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The aim of the International Violin-making Competition meeting is to share the opportunity to confront the violin-making art, with the accent on personal meeting of violin-makers, performers, pedagogues and those who like violin.
Date:
September 16th – 18th, 2011
Place:
I. – III. round: Dolný Kubín - Orava museum of P. O. Hviezdoslav
Finals: Žilina – The House of Art Fatra
Organizer of competition:
Art AIR Center by Music school of P. M. Bohúň in Dolnýn Kubín
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Competition is open for all violin-makers who:
• will send filled in application form /by post or by e-mail/ to competition till the date August 10th, 2011 (as corroborated by the postage date stamp). After receipt of application form, organizer will send information about registration and no later then till August 31st will send detailed information.
• will pay entrance fee € 100.00 for first instrument during the accreditation in Dolný Kubín, for all others insrtuments will pay entrance fee € 50.00 (entrance fee includes: free entrance for all related program and social meetings, promotional material), the number of instruments is not limited
• enrolled and meet criteria of the competition
3.
Instruments will not be admitted to the competition if they:
• show features of mechanical working
• show extravagant decorations, colors or wood which depart from the traditional
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Instruments can show imitating antique specimens.
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Instruments will be evaluated by international Jury, consisted of renowned violin-makers, violin players and violin pedagogues. Organizers will public members of the Jury till July 15th 2011 on www.violinoarvenzis.com
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Competition is anonymous – instruments can not be signed by any way (without original signed label – can be covered). Participant or authorized person will hand the instrument in casing, with the spare set of strings, on September 16th, 2011 to the Accreditation commission, which will assign him competition number, make photo documentation and will confirm the acceptance of instrument.
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Instruments will be performed by violin master Prof. Jindřich Pazdera AMU Prague, piano accompaniment Ladislav Fančovič, State Chamber Orchestra Žilina.
Jury will evaluate instruments in IV rounds:
• I. round (not public): The artistic – constructive quality mainly technical level of the handiwork, assembling, varnish quality, choice of wood (max. 25 points)
• II. round (public): The acoustic qualities in solo play (max. 25 pints)
• III. round (public): The acoustic qualities in accompanied play (max. 25 points)
• Finals (public): The acoustic qualities in play with orchestra (max. 25 points)
AWARDS
Jury, according to number of points, will decide the order of competitors and will award:
The Gold Medal „Violino arvenzis“, Certificate of winner and will buy instrument in the prize 7.000 €.
The Silver Medal „Violino arvenzis“
The Bronze Medal „Violino arvenzis“
The Prize for the best handiwork
The Prize for the best tone
The Prize for the best woman violin-maker
The Prize for the best violin-maker aged under 30 years.
The Prize for the best slovak violin-maker
Participants of finals will obtain Diploma.
Decides of Jury are final, the jury has right to not award some prizes, or award some other special prizes.
Leonard Vajdulák – director of Violino arvenzis
Contact:
Art AIR Center
by P. M. Bohúň Elementary School of Arts
Matúškova 1632/5, 026 01 Dolný Kubín, SLOVAKIA
E-mail: vajdulak@nextra.sk
Phone: 00421 910 510 583 (english language)
Phone: 00421 911 940 348 (polish, russian, slovak language)
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