Peter Toperczer International Piano Competition Košice

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15/04/2021 - 18/04/2021

Košice, Slovakia

Piano

The first International Piano Competition Košice was held in 1993 and up until its fifth year the competition was organized annually. Later the organizing committee decided to change it to biennial cycle.

The aim of competition is to support young talented children and enable them to represent themselves on the stage, not only in Slovakia, but also abroad.

From its very beginning the International Piano Competition Art Director has been Peter Toperczer, Dr. h. c., Rector emeritus at AMU in Prague, a native of Košice. After his sudden death Peter Breiner, composer, pianist and conductor took over the position as art director and from 2013 Professor Toperczer’s son, Peter Tperczer jr., will be art director of the International Piano Competition Košice. The competition is now dedicated to his father thus being renamed into Peter Toperczer International Piano Competition.

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Information

Organiser

School of Music of Márie Hemerkovej

Structure

The participants should be aged up to 17 and divided in 4 age categories.
The competition has two rounds.

Cycle

Every two years

Next competition

15.04.2021 – 18.04.2021

Next deadline

31.12.2020

Application

The application form should be sent by registered mail before the deadline with:

Competition programme
Copy of birth certificate
Digital portrait photograph
Accommodation order for a contestant and an accompanying adult person (pedagogue or parent)
Confirmation of payment of participation fee

Application fees (non-refundable):

With accommodation at Garni Hotel Akadémia (free breakfast)

Participant : €140
Teacher/parent : €140

Without accommodation:

Participant : €80
Teacher/parent : €80

Rules

The participants should be aged up to 17 and divided in 4 age categories.
1^st category – contestants born in 2010, 2011 or younger ones
2^nd category – contestants born in 2008, 2009
3^rd category – contestants born in 2006, 2007
4^th category – contestants born in 2004, 2005

Playing by heart is a requirement.
The repertoire changes can be notified before 28 February 2021
Travel expenses have to be covered out of the participant’s own means.
Differences between the participation fee and bank charges will have to be paid at the presentation in cash.
The absence at the competition, caused by serious obstacles, should be announced to the organizing
committee 2 weeks before the competition the latest.

Repertoire

Competition repertoire

1st round – selection

composition from the barocco period

composition from the romantic period

2nd round – final

composition from the classical period

composition from the 20^th or 21^st century

Time limits in each round:

1st round

2nd round

I. Category

II. Category

III. Category

IV. Category

5 – 8 min

7 – 12 min

10 – 15 min

13 – 20 min

5 – 8 min

7 – 12 min

10 – 15 min

13 – 20 min

Direction for classification of composers by style periods:
Composers living and composing at the turn of the 19th and 20th century (S. Rachmaninoff, A. Scriabin, C. Debussy, M. Ravel, etc.), along with their entire work, should be added to compositions of the 20th and 21st century for the second round.

Prizes

Cash prizes for the 1st to 3rd prizes in each category plus special prizes.

Jury members

Contact

Contacts

riaditel@zuske.sk kosicepianocompetition@gmail.com

Visit original competition page

www.zuske.sk

Prize winners

Kiron Atom Tellian EMCY Prize 2017 Roman Fediurko First Prize 2019