Sardoal International Piano Meeting
Sardoal Young Talent Award 2020 (online edition)
Categories
The competition will be held on the following days:
- Juvenile: November 14th/15th, 2020
- Junior: November 13th/14th/15th, 2020
- Senior: November 21st/22nd, 2020 (Selection Round), December 5th, 2020 (Final)
- Piano Duo: November 28th/29th, 2020
Juri
Senior Category – Selection Round – Faculty Members and Guest Jurors / Final – Guests of Honor
Piano Duo Category – Faculty Members and Guests of Honor
Junior Category – Faculty Members and Guest Jurors
Juvenile Category – Faculty Members and Guest Jurors
Rules
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Edition of the 5th Sardoal Young Talent Award ((hereafter referred to as “SYTA”), will be held ONLINE on the Official Facebook page of the Sardoal International Piano Meeting, and is open to pianists from all countries.
Please read all the rules and regulations carefully. It is your responsibility to make sure that your application complies with all requirements.
SYTA is divided into 4 different categories:
JUVENILE: 13 years old and younger
JUNIOR: from 14 to 17 years old
SENIOR: from 18 to 35 years old
PIANO DUO: No age limit, 4 hands repertoire only
Competitors must be within the age range of their categories in the application deadline day. Past First Prize Winners are not permitted to compete in the same category but are allowed to compete in a higher category even if under aged.
For specific regulations, repertoire, dates and prizes of each category, please consult the information above, in “categories”.
SYTA will take place on the Internet, by pre-recorded video submission (see “Video Recording Requirements” section below for all details). All the submitted video recordings, when complying with all the regulations and minimum performance standards, will be streamed online in the competition determined dates, while jury members watch and listen from different corners of the world. As soon as the last online performance of each category is broadcasted, the jury will meet in a video conference and vote. The results will be announced the same day. Jury members who are teaching, or have taught in the past, one of the competitors (in a school, privately or in a masterclass) must inform the organization and the remaining jury members. Their vote regarding this particular competitor can never be higher than the average of the votes of the remaining jury members. Competitors cannot appeal against the decisions of the Jury.
Application Requirements
In order to take part in SYTA, candidates must fill out the online Application Form and pay the Application Fee before the deadlines. Late applications after the deadline, when accepted, will suffer an increase of 10% on the fees. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Application deadlines, Portuguese time zone:
JUVENILE: November 6th, 2020
JUNIOR: November 6th, 2020
SENIOR: November 1st, 2020
PIANO DUO: November 15th, 2020
IMPORTANT: No video recording is needed at the time of the application (see video rules below).
Application fees are differentiated for each category:
Junior: 45€*
Juvenile: 45€*
Senior: 95€*
Piano Duo: 95€*
*VAT 23% included
Application fee should be transferred to the following Bank Account:
IBAN: PT50 0033 0000 45464230189 05
Swift: BCOMPTPL
Account holder: A2DV ACAD INT M AQUILES DELLE VIGNE LDA
Bank: Millennium BCP
Praça Machado de Assis, 7 a 9, Celas
3000-253 COIMBRA
Application fee will not be returned under any condition. Costs of the transaction must be assumed by the applicant.
VIDEO RECORDING REQUIREMENTS
Competitors must send one (1) downloadable video link, to an email provided by the organization after a successful enrolment, complying with the requirements of each category and all the recording regulations. The video must be sent respecting the following deadlines:
JUVENILE: November 8th, 2020
JUNIOR: November 8th, 2020
SENIOR: November 15th, 2020 (Selection Round), November 29th, 2020 (Final)
PIANO DUO: November 22nd, 2020
The video will be used for the live streaming on the competition day.
By participating in SYTA, competitors give to the Organization all rights regarding audio and video recordings, so they can be broadcasted with no financial compensation to the candidate.
The Organization must be able to easily download the original files to upload and stream them during the competition days. The contestant must use WeTransfer, DropBox, Filemail, Google Drive, OneDrive or similar when sending the video. YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, etc., links will not be accepted.
The video must be unpublished and must have been recorded after September 15, 2020. To ensure that the recording has been made specifically for the competition, competitors have to say “Sardoal Young Talent Award” at the beginning of the video, before performing. The video recording does not necessarily have to be professionally made but it must have a good video and sound quality so it can be evaluated.
SYTA is aware that some participants may be confined at home. Grand, upright, and electric pianos with 88 weighted keys are accepted.
Duration of the files cannot exceed the timing requested for each category. The total performance time must include the pauses between pieces (if more than one is played). Files that exceed the allotted time will not be accepted.
Edited video recordings will not be accepted. The video must be taken in one shot, no interruptions during the entire performance are permitted or after the spoken presentation. The video must be made by one fixed camera and must show the keyboard and the musician in full view.
All compositions must be performed in whole. However, single movements from a sonata, or single pieces from a collection, are accepted. Memorization is only required for the soloist categories. Repeats will be left to the discretion of the competitor.
The chosen pieces should be published musical works. If requested by the jury, the candidate should provide a copy of the score by email. Compositions and improvisations made by the participants are not allowed.