GRIEG FESTIVAL YOUNG ARTISTS COMPETITION
Highlighting important lesser-known works of Edvard Grieg
at Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida
January 9-11, 2009
PIANO, VOICE, VIOLIN
TO AGE 32
Over $10,000 in awards
including
Cash prizes for all finalists
CD recording of finals round
for radio broadcasts
Grand Prize:
Concert tour in Norway in July 2009
including concerts at Oystese Hardanger,
Troldhaugen (Grieg's estate) in Bergen,
and at the 2009 Grieg Festival in Oslo
Preliminary Round:
CD or DVD with application by October 1, 2008. Send a recording of only the required Grieg work(s). You will be notified by e-mail of semi-finalists no later than October 15, 2008.
Semi-final Round:
Live performance at Rollins College, January 9-10, 2009. All semi-finalists will be granted free admission to the conference.
Final Round:
Live performance at Rollins College, January 11, 2009. Finalists will be recorded for a CD that will be edited for broadcast and made available for download online. All finalists will receive cash awards. The grand prize of a concert tour in Norway in July 2009 will be awarded to the winner of the finals round.
Jury Members for semi-final and final rounds:
Stephen Boe
Bradley Ellingboe
Beryl Foster
Steven Glaser
Hsing-Ay Hsu
You-seong Kim
Routa Kroumovitch-Gomez
Edmund LeRoy
Einar Røttingen
Njål Sparbo
(Jury member bios are available by clicking on name
or on the presenters page here.)
Repertoire Requirements
Piano
Preliminary round (CD or DVD)
Ballade, Op. 24
Semi-final round (must be performed by memory)
Ballade, Op. 24
Any 2 works from Op. 66, Op. 72, or Op. 73
Both works do not need to be from the same opus
Voice
Voice contestants may choose to sing in English or Norwegian. Contestants singing in English must use the translations in C. F. Peters' Edvard Grieg: Complete Works vols. 14 and 15 (published in 1990 and 1991 respectively). These two volumes have also been published separately in a paperbound edition. The quality of the performance, sung in either language, will determine the awards.
Female: Grieg songs may be sung in English or Norwegian.
Preliminary round (CD or DVD)
Haugtussa, Op. 67
Semi-final round (must be performed by memory)
Haugtussa, Op. 67
Any 3 songs from Op. 33 or Op. 39
Male: Grieg songs may be sung in English or Norwegian.
Preliminary round (CD or DVD)
The Mountain Thrall, Op. 32 + Ibsen Songs, Op. 25 + Paulsen Songs,
Op. 58, Nos. 3 and 4
Semi-final round (must be performed by memory)
The Mountain Thrall, Op. 32, + Ibsen Songs, Op. 25 + Paulsen Songs,
Op. 58, Nos. 3 and 4
Any 3 songs from Op. 33 or Op. 39
Violin
Preliminary round (CD or DVD)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 13
Semi-final round (must be performed by memory)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 13
Sonata in F Major, Op. 8, or Sonata in C Minor, Op. 45
Final Round
Each finalist will perform a 15-minute program of works selected by the judges from the semi-finalist round.
The distinguished panel of judges for the semi-final and final rounds include several of the festival's featured presenters. A complete list of judges will be posted by October 1.
