International Competition For Young Pianists NEW GENERATION

About The Project

The International Competition for Young Pianists "New Generation" is the second stage of the project. During the first stage - the All-Russian competition of Young Composers and Music Journalists - the compositions that are mandatory for performance at the second stage were selected.

The International Competition for Young Pianists "New Generation" is designed to give children a chance to demonstrate their skills in front of an international jury, get an invitation to participate in various international projects, establish creative ties with their peers-composers and pianists, perform with the Karelian State Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra.

Stages of the competition

Correspondence nomination

The correspondence nomination is held in one round of video recordings, regardless of the full-time nomination, applications are accepted until February 12, 2023.

Full - time nomination

1. Qualifying round (according to videos for all age groups) from 01.11.2022 to 20.01.2023;

2. Solo performances on 28.02-01.03.2023 in Petrozavodsk (for all age groups);

3. Performance with the Karelian State Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (for V-VII age groups) 02.03.2023

Master classes and excursions

Master classes of the jury members for the participants of the competition, free excursions are planned

Requirements:

2-3 different works in the correspondence nomination and 3 in the full-time nomination,

one of which (in both nominations) is a mandatory play

(the choice of a mandatory play is not strictly tied to the age group and is carried out by the participant and his teacher,

based on the performance capabilities of the contestant. It is allowed to perform a mandatory piece by the score)

Age groups (as of 01.11.2022), duration of performances:

The Competition Jury

Dmitry Vasiliev
(Russia)

Conductor and Artistic Director of the Omsk Academic Symphony Orchestra, Honored Worker of Culture of the

Omsk region
(full-time nomination)

Armine Grigoryan
(Armenia)

Pianist, laureate of international competitions, Professor of the Yerevan Conservatory, Director of the A.I. Khachaturian House Museum

in Yerevan
(correspondence and full-time nominations)

Vsevolod Zaderatsky
(Russia)

Musicologist, Doctor of Art History, Professor of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State University, Editor-in-Chief of the journal "PianoForum", Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, laureate of the State Prize, Chairman of the

Guild of Musicology of the

Russian Musical Union
(full-time nomination)

Marina Zaderatskaya
(Russia)

Musicologist, journalist, General Director of the magazine "PianoForum", scientific secretary of the Guild of Musical Performance of the

Russian Musical Union
(correspondence nomination)

Pavel Levadny

(Russia)

Composer, pianist, Executive Secretary of the Union of Composers of Russia, Scientific Secretary of the Guild of Music Education and the Guild of Musicology of the Russian Musical Union, columnist of the "PianoForum" magazine, director of the Moscow State Music School No. 66, head of the New Generation project
(correspondence and full-time nominations)

Oksana Levko
(Russia)

PhD, musicologist, producer pf international cultural projects,

Ass. Professor of Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Artistic Director of “Yamaha Music” (Russia) (full-time nomination)

Jean-Baptiste Fonlupt

(France)

Concert pianist, professor of Rueil-Malmaison Conservatoire in Paris, France, and at the Royal Institute for Music and Pedagogy in Namur, Belgium, laureate of international competitions
(correspondence nomination)

Alexander Yakovlev

(Russia)

Concert pianist, teacher, laureate of international competitions, artistic director of the competition-festival "Grand Piano in Palace", professor of the Academy of Music in Minneapolis (USA), professor of the Academy of Music in Takamatsu (Japan)
(correspondence nomination)

Submit an application

The registration fee for participation in the competition is 70 euro rubles for full-time nomination and 90 euro for correspondence nomination