of the compositions chosen for the examination and to show some valid identity document to the Jury.
All auditions and concerts will be open to the public.
Special prize: Educational award, Hannabach strings (2 sets), cup, gold medal and diploma.
1st prize: D’Addario strings prize, cup, gold medal and diploma.
2nd prize: Silver medal and diploma.
3rd prize: Bronze medal and diploma.
1st prize: Gallistrings prize, cup, gold medal and diploma.
1st prize: € 300; Altamira Guitar; Two concert: International Mercatali Guitar Festival (Gorizia–Italy) 2020; International Guitar Festival Bale-Valle 2020; cup, gold medal and diploma.
2nd prize: € 200; cup, silver medal and diploma.
3rd prize: € 100; cup, bronze medal and diploma.
1st prize: € 1.000; A handmade guitar by luthier Stefano Robol (value € 3.300); Bale-Valle honour prize; Two concerts: International Mercatali Guitar Festival (Gorizia–Italy) 2020; International Guitar Festival Bale-Valle 2020; cup, gold medal and diploma.
2nd prize: € 500; cup, silver medal and diploma.
3rd prize: € 300; cup, bronze medal and diploma.
Special prize: Educational award; Hannabach strings prize; cup, gold medal and diploma to each competitor.
1st prize: Gallistrings strings; cup, gold medal and diploma to each competitor.
2nd prize: Silver medal and diploma to each competitor.
3rd prize: Bronze medal and diploma to each competitor.
Special prize: Educational award; Hannabach strings prize, cup, gold medal and diploma to each competitor.
1st prize: € 1.000; Bale-Valle honour prize; Two concert: “International Mercatali Guitar Festival” (Gorizia–Italy) 2020; “International Guitar Festival Bale -Valle 2020”; cup, gold medal and diploma to each competitor.
2nd prize: € 500: Cup, silver medal and diploma to each competitor.
3rd prize: € 300; Cup, bronze medal and diploma to each competitor.
• AUDIENCE AWARD for 4th,5th and 8th catagories: the audience award is the only award that will be favorite by a public vote. The public attending the final round will be asked to vote with a paper ballot for their favourite finalist. The winner of the audience award will rewarded with a plate and a musical prize.
“Virtuous school prize”: a plate of honor will be awarded to the Music School with the largest number of competitors.
“Teacher’s prize”: a diploma of honor and a nomination to be a juror in the next edition of the Competition will be awarded to the teacher with the largest number of competitors.
Art. 12 – The organization reserves the right to modify these terms and conditions publishing the possible changes in the Internet under the address: www.bale-valleguitarcompetition.com/competition-regulations/.
Art. 14 – Admission to the competition takes place once the validity and the conformity of the documents that the Organizing Committee requires have been verified.
By signing the application form or by submitting the online application form through the www.balevalleguitarcompetition.com website, each candidate agrees to accept these regulations and to resign all rights related to possible audio and video recordings, as specified in art.5.
Art. 15 – All legal controversies will be settled in the Court of Gorizia (Italy).
For further information regarding the event and the payment methods, please contact the Competition secretary’s office using the addresses pointed out below.
The present competition is part of the 8th International Guitar Festival “Bale-Valle Live Guitar” and includes concerts, international picture exposition and other events on the guitar world.

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