REGULATION
Città di Cantù 33rd International Piano and Orchestra Competition 2025 - REGULATION
1. THE “CITTÀ DI CANTÙ”
The 33rd International Piano and Orchestra Competition “Città di Cantù” 2025 is open for pianists of all nationalities born after December 31st 1989.
2. APPLICATIONS
2.1 All candidates must send their duly completed registration form by 15th February 2025, attaching the following documents:
- Copy of valid I.D.
- 1 photograph in digital format
- Copy of the cadenza for Mozart’s concerts (see art. 6.1 sec. A)
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Payment of 40.00 € via PayPal for secretarial fees using this email address for the transfer:
nuovascuoladimusica@gmail.com
(account’s name: Giuliano Molteni).
As an alternative, the payment can be done by bank transfer at:
Bank: Cassa Rurale ed Artigiana di Cantù
Address: Corso Unità d’Italia, 11 – Cantù – Como – Italia
Iban: IT77A0843051060000000985428
Swift: ACAR IT 22
Account’s Name: Nuova Scuola di Musica di Cantù
2.2 Together with the registration form, the candidates are also asked to send a video recording, which constitutes the preliminary test. The video recording has to be uploaded on a personal YouTube account (uploaded as “unlisted”) and the link has to be indicated on the application form using the appropriate box.
2.3 Secretarial fees will not be refunded for any reason.
3. VIDEO
3.1 The video must contain the First Movement of the Concert with which the candidate intends to participate in the Competition.
If the candidate intends to participate with one of the below Concerts, the candidates must send the video recording of the full concert:
- F. Liszt Concerto n° 1
- F. Liszt Concerto n° 2
- F. Liszt Totentanz
- G. Gershwin Rhapsody
- S. Rachmaninov Rhapsody op. 43
3.2 The concerts in the video recording must be performed accompanied by a second piano or an orchestra. In case of live performance with orchestra, the following informations are requested:
- date and place of the concert
- name of the Conductor
- name of the Orchestra
3.3 The video recording must be recent, recorded not before January 1st, 2023
3.4 Video features: 1080 HD with fixed shot without interruptions or editing. The candidate’s hands and face must be visible.
3.5 The video recording link must be sent by 15th February 2025.
4. SEMI-FINALS
4.1 The list of candidates admitted to the semi-finals will be published on the website and social media pages of the Competition by 1st March 2025.
The examining committee will select up to 12 candidates for both categories. (see art. 6 PROGRAM)
4.2 Candidates admitted to the semi-finals will have to pay a registration fee of 200.00€ via PayPal using this email address for the transfer: nuovascuoladimusica@gmail.com
(account’s name: Giuliano Molteni).
As an alternative, the payment can be done by bank transfer at:
Bank: Cassa Rurale ed Artigiana di Cantù
Address: Corso Unità d’Italia, 11 – Cantù – Como – Italia
Iban: IT77A0843051060000000985428
Swift: ACAR IT 22
Account’s Name: Nuova Scuola di Musica di Cantù
4.3 In case of no payment of the registration fee, the candidate will not be admitted to the semifinals.
4.4 The registration fee will not be refunded for any reason.
4.5 The decisions of the examining committee are final.
4.6 Candidates must not have had continuous teaching relationships with one or more members of the jury in the previous two years. The examining committee reserves the right to request a declaration as proof, signed by the candidate.
4.7 The concerts must be performed by heart.
4.8 During the Semi-Finals, the candidates will have to perform the 2nd and 3th movement of the concerto of choice.
4.9 The candidates who will have access to the Finals will have to perform the entire concert of choice.
5. COMPETITION
5.1 The phases:
- Preliminary test on video (see art.3 VIDEO)
- Rehearsals and Competition in the Theatre:
May 6th 2025
Semi-finals of 8 competitors Section A
- afternoon: Rehearsals with Orchestra
- evening: Semi-finals with Orchestra
May 7th 2025
Semi-finals of 8 competitors Section A and Section B
- afternoon: Rehearsals with Orchestra
- evening: Semi-finals with Orchestra
May 8th 2025
Semi-finals of 8 competitors Section B
- afternoon: Rehearsals with Orchestra
- evening: Semi-finals with Orchestra
May 9th 2025
Finals Section A
- afternoon: Rehearsals with Orchestra
- evening: Finals with Orchestra
May 10th 2025
Finals Section B
- afternoon: Rehearsals with Orchestra
- evening: Finals with Orchestra and Awards Ceremony
5.2 All rehearsals and concerts are open to the public.
5.3 In addition, the winners of specific prizes will perform free of charge in the prize concerts (see art. 7.4). Any refusal will result in the cancellation of the awarded prize.
5.4 In case of radio or television production or audio and/or video recording of the competition and of prize concerts, the participating candidates have no right to make any financial claims or requests.
5.5 Applying for the competition, candidates waive the rights to use images and recordings of their performances.
5.6 All competitors are required to be present until the last evening of the competition scheduled for May 10, 2025 even in the event of elimination, for the possible delivery of additional prizes offered by institutions and sponsors. In the event of absence, such prizes will be delivered, where possible, to the next candidate in the ranking.
6. PROGRAM
6.1 Candidates are asked to choose a concert for Piano and Orchestra from the following:
SECTION A
- Bach: BWV 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058
- Mozart: K 271, 413, 414, 415, 453, 466, 467, 482, 488, 491, 503, 537, 595
- Beethoven: all
- Haydn: D Major
N.B.: For Mozart concertos, candidates must indicate which cadenza they will perform. If it is written by the candidate and therefore not published, the candidate is required to attach a copy of it, together with the requested material.
SECTION B
- F. Chopin: Concerto n° 1 op. 11, Concerto n° 2 op. 21
- R. Schumann: Concerto in A minor op. 54
- F. Liszt: Concerto n° 1, Concerto n° 2, Totentanz
- F. Mendelssohn: Concerto n° 1 op. 25
- J. Brahms: Concerto n° 1 op. 15, Concerto n° 2 op. 83
- P. I. Tchaikovsky: Concerto n° 1 op. 23
- E. Grieg: A minor op. 16
- M. Ravel: G major
- S. Rachmaninov: Concerto n° 1 op. 1, Concerto n° 2 op. 18, Concerto n° 3 op. 30, Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini op. 43.
- G. Gershwin: F major, Rhapsody in blue
- S. Prokofiev: Concerto n° 1 op. 10, Concerto n° 2 op. 16, Concerto n° 3 op. 26
- D. Shostakovich: Concerto n° 2 op. 102
- C. Saint-Saëns: n°2 and n°5
6.2 Candidates have the right to register for multiple sections of the competition, upon payment of the relevant registration fees.
7. PRIZES
7.1 The following prizes are foreseen for Sections A and B:
SECTION A
1st prize €5,000, 2nd prize €2,000, 3rd prize €1,000.
SECTION B
1st prize €5,000, 2nd prize €2,000, 3rd prize €1,000.
7.2 In case of two candidates are ranked equally, the examining committee may divide the prize equally (ex-aequo).
7.3 The examining committee may decide not to award all prizes, if it does not deem any candidate worthy.
7.4 In addition to the prizes indicated in the Art. 7.1, special prizes, concert activities and scholarships are provided to the most deserving candidates. These prizes are offered by institutions, sponsors and private associations.
7.5 The awarding of Prizes and Recognitions will take place during the Final Awards Ceremony scheduled for the evening of May 10th.
8. DISPUTES
8.1 The candidates awarded at the 33rd International Competition for Piano and Orchestra “Città di Cantù” 2025 undertake to use the title awarded by the jury in the future.
8.2 Participation in the Competition is equivalent to tacit consent of the above written.
8.3 In the event of complaints or disputes, the Italian text of these terms and conditions will be valid.
INFORMATIONS
Nuova Scuola di Musica di Cantù
Ph. +39 320 7292502
e-mail: cantupianocompetition@gmail.com