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The VTB Capital Prize for Young Cellists

Prize package includes:
  • VTB Capital Gold, GBP 3,500
  • VTB Capital Silver, GBP 1,000
  • VTB Capital Bronze, GBP 500
Plus:
  • Concerto performance with London Philharmonic Orchestra for one of the prizewinners
  • Concerto performances with the Janacek Philharmonia Orchestra, Czech Republic
  • With Cape Philharmonic in Cape Town (RSA)

Adjudicators:
Alexander Ivashkin (Chair), Peter Krajniak (Artistic Director, Janacek Philharmonia), Thomas Morgan (Head of planning, Wigmore Hall ), Simon Morris (Director, J & A Beare), Philippe Muller (Professor of Cello, Paris Conservatoire), Natalia Pavlutskaya (Professor of Cello, Trinity College of Music /The Purcell School), Timothy Walker (Artistic Director, London Philharmonic Orchestra)

The competition is open to cellist aged 30 and under on 27 April 2009.

Semifinals: Saturday, 25 April 2009 (10:30 am- 6:30pm)

Deptford Town Hall, London, 290, New Cross Road, SE14 6AF
(opposite New Cross Gate Rail Station)

  • Aurelienne BRAUNER, France (own accompanist)
  • Christian ELLIOTT, Canada
  • Stjepan HAUSER, Croatia (own accompanist)
  • Adam KRZESZOWIEC, Poland
  • Yan LEVIONNOIS, France
  • Misha NEMTSOV, Russia (own accompanist)
  • Ruslan VILENSKY, Latvia (own accompanist)

The order of appearance will be determined by the draw at 9:30am on 25 April.

Repertoire for Semifinals
A. Concerto: Dvorak, Schumann, Elgar, Shostakovich No 1 or No 2, or Prokofiev, op 125 (complete, with piano accompaniment)
B. Britten – Solo Cello Suite No 1, 2 or 3 (complete)

  1. Accompanist, if necessary, will be provided free of charge. Applicants should clearly state the need for an accompanist in their application form.
  2. The judges may interrupt performance at any time or may ask to perform just one movement of a Concerto.
  3. The draw for Round 1 will take place on 25 April at 9.30 am in Deptford Town Hall Council Chamber (1st Floor).
  4. At this moment all selected participants should pay registration fee of GBP 30 (cash only).
  5. Practice rooms will be made available for those who will perform in Round 1. 15 minutes will be allocated for each performer in the hall, between 9:45 – 10: 45 am and between 1:30 – 2:30 pm.
  6. The contestants can play chosen works in any order.
  7. All the Concertos should be played from memory.
  8. The competitors will be responsible for making their own arrangements in respect of accommodation needs.
  9. A list of accommodation will be made available on the website. There are limited possibilities for a cheap accommodation on campus, next door to the Deptford Town Hall (appr. £30 per day).

Please email crm (@gold.ac.uk) by 20 March 2009 with your request.

Finals: Saturday, 2 May, 2009 (10 am – 2 pm)

Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP
Tel: +44 (0)20 7258 8200
Fax: +44 (0)20 7258 8201
E-mail: info@wigmore-hall.org.uk

Box Office
Tel: +44 (0)20 7935 2141 Fax: +44 (0)20 7935 3344
E-mail: boxoffice@wigmore-hall.org.uk
Website: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
Repertoire for the Final Round
A. Britten – One of the Solo Cello Suites

and B. One of the following solo cello works:
1. Iannis XENAKIS Kottos (1977) - Edition Salabert
2. Gilbert AMY Quasi scherzando (1981) - Universal Edition
3. Krzysztof PENDERECKI Per Slava (1986) - Edition Schott
4. Rodion SHCHEDRIN Russian Fragments (1990) - Edition Sikorski
5. Alfred SCHNITTKE Improvisation (1994) - Edition Sikorski
6. Kaija SAARIAHO Spins and Spells (1997) - Edition Chester Music
7. Marco STROPPA Ay, There is the rub ( 2001) - Edition Ricordi
8. Frangiz ALI-ZADE Oyan! ( 2005) - Edition Sikorski
9. Henri DUTILLEUX Trois Strophes sur le Nom de Sacher - Edition Heugel-Leduc
10. Alberto GINASTERA Hommage a Paul Sacher: Puneña No. 2, op. 45. Boosey and Hawkes
12. Hans Werner HENZE Capriccio - Edition Schott
13. Heinz HOLLIGER Chaconne - Edition Schott
15. Witold LUTOSLAWSKI Sacher Variations - Edition Chester

The order of the contestants’ appearance in the Finals (Wigmore Hall) will be determined by the judges panel. The contestants can play chosen works in any order.

The Semifinals and the Finals of the Competition will be open to the public. The Competition will help to the finalists (living outside UK) to arrange their accommodation in the Goldsmiths College halls of residence.

Enquires: mus01 (@gold.ac.uk), crm (@gold.ac.uk)