OFFICIAL RULES
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The Competition is open to musicians of all nationalities.
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The Competition will be in Sociedade Filarmónica Humanitária, Palmela, Portugal, between July 8 and 9, 2019.
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The registration in the Competition constitutes acceptance of the official rules and any change made by the organization, in special circumstances.
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Categories
- Infant Category: Born from 9/7/2006
- Juvenile Category: Born between 9/7/2003 and 8/7/2006
- Junior Category: Born between 9/7/2000 and 8/7/2003
- Senior Category: Born between 9/7/1988 and 8/7/2000
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Stages of the competition
Categories Infant and Juvenile: Will be decided in a single round, where the participant will present one piece of his/her choice.
Categories Junior and Senior: The competition will be decided in two rounds:
I. First Round: the participant will present one mandatory piece.
II. Final Round: the finalists will present one of three pieces suggested by the competition and one piece of his/her choice
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Program
Infant Category
Single Round
- One Piece chosen by the participant
Juvenile Category
Single Round
- One Piece chosen by the participant
Junior Category
First Round
- Mandatory Piece:
• A L’Espagnole, Pierre Max Dubois. Publisher: Alphonse Leduc
Final Round
- One piece chosen by the participants, between:
• Olímpia, Manuel Moreira. Publisher: Scherzo Editions (scherzoeditions.com)
• Allegro de concerto Op. 106, António Vitorino de Almeida. Publisher: AVA Musical Editions (editions-ava.com)
• Danças do Cão, Jorge Salgueiro. Publisher: Salgueiro Editions (jorgesalgueiro.com)
• Mystic Rave, Emmanuel Lerouge/Émile Lukas. Publisher: Editions Robert Martin
• Mai, Ryo Noda. Publisher: Alphonse Leduc
• Improvisation I,II or III, Ryo Noda. Publisher: Alphonse Leduc
• Scaramouche, Darius Milhaud. Publisher: Salabert Editions
• Fantasie sur un Theme Original, Jules Demersseman. Publisher: Hug Musikverlage
- One free piece chosen by the participant
Senior Category
First Round
- Obligatory Piece:
• Concertino da Camera (1st Movement), Jaques Ibert. Publisher: Alphonse Leduc
Final Round
- One piece chosen by the participants, between:
• Inverso Sangue: Âmbar (B), Jaime Reis. Author edition (jaimereis.pt)
• Ostinatus, Lino Guerreiro. Publisher: AVA Musical Editions (editions-ava.com)
• Movimento Perpétuo, Interlúdio e Canção, Daniel Bernardes. Author edition (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
• Capriccio for soprano saxophone, Christopher Bochmann. Author edition (christopherbochmann.com)
• Sonata, Andy Scott. Publisher: Astute Music
• Prélude, Cadence et Final, Alfred Desenclos. Publisher: Alphonse Leduc
• Concerto, Lars-Erik Larsson. Publisher: Fennica Gehrman
• Nuée Ardente, Vincent David. Publisher: Gérard Billaudot
• Eglogue et danse pastorale, René Corniot. Publisher: Alphonse Leduc
• L’Incandescence de la bruine, Bruno Mantovani. Publisher: Henry Lemoine
• Tallahatchie concerto, Jacob ter Veldhuis. Publisher: jacobtv.net
- One free piece chosen by the participant
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If the participant intend to play with the competitions pianist, should request it in the registration form and submit it until June 28th, 2019, otherwise the request will be denied.
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The rehearsals with the competition’s pianist will have place in the morning and afternoon of July 7th, 2019.
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The order of play will be choose by draw.
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All the participants will have to present a valid identification document, otherwise they won’t be allowed on the competition.
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Jury
• Vitor Santos – Ex Pof Conservatório Nacional
• Mario Marzi - Conservatorio “Giuseppe Verdi”, Milão – IT
• Kenneth Tse - Iowa University – EUA
• Rob Buckland – Royal Northern College of Music – UK
• Vincent David – Conservatoire Versailles – FR
• Ricardo Pires – Conservatório de Sintra – PT
• Nicolas Prost – Conservatoire Saint-Maur – FR
• Francisco Ferreira – Academia Costa Cabral, Porto
• Henrique Portovedo – Conservatório de Aveiro
• Mário Marques – Universidade de Évora
• Carlos Canhoto – Escola Superior de Música e Artes Aplicadas, Castelo Branco
• Hélder Alves – Escola Artística de Música do Conservatório Nacional, Lisboa
• Michel Supera – Conservatoire Valenciennes – FR
• Luís Ribeiro – Universidade do Minho, Braga
• João Pedro Silva – FISP, Conservatório Regional de Palmela e Escola Profissional Metropolitana
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The Jury will be headed by Vitor Santos.
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The head of the Jury has veto power.
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Assessment methodology
First Round
- Each member of the Jury will assess each participant from 1 to 20 values.
- In the end of each performance the assessments will be collected and counted.
- The highest and lowest assess will be removed.
- If one of the members of the Jury is the teacher of any of the participants, his assess will also be removed.
- The final assessment of each participant will be the average of the remaining assesses given by the Jury.
- On the end of each round, the Jury will meet and all the assessments (given by all the juror) for each participant will be disclosed.
- If there is a tie the head of the Jury will have veto power.
Final Round
- All the steps above will be followed
- There can be place for honourable mentions, exclusively on exceptional cases, if the Jury is consensual
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The Jury has the right of interrupting the performance at any moment.
The Jury’s decisions are unquestionable.
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There will be admitted 6 participants in the Final Round.
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The results will be announced on the winners concert, on July 9th, at the São João Theatre, Palmela.
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FISP organization won’t be responsible for any material damage, before, during or after the competition.
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Awards
Infant Category
1º Prize
FISP Award
• Participation in the "Young soloists" concert: Solo concert with the wind orchestra in the 8th edition of the FISP, 2021. D'Addario Woodwinds Award
• 1 box of the D'Addario Reserve reeds + 1 H-Ligature + 1 Padded Strap
2º Prize
LefreQue Award
• LefreQue Red Brass 33mm + "ultimate" band 55mm
3º Prize
• AVA Musical Editions Award (sheet music)
Juvenile category
1º Prize
FISP Award
• Participation in the "Young soloists" concert: Solo concert with the wind orchestra in the 8th edition of the FISP, 2021. Russomusica Award
• Voucher 200€ (musical instruments and accessories). D'Addario Woodwinds Award
• 1 box of the D'Addario Reserve reeds + 1 H-Ligature + 1 Padded Strap
2º Prize
Intermúsica Awards
• Voucher 100€ (sheet music)
LefreQue Award
• LefreQue Red Brass 33mm + "ultimate" band 55mm
3º Prize
• AVA Musical Editions Award (sheet music)
Junior category
1st Prize
PSP Award
• Solo presentation with the Portuguese Police Symphonic Band in the 2019/20 concert season. BG Award
• Alto saxophone LIGATURES DUO Gold Plated LD1, Alto saxophone YOKE strap, Alto saxophone SWAB
2nd Prize
I. Caeiro Award
• Voucher 200€ (musical instruments and accessories).. Scherzo Editions (sheet music)
LefreQue Award
• LefreQue Silver Plated 33mm + "ultimate" band 55mm
3rd Prize
D'Addario Woodwinds Award
• 1 box of the D'Addario Reserve reeds + 1 H-Ligature + 1 Padded Strap
• AVA Musical Editions Award (sheet music)
Senior category
1st Prize
FISP Award
• Participation, as a soloist, in one evening concert, in the 8th edition of the FISP, 2021
MPMP Award (www.mpmp.pt)
• Concert in the 2019/20 concert season
Cannonball/Trovador Award
• Cannonball tenor saxophone (professional model)
2nd Prize
• Caixa Agrícola Prize: 500€
BrassFeelings Award
• Voucher 200€ (musical instruments and accessories)
AVA Musical Editions Award (sheet music)
LefreQue Award
• LefreQue Solid Silver 33mm + "ultimate" band 55mm
3rd Prize
Vandoren Award
• Mouthpiece + Ligature + reeds box
D'Addario Woodwinds Award
• 1 box of the D'Addario Reserve reeds + 1 H-Ligature + 1 Padded Strap
BG Award
• Alto saxophone LIGATURES DUO Gold Plated LD1, Alto saxophone YOKE strap, Alto saxophone SWAB
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The awards will be given at the Winners Concert, on July 9th, 2019, at 21h30.
Each category winning participant will have to perform at the winners Concert.
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If necessary the Festival organization can nominate new Jury members.
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The registration form should be submitted at the festival official website (www.fispalmela.com), until June 28th, 2019.
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The competition program schedule, with all the information (rehearsals and performance schedule) will be announced until July 5th, 2019.
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All the participants should have the originals scores of the pieces to perform.
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Image rights - FISP reserves the right to transmit some or all of the tests in the competition for radio or television, as well as to use these recordings for promotional purposes of FISP, without prior authorization.
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Any missing question on these rules will be decided by the organization
For more information please contact the organization:
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