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The Josef Micka Violin Competition 2016


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Tanja Classical Music Agency and Via musica ad beatum z.s. in cooperation with the Prague Grammar and Music School presents the 4th Annual International Violin Competition “The Josef Micka Competition” under the auspices of Václav Hudeček

 

Competition Rules ( for download )

The competition will take place at the Prague Grammar and Music School, 9, Komenského náměsti, Prague 3 , from 18th to 20th March, 2016

 

  • The competition is open to violinists attending junior music schools, conservatoires, secondary music schools, private schools or who are receiving private tuition, and who will perform the prescribed repertoire and comply with the age limit of 16 years.
  • Competitors will play from memory and comply with the prescribed time limits; works by 20th and 21st century authors in Category IV. and V. may be performed from the score.
  • Non-compliance with the rules may result in disqualification.
  • The competition is in one stage only. The chosen programme is binding, but in exceptional circumstances the jury may give permission for a change to a chosen piece.
  • The jury reserves the right not to award certain prizes, also to award a shared prize, as well as to award special prizes.
  • Any competitor has the right to enter a higher age category.

Age categories and time limits for performance

Category I – up to 8 years of age. For competitors born on or after 01.01.2008
Performance time limit 3 - 7 minutes.
Recommended composition: Josef Micka: Elementary studies Nos. 2. or 3. | download

 

Category II – up to 10 years of age. For competitors born on or after 01.01.2006
Performance time limit 4 - 10 minutes.
Recommended composition: Josef Micka: Elementary studies Nos. 7. or 35. | download

 

Category III – up to 12 years of age. For competitors born on or after 01.01.2004
Performance time limit 7 - 12 minutes.
Recommended composition: Josef Micka: Changing position studies Nos. 36. or 48. or 50 | download

 

Category IV – up to 14 years of age. For competitors born on or after 01.01.2002
Performance time limit 10 - 17 minutes. Works of at least two contrasting stylistic periods must be performed. One of the pieces must be composed by a Czech composer. (From baroque to 21st century)

 

Category V – up to 16 years of age. For competitors born on or after 01.01.2000
Performance time limit 14 - 20 minutes. Works of at least two contrasting stylistic periods must be performed. One must be by a Czech composer from a 20th or 21st century, composed after 1914.

 

Jury Members

  • Václav Hudeček – Chairman of the Jury, violin virtuoso
    portretVáclav Hudeček is one of the outstanding Czech violinists of our time. In 1959 and between 1964-1968 he studied, first privately then as a student at the Prague Conservatoire, with Josef Micka. In the autumn of 1967, at the age of 15, he started his international career by appearing as soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. He is the only Czech pupil of the legendary David Oistrakh. He graduated from the Prague Academy of Musical Arts in the class of Václav Snítil. Since his London debut, he has given concerts in all the great international concert halls (Carnegie Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Suntory Hall, Osaka Festival Hall, Sydney Opera) and appeared as soloist with many of the world's great orchestras (Berliner Philharmoniker, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, NHK Philharmonic Orchestra, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Moscow State Philharmony). Václav Hudeček commits a substantial part of his time to bringing up a new generation of violinists, either at the summer Václav Hudeček Academy, an annual master course held in the spa town of Luhacovice, or by introducing the best young players as guests of his Christmas concert tours and during the Prague Festival of Music. In 2007 he was awarded the state Order of Merit by president Vaclav Klaus, in recognition of his outstanding achievement in the arts.In 2012, on the occasion of his bithday, he received the Silver Medal of the City of Prague from its mayor, Dr.Bohuslav Svoboda.. Two years later he became the city's honorary citizen. In 2015 Václav Hudeček was awarded by the president of the Italian republic the Order of the Knight of the Star of Italy - „Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d‘Italia“.
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  • David Takeno – Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
    d takenoBorn in Tokyo, David Takeno began to play the violin at an early age performing solos with orchestras from the age of nine, first in New Zealand and soon afterwards in America, Israel and Europe. During the ‘60s and 70s, he performed much chamber music and toured with Menuhin with his orchestra as well as the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and the English Chamber Orchestra. In 1968 for one year he was studying in Prague in the class of prof. J. Pekelský. Since 1976, he has devoted his time to teaching and has taught at the the Menuhin School, Cambridge University and at the Guildhall School of Music where he holds the post of „Eugène Ysaÿe International Chair of Violins“ His broad interest in and enthusiasm for music, past and present, have encouraged pupils in a wide range of fields, from baroque performance to championing many contemporary works. Past students hold active positions in the profession, performing and teaching throughout the world. In 1998 he was awarded the „W. W. Cobbett Medal“ for services to chamber music by the Worshipful Company of Musician; in 2009, the „Golden Award“ from the University of Belgrade, and the „ABO Award for 2010“ by the Association of British Orchestras. Among his pupils are such outstanding names as Rachel Podger, Pavlo Beznosiuk, Anthony Marwood and Carolin Widman.
  • Jiří Fišer – Prague Conservatoire, Prague Grammar and Music School
    portretJiří Fišer graduated from the Plzeň Conservatoire in the class of Antonín Moravec. In 1971 he attended a master course given by Nathan Milstein. Between 1978 and 1985 he held the post of deputy leader of the Suk Chamber Orchestra. He then became first violinist of the Doležal Quartet. Since 1996 Jiří Fišer has taught both at the Prague Music School and the Prague Conservatoire. The outstanding artistic achievements and competition successes of his pupils - Jan Mráček, Petra Vilánková, Petr Matěják, to name but a few - make him one of the most important violin teachers of our time.
  • Pavel Kudelásek – Leader of the Apollon Quartet, Prague Conservatoire, Prague Grammar and Music School
    portretPavel Kudelásek graduated from the Prague Conservatoire in the class of Jaroslav Foltýn and from the Prague Academy in that of Antonín Moravec. He completed his studies with Kato Havas. He was instrumental in setting up the violin department of the České Budějovice Conservatoire. Since 1993 he has been professor of violin at the Prague Conservatoire and has also taught at the Prague Music School. He has written a number of musicological works (eg. “On the Performance of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas”). He is a frequent member of the jury in both domestic and international competitions and regularly gives violin masterclasses. Apart from his solo career, Pavel Kudelásek is a sought-after chamber player, having held posts in a number of outstanding ensembles (Czech Chamber Orchestra, Dvořák Quartet, Pro Arte Antiqua) and having collaborated with the Czech Nonet. Currently he is leader of the Apollon quartet. In 2006 he was given the Rudolf II Award by the Masaryk Academy of Arts for promoting Czech music.
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  • Jiří Panocha – Leader of the Panocha Quartet, HAMU Prague
    portretJiří Panocha's violin career began at an early age. In 1972 he was a prize-winner at the Karajan Competition in Berlin and was appointed leader of the International Student Orchestra under Karajan's baton. He has given concerts in most countries of Europe, as well as in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Japan and elsewhere. In 1968, as a student at the Prague Conservatoire, he founded the Panocha Quartet under the guidance of Josef Micka. This young ensemble then moved on to the Prague Academy of Musical Arts. Under Panocha's leadership, the quartet has since travelled the world and made innumerable recordings for both Czech and international record companies. As professor of violin at the Prague Academy, Jiří Panocha is committed to bringing up a new generation of young violinists. The uninterrupted existence of the Panocha Quartet, who have played in an unchanged line-up since 1971, is testament to his skills in bringing together and leading a group of musicians.
    Panochovo-kvarteto
  • Milan Puklický – Music director of the Czech radio
    portretMilan Puklický was born on 8 April 1952 in Prague. His first violin teacher was Ferdinand Gotwald, a pupil of Otakar Ševčík. He studied at the Prague Conservatoire, then graduated from the Academy of Music in the class of Josef Vlach. Before 1985 he performed as a soloist and member of various chamber ensembles both in Europe and America. He broadened his musical education through private studies of composition and conducting. Since 1985 he has worked as a music director for the then Czechoslovak, now Czech Radio; since 1995 he has followed that career exclusively. In that capacity he has worked for a number of Czech and foreign record companies as well as many ensembles and soloists. He has collaborated on many recordings, some of which were awarded important international prizes – in recent years the complete orchestral works of Leoš Janáček and the 3 Fragments from Martinů´s opera Julietta, both with Sir Charles Mackerras, and a recording of the Smetana piano trio, a BBC Recording of the Year.
  • Pavel Zejfart – Member of the Panocha Quartet, ZUŠ J. L. Dusika, Čáslav
    portretPavel Zejfart was initially torn between singing, acting and playing the piano. As a child he appeared as singer and actor in Hans Krása's opera Brundibár, in a television production of Dickens' Oliver Twist and in Vaclav Krška's film adaptation of Turgenev's Torrents of Spring. He began playing the violin only at the age of eleven, and following private tuition with Josef Micka, later became his pupil at the Prague Conservatoire. In 1968 he joined, as 2nd violinist, the newly-founded Panocha Quartet. Pavel Zejfart studied chamber music with Raphael Hillyer in Weimar and concluded his studies at the Prague Academy in the class of Nora Grumlíková. As member of the now renowned quartet he has won numerous awards – the Prague Spring Competition (1975), the Medaille d'Or (Bordeaux 1976), the Sterne der Woche (Munich 1982),a Golden Disc (Supraphon 1982), the Grand Prix d'Academie Charles Cros (Paris 1983) and the prestigious MIDEM Classical Award (Cannes 1995). At various times he has taught at the Lake District Summer School of Music in England, at Yale University in Norfolk, Virginia and at the Kusatsu Academy in Japan. Panochovo-kvarteto

 

Prizes

  • Three main prizes can be awarded in each category
  • Honorary prizes will also be awarded
  • Each competitor will receive a Certificate of Participation

The following main prizes will be awarded:

Application submission

A valid application must contain the exact titles and durations of all the works to be performed and must be submitted by 31.01.2016 to the following e-mail address:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • A registration fee of 500 CZK must also be paid by 31.01.2016.
  • The registration fee is non-refundable.
  • In the case of over-subscription, the number of competitors may be limited, due to time concerns. In this case, those who submitted their applications the earliest will be given precedence.
  • Foreign competitors must pay the registration fee via PayPal.

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  1. Name of the payer
  2. Your contact e-mail address
  3. Name of the competitor

 

We look forward to meeting you in Prague in March 2016!

For any additional information, please contact Ondřej Lébr on 00420 777 246 177 or Tat'ána Klánská on 00420 608 982 995 or send an e-mail to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

List of optional works:

  • Sylvie Bodorová: Dža More - for solo violin
  • Petr Eben:
    • Saul u věštkyně v En-Doru (Saul at the oracle of En-Dor) – Old Testament fresco for violin and piano
    • Sonatina semplice
  • Luboš Fišer:
    • Ruce (Hands) - Sonata for violin and piano
    • Amoroso for violin and piano (categories II and III only)
  • Ilja Hurník:
    • Ciacona for violin and piano
    • Grave for violin and piano (categories II and III only)
    • Partita for violin and piano (optional)
    • Suite for violin and piano (optional)
  • Lukáš Hurník: Tři věty ( Three Sentences )
  • Victor Kalabis: Aleluja (Psalm 150), op.74 – Old Testament fresco for violin and piano
  • Oldřich F. Korte:
    • Philosophical Dialogues
    • Elíhu contra Job - Old Testament fresco for violin and piano
  • Otmar Mácha: Elegy for violin and piano
  • Vít Micka: Concertino for violin and piano
  • Luboš Sluka:
    • Consonanza con Mozart for violin and piano
    • Due pezzi – 2 elegiac pieces for violin and piano
  • Lukáš Sommer: Déja vu – in memoriam Maurice Ravel for violin and piano

 

 

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