Second International Valeri Kikta Organ Competition

CONDITIONS

The 2nd International Valeri Kikta Organ Competition will take place from November 21 to 26, 2006, inclusive, in the Pomorskaya State Philharmonic Chamber Hall in Arkhangelsk, Russia.

The competition is open to organists of all nationalities.

Competition consists of one round, which is the performance of the concert program.

Application for participation in the competition must be made on the enclosed application form, which has to be returned by October 1, 2006 (postmark). Applications should comprise:
a certified copy of the applicants birth certificate,
the applicants curriculum vitae,
references (certificates of institutions of learning, letter of recommendation, details of awards and prizes),
one passport photograph and one high gloss photograph (size 10 x 15 cm).

No more then fourteen applicants may participate in the competition. The participants will be selected on the basis of received materials. By October 20, 2006, the applicants will be informed whether or not they have been selected as participants in the competition.

Entry to the competition is completely free of charge.

The services of register assistant (Stop puller/Page turner) can be provided by the Competition Secretary. The competitors are allowed to bring along their own assistant for registration.

Traveling costs must be paid by the competitors and their assistants for registration. Cheap lodging is provided by the Competition Secretary (about 5 USD per person per night).

All events may with the permission of the organizing committee be:
transmitted on radio and television,
recorded to be presented in news- and documentary broadcasts,
photographed by the press.
In these cases the competitors renounce all rights and royalities.

Applications are to be made to

Competition Secretary
of The International Valeri Kikta Organ Competition
119002, Moscow, Arbat, 35, r.568
Tel.: + (095) 248 03 13
: + (095) 230 24 27
e-mail: organconstel@mail.ru

These rules are available in both Russian and English. However, in the event of a dispute, the Russian version of the rules will apply.

EXAMINATIONS

The order of performance will be decided by lot.
The events will be held in the Pomorskaya State Philharmonic Chamber Hall in Arkhangelsk.
The participants determined by Jury shall be obliged to perform at a concert-conclusion of competition.


JURY
The activities of the jury are governed by rules.
The decision of the jury is final.
The jury has in its power to award special prizes, to divide a prize between two competitors or not to award any prizes and diplomas.

CHAIRMAN
Alexei Parshin (Russia)
Elena Sorokina (Russia)
Petr Plany (Czech)
Daniel Zaretsky (Russia)
Hiroko Inoue (Japan)


PRIZES AND AWARDS

First Prize 1000 USD and the title of laureate
Second Prize 700 USD and the title of laureate
Third Prize 400 USD and the title of laureate
Fourth Prize 200 USD and the title of laureate
Fifth Prize 100 USD and the title of laureate
Sixth Place 50 USD and the title of diploma-winner
Seventh Place 50 USD and the title of diploma-winner

EXAMINATIONS PROGRAMME

1.
Dietrich Buxtehude (16371707)
Praeludium in D minor, BuxWV 140
or Praeludium in E major, BuxWV 141
or Praeludium in F-sharp minor, BuxWV 146
or Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 149
or Toccata in D minor, BuxWV 155
or Nicolaus Bruhns (16651697) Praeludium in E minor (great)
or Praeludium in G major
or Georg Bohm (16611733) Praeludium in C major
or Praeludium in D minor

2.
Louis Marchand (16691732)
Recit from the Premier livre dorgue
or Tierce en Taille from the Premier livre dorgue
or Pierre Du Mage (16741751)
Recit from the Suite du premier ton
or Tierce en Taille from the Suite du premier ton

3.
Johann Sebastian Bach (16851750)
Any Trio-Sonata, BWV525530
or Toccata and Fugue F-dur, BWV540
or Prelude and Fugue G-dur, BWV541
or Fantasia and Fugue g-moll, BWV542
or Prelude and Fugue a-moll, BWV543
or Prelude and Fugue h-moll, BWV544
or Prelude and Fugue C-dur, BWV547
or Prelude and Fugue e-moll, BWV548
or Prelude and Fugue G-dur, BWV550
or Concerto a-moll after Vivaldi, BWV593
or Concerto d-moll after Vivaldi, BWV596

4.
Charles-Marie Widor (18451937)
Fifth symphony: First part or Sixth symphony: First part
or Felix Mendelssohn (18091847)
Any Sonata from Six Sonatas, op.65
or Felix Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue c-moll and Johannes Brahms (18331897) Two choral preludes (free choice), op.122
or Marcel Dupre (18861971) Prelude and Fugue g-moll, op.7 and Johannes Brahms Two choral preludes (free choice)
or J. Brahms Prelude and Fugue g-moll and Two choral preludes (free choice)

5.
Valeri Kikta (b.1941) Second Organ Suite Orpheus
or First Organ Suite Organ Frescos and Hymn from the Sixth Organ Suite Carpathians Meditations
or First Organ Suite Organ Frescos and Burlesque from the Sixth Organ Suite Carpathians Meditations
or Fifth Organ Suite Small Pastorals and Hymn from the Sixth Organ Suite Carpathians Meditations
or Fifth Organ Suite Small Pastorals and Burlesque from the Sixth Organ Suite Carpathians Meditations


CONCERT-CONCLUSION
26 November 2006

Any editions are allowed. The order of pieces is free in all events.

Orgel A.Schuke (Potsdam, 1991)
Mechanische Spiel- und Registertraktur
29 stops

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