1ST INTERNATIONAL ONLINE COMPETITION
OF MUSICAL, PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS
«Inspiration»
Moscow, Russia
The best performances and art works will be awarded diplomas
and memorable prizes, as well as certificates for fee reduction at competitions and recitals in Russia, Kazakhstan, Italy, and the USA.
Deadline for application (including a link to the video) – 1 July 2021.
The results of the competition will be announced at www.artistproject.ru
no later than 1 August 2021
REGULATIONS
We invite instrumentalists, vocalists, theater and film actors, dancers, and visual artists – professionals or amateurs, students or teachers – of all ages.
All participants compete via video selection in one round.
NB! All contestants in the division Musical performace are graded according to two categories: professionals and amateurs. You will be categorized as a professional if you are a student in a specialized music or arts school, music or arts college, or if you have graduated from such a college.
NB! All contestants in the division Composition are graded according to two categories: professionals and amateurs. You will be categorized as a professional if you are a student in a specialized music or arts school, music or arts college, or if you have graduated from such a college.
NB! All contestants in the division Acting are graded according to three categories: amateurs, theater college students, and professionals. If you have not graduated from a theater college and/or do not have professional acting education but work in theater or film, you will still be categorized as an amateur.
NB! All contestants in the division Visual arts are graded according to the following techniques: oil, gouache, pastel, pencil, watercolour, graffiti, airbrush. The contestants are divided into two categories: professionals and amateurs. You will be categorized as a professional if you are a student in a specialized arts school, arts college, or if you have graduated from such a college. In any other case you will be categorized as an amateur.
All contestants in “Arts and crafts” nomination are being judjed SEPARATELY according the following techniques: carving, painting, embroidery, founding, incuse, intarsia. There is no grading by the material of art.
The criteria:
— nomination conformity
— originality, completeness of content disclosure
— art quality\technical defects absence (if not an author`s main idea)
— composition
— perception in common
NB! All contestants in the division Dance are graded according to two categories: professionals and amateurs. You will be categorized as a professional if you are a student in a specialized arts, dance, or ballet school, music or arts college. If you have finished a dance class but do not have a professional education in dance, you will be categorized as an amateur.
а1) Musical performance professionals
а2) Musical performance amateurs
NB! A piano concerto accompanied by an orchestra, ensemble or concertmaster prohibited. In duets and ensembles, the age category is determined by the average age of the participants as of the application deadline. The chosen repertoire should be age-appropriate. All solo works must be performed by heart. The use of score is permited for instrumental duets and ensembles.
b1) Composition professionals
b2) Composition amateurs
NB! All participants in the nomination Composition have to submit 2 works of different genres. The overall duration of both works may not exceed 15 minutes.
c1) Acting amateurs
c2) Students of theater schools
c3) Acting professionals
d1) Visual arts professionals
d2) Visual arts amateurs
e1) Dance amateurs
e2) Dance professionals
NB! Solo dancers as well as dance groups can participate in the contest. If you are participating as a group, the age group is determined by the average age of the group members as of the application deadline.
The contestants’ performance is evaluated by a professional jury on a 100-points scale. The decision of the jury is final and is not subject to review or appeal.
The following prizes can be awarded:
Grand-Prix – 100 points
1st prize – 95-99 points
2nd prize – 90-94 points
3rd prize – 85-89 points
Diploma – 80-84 points
Judging criteria
a) Musical performance
e1) Dance solo
e2) Dance groups
The Jury
Anna Arzamanova, piano (Moscow, Russia)
Honored culture worker of Russian Federation, Honored Professor at Shenyang Conservatory of music, piano teacher at Gnessin`s Moscow middle special music school (Gnessin`s college).
Igor Kotlyarevsky, concertmasters art, piano (Moscow, Russia)
Honored artist of Russia, Professor at Moscow State Conservatory, laureate of international competitions.
Teresa Trevisan (Trieste, Italy)
Professor at Conservatorio G.Tartini (Trieste, Italy)
Denis Sedov, opera singing (Moscow, Russia – Paris, France)
Guest soloist at MET Opera House (New-York, USA), Teatro alla Scala (Milan, Italy), Opera Bastille (Paris, France) etc., laureate of international opera competitions.
Francesco Comito, piano (Messina, Italy) -special guest, director of «Le Salon de la Musique» concert agency.
Eugene Yuzhin, pop singing (St.Petersburg, Russia)
Golden Medal holder at IX International competition of Russian music named after Dmitry Hvorostovsky and Elena Obraztsova, “Main Stage” TV project finalist on “Russia” TV channel, winner of “Romansiada” International competition, “Romantic of Romance” and “Voice” show participant, two times Russian Federation Ministry of Culture Prize owner for the contribution in Russian vocal school development.
Olga Varvus, folk singing, pop and jazz singing (Kishinev, Moldova – Moscow, Russia)
Pop and folk singer, constant member of expert jury at “All together” TV show on “Russia 1” TV channel, Honored artist of Moldova Republic.
Roman Efimov, strings (Perm – St.Petersburg, Russia)
The Vladimir Spivakov International Charity Foundation fellow, the “New names” and the “Russian performing arts” foundations fellow, international competitions laureate, MusicAeterna orchestra soloist under Teodor Currentzis leadership, concertmaster at Perm Opera and Ballet Theater orchestra.
Elena Korzhenevich, strings (Moscow, Russia)
Teacher of the Moscow State Conservatory , winner of the International Competitions.
Grigory Vever, woods and brass, symphonic conducting (Omsk, Russia)
Head conductor of Omsk Chamber Orchestra, clarinet group concertmaster at Omsk Academic Symphonic Orchestra, clarinet teacher at Omsk music college named after Vissarion Shebalin, laureate of International competitions.
Anastasia Starchak, folk instruments (Moscow-Vladimir, Russia)
High category teacher at Vladimir Regional music college named after A. Borodin, High category teacher at Moscow State Institute of music named after A. Schnittke, Chairman of Youth council at Culture Department of Vladimir region, laureate of International competitions.
Anton Lubchenko, opera conducting, symphonic conducting, composing (St.Petersburg – Vladivostok – Sochi, Russia)
Russian conductor, composer, author of music to many documentary and feature films.
Anton Lubchenko, opera conducting, symphonic conducting, composing (St.Petersburg – Vladivostok – Sochi, Russia)
Russian conductor, composer, author of music to many documentary and feature films.
Artyom Bibilyurov (Moscow, Russia)
Theater and film actor, theater director, artistic director of the First Experimental Youth Vakhtangov Studio “Turandot” and Moscow drama theater “Turandot”, member of the expert committee of Moscow’s Department of culture, member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation, member of the Union of Theater Workers of Russia.
Yulia Shifershtein (Krasnoyarsk/Moscow, Russia)
Theater and film actress, graduate of the Russian Institute of Theater Arts GITIS (Yuri Vassilyev’s class), member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation, member of the Creative Union of Russian Artists.
Ekaterina Dukhovskaya, Nikolay Cheremisin (Moscow, Russia)
Two-time Russian ballroom dance champions, Blackpool Dance Festival finalists (Blackpool, Great Britain), World championships in Turkey and Canada finalists, German Open and Polish Open finalists.
Participation fees for Russian and CIS citizens:
Soloists – 1200 RUB
Duet, trio – 700 RUB per person
Concertmaster – 1200 RUB per person
Ensemble (4-9 members) – 700 RUB per person
Ensemble (over 10 members) – 7 000 RUB per ensemble
Participation fees for non-Russian citizens (Europe, Asia):
Soloists – 25 EUR
Duet, trio – 15 EUR per person
Concertmaster – 25 EUR per person
Ensemble (4-9 members) – 15 EUR per person
Ensemble (over 10 members) – 150 EUR per ensemble
Participation fees for non-Russian citizens (USA):
Soloists – 30 USD
Duet, trio – 20 USD per person
Concertmaster – 30 USD per person
Ensemble (4-9 members) – 20 USD per person
Ensemble (over 10 members) – 200 USD per ensemble
IMPORTANT! The following additional prizes are provided to all contestants:
IMPORTANT! The fee for additional prizes or jury feedback must be paid DURING APPLICATION PAYMENT PROCEDURE, or, at last resort, BEFORE THE DEADLINE EXPIRATION. In other cases payments would not be accepted.
Please send your application and the link to your video-recording to inspiration.competition@mail.ru not later than 1 July 2021, putting «Inspiration» in the title of your e-mail. After we receive your application we will send you an invoice for the participation fee.
Participation fees are non-refundable. If the contestant or his/her official representative, for any reason, withdraw from participation in the contest, or the contestant doesn`t get any award according the jury decision, the fee will not be returned!
Your application for participation should include:
➢ Your full name, phone number and e-mail address
➢ Nomination, category and age group
➢ Name of your school/college/university
➢ The full name of your teacher, their phone number and e-mail address
➢ The full name of your concertmaster, their phone number and e-mail address
➢ Your repertoire and performance duration
➢ Link to the video-recording(s)
➢ Your mail address
APPLICATION FORM REQUIREMENTS
THE APPLICATION FORM FILLED NOT ACCORDING THE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
NB! Do not change the size of the photo, do not crop it, change its colour scheme or alter its quality. Any kind of editing is prohibited and will lead to your disqualification.
The contestants will be awarded – in their respective category – the title of laureate of the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade, or the title of diplomant. The participants also receive diplomas in electronic form, as well as electronic certificates for participation in international music competitions in Russia, Europe, and the USA.
At the choice of the jury will be formed the JUNIOR JURY from the winners of the competition under the age of 15. Selected candidates for the next competition will be able to choose their favorite!
The teachers of the contestants will receive letters of thanks per e-mail.
Please note: by participating in the competition all contestants agree to provide the required personal data to the organizing committee and permit the publishing of the video of their competition performance and results on the web-page of the competition.
In case the contestant or his/her representative violate the regulations of the competition, the organizing committee preserves the right to dismiss the contestant from further participation or withhold the award.
In case of misunderstanding or conflict, the parties should refer to the Russian text of these regulations as the basic document.
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